Practices

Insurance Recovery Areas of Focus (IRG)

Practice Contacts

United States:

Robert G. Abrams
Co-Chair, Global Litigation
+1 202.383.6935


Gary F. Bendinger
Co-Chair, Global Litigation
+1 801.350.7835


Areas of Focus


Insurance Recovery

Property Losses & Business Interruption

We help policyholders maximize their insurance recovery for a full range of disasters, including terrorist attacks, fires, floods, mudslides and hurricanes, having handled some of the largest and most prominent matters in recent years. For more information, please download a PDF about our experience in this area.


Directors & Officers Insurance

We represent corporate and individual policyholders seeking coverage under directors and officers (D&O) insurance policies for claims, including SEC investigations, shareholders actions and class actions, spanning a vast number of cutting edge legal issues in matters that have gripped the nation’s attention. For more information, please download a PDF about our experience in this area.


Subprime Mortgage Insurance

Howrey represents various entities facing the full-spectrum of insurance issues arising out of subprime mortgage-related liabilities or losses. For more information, please download a PDF about our experience in this area.


Product Liability

We have recovered billions of dollars in insurance for a wide variety of product claims and obtained several of the largest jury insurance verdicts in the country for these claims. For more information, please download a PDF about our experience in this area.


Fidelity Bonds

Howrey attorneys have extensive experience representing financial institutions and other corporate policyholders under financial institution bonds, fidelity bonds and crime policies. For more information, please download a PDF about our experience in this area.


Environmental & Complex Torts

Our attorneys have more than thirty years of experience maximizing insurance recoveries for environmental liabilities and complex torts, measured in the hundreds of millions. For more information, please download a PDF about our experience in this area.
 

Professional Liability, Errors & Omissions

We represent a variety of policyholders with professional liability and errors and omissions claims, and have extensive experience resolving such claims with insurers. For more information, please download a PDF about our experience in this area.


Construction

We work with owners, developers, and contractors during all phases of construction, including negotiation and placement of insurance before construction; dispute resolution with insurers during construction; and litigation of insurance issues after project completion. For more information, please download a PDF about our experience in this area.


Alternative Dispute Resolution

Our attorneys are adept at integrating a variety of alternative dispute resolution techniques into a client’s overall insurance recovery strategy. For more information, please download a PDF about our experience in this area.


Business Torts

Companies can obtain coverage for a wide variety of business torts by aggressively pursuing their policy rights. Howrey attorneys have broad experience in negotiating and litigating insurance claims for business torts. For more information, please download a PDF about our experience in this area.


Risk Management

Our philosophy is that our client’s insurance program is a valuable corporate asset. We advise policyholders on a wide range of complex risk management issues and provided guidance in selecting and implementing proactive risk management programs. For more information, please download a PDF about our experience in this area.


Mergers & Acquisitions

Howrey has represented parties involved in mergers and acquisitions in a vast array of insurance issues that could impact a deal or a company’s strategy to acquire or merge. For more information, please download a PDF about our experience in this area.


Contractual Indemnity & Additional Insured Rights

We represent companies in navigating the complex legal nuances of contractual indemnity, contractual liability and additional insured rights ranging from practical guidance at the time of contracting through litigation of such disputes. For more information, please download a PDF about our experience in this area.