Our Insurance Coverage Practice Team consists of some of the most experienced insurance advisers and litigators in the Pacific Northwest. Our team members provide consultation and representation to various industry clients, including primary and excess insurers, reinsurers, self-insurers, agents, brokers, and pools in various aspects of their business, including general business management, regulatory and corporate insurance matters, as well as insurance claim analysis and investigation. Our team’s experience includes acting in an advisory capacity and monitoring counsel as well as extensive litigation, trial, arbitration and mediation experience. Below is a summary highlighting some of the services we have provided to our clients.

  • Represented clients in matters involving various forms of liability coverage, including CGL, environmental, D&O, E&O, EPLI, employment benefits/practices, and maritime.
  • Represented clients in various first-party claims, including homeowners and commercial property insurance coverage and builders’ risk, as well as disability, health and life insurance coverage issues.
  • Represented insurers in coverage litigation, including extra-contractual claims of insurance bad faith, consumer protection act violations, and claims under Washington’s Insurance Fair Conduct Act (IFCA).
  • Assisted insurers in providing coverage opinions, reservation of rights letters, and other correspondence with policyholders regarding active and potential claims.
  • Represented insurers and in equitable contribution and subrogation claims between insurers.
  • Represented clients in surety claims and bonds.
  • Represented clients in title insurance acts.
  • Counsel in various matters with the Washington State Office of Insurance Commissioner regarding enforcement proceedings, proposed regulations and proposed insurance legislation.
  • Counsel in the creation and operation of Washington insurers, including domiciled liability reciprocal, domiciled liability stock insurer, property and casualty reinsurer domiciled in Bermuda.
  • Counsel for lender during purchase of a Washington domiciled life insurer.
  • Counsel for property and casualty broker/TPA regarding licensing and compliance.
  • Counsel for life insurers regarding foreign government ownership and control issues and liquidation.
  • Counsel for large national property and casualty carrier group regarding leveraged buyout.
  • Counsel for various insurers regarding certificates of authority in Washington state
  • General counsel for surplus line broker association.
  • Creation of risk retention and risk purchasing groups.
  • Counsel regarding various agent, broker and MGA enforcement/compliance matters.
  • Negotiated and revised language in treaties and retrocession between insurers and reinsurers.
  • Assisted insurer with commutation of reinsurance treaty.
  • Counsel for specialty life/disability reinsurer.
  • Drafted and assisted in the creation of a national insurance program for independent long-haul truckers.
  • Numerous health insurance policy drafting tasks.
  • Assisted with creating professional malpractice claims-made policies and endorsements.
  • Advised with respect to policy forms for national default option property insurance programs.
  • Assist national insurer with use and wording of additional insured endorsements.
  • Drafted D&O indemnity agreements as a supplement for corporations with D&O coverage.