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Provided by Alan R. Lyons
Alan Lyons is a partner and chair of Herrick’s Insurance & Reinsurance Group.
Alan has more than 20 years of experience advising insurers on insurance coverage and reinsurance issues, including insurance coverage litigations and arbitrations, drafting policies and reinsurance agreements, and advising on the development and structure of new insurance products.
Alan serves as national coverage counsel for insurers and risk retention groups, evaluating claims, preparing coverage opinions, and handling arbitration and litigation involving a variety of lines of insurance, including commercial general liability, commercial property, directors and officers liability, errors and omissions liability, employment practices liability, pollution, fine art, and cyber insurance policies.
Alan is an accomplished litigator who regularly represents clients in complex coverage litigation in federal and state courts, and in arbitration venues regarding a wide range of coverage issues.
Alan also regularly represents reinsureds and reinsurers in litigation and reinsurance arbitrations through to awards involving issues such as follow the fortunes/settlements, allocation disputes, the use and accounting of finite reinsurance, interpretation of warranty provisions, reinsurers' collateral obligations and the scope of contractual offset provisions.
New York State Bar Association
Law Society of England and Wales
College of Law, York, England
University of Northumbria at Newcastle, England
Provided by Chambers
Alan R. Lyons is noted for his robust insurance disputes practice, which sees him frequently handle matters relating to reinsurance and coverage disputes, particularly within the housing industry.
Provided by Chambers
Alan's results are exceptional and consistent.
Alan's results are exceptional and consistent.