Full Profile

Ina Iyer is a litigation and dispute resolution lawyer who advises various insurance clients (primarily commercial business insurers and their underwriting management agents) in policy interpretation and policy response, subrogated recoveries and defence and litigious disputes with policyholders.

Ina specialises in property/assets and public liability insurance disputes, and also has experience in personal injury litigation, life insurance matters and commercial litigation.

She holds an LLB (cum laude) degree from the University of Pretoria as well as an LLM (cum laude) degree in Insurance Law from the University of South Africa. 

Experience

• Defending a number of co-insurers in a fire claim exceeding R200 million
• Defending a state owned company in a large personal injury claim
• Advising a local spice manufacturer and their insurer in a product recall and recovery involving local and foreign entities
• A subrogated recovery relating to a crane collapse leading to material damage and business interruption losses