Regularly advises and acts on cases involving an insurance element, including disputes involving interpretation of policy wordings, non-disclosure and avoidance issues, fidelity policies and fire damage.
Recent cases include: • Acting for Insurers contesting cover in respect of an engineer's professional indemnity policy. • Acting for distributors against insurers disputing coverage following a fire at warehouse of well known retailer. • Advising insurers in relation to cover under a surveyor's professional indemnity policy following criminal allegations and involving issues such as formation of the policy, non-disclosure and construction of the policy. • Acting for and advising claimants and insurers in relation to cover under life insurance policies. • Fire claims/arson defences. • Acting for both claimants and insurers in relation to permanent health insurance claims. • Advising insurers on coverage and exclusion issues in respect of residential and commercial property policies. • Reinsurance dispute arising out of earthquake in Turkey. • Acting for professional indemnity insurers in relation to recovery from reinsurers which had purportedly avoided their reinsurance contracts. • Successor practice and solicitors indemnity insurance issues following the demise of the Solicitors' Indemnity Fund.