Mason Hayes+Curran Solicitors | Leading Full Service Irish business Law Firm| based in Dublin

Insurance Defence

Our insurance defence group is made up of a team of lawyers specialising in handling large and complex litigation matters for insurance companies. The group provides legal services to:

Most major insurance companies and Lloyd’s syndicates writing business in Ireland.
National and multinational corporations who carry large policy excesses and who are, to a large extent, self-insured.

The group has a wide range of experience in handling all types of insurance litigation and provides legal services to the insurance industry on coverage disputes, reinsurance and policy wording. A large part of the legal service provided relates to complex litigation and large project work.

Mason Hayes+Curran also deals with high volume work relating to public liability, employer liability and road traffic litigation. In that area, we provide a seamless service and are in a position to conduct investigations and handle claims through to conclusion.

In that area, we also provide the following value added services:

Training programmes for claims handlers.
Ability to meet client demands relating to reporting procedures e.g. protocols.
Flexible arrangements in relation to costs.
A high level of IT proficiency including on-line case management.

It follows that the group has considerable expertise in the defence of all types of claims for insurance companies and self insured clients and they include:

Professional indemnity.
Liability arising from commercial risk, e.g. construction claims.
Employers liability.
Directors and officers liability.
Road traffic claims.
Financial risks.
Medical malpractice.
Environmental liability.
Subrogation and recovery claims.

Recommendations:

Legal 500 - Insurance, 2008.

Lorcan Buckley leads the insurance defence team at Mason Hayes+Curran's. The firm has experience in a broad range of contentious services, with particular expertise in the professional negligence sector. Recent highlights include representing the Solicitors Mutual Defence Fund in multimillion-euro litigation relating to a failed scheme of arrangement.

Mason Hayes+Curran also has considerable experience in identifying and handling fraudulent claims.

Mason Hayes+Curran is well placed to anticipate and deal with emerging claims which follow from new insurance risks. We have an acknowledged reputation for our expertise in the area of insurance litigation. In every type of insurance litigation Mason Hayes+Curran is geared towards providing an unrivalled service to our clients.

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