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Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer | USA

New York

Insurance includes both contentious and non-contentious insurance and reinsurance matters. On the contentious side, we feature coverage claims litigation, broker`s negligence and both 'facultative' and 'treaty' reinsurance disputes. There is also an element of professional negligence issues arising from insurance disputes. On the non-contentious side, we include all forms of M&A, capital raisings, demutualisations and other regulatory issues.

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Band 1

  1. Chaffetz Lindsey LLP
    1
    Chaffetz Lindsey LLP
    Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
    2025 | Band 1 | 16 Years Ranked
    Chaffetz Lindsey is a strong boutique with extensive knowledge of the reinsurance industry. It is skilled at handling reinsurance arbitrations and other disputes and demonstrates wide-ranging expertise in cases involving underlying environmental, product liability, workers' compensation and antitrust issues. In addition, the firm offers expertise in direct insurance coverage disputes and boasts an impressive client roster of leading insurance market clients.
  2. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
    1
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
    Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
    2025 | Band 1 | 17 Years Ranked
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is a market leader for insurer representation, offering unmatched ability in bet-the-company litigation and arbitration proceedings. Its expertise ranges from direct insurance coverage of virtually all kinds, through to reinsurance matters and cases relating to insurance companies' business practices. The team's dominant domestic caseload is complemented by additional strength in London and Bermuda market disputes as well as providing quality transactional and corporate advice.
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Band 2

  1. Clyde & Co LLP
    2
    Clyde & Co LLP
    Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
    2025 | Band 2 | 15 Years Ranked
    Clyde & Co handles insurance and reinsurance disputes on a global scale on behalf of many of the biggest players in the industry, particularly in claims involving professional liability and financial institution clients. It offers expertise in insurance market arbitration as well as litigation matters and has a niche specialty in coverage relating to fine art and specie. The team is also noted for its strength in areas such as cyber liability and property damage claims.
  2. Steptoe LLP
    2
    Steptoe LLP
    Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
    2025 | Band 2 | 2 Years Ranked

    The insurance practice at Steptoe assists insurers with a wide range of coverage disputes, along with reinsurance and regulatory matters. It provides particular expertise in claims stemming from environmental and bankruptcy issues.

  3. Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
    2
    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
    Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
    2025 | Band 2 | 5 Years Ranked
    The preeminent transactional practice at Willkie Farr & Gallagher specializes in complex M&A on behalf of the world's largest insurers and reinsurers. It also has standout experience in a vast array of regulatory and corporate insurance work and offers a robust disputes practice, primarily focused on broker representation but also including regular work defending insurers. The team is frequently retained on high-value securities offerings, acting for underwriters and issuers.
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Band 3

  1. Kennedys CMK
    3
    Kennedys CMK
    Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
    2025 | Band 3 | 5 Years Ranked
    Kennedys handles claims for major domestic and international insurance carriers. It has notable expertise in D&O litigation, property damage and general commercial liability matters and frequently assists with losses arising out of data breaches, business interruption and environmental coverage.
  2. Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
    3
    Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
    Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
    2025 | Band 3 | 5 Years Ranked

    Mintz is adept at advising and representing key insurance carriers and reinsurers in coverage litigation. The team is skilled at handling toxic tort, D&O, asbestos and employment-related claims, with additional expertise in bad faith disputes.

  3. Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass LLP
    3
    Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass LLP
    Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
    2025 | Band 3 | 17 Years Ranked
    Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass is notable for its work on direct insurance and reinsurance matters. It displays a range of coverage experience relating to catastrophic loss including first-party property, business interruption and product contamination and handles litigation as well as arbitrations, with strong capabilities in handling mass and toxic tort claims. The team's expertise also extends to fraud and bad faith disputes.
  4. O'Melveny & Myers LLP
    3
    O'Melveny & Myers LLP
    Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
    2025 | Band 3 | 9 Years Ranked
    O'Melveny & Myers is recognized for its handling of high-stakes coverage disputes at trial and appellate level. The team demonstrates strength across a range of issues, including environmental liability and asbestos claims, insolvency disputes and property damage suits. In addition, it offers particular prowess in complex mass tort claims.
  5. Skarzynski Marick & Black LLP
    3
    Skarzynski Marick & Black LLP
    Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
    2025 | Band 3 | 2 Years Ranked
    Skarzynski Marick & Black represents major insurers in insurance matters stemming from securities class actions, data privacy concerns and D&O exposure. The firm has further expertise in the aviation sector.
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Band 4

  1. Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
    4
    Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
    Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
    2025 | Band 4 | 17 Years Ranked

    Cahill Gordon & Reindel offers expertise representing members of the insurance industry, including insurers and reinsurers. It has notable specialty in handling financial lines and political risk claims. The team also has a strong track record of success in major litigation and arbitration proceedings, including cross-border disputes and appellate representation.

