Insurance Law & Extracontractual Litigation

Poole Shaffery has developed and established an insurance coverage and extracontractual litigation practice focused on providing insurance companies, agents, brokers, policyholders, TPAs, not-for-profit corporations and other entities with creative, cost-effective solutions to the evolving landscape and challenges faced by insurance industry clients.

With established expertise in advising clients as to their rights, duties and obligations under various insurance products, including commercial general liability, construction, homeowners, commercial property, employment, personal and commercial auto, transportation and trucking, professional liability, environmental and toxic exposure and other property and casualty coverages, Poole Shaffery provides insurance industry professionals and corporations with thorough, innovative and cost-effective representation in a variety of insurance coverage matters, from coverage opinions to the defense of bad faith litigation.

Poole Shaffery ’s insurance law and extracontractual litigation expertise includes:

• Drafting comprehensive coverage opinions and written coverage determinations on behalf of national insurance companies faced with claims arising from commercial general liability, construction,commercial property, personal and commercial auto, transportation and trucking, directors and officers, employment practices liability and other specialty claims policies.
• Representing insurance companies, TPAs, brokers, corporate entities, policyholders and other organizations in complex insurance coverage litigation, including declaratory judgment actions, bad faith litigation, and interpleader actions.
• Defending and advising insurance companies with respect to fair claims handling procedures and general claims handling protocol.
• Representation in all aspects of coverage litigation in both state and federal court, as well as in mediation.
• Investigate and litigate claims of policyholder fraud and misrepresentation.
• Assist underwriters and producers in drafting manuscript insurance policy provisions related to environmental, transportation and trucking, construction and professional liability risks.
• Manage and direct claims handling with respect to construction, trucking and transportation, employment, professional liability, environmental, toxic exposure and commercial property claims.
• Serve as monitoring counsel for insurers, policyholders and self-insured entities in employment, construction, trucking and transportation, professional liability, toxic tort, product liability, professional liability, and commercial liability cases.

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