Profile

 

IMG_0954Mark Radford

  • has over 25 years’ experience in the insurance and financial service industry
  • advises the insurance industry (insurers, reinsurers, insurance agents, brokers) and other financial services industry participants (e.g. credit providers and financial planners) on the many legal issues affecting the operation of their businesses, in particular policy drafting and interpretation and regulatory compliance in relation to legislation affecting their business, such as Insurance Act, Life Insurance Act, Corporations Act, Insurance Contracts Act and Privacy Act
  • consults for international law firms on insurance and regulatory issues affecting their overseas clients
  • values long term relationships with clients as their trusted adviser
  • has experience and a leading industry role that helps you remain ahead of the game
  • is valued for providing practical, high quality, cost effective and innovative advice to clients
  • has practical in-house experience having worked for a major insurer
  • regularly liaises with regulators such as Treasury, ASIC, ACCC, AUSTRAC and the Privacy Commissioner
  • is widely recognised as one of the few experts in FSR and was on the Government Financial Services Advisory Disclosure panel, the Government FOFA Peak Consultation Group and Government Roundtable Consultation Group on Unfair Contracts and insurance
  • is a Member of Editorial Board of Financial Services Newsletter and contributer to Sutton on Insurance Law Regulatory sections
  • is a regular commentator on issues relevant to the insurance and financial services industry and has guest lectured at University of Sydney on Insurance law;
  • is acknowledged in The Best Lawyers in Australia 2019 in the fields of insurance law and regulatory practice, the Insurance and Reinsurance Expert Guide 2018 as a Leading Practitioner in Australia, Who’s Who Legal: Australia 2018 and Chambers Asia Pacific 2019 as a leader in the field of Insurance
  • is a member of the Law Council National Insurance Law Group
  • is a member of the Australian Insurance Law Association
  • prepares papers and presents regularly at major international insurance conferences, including AIDA 2014 in Rome for Australia on transparency of insurance contract terms and conditions and pre-contractual Information, the 2015 LawAsia Conference on consumer protection issues in insurance and AIDA 2018 Rio on Governance
  • is a member of the Association International Des Assurance (AIDA) Reinsurance Group and provided the 2011 Australian paper on Australian Reinsurance intermediary practices for AIDA

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