Chloe Derrick > Stewarts Law LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Chloe Derrick

+44 (0)20 7822 8098 cderrick@stewartslaw.com

Work Department

Policyholder Disputes

Position

Chloe specialises in insurance coverage and professional negligence. Having previously acted for insurers, she now acts exclusively for businesses and individuals in high-value disputes against the insurance market and the financial and professional services sectors. Chloe has successfully recovered significant funds for clients and has experience in both group actions and litigation funding. She also advises businesses on insurance risk management and policy wordings.

Chloe has more than 10 years’ experience advising on insurance claims. She has expertise on coverage issues across a wide range of industries and policy lines, including property damage and business interruption, political risk, directors’ and officers’ (D&O), warranty and indemnity (W&I), marine cargo, product liability and cyber risk, among others.

In addition, Chloe has extensive experience in professional negligence disputes, with particular expertise in claims against lawyers, trustees and offshore financial and corporate services firms.

Chloe’s cases often involve high-profile, multi-jurisdictional disputes. She has represented clients in disputes spanning a number of jurisdictions, including the United States, Canada, South Africa, Mauritius and Gibraltar, together with countries across the Channel Islands and Europe.

Career

Before joining Stewarts, Chloe was a managing associate in the insurance disputes team at Mishcon de Reya and spent a number of years in the professional and financial risks team at RPC, acting as the lead associate for the firm’s professional negligence offshore offering.

In addition, Chloe has previously advised a large number of Lloyd’s and London Market insurers on their high-profile market loss exposures and drafted policy wordings for existing and new insurance products.

Chloe has also undertaken two secondments within the London insurance market to a professional indemnity claims team and a claims team at a leading global insurance broker.

Memberships

• British Insurance Law Association (BILA)
• Association of Insurance and Risk Managers in Industry and Commerce (AIRMIC)
• The Collective Redress Lawyers Association (CORLA)

Personal

Chloe can usually be found either gardening or walking her dogs.