Simon Isgar

Simon is partner and head of insurance/reinsurance. He has almost 20 years’ experience representing international insurers and intermediaries throughout insurance markets globally. Previously the Head of Corporate & Regulatory Insurance MENA at Kennedys, Simon joined the BSA Dubai office as Partner and Head of Insurance/Reinsurance in 2018, where he undertakes both contentious and non-contentious insurance/reinsurance work.

One of his specialists niche area of practice, involves ‘international private medical insurance’ and ‘international health regulations’ and has worked with several of the large global insurers in this regard. More recently, Simon has acted in a large fire loss claim arising under a Contractors All Risk Coverage and successfully settled the matter for lead underwriters. Simon is currently acting for several Lloyd’s syndicates in a large fire loss claim in respect of coverage advice and dispute resolution, acted for a large European capacity provider in respect of a UAE reinsurance Simon also leads the firm’s Middle East Cyber Response Team working with Munich Re and several cedent insurers.

Simon is often instructed by leading law firms in the United Kingdom and Europe as regional counsel and recently was involved with the negotiations and settlement of an 100,000,000 million USD claim.

Simon is a barrister, called to the Bar (England & Wales) in 1998, providing insurance/reinsurance coverage and dispute advice.

His professional memberships include; DIFC Insurance Association, British Insurance Lawyers Association (BILA) and the International Bar Association.