INSURANCE & CORPORATE RISK
Services
The team handles matters that range across all major lines of insurance including:
Directors and Officers Liability
Members of the firm have acted for insurers in directors and officers liability insurance matters over many years. We have assisted insurers in relation to many of the corporate collapses since the 1980s and we continue to provide assistance with current issues.
Professional Indemnity
We have several decades of experience in professional indemnity matters and have assisted a broad range of professionals including:
- Accountants
- Solicitors
- Valuers
- Bankers
- Financial advisors
- Architects
- Surveyors
- Real Estate Agents
- Actuaries
- Engineers.
Public Liability and Product Liability
We have a significant liability claims practice. The types of claims handled cover the spectrum and range from slip-and-fall personal injury claims to group litigation arising from catastrophic events relating to allegedly defective products. We also have broad experience in a wide variety of property damage claims, including a number of claims which have involved complex economic and financial loss arguments requiring varied and detailed expert investigations.
Medical Negligence
Our health team specialises in common law negligence matters and has defended medical practitioners and hospitals in all jurisdictions. The firm has defended some of Australia’s most well-known medical negligence cases and has probably the best known practice in this area in Australia.
Marine Insurance
The firm has significant experience acting for marine insurers in all areas of maritime law and recovery actions.
The firm has expertise in Cargo matters, Liabilities matters and Hull and Machinery matters. Our advice to clients in this area extends to a wide range of policy wordings,commercial contracts and special agreements and clauses for shipping documents.
Product Development, Distribution & Compliance
TressCox provides comprehensive advice to clients on product design, policy wording and marketing and agency agreements for new and existing insurance products. Our advice is tailored to suit the specific needs of the industry, incorporating developing trends such as Bancassurance and the delivery of products through e-commerce channels.
Property
TressCox has defended property damage claims, including a number of claims which have involved complex economic and financial loss arguments requiring varied and detailed expert investigations.
Reinsurance
Members of our team have been involved in most of the persistent issues that have troubled the international reinsurance market over the last two decades. Click here to read more.
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