Caroline Landerfors

Summary

Caroline Landerfors is a Swedish attorney-at-law with profound knowledge of and extensive experience in the area of insurance. She combines competence in the regulatory field with commercial, contractual and claims-related aspects of insurance, providing holistic and strategic advice to insurance companies, insurance distributors, financial institutions and other stakeholders.

Caroline has previously worked as an in-house legal counsel, data protection officer, and compliance officer at Aon. Her previous positions also include legal counsel, data protection officer, and liability claims adjuster at AIG.

Caroline serves on the board of the Insurance Law Association (Försäkringsjuridiska föreningen), which was founded in 1932. She inspires and leads events for the Insurance Law Association including for example seminars on InsurTech and the future of insurance law principles in a digitalized context.

Caroline represents the Swedish Bar Association on its insurance committee that procures collective insurance solutions for members of the Swedish Bar. She is also a member of the Swedish Bar’s professional liability claims committee.

Caroline holds an individual Band 2 ranking for insurance in the Chambers Europe 2024 Guide and she earned recognition as a leading individual within insurance by the Legal 500 Guide in 2024.

Caroline hosts the popular regulatory podcast “Regelrätt” with Robert Karlsson Link>

Professional experience

Magnusson
Head of Insurance  – 2017 – to date

Aon
Legal Counsel, Compliance Officer, Data Protection Officer – 2015 – 2017

AIG
Legal Counsel, Data Protection Officer, Liability Claims Adjuster – 2010 – 2015

Education

• Stockholms universitet – 2011
• Universitée Jean Moulin Lyon III – 2009

Bar Admissions

Admitted in Sweden (Advokat) – 2020

Positions of trust

Board treasurer of Försäkringsjuridiska föreningen

Languages

• English fluent
• Swedish native

Awards and rankings

Caroline Landerfors is recommended in the area of insurance by leading benchmarking publications, such as Legal 500 EMEA and Chambers Europe.

Chambers Europe 2024 points out that “Caroline comes to matters with calmness, authority and superior knowledge”.

Legal 500 EMEA 2024 brings up client appraisals such as:

• “Caroline Landerfors always makes herself quickly available and is always on top of relevant topics within both insurance and adjacent areas. She combines great legal competence with impressive business understanding. She always has a holistic perspective to ensure all aspects are covered, while maintaining a pragmatic attitude and offering clear advice on the matter.”
• “Caroline Landerfors has a profound understanding, not only of the insurance market and its regulatory landscape, but also of clients’ needs. This outstanding knowledge is complemented by her great communication skills.”

Chambers Europe 2023 states that clients appreciate that:

• “Caroline’s overall understanding of not only the legal and regulatory matters, but also the commercial aspects of running a business in a highly regulated market is yet unparalleled.”
• “She is very reactive, practical and her knowledge of both the market and her clients is a tremendous asset.”

Legal 500 EMEA 2022 includes client appraisals such as “Caroline Landerfors is one of the most professional, versatile, flexible and pleasant lawyers I have had the privilege to work with”.