Dean specialises in financial lines products, with a focus on directors & officers, professional indemnity, management liability and coverage in the London and Australian markets.

With extensive experience advising on complex coverage issues and monitoring and advising insurers on strategy to resolve coverage disputes and the underlying litigation or investigation, Dean also has experience investigating, managing and resolving a diverse range of breach of director duties and professional indemnity claims. This experience ranges from defending directors in shareholder oppression claims and not-for-profit organisation disputes, to defending professionals as diverse as real estate agents, art restorers and photometry technicians to mortgage brokers, accountants and financial planners. Dean has also represented directors in ASIC examinations and ICAC investigations.

Dean has undertaken secondments at major insurers, where he supported various financial lines claims across multiple jurisdictions which required him to liaise with the local offices. He has developed a deep understanding of the relationships between insurers, brokers and insureds, which has enabled him to be recognised for his pragmatic and commercial approach to his advice.