Katherine Varney

Associate, Reed Smith

Katie is an associate in Reed Smith’s Global Commercial Disputes Group, having joined the firm as a trainee in February 2020. She has experience in insurance recovery and English High Court disputes.

Katie has advised on the coverage position under a wide variety of policies, including political risk, directors’ and officers’ liability, business interruption and more.

Prior to qualifying into the Global Commercial Disputes Group, Katie sat in the Transportation Industry Group (focusing on casualty and admiralty) and the Financial Industry Group (focusing on structured finance). She also gained in-house experience by carrying out a six-month secondment to a real estate finance client.

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Waiver by the insurer in relation to underwriting and claims-handling

Practice Notes

This Practice Note considers waivers in the context of insurance underwriting and claims-handling, focusing on non-consumer insurance contracts. It considers waiver in the context of the duty of fair presentation, waiver by affirmation or election, waiver by estoppel, waiver in the context of a breach of a condition and an insurer’s reservation of rights.

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