Recommendations
Kennedy Van der Laan is recommended in the Legal 500
2010
Chambers Europe 2010
"Commentators agree that this broad general insurance practice
is a popular choice for clients from the mid and higher mid-market.
The three-partner group offers assistance on a wide range of
insurance and liability work, including technical and medical
damage claims, professional and D&O liability, and government
liability. It also assists with regulatory issues and the drafting
of policies. Clients include large Dutch insurers as well as
international insurance companies with operations in the
Netherlands. Frits Van der Woude is admired for his professional
liability practice and can draw on his inside knowledge of the
insurance industry, having previously worked within the sector. He
is currently defending a major law firm and its liability insurers
against a large professional liability claim."
Insurance and liability
The Insurance and liability group particularly focuses on the
national and international insurance practice. The Insurance and
Liability group has a leading position within the Dutch market. Our
clients are active throughout the market and they consist of, inter
alia, national and international insurance companies active in the
Netherlands, intermediaries, insurance brokers, insurance pools,
surveyors and valuers and agents. In addition, we regularly assist
multinationals and lower level authorities and other government
bodies (including hospitals).
The area of expertise of our group is wide and diverse. We
specialize in the handling of large and complex technical damage
claims (including product recalls and fire) and the handling of
cases in the field of professional liability, government liability,
health law, employer liability (including asbestos claims) and
(international) road traffic damage claims. Furthermore, in
collaboration with other KVdL groups, we offer high-quality,
practice-based and integrated solutions for and assistance in the
setting up of insurance products and portfolios, joint ventures in
the market and supervisory legislation.
We like to have close, direct and personal contact with our
clients. We think an open and dynamical collaboration to be
valuable and useful. The same goes for our strong contacts with the
academic world. The attorneys in our insurance and liability
practice are also part of our dispute resolution and litigation
practice. This combination of factors offers a guarantee for the
best possible result in any (conflict)
situation.
Track record Insurance and liability