Insurance

In one of the largest insurance, reinsurance, and surety practices in the nation, we litigate and counsel clients on a broad array of issues ranging from hazardous product and environmental insurance coverage issues to reinsurance fraud.  Steptoe attorneys have been involved in many of the cutting-edge developments in these areas of the law.  Our practice involves litigation at both the trial and appellate levels, arbitration, and client counseling and advice regarding a broad spectrum of coverage and reinsurance issues.  In addition, our London office has experience in contentious, transactional, and regulatory insurance matters.

We have extensive experience in representing insurers in many large, complex declaratory judgment actions regarding asbestos and other product claims, and environmental and hazardous waste claims.  Our reinsurance practice has also involved large, complex cases and a variety of issues including coverage, good faith, fraud, RICO and breach of fiduciary duty.

In addition, we have one of the preeminent insurance tax practices in the country.  This practice includes company and product tax issues, tax controversy and tax planning, and legislative and administrative lobbying.

Noteworthy

• Chambers UK (2010): Insurance:General Claims
• UK Legal 500 (2009): Insurance and Reinsurance Litigation, Insurance: corporate and regulatory
• Received a #1 Ranking in Chambers USA 2007, America's Leading Business Lawyers; Insurance: Insurer Firms (District of Columbia), and ranked in Chambers USA 2007, America's Leading Business Lawyers; Insurance: Insurer Firms (National)
• Euromoney Expert Guide (2007): Stephen Fennell, Toni Ianniello, Harry Lee, James Rocap, Angus Rodger, Guy Soussan, Roger Warin, Frank Winston, and Philip Woolfson
• Best Lawyers in America (2006): Roger Warin

Select News & Events

• Bloomberg Commercial Insurance Law Report Features Insights from Steptoe’s Kochenderfer on Construction Defect Claims
• Risk & Insurance Quotes Scott Sinder on Excess-Lines Premium-Tax Issue
• Commercial Risk Europe Quotes Guy Soussan and Yves Botteman on the European Commission's New Collective Redress Consultation
• Insurance Day Quotes Philip Woolfson and Guy Soussan on European Court of Justice Gender Ruling
• "How Much Is That Policy Worth, Anyway? An Analysis of Complex Limits Questions in the Context of Long-Tail Claims," ABA’s 24th Annual Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee CLE Seminar
• "Hidden Traps or Hidden Treasures - The Underestimated Role of Often Overlooked Policy Provisions," ABA’s 24th Annual Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee CLE Seminar
• Global Reinsurance's Monte Carlo Roundtable - The Value Proposition: Renewals and Addressing Policyholders’ Perceptions of the Benefits of Insurance
• “US and Global Insurance Regulation: Solvency and Systemic Risk Developments,” American Insurance Association

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Publications

• The Allocated Share Set-Off Rule: New York Enters the Debate
  January 1, 2012, Insurance Coverage Law Bulletin
• Test Case’s Dismissal Will Have Implications for PPI
  November 3, 2011, Insurance Day
• Court Upholds Central Purpose of Follow Clauses
  October 27, 2011, Insurance Day
• Irene’s BI (Business Interruption) Losses Are Not Immediately Apparent
  September 29, 2011, Insurance Day

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