09 Mar 2026
Clyde & Co hires Jessica Thurtell as Partner in Sydney
"Clyde & Co hires Jessica Thurtell as partner in Sydney to bolster its life insurance and financial lines practice."
Thurtell is a life insurance and financial lines specialist with deep expertise in defence work in the management liability space. She has experience developing remediation programmes, responding to regulatory requests, acting in Royal Commissions and addressing systemic issues for clients through the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA). She also has extensive complex coverage experience across lines of business and a substantial track record of handling significant and complex litigation for large insurers.
She enters Clyde & Co as a partner. Thurtell has strong connections in the insurance market and was instrumental in establishing the Young Australasian Life Underwriting and Claims Association (YALUCA). Her arrival is expected to strengthen the firm’s commercial litigation defence and major and complex coverage dispute offerings.
The hire further underlines Clyde & Co’s growth in insurance in Australia and follows recent additions and promotions within its insurance practice, including the lateral partner arrivals of Janine Clark, Yvonne Lam and Malcolm Wood, the partner promotion of Steven Lurie, and the hires of special counsel Kyle Bowles and Hugo Thomas.