This week, a federal judge handed Marsh a decisive courtroom victory, granting its request to bar a group of former employees now at Howden US from using confidential company information, recruiting additional Marsh staff, or pursuing its current and prospective clients.
Alliant Insurance Services has become the latest broker to take legal action against upstart rival Howden US, accusing the newcomer of deploying a brazen 'smash-and-grab' playbook to lure entire teams away from competing firms—an aggressive tactic that’s now igniting a high-stakes courtroom showdown.
This week, a federal judge handed Marsh a decisive courtroom victory, granting its request to bar a group of former employees now at Howden US from using confidential company information, recruiting additional Marsh staff, or pursuing its current and prospective clients.
