The Insurance Practice Group provides comprehensive representation in the coverage arena, handling an array of coverage disputes and issues faced by insurers in the modern insurance landscape.
Key areas include:
- Life, health, and disability insurance (individual, group, ERISA, and non-ERISA)
- Commercial general liability (including environmental, mass tort, and “Coverage B” claims)
- Employment practices liability insurance
- Workers’ compensation
- Professional liability
- Property insurance
- Automobile insurance
Our Group also handles complex insurance disputes for carrier clients, particularly in multi-insurer liability exposure situations. Additionally, we serve as panel counsel for a wide range of claims, including casualty, EPLI, and professional malpractice. Frantz Ward is also trusted by other carriers to represent long-time clients with insurance-protected claims, including employment, product liability, and personal injury claims.
Representative Matters
- Obtained summary judgment for insurer in multimillion-dollar insurance coverage action in which insured sought additional coverage associated with thousands of personal injury asbestos claims.
- State-wide counsel for the country’s largest disability insurer, defending life and disability claims.
- Negotiated settlement of defective construction claims involving roof construction, including significant insurance coverage issues.
- Assisted international manufacturer of pressure sensor components in developing sales terms and conditions for US and overseas sales, reviewing contracts with international suppliers, and evaluating appropriate insurance coverage in US and European markets.
