Stephanie Cook

Stephanie is a Partner at Kennedys in Australia. She has more than 20 years’ experience in insurance law, practising at a number of prominent international insurance law firms in both Australia and the UK. She is admitted to practice in Queensland, England and Wales. 

Stephanie specialises in property claims. She has particular experience handling high-value, complex first party property disputes, multi-party property liability claims, matters involving suspected fraud and professional indemnity claims, particularly against construction professionals.

Stephanie also specialises in complex coverage disputes. She has advised Australian and international insurers on a wide range of coverage issues in the context of ISR, contract works, DIC/DIL, reinsurance, liability and consumer wordings. She has a particular interest in resolving claims involving difficult personalities.

Stephanie has considerable experience handling flood and fire related claims in both a liability and coverage context. She has handled numerous claims involving catastrophic fire losses and allegations of arson, and has advised insurers on policy response, liability and recovery in the context of those matters.

Stephanie regularly acts in defence of construction professionals in complex multi-party litigated disputes.

Stephanie is a member of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers. She regularly presents to clients on a range of topical legal issues.

Stephanie 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.