Insurance & Reinsurance Barrister Services

At 39 Essex Chambers, our insurance barristers bring expertise in insurance and reinsurance law across coverage disputes, claims handling, indemnity and complex multi-party litigation. We are trusted by insurers, corporate policyholders, and reinsurers in both domestic and international matters.

What Our Barristers Do

We cover a wide range of insurance and reinsurance claims, including:

Business interruption
Employers’ liability
Contractors’ risk
Financial and credit risk
Professional indemnity
Public liability
Life and health
Environmental claims
Fire and flood
War and terrorist risk policies

When a business incurs income losses due to an unexpected event (such as a fire, flood, or government restrictions), our barristers will offer advice on bringing claims concerning policy coverage and how losses are measured. We also handle claims from major environmental events that require complex causation analysis.

We advise employers and employees in workplace-related disputes, whether it’s injury or illness sustained at work, or issues arising from construction activities. Our barristers also advocate for any employers pursuing claims against professionals where there has been an alleged breach of their professional duty.

In addition, we examine claims brought by individuals who have suffered injuries or property damage caused by members of the public, including disputes involving negligence and insurance coverage. Where disputes arise regarding insurance policies or medical expense coverage, we provide clear advice on prospects of recovery.

Who Our Barristers Represent

We represent both insurers and insured parties, acting on both sides of disputes. Whether you are an insurer, syndicate, or reinsurer, there is an insurance barrister who can represent your interests. If you’re a corporate policyholder, professional, or construction firm, members of chambers can also advise and act on your behalf.

Where Our Barristers Act

Our experts appear across multiple forums and jurisdictions, including the High Court and Court of Appeal in England and Wales, acting in complex and high-value cases involving significant sums or matters of legal importance.

We also act in private cross-border disagreements before international arbitration tribunals such as the ICC, LCIA, and ad hoc tribunals, which are frequently used for reinsurance and multinational corporate policies.

39 Essex Chambers’ barristers also appear in overseas commercial courts, such as in Hong Kong and the Caribbean, for financial disputes with international parties. Domestically, our barristers also sit as arbitrators in arbitration proceedings.