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Insurance Law and Lawyers

Insurance lawyers deal with the regulation of claims handling, insurance and re-insurance as a whole. There are some specialist areas such as shipping, professional indemnity, public liability and litigation plays a large part in an insurance lawyer's life. The ability to thoroughly examine contracts is needed and a great amount of attention to detail.

  1. Are these skills transferrable to in-house legal jobs? - Yes, of course it is more likely that these jobs would be for insurance related businesses.

  2. Do I need to specialise? - Many insurance lawyers do specialise and it will depend on the firm where you work.

  3. What type of law firm can I work in? - There are some excellent international law firms who have core insurance practices and also some nice insurance law firms.

  4. Can I use my skills as an insurance lawyer to get similar jobs overseas? - This is possible but the there is not a huge demand for overseas qualified lawyers in this area. Common law markets such as Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand would present the best opportunities.

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