ARIAS

ARIAS (UK) was formed in 1991, mainly at the instigation of John Butler (then Legal Officer of the Mercantile & General Reinsurance Co and recently retired from a law firm). A working party comprising John Thomas QC (now Lord Thomas), John Powell (now of Lovells), Hugh Thompson (an independant consultant with a reinsurance underwriting background) and John Butler established ARIAS (UK) as a non-profit making Society with the support of over 20 founding members comprising law and accounting firms. In addition, substantial initial support was received from three market institutions (also founding members): Lloyd's, LIRMA (now IUA) and BIIBA (now BIBA)... ARIAS (UK) is a "not-for-profit" society formed in 1991 at the instigation of various members of the legal profession dealing with Insurance and Reinsurance disputes. Lawyers and their clients had expressed a need to improve arbitration procedures and create a source of trained, insurance-practitioner arbitrators from whom well reasoned..

Primary location: United Kingdom