Jonathan Corman

Jonathan has been an insurance specialist for some 30 years, concentrating primarily on professional indemnity, D&O, Financial Institutions and construction, and dealing with both domestic and international coverage disputes.
He has litigated at all levels of the court system, is very familiar with the arbitration process, and is a strong believer in mediation whenever appropriate. 

Legal 500  has described Jonathan as “at the foremost of his field, and a pragmatic and realistic lawyer who quickly identifies the issues and ways to address them … He is razor-sharp and pulls no punches in achieving the best outcome for policyholders”. 

Likewise,  the Chambers & Partners Directory has said that  “Jonathan is an absolutely exceptional insurance lawyer; he knows the field inside out and has real gravitas.”

Jonathan represented the successful policyholder in the ground-breaking Court of Appeal case of RSA v Tughans, which concerned indemnity for a claim relating to the policyholder’s own professional fees.

Other recent highlights include advising policyholders on a wide range of high-value and complex coverage disputes across the professional liability, financial services, construction and energy sectors. His experience includes acting for a Ukrainian company in a €150 million insurance dispute arising from the loss of its wind farm following the Russian invasion, and for a major insurer in a US$30 million dispute with its D&O insurers.

He is particularly experienced in professional indemnity and financial lines insurance, having advised financial institutions, fund managers and other corporate policyholders on significant and often multi-jurisdictional claims. His recent work includes acting for a financial services company in a £30 million dispute concerning reinstatement of limits under its professional indemnity programme; a Bermudian fund manager in relation to cover for a multi-million-dollar US class action; and an English bank pursuing a claim under its crime policy following a substantial mortgage fraud.

His practice also encompasses complex construction and engineering disputes, providing strategic advice on both coverage and liability issues in technically challenging claims. He is currently acting for a construction company in a £13 million professional indemnity dispute involving intricate questions of design liability and defective workmanship as well as for another construction company in an £8 million arbitration concerning the scope and effect of a combustible cladding exclusion.