Robert D Chesler

Practice Areas

Insurance Recovery, Climate Change and Disaster Recovery

Career

A shareholder in Anderson Kill's Newark, NJ office, Robert D. Chesler represents policyholders in a broad variety of insurance coverage claims and advises companies with respect to their insurance programs.

Bob has served as the attorney of record in more than 30 reported insurance decisions, representing clients including General Electric, Ingersoll-Rand, Westinghouse, Schering, Chrysler, and Unilever, as well as many small businesses including gas stations and dry cleaners.

Bob taught history at the State University of New York at Purchase, Legal Methods at Harvard University, and insurance law at Rutgers Law School. He holds a Ph.D. in history from Princeton University and maintains a scholarly interest in insurance. He is co-author of the seminal article Patterns of Judicial Interpretation of Insurance Coverage for Hazardous Waste Site Liability, 18 Rutgers L.J. 9 (1986), which has been cited by numerous courts, including seven state supreme courts and the Second Circuit, along with dozens of other articles on insurance issues. He is co-author of Insurance Coverage for Intellectual Property and Cyber Insurance Claims, published by Thomas West, and is former co-editor in chief of the Environmental Claims Journal. Bob is also co-editor of Coverage, the ABA Insurance Journal. He has chaired seminars on the new cyber-policies and food insurance issues for the ABA and NJSBA, and served as Chair of the Insurance Sub-Committee of the American Intellectual Property Law Association.

Publications

NEW JERSEY FEDERAL COURTS ESTOP INSURANCE COMPANIES FROM DENYING COVERAGE

Anderson Kill New Jersey Alert | April 04, 2023

HOW INSURANCE COMPANIES DEFRAUD THEIR POLICYHOLDERS : WHAT COURTS AND LEGISLATORS SHOULD DO ABOUT IT

Journal on Emerging Issues in Litigation | March 15, 2023

RECENT NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT DECISION CONSTRICTS AN INSURANCE COMPANY'S DUTY TO DEFEND

New Jersey Alert | October 28, 2022

INSURANCE COMPANIES PUSH THE POLLUTION EXCLUSION ENVELOPE. COURTS TEAR IT OPEN

Climate Change & Disaster Recovery Alert | October 25, 2022

AFTER THE FLOOD: TEXAS APPEALS COURT LIMITS A SUBLIMIT'S REACH

Climate Change & Disaster Recovery Alert | October 25, 2022

THE ESG POLICE HAVE ARRIVED. IS YOUR INSURANCE READY?

Climate Change & Disaster Recovery Alert | June 01, 2022

CLIMATE CHANGE AND DISASTER RECOVERY UPDATE

Climate Change & Disaster Recovery Alert | April 27, 2022

D&O COVERAGE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE-ESG-RELATED LIABILITIES

Anderson Kill Policyholder Advisor | April 07, 2022

CLIMATE CHANGE, ESG, AND D&O INSURANCE: COLLISION OR COOPERATION?

Journal of Emerging Issues in Litigation | February 25, 2022

NEW JERSEY STATE COURT ALLOWS CASINO TO PROCEED WITH ITS COVID-19 BUSINESS INTERRUPTION CLAIMS

Anderson Kill New Jersey Alert | January 05, 2022

USEPA RELEASES PFAS ROADMAP, POTENTIALLY TRIGGERING DEEP ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY

Policyholder Advisor & Alert | November 03, 2021

A SURVEY OF RECENT INSURANCE COVERAGE DETERMINATIONS: D&O, OPIOIDS, BIOMETRICS, DATA BREACHES, RANSOMWARE, AND LEAD PAINT

Journal of Emerging Issues in Litigation | November 01, 2021

A SURVEY OF RECENT INSURANCE COVERAGE DETERMINATIONS: D&O, OPIOIDS, BIOMETRICS, DATA BREACHES, RANSOMWARE, AND LEAD PAINT

Journal of Emerging Issues in Litigation | November 01, 2021

MANAGING RISK OF LIABILITY STEMMING FROM BIOMETRIC TECH AND PRIVACY LAWS

Corporate Counsel Business Journal (CCBJ) | May 27, 2021

INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR FOREVER CHEMICALS

Risk Management Magazine (RMM) | May 03, 2021

For earlier articles, please see bio at https://www.andersonkill.com/People/Robert-D-Chesler

Work Highlights

Seeking insurance coverage under the policy's coverage for invasion of the right of private occupancy. A builder's subcontractor made a mistake, and the condo units were too noisy. The builder had to move out the condo owners to effect repairs.

Obtained coverage for a client that had conducted sand-blasting of containers on its property, resulting in paint flecks that contained lead that allegedly caused groundwater contamination.

Represented a national retailer that was sued pursuant to a California statute that made it illegal to ask a customer who was paying by credit card for personal information. Successfully obtained coverage under the client's cyber insurance policy.

Counseling a hotel company that had a major data breach on insurance coverage.

Pursuing insurance coverage in the case of the President of a company that stuffed ATMs with cash and stole over $50,000,000 from his company.

Negotiated insurance coverage for an electric company whose customers have sued it in several class actions, asserting that they were overcharged.

Analyzed and pursued coverage for companies with thousands of asbestos and silica claims filed against them.

Advised clients on insurance in mergers and acquisitions, and advised companies on their insurance programs.

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