Laura Madders

Laura is a legal director in Kennedys London office and a member of the complex casualty coverage team.

Laura advises insurer and reinsurer clients on complex, high value and often-multi jurisdictional property, casualty and excess liability coverage disputes, including disputes on the Bermuda Form.  She has acted for insurers in coverage litigation and arbitrations across many lines of business including political risk, trade credit, product liability and recall, environmental liability and fine art and specie. 

Laura has extensive experience of all forms of dispute resolution, including litigation and arbitration, often involving a multi-jurisdictional element. In particular, Laura has litigated disputes relating to avoidance for fraud, misrepresentation and non-disclosure.  Laura has also successfully acted for clients in obtaining mandatory and prohibitory injunctions, including anti-suit injunctions to restrain foreign proceedings.

Laura advises cedants and reinsurers on all forms of reinsurance contract and has recently advised reinsurers in relation to disputes concerning COVID-19 losses. 

She is a member of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FOIL) and sits on the London FOIL Reinsurance Sector Focus Team.