Saltwater Insurance Consultants

Indemnity clauses. Waivers. Contractual obligations to insure. Just another day for the Saltwater litigation team.

With a combined experience totalling around 35 years, Chris Stannage and Matthew Gerathy have run some of the largest and most complex professional indemnity and personal injury matters on behalf of some of Australia’s largest corporations, particularly in the construction sector where the contractual matrix overlaying the common law position can be such a tangled web.

Our clients understand that each time they are sued, their brand and corporate conduct is put to the test. We are acutely conscious of our client’s need for timely, cost effective resolution of claims and disputes – and have the capacity and experience to take those few cases that must be run, through to trial. Our clients generally have decided to take an active hand in the management of their litigation, and have real “skin in the game” by way of large self-insured retentions and deductibles. We’ve developed strategic litigation plans for large bundles of cases – choosing those to run and those to settle – and worked within the audit requirements of large publicly listed companies concerning claims and litigation reserves.

We stay on top of our client cases – this isn’t a “sausage machine” litigation practice and our law clerks aren’t the one representing client’s in interlocutory matters – when clients call it is Chris or Matthew that has the file.

For a quiet chat about the litigation needs of your organisation, or how to gain greater control of your litigation by restructuring your insurance program, give Chris Stannage or Matthew Gerathy a call.