Christoph Frey
He has extensive experience in advising and representing clients in claims handling and in complex proceedings concerning contentious liability issues and controversial insurance cover in financial lines, D&O, professional indemnity, including lawyer’s liability and medical malpractice.
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Christoph Frey and his team provide an enhanced level of legal support for insurance companies, brokers and insured parties advising on policy wording and coverage issues. Christoph Frey has a wealth of expertise in claims handling arising from all classes of liability policies, including financial lines, D&O, and professional negligence. Recent instructions include the successful defense of a D&O insurer in proceedings on coverage and the initiation of proceedings against a cyber insurer under an international program.
He regularly represents insurers and insured professionals in high-profile disputes. His qualification as a specialized attorney in torts and insurance law gives him a very comprehensive and notable experience in a variety of private insurance matters including the coordination with all sorts of liability and social insurance.
Christoph Frey is a member of Insuralex, a worldwide network of independent lawyers practicing insurance and reinsurance law. He is also the author and responsible editor of ius.focus for torts and private insurance law.
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- German
- English
- French
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Scientific publications
Kommentierung von Art. 33 VAG, Elementarschadenversicherung, in: Hsu, Peter Ch. / Stupp, Eric (Hrsg.), Basler Kommentar zum Versicherungsaufsichtsgesetz, Basel 2013, 478–512
Christoph FreyKommentierung von Art. 15 und 16 ATSG, in: Frésard-Fellay, Klett, Leuzinger (Hrsg.), Basler Kommentar Allgemeiner Teil des Sozialversicherungsrechts, Basel 2020. Co-Autorin: Nathalie Lang
Christoph FreyFurther publications
Arbeitsrecht und Mitarbeiterbeteiligungen, in: Handelszeitung N. 39, 26. September 2001, p. 31
Christoph FreyVersicherungsbetrug immer noch ein Kavaliersdelikt, in: Handelszeitung Nr. 21, 24. Mai 2000, p. 29
Christoph FreyVorzeitige Rückgabe von Leasingfahrzeugen, in: Handelszeitung Nr. 28, 14. Juli 1999, S. 20
Christoph FreyWenn Manager zur Kasse gebeten werden, in: Handelszeitung Nr. 47, 18. November 1998, S. 26
Christoph FreyWie haftet der Schweizer Unternehmer für Umweltschäden in der Schweiz? in: Management-Information 93 - 08, Institut für Versicherungswirtschaft an der Hochschule St. Gallen
Christoph FreyConferences
Cyber Insurance in Switzerland – Update and Development; Speech on the occasion of Insuralex Regional Meeting Frankfurt a. Main and at the International Cyber-Insurance Conference & European member meeting on November 29, 2019 in Frankfurt a. Main
Christoph FreyRechtliche Rahmenbedingungen der Transaktionsversicherungen; Referat / KC Info-Event, Durchblick im Versicherungsrecht vom 2. Oktober 2017 in Zürich
Christoph FreyReinsurance Contracts in Switzerland - Introductory Remarks; Speech at the LATCAM - Business Round-Table on "The Argentinian Insurance and Re-Insurance Market", hosted by KC Zurich, on 5 September 2017
Christoph FreyCyber Risks: Haftung und Versicherbarkeit; Referat / KC Info-Event, Durchblick im Versicherungsrecht vom 21. September 2016 in Zürich
Christoph FreyDirectors' and Officers' Liability (D&O)
Christoph FreyMedia
Die Haftung für Umweltschäden, in: Gerling Magazin, Sept. 1993
Christoph FreyWie stark beeinflusst das neue Produktehaftpflichtgesetz Schweizer Unternehmen? in: Gerling Magazin, August 1994
Christoph FreyContact
Zurich
Rämistrasse 5
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CH-8024 Zürich
Tel. +41 58 200 39 00
Fax +41 58 200 39 11
info@kellerhals-carrard.ch