Insurance: Policyholder | Asia-Pacific

Clayton Utz's highly commended team acts for a diverse range of high-profile policyholders, including major banks, corporates and government bodies. The insurance team offers expertise across the spectrum of contentious and non-contentious issues, including professional indemnity, product liability and cyber risk. The law firm handles matters relating to regulatory compliance and insurance product development as well as providing advice on alternative risk transfer and reinsurance. Clayton Utz's contentious practice encompasses, in addition to advice on coverage disputes and claims resolutions, a strong capability for the handling of large-scale customer remediation and compensation issues for leading financial services providers. It also advises extensively on class action-related insurance recovery mandates for both corporate defendants and individual executives. Key clients include AMP and Singtel Optus.

The Allens insurance team is active in both the front and back ends, assisting clients with claims as well as the establishment of insurance arrangements. Allens is well regarded for serving corporate policyholders in the resources and financial services sectors. Its team possesses a deep understanding of the regulatory and legislative issues relating to the insurance industry supported by substantial cutting-edge technological resources and extensive experience of various international markets. Areas of particular proficiency include business interruption, construction, cyber risk and industrial special risks. Its key clients include IAG and CIMIC.

The Corrs Chambers Westgarth practice is frequently sought out by major corporates and institutional policyholders in the construction, infrastructure, financial services and energy sectors in relation to major claims and coverage work, including class action coverage-related advice. The insurance team is particularly active on matters relating to professional indemnity insurance, offers substantial expertise in risk allocation and insurance regimes and is well placed to advise on surety bond facility issues. Its integrated team, operating across offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, offers nationwide expertise.

MinterEllison demonstrates a broad skill set across the whole gamut of insurance issues and on a truly nationwide basis. Its insurance team is routinely sought out by both insurer and policyholder clients to handle complex front-end work including corporate advisory, reinsurance and policy wordings. The team is equally adept in handling significant contentious claims, with particular strength in medical malpractice, product liability, regulatory compliance and asbestos claims. It has a focus on emerging risk classes such as warranty and indemnity insurance and cyber risk, and receives specific praise for its ability to service insurance-related class actions. The firm's clients include leading global insurers and a number of the largest businesses in Australia, some examples being Westpac General Insurance and Suncorp.