Nanotechnology – is it insurable?

Have you heard of the term nanoparticle? In Part Two of our exclusive series with ANZIIF: ‘How Advances in Medical Technology Are Impacting Insurance’, we tackle the unknown and unpredictable outcomes associated with the use of nanotechnology; especially given new possibilities for its use in food additives and the medical arena. It may sound like […]

The Future is Now: The Case For Wearable Robotics

For paraplegics with a spinal cord injury the opportunity to stand on their own feet and look another person eye to eye has previously been little more than a dream. However, wearable robotics is making this dream a reality for some, and in the process, changing the traditional rehabilitation landscape of the insurance industry. Wearable […]

Advances in medical technology – an insurer’s best friend?

With technological advances in the medical industry outpacing those in the insurance industry, Wotton Kearney Partner, Karen Jones and Dominic Flannery (Special Counsel) advise insurers to be alert to the opportunities created through the use of these advancements in the defence of proceedings. The pace of medical advancements in the last decade has revolutionised healthcare […]

Cyber risk and privacy: the legal view

The current boom in cyber insurance policies is at least partly due to new cyber privacy laws being enacted in March 2014. Andrew Moore, Jane O’Neill and Jack Geng investigate the new legal landscape in the March edition of Insurance Business magazine.