Coverage
and Underwriting Advice
Policy Drafting
Litigation in Courts and through Arbitration
Reinsurance and Excess Issues
Counseling to Help Avoid Extra-Contractual Exposure
Insurance Defense
Counseling and Litigation Services on Business Issues Faced by Insurers
For over two decades, our insurance law experts have represented primary
and excess insurers and reinsurers in complex litigation before state
and federal courts as well as before arbitration panels. Yet we recognize
that litigation is often best avoided, so we devote significant energy
to counseling clients in how to do exactly that.
Our insurance lawyers have specialized expertise in a range of insurance
matters. We have provided critical assistance with large claims that implicate
multiple layers and periods of coverage. QSCL’s experience extends
to drafting insurance policies, complying with regulations, formulating
coverage opinions, and advising on claims-handling procedures to avoid
extra-contractual exposure.
INSURANCE LAW SERVICES
Insurance Litigation
QSCL’s attorneys routinely represent insurance carriers in complex
first-party and third-party coverage disputes, including those involving
claims of bad faith, deceptive trade practices, insurance code violations,
and insurer negligence. We have also been involved in significant market
conduct litigation, ranging from agent misrepresentation to compliance
issues.
QSCL’s insurance attorneys have experience that spans a number of
fields, including construction, environmental, surety, managed care, personal
injury, products liability, and professional liability. We regularly publish
and lecture in these areas and stay abreast of emerging issues —
such as mold claims — that threaten our clients' bottom lines.
QSCL’s lawyers are responsible for a number of published decisions,
having tried insurance disputes for more than 20 years.
Reinsurance and Excess
Our representation of insurance carriers has expanded into more specialized
areas of excess and reinsurance coverage. Our attorneys represent the
interests of numerous excess carriers by monitoring and reporting the
activities of primary carriers and counsel hired by them, as well as by
protecting the excess carrier's interests in coverage litigation. QSCL
also represents various ceding carriers and reinsurers, both facultative
and treaty, in disputes regarding reinsurance coverage in court and before
arbitration panels.
Insurance Liability Defense
Our attorneys also have extensive experience in defending insureds covered
by liability insurance. We routinely defend insureds in areas including
construction, energy, environmental, surety, governmental law, personal
injury, products litigation, professional liability, and transportation.
Our Insurance Attorneys:
W. Edward Carlton
Steven S. Hand
David Hoffmann
Matthew J. Kita
Wm. Lance Lewis
Yvette J. Mabbun
James H. Moody III
Matt R. Pickelman
Richard L. Smith, Jr.
Gregory K. Winslett
