SRB Legal has a long history of acting for clients to manage and resolve first party and third party property damage and business interruption claims. Our property team has decades of experience in this area and has shown, time and time again, its knowledge, experience, and expertise in managing these claims and improving claims outcomes for insurers over short, medium and long term timeframes.
We act for clients on a wide range of these claims, including those involving coverage and indemnity issues, negligence, nuisance, contract-related issues and claims made under the Civil Liability Act (Proportionate Liability Provisions), the Sale of Goods Act, Competition and Consumer Act and various other statutory breaches.
How we manage claims
SRB Legal’s property liability team takes a strategic approach to managing claims, aiming to resolve them at the first realistic opportunity and lowest appropriate overall cost.
We start with an assessment of each claim’s indemnity issues and potential liabilities, as well as thoroughly investigating and assessing each claim’s potential quantum. We have a wealth of experience in this area, particularly around advising on policy coverage and indemnity, double insurance, quantum issues contribution claims and recoveries involving various policy wordings including ISR policies.
When managing property damage and business interruption claims, we frequently liaise with experts from loss adjustors to forensic accountants. We examine and interpret their reports, to factor these into our understanding of our clients’ potential exposures and to help resolve disputed issues that may arise during the course of a claim.
The types of claims we handle:
SRB Legal’s expertise includes property damage and associated business interruption losses (including recovery claims of insured losses) as a consequence of:
- fires (including catastrophic bush fires) and adverse weather events
- defective products
- defective workmanship
- pollution and contamination
- motor vehicles and machinery, including cranes
- damage by aircraft
- business interruption loss claims
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