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4/22/22
Our insurance coverage team members are advisors and advocates for over two dozen carriers throughout the country including major national carriers such as Allianz, Argo, Fidelity National, Hartford, Travelers, Nationwide, Colony and the Berkley Companies.
Our insurance coverage team members are advisors and advocates for over two dozen carriers throughout the country including major national carriers such as Allianz, Argo, Fidelity National, Hartford, Travelers, Nationwide, Colony and the Berkley Companies. We have earned the trust of our clients through our consistent efforts to develop well-reasoned outcomes for insurance carriers in state and federal courts. Our team has handled insurance coverage and bad faith litigation ranging from relatively minor declaratory judgment actions, to major inter-company disputes, to the defense of multi-million dollar bad faith claims. Each member of our team has actual litigation experience outside of the coverage world, so we know what it is like to face high-dollar claims in the defense of product liability, professional liability and personal injury claims. This practical, real-world experience helps us temper our advice with a dose of reality, which gives us an added edge in resolving claims that involve disputed liability as well as coverage questions.
Insurance law operates at the crossroads of risk transfer concepts and the reality of litigation. Insurance professionals need reliable and trusted advocates that have both the intellectual rigor to understand the insurance issues presented by their cases and the experience to guide them through litigation that may be necessary to protect their rights. We welcome the opportunity to serve as your guide.
Collegiate Licensing Co. v. American Casualty Company of Reading, Pa., addressing the “First Filed Rule” to competing declaratory judgment actions in a complex insurance coverage matter
Cotton States Insurance Company v. Brightman, in which the Supreme Court of Georgia set forth the parameters of a “failure to settle” claim including the requirement that there be a demand within policy limits
Hoover v. Maxum Indem. Company, in which the Supreme Court of Georgia considered a bad-faith failure to settle claim involving preservation of coverage defenses
Scottsdale Insurance Company v. Great American Assurance Company, which addressed coverage for indemnity agreements under the “insured contract” exception to the contractual liability exclusion in CGL policies
Maxum Indemnity Company v. Jimenez, which involved whether a contractual liability for a subcontractor’s pipe instillation was a covered “occurrence” under a CGL policy
North American Specialty Insurance Company. v. Pen Pals Productions, LLC, which applied the “mobile equipment” exclusions in a CGL policy issued to a movie production company
Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company v. Dillard House, Inc., which resolved whether an exposure to Legionnaire’s disease was a covered occurrence under a CGL policy
Our attorneys have decades of experience in insurance law and are leaders in the field. They are active members in the Insurance Law Committee of DRI – The Voice of the Defense Bar as well as PLUS, and they regularly publish articles and speak on insurance topics to stay abreast of the latest developments in coverage law and insurance products. One of our attorneys even holds a CPCU designation. Some of our recent articles have addressed whether (and when) insurers should split files between coverage and defense; the substantive and procedural requirements for preserving coverage defenses when defending under reservation of rights; and the evolving standards of the bad faith failure to settle claim.
Ignacio Negrete v. National Unity Insurance Company et. al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Civil Action Number 1:20-cv-02205-SCJ.
FMG attorneys Phil Savrin and Shawn Bingham prevailed on a motion for summary judgment in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia before Judge Steve C. Jones on a claim of negligent failure to settle a bodily injury claim within the monetary limits of an insurance policy. The matter concerned the failure to pay a pre-suit demand on a personal auto insurance policy with limits of $25,000 per person. FMG’s client handled the claim under general agency agreement with the insurer and issued a denial of coverage based on a policy exclusion that the plaintiff contended was not enforceable on public policy grounds. After the demand went unpaid, the plaintiff filed suit against the two purported insureds and secured default judgments exceeding $3 million combined. The plaintiff then filed suit against the insurer and FMG’s client. In granting summary judgment, the court found that FMG’s client, as claims administrator, owed no legal duty to the insureds.
