About

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Our 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.

Chambers Review

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Insurance: Insurer - California

3
Band 3

What the Team is Known For

The robust insurance practice at Troutman Pepper Locke is known for handling substantial coverage disputes in the areas of professional liability, environmental contamination, product liability and D&O. The firm also has a growing focus on data breaches and cyber insurance and regularly advises major insurers on complex litigation involving excess policies, policy exclusions and multiple towers of insurance. The team acts for clients at both trial and appellate level.

Work Highlights

  • Troutman Pepper Locke LLP advised Indian Harbor Insurance Company on coverage concerning underlying litigation brought against Ecobat in relation to a battery recycling plant in Los Angeles.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Kevin F Kieffer
3
Kevin F Kieffer
3
Band 3

Kevin Kieffer is an active litigator with broad experience across the full gamut of coverage matters. He regularly represents insurance carriers with regard to claims under cyber, professional and general liability policies.

Kevin cuts through matters incredibly quickly, cutting through uncertain facts and risky wording, getting to what is important.

Kevin is one of the smartest lawyers that I work with.

Terrence R McInnis
3
Terrence R McInnis
3
Band 3
Terrence McInnis is relied upon by insurance industry clients for representation in high-stakes claims, including those stemming from environmental and pollution damage, sexual abuse accusations and contractual disputes.

Terrence is responsive, polite and highly practical.

Terrence provides exceptional service coupled with a high level of sophistication in handling complex coverage matters.

Terrence is a very good lawyer who is strong in court, really good on the paperwork, and also a strategic thinker.

He does an excellent job. He has a very professional approach and manner. His depth of analysis is exemplary. The whole package.

He is tough, knowledgeable and effective.

Jennifer Mathis
4
Jennifer Mathis
4
Band 4

Jennifer Mathis is a highly regarded attorney, specializing in complex insurance coverage disputes on behalf of insurance carrier clients. She has experience handling directors and officers and errors and omissions claims, among others.

Jennifer is knowledgeable in the coverage space nationally, and able to handle complex matters.

Jennifer's industry experience, judgment, legal talent and intense focus on individualizing her service are the reasons we hire her and why she can take our business wherever she goes.

Jennifer is wonderful - she has a strong presence and provides effective advocacy for clients.

Jennifer is well prepared, understands all the issues, and provides very good guidance.

Ranked Lawyers at
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP

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California

Insurance: Insurer

Kevin F Kieffer
3
Kevin F Kieffer
3
Band 3
Terrence R McInnis
3
Terrence R McInnis
3
Band 3
Jennifer Mathis
4
Jennifer Mathis
4
Band 4

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