Dispute Resolution Working Party Meeting

The inaugural meeting of the newly established AIDA Dispute Resolution Working Party was held on 18 October during the Asia Pacific Insurance Conference at the Stamford Raffles which took place between 18-20 October 2017.

Presentations were delivered by:

Mark Kelly, (Barrister/New Zealand) - Mediation Schemes for Natural Disaster Insurance Disputes .

Craig Marvinney, (Lawyer, FDCC member/US) - Overview on ADR in the USA .

Assoc. Prof. Daleen Millard, (University of Johannesburg/South Africa) - Dispute resolution schemes in South Africa.

Kevin Kwek, (Lawyer/Singapore) - Outline of insurance litigation mechanisms applying in Singapore.

Aaron Le Marquer, (Lawyer/Thailand) - Arbitration and Dispute Resolution in Thailand and Indo China.

Don O'Halloran, (Ombudsman/Australia) - Overview of the Financial Ombudsman Scheme and its application to insurance disputes in Australia.

Despite the fact that it was our first meeting it was extremely well attended and with attendees leaving their names and contact details with us it will enable us to email the attendees advising them of future meetings of the Working Party the next of which will take place in Warsaw in May and at the AIDA World Congress in Rio (Brazil) in October

Anyone interested in the activities of the AIDA Dispute Resolution Working Party or wishing to contribute material, should get in touch with either Chair, Chris Rodd chrisjrodd@gmail.com or Vice Chair, Prof Ana Rita Petraroli anarita@petraroli.com and ask to be added to the Working Party's email list so as to be made aware of future activities.