  2. Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
    4
    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
    Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
    2025 | Band 4 | 17 Years Ranked
    Debevoise & Plimpton is distinguished by its exceptional transactional capabilities coupled with a top-notch regulatory practice. The team also handles significant coverage disputes and other insurance-related litigation and has a strong government investigations practice, as well as expertise in follow-on civil claims. The firm is renowned for taking the lead on many of the most complex deals in the market, including those with significant cross-border or multijurisdictional aspects, and is also highlighted for its considerable expertise in handling litigation and transactional matters in the life insurance space.
  3. Dentons
    4
    Dentons
    Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
    2025 | Band 4 | 17 Years Ranked
    Dentons fields a highly skilled disputes practice with a strong track record in providing insurers with robust representation during coverage litigation and class action suits. It is regularly involved in cases arising from complex financial, property and casualty disputes and is particularly noted for its extensive long-term care industry expertise.
  4. DLA Piper LLP (US)
    4
    DLA Piper LLP (US)
    Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
    2025 | Band 4 | 7 Years Ranked
    DLA Piper frequently acts in complex insurance disputes for clients including national and international insurers, reinsurers and intermediaries. The group has experience advising on significant claims made against professional liability policies as well as those concerning property damage and business interruption.
  5. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
    4
    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
    Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
    2025 | Band 4 | 13 Years Ranked

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan is renowned for providing high-caliber litigation services, representing an impressive raft of domestic insurers in suits such as high value coverage disputes. Its broad experience includes RMBS and CDO cases, RICO claims and transactional disputes while the team also acts on asbestos, environmental and D&O liability claims.

  6. Rivkin Radler LLP
    4
    Rivkin Radler LLP
    Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
    2025 | Band 4 | 10 Years Ranked

    The highly capable team at Rivkin Radler acts on major coverage litigation for insurers as well as providing comprehensive liability defense work. It is particularly active in the property and casualty sphere, while also advising on an array of significant environmental and health insurance matters. Notably, the firm offers experience advising on complex bad faith matters.

  7. Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP
    4
    Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP
    Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
    2025 | Band 4 | 5 Years Ranked

    Smith, Gambrell & Russell assists leading insurers and reinsurers with high value and complex insurance coverage disputes. The team's expertise includes asbestos related claims, breaches of fiduciary duties and allegations of unjust enrichment. The firm also guides clients through business interruption claims and demonstrates proficient experience in class actions and arbitrations.

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Band 5

  1. Alston & Bird LLP
    5
    Alston & Bird LLP
    Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
    2025 | Band 5 | 1 Years Ranked

    Alston & Bird is recognized for its comprehensive practice and represents insurers in a broad array of disputes. The firm has particular expertise in the life insurance space, particularly rate increase cases, as well as litigating high value coverage claims.

  2. Mendes & Mount LLP
    5
    Mendes & Mount LLP
    Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
    2025 | Band 5 | 6 Years Ranked

    Mendes & Mount offers a notable insurer-side practice. The team represents clients in a range of disputes involving professional, cyber and product liability. It also assists insurers with bankruptcy matters and coverage analysis.

  3. 5
    Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
    Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
    2025 | Band 5 | 5 Years Ranked

    Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker has an established practice advising insurers on a wide range of disputes. The firm has experience advising on D&O and cyber coverage as well as property and casualty-related claims.

  4. Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch LLP
    5
    Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch LLP
    Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
    2025 | Band 5 | 17 Years Ranked
    The highly capable litigators at Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch have expertise in insurance and reinsurance matters, including taking the lead in arbitrations as well as at trial. The team advises major domestic insurers on a wide range of matters, offering extensive recent experience in large-scale RMBS disputes.