Mario Diemoz
Profile
Mario is currently Of Counsel Insurance in Kennedys’ Chile office, where he heads up the insurance and reinsurance practice group. He qualified in Chile in 1998, and specialises in insurance and reinsurance matters and claims relating to insurance claims, coverage disputes and policy wordings. He has been practicing in the area of insurance defence and insurance-related litigation for over 20 years.
He has handled cases on a wide array of subject matters, including insurance, contracts and managing complex insurance claims related to property, public liability, construction and engineering, contractors’ all risks, erection all risks, delay in start-up and business interruption. Mario also advises on commercial and regulatory matters.
Mario is a board member of AIDA Chile – Chilean Insurance Law Association, and also of the Chilean Bar Association.
Mario currently combines his Of Counsel Insurance role with his recent appointment as General Counsel of Latam Trade Capital, an endorsement of the long professional relationship cultivated with this client. Mario will continue working overseeing and strengthening the Insurance and (Re)Insurance practice along with the Kennedys Chile team.
Mario also contributed to the fourth edition of Kennedys’ Global Legal Handbook, one of our most popular guides, which outlines the main legal and procedural issues that case handlers may encounter when dealing with claims across 53 jurisdictions globally.
Qualifications
- Qualified in Chile in 1998
Mario Diemoz has sought-after experience in the insurance sector handling regulatory and contentious work.
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Market recognition
- Notable practitioner and ranked lawyer for 'Insurance (Chile)'
"Mario Diemoz understands the insurance industry and is both proactive and efficient."
Chambers Latin America 2024 - Recommended lawyer for 'Insurance (Chile)'
"Mario Diemoz consistently assists reinsurers (predominantly the London Market) and local insurers with claims, litigation and advisory work."
The Legal 500 Latin America 2023 - Recommended lawyer for 'Dispute resolution: litigation (Chile)'
"Mario Diemoz specialises in insurance claims, coverage disputes and policy wording-related issues."
The Legal 500 Latin America 2023 - Notable practitioner for 'Insurance (Chile)'
"Mario Diemoz is a key contact for clients."
Chambers Latin America 2023 - Recommended lawyer for 'Insurance (Chile)'
"Mario Diemoz acts as the local representative to several foreign reinsurers."
The Legal 500 Latin America 2022 - Notable practitioner and ranked lawyer for 'Insurance (Chile)'
Chambers Latin America 2022 - Leading Individual and recommended lawyer for 'Insurance (Chile)'
The Legal 500 Latin America 2021 - Notable practitioner and ranked lawyer for 'Insurance (Chile)'
"Partner Mario Diemoz boasts longstanding experience working in the Chilean insurance arena. Market commentators describe him as a 'very commercially aware lawyer' who 'always looks for solutions.'"
Chambers Latin America 2021 - Notable practitioner for 'Insurance' (Chile)
"There are few lawyers who know the insurance market as well as he does. He is very well connected with the other players, which makes the negotiations easier."
Chambers Latin America 2020 - 'Profound knowledge of the insurance industry'
The Legal 500 Latin America 2019
Awards
Work highlights
- Acted for one of the defendants in several of 2010 earthquake in Chile, including pleas at the Chilean Supreme Court.
- Representing the reinsurance panel in construction cases and aquaculture claims.
- Advised buyers in a major transnational merger between the Chilean subsidiaries of two international insurance companies in 2016.
- Successfully defended insurer in an arbitration related to coverage arising of the volcano erupcion in Chile in 2013.
- Successfully defended insurer in an arbitration related to coverage arising of the rescue of a ship.