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Insurance law in the UK has been modernised by the recent consumer and commercial insurance law reforms set out in the Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Act 2012 (“CIDRA”) and the Insurance Act 2015 (“the Insurance Act”) respectively. Consequently it has introduced into law a more level playing field between insureds and insurers and will in turn raise the minimum standards expected of the industry.
Ben is Group General Counsel and a member of the executive committee of Post Office Limited and Post Office Management Services. Ben works closely with executive management and boards in helping to shape strategy, maximise commercial opportunity, and mitigate legal and regulatory risk. He is responsible for designing and implementing legal strategy, leading and delivering a broad range of projects as well as managing legal operations across the Post Office group. His area of expertise includes: financial services, regulatory law, commercial distribution arrangements, data protection, corporate governance, and dispute resolution including corporate crisis management. He holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons), Bachelor of Arts with a double major in political science, and a Master of Laws and is dual qualified in Australia and England & Wales. Ben commenced his legal career as a Supreme Court Associate and qualified at the Australian law firm, Norton Rose (formerly Deacons). He was a senior associate in the Corporate Risk and Insurance team at Gadens, a top 10 Australian law firm before moving to the UK where he worked as Senior Legal Counsel at Zurich Insurance plc. Ben was awarded Solicitor of the Year – In-house by the Law Society in 2018 and has been shortlisted in the Financial Times OUTstanding list 2017 and 2018 for his leadership in diversity and inclusion. During Ben’s leadership, the Post Office legal team was awarded the in-house commerce & industry team of the year by The Lawyer in 2019.
The Post Office group is a multiline business operating in numerous markets including banking, insurance, foreign exchange, payments, retail, mails, government services and telecommunications across a branch network of over 11.500 branches.
