The insurance litigation department comprises lawyers with many years of experience in all classes of non-marine insurance. We are one of the largest dedicated non-marine insurance practices in Singapore.

Our lawyers handle claims involving all classes of non-marine insurance such as Public Liability, Professional Indemnity, Fidelity Guarantees, Directors’ & Officers’ Liability, Errors & Omissions, Contractors’ All-Risk, Workmen Compensation, Motor Insurance and Business Interruption. We have experience in dealing with multi-million dollar claims representing both insurers and policyholders who are provided defence through the provisions of the policy.

We represent a wide base of insurers, insurance brokers and other players in the insurance market.

Some of the more significant cases handled by our lawyers include:

• a $25 million business interruption claim arising from the Dec 2004 tsunami;
• several high profile fraud claims made on fire risk policies;
• a large product recall/business interruption claim arising from the well-publicised Pan Pharmaceuticals recall in Australia;
• a $27 million cement silo failure;
• some of Singapore’s largest road traffic-related personal injury claims;
• the workmen compensation claims arising from the Solitaire matter;
• a product liability claim connected to paint sold and applied on an oil rig in the South China sea;
• the reported decision of Siu Brothers v Norwich Winterthur Insurance (1993), the only local decision at the time defining the scope of a bailee’s liability policy;
• averting a $9 million performance bond call in relation to one of our largest local building contractors;
• a 17-day arbitration concerning a personal health insurance claim.