Insurance

We act for a range of insurers including New Zealand's largest fire and general insurer.  We have done so for many years and this has been recognised in our hat trick of Insurance Law Firm of the Year Award for 2006, 2007 and 2008.

Our expertise includes fire and general insurance, property risks, professional indemnity, liability insurance (including drafting liability policies), workplace insurance, employment-related issues, and marine. A major part of our work is the prosecution and defence of subrogated claims on behalf of insurers and their insureds.

The insurance team offers the following services:

1. declinature advice and opinion work
   
2. subrogated recoveries
   
3. subrogated defence
   
4. all aspects of litigation and alternative dispute resolution
   
5. professional indemnity & negligence
   
6. policy interpretation
   
7. policy/proposal/claim form drafting and rewording
   
8. advice on recent decisions and/or statutory amendments
   
9. staff seminars and training

Insurance Brief is a newsletter produced by Fortune Manning for the benefit of insurance industry clients.