Dean has over 3 decades of legal experience. He initially gained his insurance and reinsurance experience in London, working on a range of London insurance market related matters. He now focuses on providing advice on strategic projects and major disputes in the Asia Pacific region.
Dean Carrigan is rightly recognised as the leading elder statesman in the market, who has demonstrated an ability to give robust and pragmatic advice to the most demanding of clients.
Legal 500, Insurance, 2024
Dean is simply the best. You can always trust him to navigate any problem and deliver pragmatic solutions.
Dean has over 3 decades of legal experience. He initially gained his insurance and reinsurance experience in London, working on a range of London insurance market related matters. He now focuses on providing advice on strategic projects and major disputes in the Asia Pacific region.
Dean Carrigan is rightly recognised as the leading elder statesman in the market, who has demonstrated an ability to give robust and pragmatic advice to the most demanding of clients.
Legal 500, Insurance, 2024
Dean is simply the best. You can always trust him to navigate any problem and deliver pragmatic solutions.
Chambers and Partners, Insurance, 2024
完整简历
Dean acts for vendors and purchasers in acquisitions and mergers of insurance companies in the region, and in respect of court approved business transfer schemes. He also provides regulatory and compliance advice to insurers/intermediaries and has acted for regulated entities in a number of regulatory investigations. He has extensive experience of dealing with regulators such as APRA, ASIC and the ACCC in relation to insurance sector companies wishing to conduct business in Australia and has particular expertise in the interface between the industry and regulators.
He has been involved in a number of significant, complex and reputationally critical insurance and reinsurance disputes including in respect of engineering, construction and valuer professional indemnity claims; industrial special risks coverage disputes; trade credit and political risk claims; and warranty and indemnity claims.
相关经验
Mergers and acquisitions – Extensive experience acting for sellers and buyers in domestic and cross-border insurance sector transactions involving life, non-life, reinsurance, specialist monoline and intermediary businesses
Portfolio transfers – Acting on a significant number of intra-group and arms-length Federal Court of Australia approved portfolio transfers for transferors or transferees
Incorporation and establishment – Advising new market entrants on the establishment, authorisation and development of insurance businesses
Distribution and bancassurance – Advising on a number of insurance manufacturing, distribution and bancassurance arrangements
Regulatory/Investigations – Providing extensive advice on Australian insurance regulatory and compliance issues including assisting in responses to various regulatory issues and acting in the Banking Royal Commission
Policy drafting – Advising financial sector institutions on the drafting of bespoke liability and bankers' blanket bond (plus D&O) coverage programme
Policy drafting – Drafting and negotiating insurance liability and property policies on behalf of major corporations
Transaction liability/W&I claims – Advising and acting for insurers on the defence of a number of Australian coverage claims under transaction liability policies
Negligence claims – Acting for insurers and insureds in the defence of proceedings regarding negligence allegations
Political risk/trade credit – Assisting insureds and insurers on a range of disputes under political risk and trade credit policies
Property/BI claims – Advising insurers on COVID BI claims