Self Insurance

Cooper Grace Ward's Insurance team can provide claims management and litigation services to your business should you choose to self insure. 

Tony Park and Quentin Owen each have over 20 years' experience in self insurance advice and claims.  The firm's list of self insurer clients include major names in the retailing, banking, resources, manufacturing and government sectors. We have expertise in defending workers’ compensation claims for those employers who self insure under either the Federal Workers’ Compensation Scheme or the Queensland WorkCover Scheme. Tony Park can provide advice on:

• entitlement to damages issues (especially psychiatric injury claims)
• rehabilitation
• claims management
• Q Comp review and appeals
• multiple party claims including interaction of the various personal injuries schemes.

We can offer flexible IT solutions and tailored reporting to support your business. Our software systems allow us to manage your claims in a timely way and ensure that all appropriate steps are taken to protect your interests. In addition to these services, our corporate and commercial team can offer expert advice in relation to risk management and compliance requirements.

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Tony is Workgroup Leader of Cooper Grace Ward's Insurance team and practises in personal injuries litigation, specialising in workers' compensation matters.

Tony has over 20 years of experience in managing insurance claims, and providing insurance advice. Apart from workers' compensation, Tony's practice areas have included CTP, public liability and product liability, as well as general litigation.

Over the past decade, Tony has focused on workers' compensation matters, acting for WorkCover Qld and, self-insured workers' compensation clients including Woolworths, Commonwealth Bank, Golden Circle and Mayne Group. Tony has also acted for Woolworths in respect of its self insured public liability claims.

Tony is the preferred workers' compensation legal services provider for a number of large government and private organisations, in a variety of industries, such as Queensland Health (Princess Alexandra Hospital, Gold Coast Hospital, Prince Charles Hospital, Logan-Beaudesert Hospital and Mackay Hospital), Spotless Services, Neumann Steel and Dairy Farmers.

Tony also advises self-insurers and other employers in relation to the statutory review process and represents those clients in the Industrial Relations Commission. Tony has special interest in claims involving the Health industry, labour hire claims, pure psychological injury claims, and dust disease claims.