Stephenson Harwood (SH) has lost its head of insurance and reinsurance, Paul Howick, who has quit for Davies Arnold Cooper (DAC) to continue a spate of recent departures from the top 50 firm.

Howick is set to join insurance specialist DAC by the end of April after five years with SH. He joined in 2000 from Barlow Lyde & Gilbert, where he had been a partner since 1987 after moving from Holman Fenwick & Willan.