Peter Craney, Senior Associate, Kennedys

Peter Craney has been recognised as one of the most promising young stars in the Australian insurance industry by being listed in the 2017 edition of Insurance Business’ Young Guns.

Peter Craney, Senior Associate, Kennedys
http://www.kennedyslaw.com

Age: 30

Peter Craney is a lawyer in the Sydney office of global law firm Kennedys, recently promoted to senior associate. His seven years’ experience in the legal profession encompasses work in both Australia and the UK, and he specialises in marine, liability and property insurance law. He advises on marine and aviation cargo, hull and liability sub lines for various Australian and overseas market marine insurers and reinsurers, and has a developing practice in cyber insurance. Craney is the current treasurer of the NSW branch of the Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand and is a committee member and head of the Sydney Marine Discussion Group’s events subcommittee. He’s also the vice-chair – and only lawyer invited to be involved – in the newly incorporated representative body, the Institute of Marine Insurance Professionals. According to one colleague, he’s played a significant guiding and advisory role in the establishment of that group. Craney aspires to be a partner of Kennedys and to lead its domestic push in the development and use of legaltech and insurtech in legal service to the insurance industry.

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