Polsinelli Shughart attorneys have a strong background in helping policyholders navigate the myriad of issues that can occur when dealing with insurance companies. The attorneys in our Insurance Coverage/Bad Faith Litigation practice understand that coverage disputes with insurance companies involve asset preservation as well as asset recovery. We work with clients to maximize their insurance coverage investment, as it relates to their specific business functions, in order to minimize long-term costs.
Our attorneys work closely with the insurance industry to provide better solutions for our clients. Our comprehension and experience make us amply qualified to consistently and successfully counsel clients on their insurance coverage.
We believe in proactively advising clients to help them respond to insurance issues related to their businesses, in order to prepare them for the most common and complex issues they could face. This includes counsel on insurance insolvencies, self-insured retentions, captive insurance issues, product liability, toxic and mass torts, environmental and natural resources liabilities, and errors and omissions policies. Part of our partnership with our clients includes appearing before corporate boards of directors to advise them on director protection, including D&O insurance and indemnification.
Polsinelli Shughart attorneys have represented policyholders in a wide range of complex insurance claims, including:
- Environmental liability and pollution
- Mass torts
- Mass litigation
- Toxic tort liability
- Directors and officers liability
- Product liability
- Construction defects and related matters
- Commercial general liability and casualty
- Excess insurance claims
- Market Product and Regulatory Investigations
- Errors and omissions
- Professional liability
- Employment practice liability
- Insurance insolvency, both domestically and internationally
- Property and casualty
- Business interruption
- Crime and theft
- Aviation
- Intellectual property
- Specialty risk lines
- Reinsurance
Our attorneys strive to bring practical resolutions to disputes without the need for costly litigation. If litigation is inevitable, we have the experience and resources necessary to achieve optimal results and maximize efficiencies for each client, bringing about a resolution in a timely manner. We do not “over-lawyer” the file. We work closely with our clients to determine and pursue the most effective strategies focused on a quick resolution, thereby minimizing the risk of protracted litigation.