Grant Murtagh, Of Counsel, is a corporate insurance expert at Herbert Smith Freehills LLP. He will be regularly sharing his thoughts on topical insurance issues with Practical Law subscribers.

In his first column, Grant considers four areas that are foremost in the minds of the legal teams he and his colleagues work with in the insurance industry: HM Treasury's review of Solvency II; longevity reinsurance and asset management; the consumer duty; and some important business interruption (BI) insurance decisions.