Olivia Darlington is a solicitor and Head of Insurance – Middle East & Africa at Simmons & Simmons. Olivia has a deep understanding of the London Market and the regional insurance sector, and specialises in contentious insurance matters in the Middle East, with a particular focus on financial lines, including cyber. As well as defence work, she also has extensive experience in advising insurers on complex policy coverage matters, principally under professional indemnity, property, banker’s blanket bond, directors’ and officers’, warranties and indemnities, construction all risks and cyber insurance policies. Olivia also advises clients in the region about emerging risks such as AI risk and ESG risk.