Andrew has over 25 years’ practical experience in insurance, reinsurance and alternative risk transfer markets and, more generally, advising on litigation, mediation and international arbitrations.
Working across Australia, Asia and Globally, Andrew has held senior in-house roles with Aon and HIH Insurance.
Andrew’s focus is on assisting Australian-based clients, including in-house colleagues, to generate innovative and practical solutions across the full range of challenges and opportunities that present in risk management, risk transfer and disputes/litigation.
Expertise
Experience
- Large professional negligence, engineering, construction and infrastructure disputes and resulting insurance claims in Australia, Asia and Globally Achieving settlements in litigated, arbitrated and mediated matters.
- Directors and officers, management liability and employment practices liability Advising on disputes and risk mitigation advice.
- Government authorities Advising on product issue, claims, coverage and commutations.
- Large property claims and portfolio losses arising from New Zealand earthquakes Advising on all aspects from loss assessing and remediation to coverage disputes. Insurance and reinsurance markets.
- Financial product design and distribution Advising across property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, as well as parametric products and life reinsurance.
- COVID19 Advising on insurance and reinsurance claims and related wording issues.
- Internal corporate risk management, including ESG Acting in relation to designing and implementing Australian and Global best practise.
