Insuralex Welcomes ENS as Member for South Africa
ENS, with offices in 7 jurisdictions across the African continent, is Africa’s largest corporate law firm, one of its specialities being Insurance Law. ENS has been selected as the exclusive member firm for South Africa by Insuralex with South African offices in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Stellenbosch.
ENS’ Insurance Practice Group possesses extensive experience and expertise with assisting clients with matters regarding both Local and International Insurance Law.
Insuralex, the world’s preeminent and reinsurance law firm network, has over 50 members firms located throughout North and Latin American, Europe, the Asia –Pacific Region and now Africa, all of which focus on insurance related matters.
Going forward, Insuralex member firms and their clients will have access to ENS’ experienced and diverse team of insurance law attorneys. In turn, ENS’ clients will have preferred access to ENS fellow Insuralex member firms.
“We are both honoured and delighted to join Insuralex and we look forward to contributing to Insuralex, and to meeting and working with our Insuralex colleagues around the world”, said Rob Scott, Head of ENS’ Insurance Practice Group.
Zara Sher, an executive in ENS’ Insurance Practice Group added: “The firm acts for insurers, underwriters, reinsurers, brokers, as well as a diverse range of policyholders, and is well placed to provide its clients with strategic and meaningful assistance in relation to insurance and reinsurance disputes across all lines of insurance / reinsurance business, coverage and policy wordings, corporate, regulatory and compliance matters. Our Insurance Practice Group is very much client centric, results driven and prides itself on its turnaround time and professionalism”.
Marta Olczak-Klimek, President of Insuralex, commented: We are proud to join the Insuralex family ENS, such a great and reputable law firm as Exclusive Member in South Africa. The track record of these great lawyers is impressive and fits perfectly with the motto and fundamentals of our organisation. We provide our clients and the global insurance market with only outstanding professionals. With this addition, we reinforce our commitment to providing our clients and member firms access to the most knowledgeable and skilled counsel around the world.
Founded in 2002, Insuralex (Trusted International Legal Advisors for (Re) Insurance) is a group created by more than 50 independent law firms from Europe, North America, Latin America, Africa, Asia and the Middle East that specialise in Insurance and Reinsurance coverage, defence, litigation and all other related legal services.
Insuralex´s clients can take advantage of a powerful network from each side of the world, from California to Australia.
Globalisation and changes in the world wide Insurance market enable Insurers and Reinsurers to market their products across national borders in a growing global economy. Different local laws and procedures may affect the conduct of insurance business on a cross-border basis and this is evident in the handling of international or multinational claims.
An Insurer can navigate these complexities by using a group of lawyers from different jurisdictions who are each specialised in their respective national insurance and reinsurance law systems but who are also affiliated to work with each other.
Insuralex exists to provide its members with a world-wide referral network of the highest quality in the fields of insurance, reinsurance, coverage, defense and litigation.
Insuralex works for a wide range of clients including insurance and reinsurance companies, Lloyd’s syndicates, insurance and reinsurance brokers as well as captives and self-insured companies.
Insuralex is an elite grouping of insurance law firms and gaining membership is difficult. Each member of Insuralex is considered to be a leading practice in this specialist field within its national jurisdiction.
Insuralex has represented major companies in some of the most significant disputes.