Surety insurance protects businesses that are investing in high value, high risk projects. In these scenarios, it is essential to work with advisers that understand the surety market and can mitigate the risks should something go wrong.
With a wealth of experience in this specialist practice area, our surety insurance team are internationally recognised experts in performance bonds, guarantees and indemnities.
The surety insurance advisory team within Gateley Vinden have been advising the major surety companies as loss adjusters on all aspects of liability under bonds, primarily, but not exclusively, construction bonds both in the UK and Ireland. Originally part of Tozer Gallagher, the team joined Gateley Vinden in July 2021 and regularly work alongside the Gateley Legal surety team. They have been involved with many of the leading judgements concerning construction performance bonds and their experience enables them to engage quickly and meaningfully with all stakeholders to explore opportunities for the settlement of claims in a professional manner.
Our surety insurance team advises on both contentious and non-contentious legal issues relating to any surety, drawing on the support of other specialists across the Gateley group when required.
The non-contentious work covered by our surety insurance team includes:
Recognised experts in handling bond and surety claims…‘They are a quite bespoke practice. They have real strength when dealing with security documentation for construction projects’.
The contentious work covered by our surety insurance team includes:
Our surety insurance team advises sureties on a variety of matters covering a wide range of sectors. We regularly act for many household surety names, including ACE, Aviva, Euler Hermes, HCC, QBE and Zurich.