Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP, Insurance

About

Provided by Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP

Insurance and reinsurance are important parts of Faegre Drinker’s heritage and among our greatest strengths. We began offering insurance counsel nearly 100 years ago and today maintain one of the nation’s largest and most respected insurance practices. We assist insurance companies, third-party administrators, and other insurance businesses and professionals in covering related legal needs across virtually all insurance lines. We provide M&A, transactional, regulatory and market conduct compliance services as well as litigation, public policy and insolvency counsel to publicly and privately held insurance entities. Partnering with you, we take charge of litigation, whether single-plaintiff lawsuits or multijurisdictional class actions, and defend you in regulatory enforcement disputes. We form, advise and manage captive insurers, risk purchasing groups and risk retention groups. And we understand InsurTech, Big Data, privacy and cybersecurity. Faegre Drinker has the depth and breadth of experience to handle the legal and public policy needs of players, large and small, in the insurance industry.

Chambers Review

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Insurance - Pennsylvania

Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Faegre Drinker has a Philadelphia-based team with particularly deep knowledge of the property and casualty aspects of insurance cases. The practice also offers expert advice on life and health insurance matters to large insurance companies, agents and reinsurers. It is recognized for its versatile handling of both transactional and contentious insurance matters. The team has notable experience in representing insurers in putative class actions, as well as in long-term care insurance matters.

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Work Highlights

Faegre Drinker represented Legal & General America and Banner Life Insurance Company in a putative nationwide class action alleging misreprepresentation in connection with a premium universal life policy.

Strengths

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They look out for new issues; it's a useful and very helpful function.

Insurance respondent
USA

They have always been able to bring partners from other areas to support any request.

Insurance respondent
USA

Faegre has a broad range of resources to support our business and can bring in subject matter experts at the appropriate time. They are also customer-focused and meet timelines.

Insurance respondent
USA

Faegre Drinker has a very well-rounded team. Their familiarity with the individual regulators is also very valuable.

Insurance respondent
USA

They look out for new issues; it's a useful and very helpful function.

Insurance respondent
USA

They have always been able to bring partners from other areas to support any request.

Insurance respondent
USA

Faegre has a broad range of resources to support our business and can bring in subject matter experts at the appropriate time. They are also customer-focused and meet timelines.

Insurance respondent
USA

Faegre Drinker has a very well-rounded team. Their familiarity with the individual regulators is also very valuable.

Insurance respondent
USA

Notable Practitioners

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Daniel W. Krane

Band 2

Daniel Krane focuses his practice on insurance regulatory matters. He regularly assists insurance companies on corporate transactions, as well as providing compliance advice.

Daniel is knowledgeable, thorough and reliable in terms of his advice.

Daniel is uniquely qualified and knowledgeable about insurance regulatory matters.

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Nolan Tully

Band 3

Nolan Tully is an experienced advocate who regularly assists long-term care and disability insurers with regulatory and contentious matters.

Nolan Tully is a good guy and resource; he's also very comfortable with healthy debates.

Nolan is a wonderful partner to work with to achieve our goals.

Nolan has outstanding knowledge, expertise and experience, along with great interpersonal skills.

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Stephen A. Serfass

Band 3

Stephen Serfass is chair of the firm's insurance litigation practice group. He assists clients in the full range of disputes and has particular expertise in the area of long-term care insurance.

He's a great guy with lots of knowledge that he is willing to share, but he is also very eager to learn from others' perspectives.

Stephen has excellent knowledge, experience and expertise. He's a pleasure to partner with on complex issues.

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Sandra Jones

Up and Coming

Sandra Jones is noted for her experience assisting insurer clients with a wide range of matters, including those involving long-term care and life insurance.

Sandra is a subject matter expert and one of the most knowledge people in the country. She provides quick answers to every question, and I enjoy working with her.

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