Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer | USA

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.

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.

The growing 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.

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.

Cahill Gordon & Reindel offers expertise representing all corners of the insurance industry, including insurers, reinsurers, ceding companies and brokers. It has notable specialty in handling financial lines and political risk claims, in addition to traditional long-tail environmental liabilities. The team also has a strong track record of success in major litigation and arbitration proceedings, including Bermuda Form disputes and appellate representation.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Mintz is adept at advising and representing key insurance carriers in coverage disputes. Additionally, the team is skilled at handling toxic tort, D&O, asbestos and employment-related claims, and regularly acts for reinsurers in coverage disputes.

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.

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.

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 has additional strengths in cyber liability and data privacy disputes and offers experience advising on complex bad faith matters.

Skarzynski Marick & Black represented Great American Insurance Company in a coverage dispute involving a D&O policy that was procured by a policyholder after it had received a series of subpoenas as a non-party in litigation.

Smith, Gambrell & Russell represented Safety National in pursuing recovery from Hartford under an excess insurance policy. After a New York workers' compensation pool went insolvent, Safety National assumed its liabilities in 2011 and also assumed its rights under two policies with Hartford, who has refused to reimburse Safety National for amounts due under the aggregate coverage of those policies.