Connect with meDena specialises in major loss matters in the areas of property, construction and energy. She acts for local and overseas-based insurers in high-value and complex matters ranging from coverage disputes to the defence of litigated claims across a range of industries, including power generation and distribution, infrastructure, engineering and construction. She is also experienced in pursuing high-value subrogated recovery actions.
Dena is committed to achieving the best commercial results for her clients and is skilled in developing and implementing strategies to deliver those results. She adopts a pragmatic approach when advising clients on difficult and complex issues, providing clear, concise advice and advising on the best commercial strategies for each claim.
Having worked in-house on secondment in the Major and Complex Loss team, Dena is experienced in balancing the needs of insurers and insureds, and understands her clients’ highly specialised business practices, priorities and needs.
Construction and Contract Works
- Advising local and overseas underwriters of the contract works and material damage policy covering the construction of one of Australia’s longest natural gas pipelines.
- Acting as defence counsel for the insurer in a coverage dispute regarding a claim arising out of a failed excavation.
- Advising insurers in relation to the failure of certain critical processing mining equipment.
Industrial Special Risks
- Providing coverage advice and coordinating the insurance investigation into major power generation losses across Australia, including generator, turbine and transformer failures.
- Advising a large market of international insurers subscribing to a bespoke ISR policy in relation to the shutdown of a mine after the failure of certain critical processing equipment.
- Advising insurers on coverage issues arising from the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of various government responses to arrest the spread of COVID-19.
Subrogated Recoveries
- Acting for a local insurer and their insured in a recovery action arising out of manufacturing defects in a machine.
- Acting for local insurers and their two insureds in a joint recovery action against a contractor arising out of a burst chilled-beam air conditioning hose causing subsequent damage to multiple levels of a commercial office building.
- Acting for local insurers and their insureds in relation to the recovery of costs for property damage sustained during the performance of certain works by third parties.
- Property – Major Loss
- Subrogated Recoveries
- Construction and Infrastructure
- Energy, Mining and Power
- Industrial and Commercial Property
- Australian Insurance Law Association
- Law Society of New South Wales