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Alex Hamer
Specialisms
Casualty, technology risks, products, property, D&O, professional indemnity, PA and reinsurance
  • Alex Hamer, Partner
  • Email: alex.hamer@rpc.co.uk
  • Phone: +44 (0)20 3060 6449
  • Date admitted: October 1984

Alex is an insurance and reinsurance lawyer with expertise in liability and first party coverages across a broad range of business classes. Recent work has related to technology products, commercial software, financial institutions, directors and officers, professional indemnity, commercial property, PA insurance and casualty reinsurance. His work involves both defence work, liability and coverage advice. He also advises on policy wordings and delivers seminars on general insurance and specific classes of business.

One of Alex's specialisms is technology risks, encompassing technology products (software and hardware), IT errors and omissions and coverage advice. He chairs the firm's Technology group which spans both the insurance and corporate sectors of the firm.

In relation to property, Alex has advised over the years on a range of significant coverage issues. He has also recently completed a study for property insurance clients on the implications of climate change.

Alex is also an experienced reinsurance practitioner and advises in relation to both treaty and facultative business.

Memberships

  • Product Liability Forum of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law
  • Institute of Taxation

Examples of relevant work

  • Henderson v Merrett Syndicates Ltd & Ors (HL) [1994]
  • Major telecoms provider - claim arising from military contract
  • Major financial institution - claim arising from insolvency of US company
  • International airport - loss arising from terminal construction defects
  • Software provider - claim arising from failed implementation