Insurance Law

The retainer is key – court rejects duty of care between insurance broker and third party

Contact: Mark Brookes, Partner and David Fisher, Senior Associate; Carter Newell (Queensland, Australia)

In the recent case of Hamcor Pty Ltd & Anor v State of Queensland & Ors [2014] QSC 224 the Supreme Court of Queensland refused to accept that a duty of care to obtain appropriate insurance existed between an insurance broker and a non-client third party.

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