Bio

Peter Dunlop is a partner* and Co-Lead of the Insurance & Reinsurance team of Walkers Bermuda. Peter is a leading, internationally recognised re/insurance lawyer in Bermuda and has 25 years' experience working in and around the global re/insurance industry. He has a unique re/insurance skillset from market experience of working as a disputes lawyer in complex large scale re/insurance disputes, as well as a corporate re/insurance lawyer and specialty underwriter. Peter is an experienced advocate, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and has many years' experience of multi-million dollar, complex international re/insurance arbitrations in the UK and Bermuda for policyholders, cedants and reinsurers across a broad range of industries, including banking, energy, healthcare and pharmaceuticals. Peter also has significant experience of complex and long-running insurance regulatory investigations in the UK and in Bermuda, representing insurers and reinsurers in investigations often with a multi-jurisdictional dimension. As a specialty underwriter Peter created a market leading book of diverse, new and innovative insurance and reinsurance business at XL Catlin Bermuda, bringing a truly expert, diverse and commercial specialism to his re/insurance legal practice, which has included non-contentious and corporate advice in the areas of insurance company (long term and general business), Managing General Agency, captive, SPI and broker formations, licencing, ILS structures, policy and contract drafting, new product advice and insurtech in which he has acted for investors, fund and captive managers, insurtech start-ups, brokers and many of the world's leading re/insurers.