Directors and Officers & Professional Liability

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Saul Ewing’s Insurance team includes lawyers who have substantial experience representing insurers in connection with claims presented under directors and officers and professional liability policies. 

We advise on drafting policy language and coverage issues raised by claims. We monitor claims and prosecute declaratory judgment actions seeking judicial confirmation of coverage positions and defend breach of contract and bad faith actions for our clients. We have addressed coverage issues involving: the timing of actual or potential claims; the effect of untimely notice under variants of claims-made policies; related claim language and its effects; capacity issues; damages and disgorgement; and various exclusions including the insured versus insured exclusion. 

We represent our insurance clients in coverage litigation in both state and federal courts nationwide and have secured judgments among the first matters upholding the regulatory exclusion and addressing the scope of the defense obligation. When claims do not lend themselves to immediate resolution through the court system, we monitor the underlying claim litigation and participate in alternative dispute resolution fora on behalf of insurers.  


 

Key Contacts
Thomas S. Schaufelberger
Clarence Y. Lee
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