Insurance and Reinsurance Disputes
We advise insurers, reinsurers and their clients on all aspects of insurance and reinsurance disputes arising from familiar and new challenges facing all sides the insurance industry. We handle everything from professional indemnity claims, product liability, Directors and Officers cover and coverage disputes to specialised policy claims or coverage issues, including W&I and cyber insurance.
Why choose our Insurance and Re-insurance Disputes lawyers?
Our insurance and reinsurance disputes team contains sector specialists and technical experts. We work closely with our non-contentious insurance lawyers as well as our colleagues in corporate, finance, tax, regulatory and data protection to deliver a complete service to our clients.
We assist insured, insurer, reinsurer and intermediary clients (including brokers, third party administrators and financial institutions) with managing and resolving disputes that arise in what is an increasingly complicated insurance market.
We advise on a range of risk management/avoidance issues, corporate governance, liability exposure, intellectual property and regulatory issues as well as contentious matters, crisis management, pre-litigation planning and litigation.
Our approach is to agree and implement strategies that resolve disputes efficiently and preserve our clients' commercial objectives. We handle purely domestic matters as well as complex multi-party and cross-border litigation involving multiple claims in different jurisdictions.
Notable deals and highlights
represented a bank in a multi-party LCIA arbitration
We represented a bank in a multi-party LCIA arbitration to help it recoup credit crunch losses, either from credit insurers or from the counterparty.
Represented an insurer in a dispute against French brokers
We represented an insurer in a dispute against French brokers related to the payment of commissions and indemnities.
Advised art financiers on insurance protection
We advised art financiers on insurance protection in respect of a loan agreement.
Advised wind farm owners and developers in respect of an insurance claim
We advised wind farm owners and developers in respect of an insurance claim flowing from delay to the EPC construction under a DSU cover.
Advised a Big Four accountancy firm on its Asia-wide insurance programme
We advised a Big Four accountancy firm on its Asia-wide insurance programme taking into account GDPR issues as processor.
Key contacts
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Partner, Dispute ResolutionInternational Arbitration
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Managing Partner - Brussels, LitigationArbitrationBanking LitigationDispute ResolutionTechnology
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Local Partner, Dispute ResolutionLisboa, Portugal Email NunoBanking and Finance
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Partner, Head of Dispute ResolutionDispute ResolutionShareholder DisputesTechnology Disputes
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Partner, Dispute Resolution (Ireland)Dispute Resolution
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Partner, Dispute ResolutionArbitrationDispute ResolutionEnergy and Natural ResourcesLife Sciences & Healthcare
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Partner, Dispute ResolutionDispute Resolution
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Director, Dispute ResolutionCommercial FraudCorporate DisputesDispute ResolutionInvestigations
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Director (England & Wales, Australia)ArbitrationCorporate DisputesDispute ResolutionHealth and Safety
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DirectorCommercialEmploymentLitigationPublic Law
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