DLA’s Insurance and Reinsurance Litigation Group is recognized as one of the premier practice groups in the country.  The group is known for representing plaintiffs in the most challenging of cases, typically involving high-value coverage and bad faith disputes or cutting-edge legal issues within the industry. Our expertise spans all areas of importance to the industry, including property and casualty, directors and officers (“D&O”), life, mortgage, and business interruption insurance disputes, as well as matters involving bad faith, reinsurance, complex financial products, and managing general agency agreements.

Our lawyers have extensive experience litigating and arbitrating on behalf of policyholders in complex, high-stakes insurance related disputes. Our practice group combines the talents of exceptional commercial litigators with the expertise of experienced coverage counsel.

We have represented large corporate policyholders and smaller insureds in actions against their insurers in all types of insurance coverage claims and matters, including antitrust, asbestos, broker liability, business interruption, commercial and general liability (“CGL”), crime and fidelity, cyber, directors and officers (“D&O”) liability, employment practices liability, entertainment, environmental, errors and omissions, healthcare, intellectual property, and product liability. Our lawyers have consistently achieved recoveries far exceeding initial insurance settlement offers. In many cases, we have obtained favorable resolutions for our clients before—and without the need for—litigation.

DLA is familiar with the many tactics insurers may use to wrongfully deny the assistance that policyholders deserve. We know what insurance failures can cost a lot, and we work to help our clients receive the full amount they deserve for their unnecessary losses.

Some acts that may constitute bad faith include:

• Unreasonable delays or unreasonable refusals to settle a claim
• Refusal to pay a valid claim or unreasonably limiting or delaying payments
• Failing to conduct a prompt, fair, and full investigation into a claim
• Refusing to communicate with policyholders about claims or claim status
• Failing to provide explanations for a claim denial
• Misrepresenting the facts of coverage under the policy
• Compromising a policyholder’s ability to defend a lawsuit

Our attorneys have decades of experience negotiating property casualty insurance claims and we’re dedicated to fighting for the rights of policyholders, helping you assert your rights and get what you deserve in order to get back to normal.

The group combines deep industry knowledge with true top-flight trial capabilities and our collective experience has helped us create a valuable database of knowledge with a broad range of arbitrators both inside and outside the United States.