Insurance Coverage

Our team is uniquely qualified to handle significant liability coverage cases involving extracontractual exposure. We counsel clients, issue reservations of rights and litigate on their behalf coverage disputes involving all manner of occurrence and claims made under primary, excess and umbrella policies, including: CGL policies, OCIP and CCIP liability policies, professional/technical services policies, professional E&O policies, environmental liability policies; D&O policies, warehouse liability policies, marine P&I policies and marine terminal operators liability policies. Where appropriate, we also prosecute equitable subrogation and “other insurance” actions to enforce allocation or recover payments made on liability claims.

Our representation covers all manner of large and complex first-party property loss usually involving significant business income loss and extra expense. We have extensive experience in property losses to commercial buildings, hotels, apartments, retail facilities, manufacturing and chemical plants, refineries, bridges, goods/cargo in truck, air or ocean transit. Our expertise extends to residential property and specialized property caused by construction, design and engineering defects during and after construction, natural disasters, earth movement and subsidence; explosions; fires; collapse; water intrusion and theft. To provide reliable and accurate coverage opinions, we conduct effective examinations under oath (EUOs) and work with credible forensic and loss valuation experts to investigate the loss and adjust the claim. When necessary, we pursue declaratory judgment actions, rescission actions or reformation actions to resolve coverage disputes and defend our insurers from breach of contract and bad faith suits. We also prosecute subrogation to recover payments made on large loss claims.

Our transportation services combine our expertise in liability and property coverages. We have extensive experience representing clients on wrongful death and multiple bodily injuries cases, which often involve excess exposure, time-limited demands and dangerous venues. We protect the interests of insurers under motor truck liability and cargo policies, ocean and air carrier cargo policies, transportation risk policies and warehouse legal liability policies.

We have a tremendous track record and depth in handling all manner of losses and disputes that arise from large construction projects. Our breadth of experience gives us advantages in representing the interest of the Surety in performance bond claims, payment claims, and prosecuting indemnity claims on behalf of the Surety. Understanding all elements of the construction process allows us to better facilitate bond conferences and dispute resolution between owners and construction principals.