Andrew is the National Head of General Insurance at HWL Ebsworth. He has over two decades of experience assisting statutory bodies, insurers, captives, corporates, directors, and brokers with the defence of claims and regulatory investigations. He also provides both contentious and non-contentious policy advice to those clients. The work Andrew’s team does spans all major insurance lines (liability, environmental, D&O, professional indemnity, construction and engineering, BIR, regulatory and property) and consists of 15 specialist corporate insurance lawyers.
Expertise
Experience
- Queensland statutory authority Acting in the defence of a Crime and Corruption Commission investigation.
- Queensland government department Advising on insurable risks in connection with negotiating a multimillion-dollar arrangement with its IT provider.
- Northern Territory government Advising on appropriate insurance products and arrangements that form part of the financial assurance framework established in the Petroleum Legislation Amendment Act 2022.
- ASX listed bank and insurer D&O and BCCPI Providing coverage analysis if there were a breach, investigation or regulatory action initiated under the Financial Accountability Regime.
- Ex-CIO and director of an ASX listed funds management company Advising (in liquid) in defence of a class action for breaches of directors’ duties in Federal Court.
- Insurer Defending an environmental insurance dispute in respect of PFOS contamination issues at a major international airport.
- Captive insurer of an ASX listed national rail operator Acting in respect of major derailments and recovery of loss against third parties.
- National transport insurer Advising on relief from DSM provisions stemming from Hayne royal commission.
- Major banks and financial institutions Defending multimillion dollar claims for negligence and misleading and deceptive advice/conduct.
- Domestic and international insurers Acting across major banks and financial institutions and other ASX listed companies, as coverage counsel on class actions, remediation programs, regulatory investigations, and prosecutions.
- International D&O insurers Acting as coverage and monitoring counsel, in respect of numerous class actions initiated against banks and other financial institutions.
- D&O insurers of ASX listed leisure management company Acting as coverage counsel for the WHS investigation and coronial inquest following the death of four patrons at Dreamworld.
- Excess insurers Acting as coverage counsel on a banking and professional liability policy for claims against a financial services providers for breaches of money laundering and terrorism funding provisions.
- Insurers Acting as coverage counsel, in relation to analysing complicated financial and regulatory claims surrounding manipulation of wholesale interbank interest rates and associated pecuniary penalties.
