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Our international team provides clients with practical and efficient legal solutions for the unique challenges and complexities of insurance and reinsurance. With more than 100 years of experience in insurance law, we help clients succeed as they face new market forces, emerging risks, and evolving regulations. We provide clients with a comprehensive approach, led by attorneys who collaborate to address any regulatory, transactional, or litigation need our insurance and reinsurance clients may have.

Our team includes attorneys with industry-specific experience in a variety of practice areas, from antitrust, corporate finance, and tax to intellectual property, privacy and cybersecurity, and employment law. As one of the few firms with broad capabilities and experience in multistate and international insurance transactions and regulation, we provide practical guidance and insights into the many issues associated with mergers, dispositions, joint ventures, and acquisitions of insurance companies, brokerages, and their insurance-related assets and liabilities. We also structure, document, negotiate, and close insurance and reinsurance transactions of various kinds and complexity.

We represent a wide variety of clients in the insurance industry — from publicly traded, international insurers and reinsurers to investment banks, fintechs, and family-owned insurance agencies. Our experience spans both property and casualty as well as life, accident, and health lines of business.

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Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer - USA - Nationwide

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What the Team is Known For

Troutman Pepper Locke LLP runs an extensive insurance coverage practice from offices across the US. It attracts praise for representing major insurers in high-value and complex coverage matters, including D&O, breach of contract and professional liability.

Notable practitioners

Charles Blair in Washington, DC and Terrence McInnis and Kevin Kieffer in California are key contacts.

Work Highlights

  • The firm represented PartnerRe Ireland Insurance DAC in an over $80 million insurance coverage dispute under a D&O liability policy for an SEC lawsuit against a director of a publicly-traded company that resulted in a judgment against the individual. 

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Nick J DiGiovanni
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Nick J DiGiovanni
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Nick DiGiovanni is recognized in the market as a leading reinsurance specialist, bringing over three decades of experience representing reinsurers and insurance carriers. He also heads Troutman Pepper Locke's reinsurance and insurance litigation groups.

Nick handles complexity and high value well. He has a good grasp of complexities and how to unpack these and provide analysis to give the best advice.

He is communicative and responsive to our requests. He's a skilled advocate who has very strong courtroom presence.

Nick is a recognized leader in reinsurance and has been for decades. He is greatly experienced and one of the most persuasive advocates I have ever worked with.

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Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Reinsurance

Nick J DiGiovanni
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Nick J DiGiovanni
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