Global coverage.
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Connecting policyholders with leading independent insurance lawyers across the world’s key jurisdictions.

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Global coverage. Local expertise.

The Global Policyholder Alliance is the leading global policyholder advocate network. A collective of elite, independent insurance disputes lawyers, united by a single focus: advancing policyholders’ interests in complex insurance litigation.

Our members

Through close collaboration between independent firms, we provide coordinated, cross‑border advice on major insurance disputes. Combining local market insight with international strategic oversight.

The Alliance comprises members in 23 jurisdictions across Europe, North Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and North America, ensuring clients have access to specialist policyholder representation wherever disputes arise.

Unlike insurers, who have access to global representation through specialist panel firms with multiple global offices, policyholders have until now had no way to reach the very best advocates around the world.

In contrast to representative offices of international firms, each Policyholder Alliance member is a leading local disputes firm in its own right, with deep roots in the local legal community. Our members offer a native understanding of local legal, cultural and business practices, combined with a strong track record of managing the largest and most complex insurance disputes for policyholders.

Our jurisdictions

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Australia

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Corrs Chambers Westgarth advises policyholders on complex insurance issues and disputes across Australia. Led by recognised insurance specialist Lucy Terracall, the team supports corporate, government and multinational clients on coverage, regulatory and risk issues, including high-value claims involving cyber incidents, infrastructure projects and property damage.

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Austria

HOFMANN-CREDNER

HOFMANN-CREDNER represents and advises corporate policyholders on complex claims and in cross-border industrial insurance disputes (Austria and CEE/SEE). Our independent boutique firm combines more than 20 years of specialist insurance litigation experience with strong regional networks to help clients navigate and resolve high-value coverage disputes.

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Bahrain

Al Tamimi

Al Tamimi & Company represents policyholders across the Middle East and North Africa in complex insurance disputes. Combining specialist insurance expertise with extensive regional litigation capabilities, the team advises on coverage, claims and recoveries across a wide range of risks.

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Bermuda

Appleby

Appleby advises policyholders on complex insurance and reinsurance disputes from Bermuda. With extensive experience in coverage, claims and specialist insurance issues, the team combines detailed knowledge of the Bermuda market with international disputes expertise to support clients in high-value arbitrations and litigation.

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Denmark

Werenberg Advokater

Werenberg Advokater specialises in insurance disputes, supporting businesses in coverage, liability and compensation matters. Drawing on extensive litigation experience, the team helps clients evaluate insurer decisions, identify grounds for challenge and pursue commercially focused outcomes through negotiation or court proceedings.

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Egypt

Al Tamimi

Al Tamimi & Company represents policyholders across the Middle East and North Africa in complex insurance disputes. Combining specialist insurance expertise with extensive regional litigation capabilities, the team advises on coverage, claims and recoveries across a wide range of risks.

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England and Wales

Stewarts Law

Stewarts represents policyholders in some of the most significant insurance disputes before the English courts and arbitral tribunals. As a disputes-only firm that does not act for insurers, the team combines market-leading insurance expertise with international litigation and arbitration experience to support businesses worldwide.

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Germany

Wilhelm Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten

WILHELM represents policyholders in complex insurance and liability disputes across Germany. The team advises corporates, financial institutions, and public entities and executives on major claims, combining specialist insurance law expertise with extensive litigation experience to support clients comprehensively through their most critical high-stakes coverage, liability and regulatory challenges.

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Iraq

Al Tamimi

Al Tamimi & Company represents policyholders across the Middle East and North Africa in complex insurance disputes. Combining specialist insurance expertise with extensive regional litigation capabilities, the team advises on coverage, claims and recoveries across a wide range of risks.

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Jordan

Al Tamimi

Al Tamimi & Company represents policyholders across the Middle East and North Africa in complex insurance disputes. Combining specialist insurance expertise with extensive regional litigation capabilities, the team advises on coverage, claims and recoveries across a wide range of risks.

