Insurance-Related Practice |
- Breach of Insurer's Duties
- Toxic Insurance Coverage Litigation
- Insurance Contract Interpretation
Lynberg & Watkins maintains an all-encompassing insurance-related practice for domestic and foreign insurance carriers which includes the handling of sophisticated coverage disputes, reinsurance disputes, purported breaches of insurer’s duties and insurance contract interpretation.
The firm represents major insurance carriers in large multiparty declaratory relief actions, including the resolution of coverage dispute in the context of the insured’s Reorganization Proceedings. The firm represented major insurance carriers in the landmark coordinated asbestos insurance coverage litigation tried in the Superior Court for the County of San Francisco. The firm also represents excess and surplus lines carriers and reinsurers in the monitoring and handling of major coverage litigation with emphasis in the areas of toxic exposure and large-scale disasters. This practice is in addition to defending the insureds of various carriers in all forms of litigation in which insurance coverage is involved. The firm is also relied upon to defend insurance companies against claims of breach of insurer’s duties in both the first and third party context, and to defend independent insurance administrators in first-party cases involving life, health and disability claims.
In addition to litigation, Lynberg & Watkins represents insurance carriers in order to provide an accurate and appropriate interpretation of insurance contracts relating to a wide variety of claims, including those arising out of asbestos, multiple chemical exposure, silica, mold, commercial and residential construction, general business liability, blood factorate, breast implants, medical devices, pharmaceuticals and latex.
