Lagan Group in legal row over insurance

The Belfast-based Lagan Construction Group is embroiled in a “hotly contested” and potentially very costly legal blame game over a gap in insurance cover.

The Commercial Court has heard that Lagan hired insurance brokers Ben McArdle to secure a professional indemnity insurance policy for its civil engineering business from October 2012.

As Ben McArdle was not licensed on the Lloyds market in London, it instructed another broker, Citynet Insurance Brokers, to place two ...