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Kuwait

Al Tamimi

Al Tamimi & Company represents policyholders across the Middle East and North Africa in complex insurance disputes. Combining specialist insurance expertise with extensive regional litigation capabilities, the team advises on coverage, claims and recoveries across a wide range of risks.

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Luxembourg

Loyens & Loeff

Loyens & Loeff is a full-service law and tax firm advising policyholders on complex insurance disputes in Luxembourg and internationally. Combining insurance, regulatory and disputes expertise, the firm supports corporates, private equity sponsors and financial institutions on high-value coverage matters, including D&O and W&I claims.

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Morocco

Al Tamimi

Al Tamimi & Company represents policyholders across the Middle East and North Africa in complex insurance disputes. Combining specialist insurance expertise with extensive regional litigation capabilities, the team advises on coverage, claims and recoveries across a wide range of risks.

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Netherlands

Loyens & Loeff

Loyens & Loeff is a full-service law and tax firm advising policyholders on complex insurance disputes in the Netherlands and internationally. Combining insurance, regulatory and disputes expertise, the firm supports corporates, private equity sponsors and financial institutions on high-value coverage matters, including D&O and W&I claims.

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Oman

Al Tamimi

Al Tamimi & Company represents policyholders across the Middle East and North Africa in complex insurance disputes. Combining specialist insurance expertise with extensive regional litigation capabilities, the team advises on coverage, claims and recoveries across a wide range of risks.

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Qatar

Al Tamimi

Al Tamimi & Company represents policyholders across the Middle East and North Africa in complex insurance disputes. Combining specialist insurance expertise with extensive regional litigation capabilities, the team advises on coverage, claims and recoveries across a wide range of risks.

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Saudi Arabia

Al Tamimi

Al Tamimi & Company represents policyholders across the Middle East and North Africa in complex insurance disputes. Combining specialist insurance expertise with extensive regional litigation capabilities, the team advises on coverage, claims and recoveries across a wide range of risks.

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Scotland

Burness Paull LLP

Burness Paull advises policyholders on complex insurance coverage disputes across Scotland. Combining specialist insurance expertise with one of Scotland’s largest disputes practices, the team helps clients challenge declined or underpaid claims through negotiation, litigation, arbitration and mediation.

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Singapore

Sharpe & Jagger LLC

Sharpe & Jagger LLC advises policyholders on complex insurance and reinsurance disputes across Asia Pacific. The team combines specialist insurance expertise with extensive arbitration and litigation experience, supporting clients on high-value claims, including losses arising from major energy, infrastructure, property, casualty, financial, professional and specialty risks.

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Switzerland

Nater Dallafior

Nater Dallafior, the leading disputes-only firm in Switzerland, exclusively represents policyholders in complex insurance and reinsurance disputes in Switzerland across all commercial lines. Free from insurer conflicts, the team advises domestic and multinational clients on high-value coverage claims, combining specialist insurance expertise with extensive litigation and arbitration experience.

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Türkiye

Gun and Partners

Gün + Partners advises policyholders on complex insurance and reinsurance matters in Türkiye. Combining sector-specific expertise with a full-service disputes practice, the firm supports domestic and multinational businesses on coverage, regulatory and commercial issues across a broad range of industries.

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UAE

Al Tamimi

Al Tamimi & Company represents policyholders across the Middle East and North Africa in complex insurance disputes. Combining specialist insurance expertise with extensive regional litigation capabilities, the team advises on coverage, claims and recoveries across a wide range of risks.

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USA

Cohen Ziffer

Cohen Ziffer exclusively represents policyholders in high-stakes insurance disputes. Working closely with in-house counsel and senior executives, the team offers strategic advisory support and extensive litigation and arbitration expertise, helping clients maximise insurance recoveries, protect business interests and resolve complex coverage disputes.

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Independence of member firms

The Global Policyholder Alliance is a network of independent law firms. Each member firm is a separate legal entity, regulated in its own jurisdiction, and is solely responsible for the legal advice it provides. The Global Policyholder Alliance does not provide legal advice or other services to policyholders. Membership of the Alliance does not create a partnership, joint venture or agency relationship between firms.

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