The Insurance Practice represents insurance industry clients in litigation in the United States and abroad. We litigate in many forums – including private arbitration and in federal and state courts – and in various substantive areas, handling such issues as:
Policy and Claim Litigation
- Coverage for environmental, asbestos and other mass tort liabilities
- Coverage under professional liability, E&O, D&O, fiduciary claims and other insuring provisions
- Defense of extra-contractual liability claims, including bad faith and excess limits exposures
- Disputes relating to termination, non-renewal and corporate claims practices
- Claims and matters relating to disability insurance, including ERISA litigation
- Claims and matters relating to life insurance and long term care insurance
- Premium financing and retrospective rating adjustments
- Self-funded health and benefit plans
- Complex coverage issues relating to CGL and first-party property claims
- Claims related to financial guarantees and complex commercial domestic and international surety bonds
- Claims and related litigation involving companies in liquidation, rehabilitation, supervision, and, where applicable, conservation proceedings
- Multifaceted coverage issues related to construction defect litigation, including additional-insured issues
Regulatory Litigation
- Solvency issues, including matters relating to orders of supervision, rehabilitation and liquidation in the United States and abroad
- Administrative hearings and litigation relating to sales practices, market conduct and licensing matters
- Challenges to non-profit health insurers’ surplus levels
- Challenges to awards of contracts for governmental assistance programs
Reinsurance Litigation
- Asbestos, environmental and other mass tort liabilities
- Program and fronting business
- Surety bonds
- Workers’ compensation losses
- Life insurance, including variable annuity life insurance products
- Disability claims
- Accidental death and dismemberment claims
- Accidental contamination and product tampering claims
- Medical malpractice and nursing home liabilities
- Substandard insurance programs
- Stop loss insurance and self-insured employer plans and groups
- Misfeasance or malfeasance by reinsurance intermediaries and brokers
- Claims and related litigation involving insolvent or financially troubled insurers or reinsurers
Commercial Litigation
- Termination of MGA and MGU agreements, joint ventures and other business relationships
- Misfeasance or malfeasance claims involving insurance agents and brokers
- Copyright infringement
- Fraudulent conveyances
- Breach of contract
- Nonsubstitute, noncompete and other issues involving departed employees
- Corporate governance and control
- Agreements with health care providers
- Disputes related to investments and investment advisory services
- Statutory immunity for workplace death and injury claims
Criminal Litigation
- Internal investigations of possible misfeasance or malfeasance by company employees, officers and directors
- Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement
- Reinsurance matters, including risk transfer
- Producer compensation arrangements
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