Insurance

From the firm's inception, Segal McCambridge attorneys have provided a variety of services to insurers and reinsurers, including coverage analysis, loss counseling, adjustment advice, policy drafting and defense of claims at both the trial and appellate level.  We place a strong emphasis on alternative dispute resolution, including appraisal, arbitration and mediation procedures and we often help clients successfully resolve insurance coverage and reinsurance disputes without formal and expensive litigation.  Our attorneys are well-versed in the interpretation and applicability of all types of insurance products and reinsurance agreements and their relationship to first-party and third-party claims.  We have advised clients in many cases of first impression and have helped shape insurance law in several jurisdictions.

Segal McCambridge attorneys have been retained in insurance matters involving diverse subject areas, including:

  • Agent/broker activities
  • All-risk policies
  • Arson
  • Bad faith, punitive damages and extra-contractual exposures
  • Boiler and machinery policies
  • Builders' risk policies
  • Business interruption and extra expense claims
  • Civil rights
  • Construction
  • Contamination
  • Debris removal
  • Difference-in-condition (DIC)
  • Directors' and officers' liability
  • Earthquake losses
  • Employee benefits and fiduciary liability
  • Employment practices/employer liability coverages
  • Energy
  • Environmental claims
  • Environmental impairment/pollution liability coverages
  • Errors & omissions
  • Excess-primary disputes
  • Fidelity and surety coverages
  • Fine arts losses
  • Flood claims
  • Food & beverage
  • Fraud, false swearing and misrepresentation
  • General liability coverages
  • Hail damage
  • Hurricanes, tornados & other wind-losses
  • Inland marine
  • Insurer insolvency
  • Intellectual property and other non-tangible coverage
  • Inter-company disputes
  • Law enforcement professional liability
  • Life, health and disability
  • Mining losses
  • Named peril, fire and extended coverages
  • Personal lines coverages
  • Professional liability/malpractice coverages
  • Marine coverages
  • Occupational accident
  • Product impairment/recall & liability claims
  • Reinsurance
  • Subrogation & loss recovery
  • Technology, internet liability & e-commerce
  • Terrorism, political & war risks
  • Transportation losses
  • Warehouseman's liability
  • Warranty claims
  • Workers' compensation