Steve P. Randall
Senior Counsel
San Francisco – Walnut Creek, CA
Dan Brunson
Partner
Atlanta, GA
Jessica L. Gillis
Associate
Cleveland, OH
Todd J. Murgo
Associate
Tampa, FL
Geoffrey Calderaro
Senior Counsel
Atlanta, GA
Sean C. Harrison
Associate
Lexington, KY
Gail Orr
Senior Counsel
Los Angeles – Downtown, CA
Julie B. Karron
Partner
Tampa, FL
Stephanie D. Bedker
Associate
Las Vegas, NV
Derek R. Noack
Associate
Las Vegas, NV
Michael D. Sanders
Partner
Chicago, IL | Chicago, IL
Amy E. Frantz
Partner
Chicago, IL
Adam P. Reichel
Associate
Atlanta, GA
Tyler J. Lindberg
Senior Counsel
Los Angeles – Downtown, CA
Joseph T. Tripoli
Senior Counsel
Chicago, IL
Glenn A. Klinger
Senior Counsel
Chicago, IL
Lorne G. Hiller
Associate
Nashville, TN
Joseph C. Egbule
Associate
Los Angeles – Downtown, CA
Jason M. Pannu
Partner
Nashville, TN
Nerizza Miyamoto
Senior Counsel
Tampa, FL
Sean Andrés Rapela
Associate
Boston, MA
Evan C. Saint Cloud
Associate
Chicago, IL
Jonathan Schwartz
Partner
Chicago, IL
Donald Patrick Eckler
Partner
Chicago, IL
Christina L. Vessels
Partner
Lexington, KY
Nicholas Directo
Associate
Los Angeles – Downtown, CA
Marissa A. Dunn
Associate
Atlanta, GA
Edward Solensky Jr.
Partner
Newark, NJ | Cherry Hill, NJ
Julia N. Bover
Associate
New York City, NY | Cherry Hill, NJ
Jessica Cauley
Associate
Tampa, FL
R. Victoria Fuller
Partner
Boston, MA
Alicia Santocki
Partner
New York City, NY | Tampa, FL
Lee D. Whatling
Associate
Atlanta, GA
Paul Piantino
Partner
Newark, NJ | New York City, NY
Christopher G. Donnelly
Associate
Newark, NJ
John S. Moot
Senior Counsel
San Diego, CA
Shawn Bingham
Partner
Atlanta, GA
John D. Shea
Partner
Newark, NJ | Cherry Hill, NJ | Philadelphia, PA | Boston, MA
Matthew F. Boyer
Partner
Atlanta, GA
Alexia R. Roney
Senior Counsel
Atlanta, GA
Jennifer C. Adair
Partner
Atlanta, GA
Eric Retter
Senior Counsel
Atlanta, GA
Rachael H. Slimmon
Associate
Atlanta, GA
Barry M. Miller
Partner
Lexington, KY
Curt M. Graham
Partner
Lexington, KY
Thomas K. McCraw
Partner
Boston, MA
David A. Slocum
Partner
Boston, MA
Catherine A. Bednar
Partner
Boston, MA
Michael B. Weinberg
Partner
Boston, MA
Ben N. Dunlap
Partner
Boston, MA
Marc E. Finkel
Partner
Boston, MA | Providence, RI | Hartford, CT
Michael P. Giunta
Partner
Boston, MA
Kevin G. Kenneally
Partner
Boston, MA
Caroline J. Wu
Associate
Los Angeles – Downtown, CA
Amanda M. Figueroa
Associate
Los Angeles – Downtown, CA
Dana K. Maine
General Counsel
Atlanta, GA
Erin E. Lamb
Associate
Philadelphia, PA
Michael J. Athans
Partner
Atlanta, GA
Jessica C. Samford
Partner
Atlanta, GA
Joyce M. Mocek
Partner
Atlanta, GA
A. Ali Sabzevari
Partner
Atlanta, GA | Forest Park, GA
Marc H. Bardack
Partner
Atlanta, GA
William H. Buechner, Jr.
Senior Counsel
Atlanta, GA
Philip W. Savrin
Partner
Atlanta, GA
Craig J. Rolfe
Senior Counsel
Sacramento, CA
Joseph Gonnella
Associate
San Diego, CA
Michael Griffin
Partner
Boston, MA
Edward Storck
Partner
Hartford, CT
Maria Alexander
Partner
Hartford, CT
Jonathan Schwartz
Partner
Chicago, IL
Matthew F. Boyer
Partner
Atlanta, GA
Barry M. Miller
Partner
Lexington, KY
Philip W. Savrin
Partner
Atlanta, GA
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