Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer

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Provided by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Simpson Thacher’s Insurance and Reinsurance Practice is renowned for securing some of the widest-ranging, highest-profile retentions of any firm in the United States for matters involving the most significant issues facing the insurance industry. Clients benefit from our experience as the leading firm representing the interests of both insurers and reinsurers in litigations and arbitrations throughout the United States, the United Kingdom and Bermuda. We are also regularly retained by insurers and their boards of directors to advise, represent, defend and investigate business practice and regulatory issues, including in connection with shareholder lawsuits and proxy proposals; state and federal regulatory proceedings, including market conduct examinations; and government investigations. The Firm was named National Insurance Practice Group of the Year for Benchmark Litigation’s US Awards 2026 for the twelfth year, and was named by New York Law Journal as the 2024 “Insurance Litigation Department of the Year,” an accolade it was previously awarded in 2023, 2020 and 2018, respectively. The Firm was also recently profiled as a finalist in New York Law Journal’s 2025 “Insurance Litigation Department of the Year.”

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Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer - USA - Nationwide

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What the Team is Known For

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is renowned in the market as an accomplished trial and coverage firm that offers quality representation to clients in the insurance industry. The law firm is able to handle both direct insurance and reinsurance matters with equal flair, and is also adept at handling the most complex of disputes regarding insurers' business practices. It is often called on in cases involving significant exposure, the team is skilled in handling catastrophic event liability issues and bad faith disputes and acts for an enviable client roster of market-leading insurance providers.

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Work Highlights

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP represented Travelers in connection with insurance claims and inquiries arising from thousands of talc-related tort claims brought against Johnson & Johnson.

Strengths

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The Simpson Thacher team is smart, practical, trustworthy and experienced. They are highly sophisticated lawyers and have handled the most complex insurance matters out there.