Wotton Kearney announces a further 17 senior promotions

Wotton Kearney is delighted to announce our most recent senior promotions in Australia and New Zealand, including two new partners – Angela Winkler and James Clohesy – and 15 senior lawyers, effective 1 January 2021. The latest promotions take the firm’s numbers to 44 partners and more than 220 dedicated insurance lawyers. Wotton Kearney’s commitment […]

Australian W+K APIG Scholarship winner announced

APIG and Wotton Kearney are delighted to announce that Nikolce Stojcevski, Senior Underwriter – Financial Institutions at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, has won the 2020 Australian W+K APIG Scholarship. Nik’s submission was selected from a high calibre of entrants for his well-considered views on the SME insurance market, and how consolidating data across the industry can […]

Wotton Kearney appoints Non-Executive Chair

Wotton Kearney has appointed David Nathan as its first Non-Executive Chair, effective 1 December 2020. His appointment follows an extensive market search and the firm’s move to an incorporated model in July 2019. David is an experienced Chair and NED with a demonstrated history of working across many industries, including insurance, professional services and health. […]

W+K APIG Scholarship – Australian submissions now open

Wotton Kearney is pleased to continue our partnership with the APIG National Committee to offer the W+K APIG Scholarship, supporting the career development of young APIG members practising in financial lines insurance in Australia. For five years, the annual scholarship has recognised outstanding contribution and talent in our industry and connected the successful candidate with […]

Inclusion in the insurance industry – 2020 report released

Wotton Kearney has again joined forces with ANZIIF, Liberty Specialty Markets and SURA to investigate how experiences of workplace inclusion are affecting the insurance industry. This year, more than 600 respondents shared their views on inclusion to help inform the final report Local Voice, Global Impact: Deep Dive on Inclusion Survey 2020 which was launched […]

Wotton Kearney expands liability senior team – with more to come

Wotton Kearney has appointed James Clohesy, a highly regarded insurance liability specialist, as Special Counsel in its Sydney office. James is known for his excellent work in advising on property and construction third party claims, as well as intentional torts, general and product liability matters. James, who will be joined by two more colleagues from […]

W+K sponsors insurance industry survey on inclusion and COVID-19 work from home impacts

Wotton Kearney is again joining forces with ANZIIF, SURA and Liberty Specialty Markets to investigate how experiences of workplace inclusion are affecting the insurance industry. In 2019 we surveyed the industry on how inclusion is experienced by diverse people working in the insurance and risk industry. The findings in our Deep Dive on Inclusion 2019 […]

Wotton Kearney attracts highly regarded property, construction and energy team from Sparke Helmore

A team of highly regarded insurance lawyers is set to join Wotton Kearney’s pre-eminent Property, Construction and Energy team from Sparke Helmore. The team includes partner Wes Rose, special counsel Anthony Mangafas, senior associates Marnie Hasler and James Sutherland, and associates Dena Patterson, Ryan Owens and Tshering Lama. “Our Property, Construction and Energy team has […]

Wotton Kearney growth boosted with 13 senior promotions

Wotton Kearney is delighted to announce 13 senior promotions in Australia and New Zealand, including four new partners effective 1 July 2020. The latest promotions take the firm’s numbers to 41 partners and more than 200 dedicated insurance lawyers, with 55% of these being female. The firm’s Australian financial lines senior team is being strengthened […]