Moray & Agnew is Australia’s largest dedicated defendant insurance law firm. Our lawyers have enabled us to field legal teams in parallel to most insurance lines of business, ranging from major lines through to niche offerings.
Our extensive experience in these areas of law means we can advise clients at the earliest stages, which matters demand early settlement (and at what cost) and which should be defended. This has developed our reputation for strong technical insurance law credentials and a successful track record of delivering high quality legal services and commercially pragmatic outcomes for a very large group of both national and global clients. Our reputation as insurance law experts is matched by an excellent understanding of the key issues affecting the global insurance and reinsurance industry, including the ability to quickly identify challenges such as emerging risks and claims trends.
Our vast insurance law resources have allowed us to successfully finalise over 60,000 transactions across all lines of insurance in the past five years on behalf of Australian and international insurers (including Lloyds the London Company Market), niche insurers, underwriters, brokers, reinsurers, claims management agencies, government agencies and large self-insured corporations.
We act for the majority of Australia’s general insurers, together with boutique insurers, brokers, underwriting agencies, reinsurers as well as corporate and government insureds. General insurers from the United States, New Zealand and the United Kingdom regularly provide us with instructions.
We were delighted to contribute to the Chambers & Partners ‘Insurance and Reinsurance 2025’ Global Practice Guide. Click here for our chapter on Australian trends and developments.
Our clients are quoted in legal directory Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2026 (Insurance) saying that Moray & Agnew are
- ‘Experienced lawyers in all areas of insurance.’
- ‘The team is great to deal with, the partners are highly experienced and are the best at building relationships with clients, Insurers and brokers. They keep clients fully informed during the process and are collaborative with every party involved.'
- ‘They are very collaborative, they keep every party fully informed and involved in the process. No need to chase them up. The individuals I deal with are the best, highly experienced and knowledgeable. They are very professional but still seem like normal people that you can talk to freely and without judgement. My clients feel the same, all questions answered no matter how trivial or silly they seem.'
- ‘The practice has, in my experience, a strong insurance focus with a deep understanding of the industry.’
- ‘Access, expertise and a clear understanding of what insurers need to best manage their day to day claims operations.’
- ‘Excellent communication and explains complex law jargon into real terms.’
Chambers & Partners 2026 (Insurance Defence) quotes our clients saying 'The team at Moray & Agnew are highly experienced. I know any claims that they handle will be managed perfectly and they will keep us and the Insured fully informed throughout the process.' and 'The team at Moray & Agnew have a capacity to identify critical issues at an early stage and then to promote early resolution in a pragmatic way.'