Fernando Blanco Giraldo

Insurance and Reinsurance

Insurance & civil liability litigation

Insurance disputes

Insurance coverage advice

Practising lawyer since 1987, specialized in insurance regulatory law, contracts, insurance and reinsurance litigation, as well as arbitration. He has advised multinational companies on the creation and implementation of insurance distribution networks and processes, as well as on the drafting and review of policy wordings for property damage and liability insurance, adapting them, where applicable, to Spanish law.

Lawyer of the Illustrious Bar Association of Madrid.

Member of ADECOSE: stands for the Association of Management Experts of Insurance Brokerages (Asociación de Expertos Directivos de Corredurías de Seguros). Founded in 1977, it is the leading business association in Spain representing independent insurance brokers and firms.

Member of Global Insurance Law Connect (GILC) is a multi-jurisdictional alliance of high-quality insurance law firms. Unlike a single global firm, it is a network of independent firms that collaborate to provide specialized legal services to the insurance industry across different countries.

He is the director of the Private Insurance Law Journal and the author of multiple books and articles on the regulation of insurance activities, insurance distribution, and the legal regime of insurance contracts, as well as the clauses and conditions of their various modalities.

Author of the latest book of the firm "Coverage of extraordinary risk insurance by the Insurance Compensation Consortium" is the most comprehensive study on the subject produced to date. It addresses in depth the legal and practical framework of the coverage provided by the Insurance Compensation Consortium in cases of extraordinary risks, such as those we have recently experienced, like the DANA storm in Valencia or the volcanic eruption on the island of La Palma.

Co-author of the book “Law on the Distribution of Private Insurance and Reinsurance”. His participation as a speaker is regularly required at conferences on Spanish insurance law.

With over 35 years of experience in advising and defending judicial or arbitration claims for complex large risk losses, he has participated in numerous significant litigations in Spain over the past 25 years, which have affected property damage, business interruption, transportation, construction, engineering, credit, and liability insurance.

In his professional practice, he has assisted large Spanish and foreign companies in the out-of-court handling of significant international claims occurring in Europe, America, Asia and Africa, assuming the coordination and management of subsequent processes.

Regular speaker at courses and seminars on insurance law, he has participated in events organized by the General Council of the Judiciary, the Spanish Association of Insurance Brokers (ADECOSE), the Peruvian Institute of Arbitration (IPA), the Association of Cooperative Research between Insurance Entities and Pension Funds (ICEA), and the Spanish Association of Risk and Insurance Managers (AGERS), among others.