For many companies, insurance disputes are all too common in this era of risk management when almost anything can be covered by an insurance policy. Tucker Arensberg’s attorneys possess diverse experience in insurance litigation, claims handling procedures, risk management solutions and coverage disputes. Our services range from providing simple advice regarding the interpretation of policy language to litigating multi-million-dollar coverage disputes in Pennsylvania and other state and federal courts. We regularly counsel clients in insurance coverage matters involving:

• Liability claims
• Property losses
• Product liability
• Construction claims
• Errors and omissions coverage
• Directors’ and officers’ claims
• Employment practices coverage
• Environmental liability
• Excess/umbrella coverage
• Intellectual property coverage
• Accident, health and disability coverage
• Business interruption claims
• Professional liability policies (attorneys, engineers, accountants)
• Advertising injury
• Fidelity and surety bonds
• Reinsurance
• Bankruptcy-related coverage issues

Our attorneys’ litigation experience relating to insurance carriers and self-insured entities includes:

• First-party and third-party claim litigation
• Declaratory judgment actions
• Subrogation services
• Bad faith and extra-contractual liability defense
• Agency/broker liability disputes

Representative Experience:

• Obtained summary judgment in favor of a major disability insurer in a bad faith/breach of insurance contract action by establishing that the plaintiff had misrepresented his condition to the insurance company and that the insurer did not act in bad faith in denying the plaintiff’s claim of total disability.
• After an insurance company declined to defend or cover flooding claims made by a resident against a municipality, our attorneys drafted a letter to the insurance company that convinced the company to reverse its position and provide complete coverage and defense of the resident’s claims. This saved the municipality hundreds of thousands of dollars in potential damages and attorney’s fees.
• Secured preliminary injunctive relief for insurance industry client whose former employees threatened to misappropriate customer lists and other proprietary information.
• Represented insurance broker in business defamation case.