Our life and disability insurance division is headed by Terry Batch and provides litigation and advice services to a large number of life insurers and superannuation trustees relating to life, trauma, income protection and total and permanent disability products.
Terry Batch has been providing legal services to the life insurance industry for more than 15 years and is supported by Suzanne Oliver who also has extensive experience in life insurance matters. Our team has extensive knowledge and understanding of claims, underwriting and product issues and developments within the industry.
Our expertise includes:
- Fraudulent claims
- Fraudulent and non-fraudulent misrepresentation and non-disclosure
- Disputes relating to assessment of disability and disability income
- Policy interpretation
- Advice on claims management
- Regulatory issues
- Adviser disputes
- Appeals from the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal to the Federal Court
Our team members are longstanding members of ALUCA and Terry Batch has presented at several ALUCA conferences.
