Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer | USA

Crowell & Moring LLP possesses deep reinsurance expertise, particularly with regard to matters in the life, health and property, and casualty spheres. It handles litigation as well as arbitration and other forms of alternative dispute resolution, with experience in domestic and international markets. The firm can advise insurance companies both as reinsurers and as cedents as well as brokers and intermediaries. In addition, it demonstrates strength in environmental, professional liability and insolvency issue coverage disputes.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is renowned in the market as an accomplished trial and coverage firm that offers quality representation to clients in the insurance industry. Able to handle both direct insurance and reinsurance matters with equal flair, it is also adept at handling the most complex of disputes regarding insurers' business practices. Often called on in cases involving significant exposure, the team is skilled in handling catastrophic event liability issues and bad faith disputes and acts for an enviable client roster of market-leading insurance providers.

Steptoe & Johnson LLP fields a highly respected litigation group with the ability to counsel clients on a broad range of coverage issues, including considerable expertise in both the direct insurance and reinsurance industry. It frequently takes the lead on complex, multiparty suits such as long-tail asbestos and product liability claims and has further, extensive capability in an array of sophisticated London and Bermuda market disputes.

Dentons delivers comprehensive advice to insurers on disputes of all kinds, from coverage litigation and bad faith claims through to class actions and mass torts. It has excellent litigation capability in addition to strong regulatory credentials, allowing for an extensive offering across the insurance industry. The team exhibits notable expertise in related securities litigation and captive disputes.

O'Melveny & Myers LLP fields a highly experienced team of established practitioners offering a dual focus on insurance coverage and bankruptcy matters, allowing effective representation of clients during protracted and complex asbestos suits across the country. It also handles a myriad of other claims in the environmental, toxic tort and product liability arenas, appearing in cases in state, federal and appellate courts as well as in arbitrations. Notably, the team has further skills in the handling of international matters including significant London market work and offers additional experience in complex reinsurance matters.

BatesCarey LLP has a leading insurance practice in Chicago that is also well-regarded for its ability to handle matters across the US. The team has a broad range of coverage expertise than includes D&O, business interruption and environmental contamination, with notable involvement in cases arising from the opioid crisis and COVID-19 losses.

Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP provides superb reinsurance expertise, including deep knowledge of Bermuda Form arbitrations, alongside an impressive capacity for undertaking class action defense and coverage litigation on behalf of major domestic insurers and financial institutions. Additionally, the team displays notable capabilities advising on London market matters and handles issues as diverse as environmental contamination, trade credit, professional liability and political risk. It is also skilled in D&O liability issues, asbestos claims and insurance-linked securities disputes.

Boutique disputes firm Chaffetz Lindsey LLP has a deep bench of experience in insurance litigation and arbitration. The firm tackles coverage disputes across the country, as well as those with international elements, including matters pertaining to the reinsurance industry.

Cozen O'Connor fields a group with broad geographical scope that allows for strong representation of industry clients in a broad range of disputes work. It tackles claims concerning a range of coverage issues, policy exclusions, subrogation and remediation and demonstrates wide capabilities in everything from bodily injury and asbestos through to property damage and defective construction. The team is also recognized for its considerable expertise in handling complex coverage issues arising from large-scale catastrophic events and is experienced in professional liability matters, including D&O and E&O-related claims.

DLA Piper represented AIG in a lawsuit commenced in Tampa, Florida against AIG and eight other insurers by Surgery Partners, which operates a network of surgical facilities and medical laboratories, after the company claimed over $40 million in insurance coverage for the defense and settlement of a government investigation and litigation concerning alleged fraud.

Duane Morris represents insurers in virtually all lines of coverage, with its robust disputes practice bolstered by key regulatory and reinsurance expertise. It also handles litigation and arbitrations of the highest complexity, as well as large environmental claims and commercial general liability cases. The team offers clients expertise both at trial and on appeal and provides notable capability in relation to bankruptcy and market conduct matters as part of an all-encompassing insurance practice.

Troutman Pepper represented Universal Life Insurance Company (ULICO) in an action for breach of a personal guarantee executed by Greg Lindberg, the owner of a Bermuda reinsurance company. Final judgment was made in favor of ULICO for $524 million plus interest.