Emma Franklin

Barrister, 7 King’s Bench Walk

Emma is developing a busy practice across the breadth of commercial law, including insurance, shipping, general commercial disputes, international arbitration, shipbuilding and civil fraud. She acts as sole counsel and as junior counsel in all of 7KBW’s specialist areas and regularly acts as sole counsel in LMAA disputes.

Her current and recent instructions include being led in a marine insurance Commercial Court dispute following the Russian invasion of Ukraine; being led in an insurance broker’s negligence dispute concerning the placement of business interruption cover; and acting in a multi-million euro superyacht construction arbitration, which involved the bringing of a successful urgent injunction against the builder in the Commercial Court.

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The functions and duties of insurance brokers—policy placement

Practice Notes

This Practice Note provides a high-level introduction to the functions and duties of insurance brokers and explains the roles of insurance brokers and their duties in relation to the placement and renewal of insurance policies. It also provides practical guidance as to how brokers can prevent or mitigate negligence claims.

Insurance & Reinsurance