After having an office in Miami for more than a decade, London-based Kennedys is opening its second Florida office in Fort Lauderdale, following strong demand from yacht and marine clients there.

With 45 offices across the globe, Kennedys’ Fort Lauderdale office will be staffed by four attorneys who’ve relocated from the Miami office with ambitions to keep growing in South Florida. The insurer-side law firm is growing its Florida footprint at a time when the state is seeing property insurers flee and premiums skyrocket, which Kristen Perkins, the managing partner of the new office, says is something they’re keeping a close eye on.