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Insurance Coverage and Litigation Practice

For several decades, Jones Walker has represented clients on a variety of insurance coverage and litigation matters. Our insurance coverage practice has depth and experience in a wide range of contexts.

The firm's insurance coverage team has extensive experience in advising clients on and litigating the interpretation of insurance contracts and the implied rights and obligations that arise from an insurance contract. We are also experienced in writing coverage opinions, writing and responding to reservations of rights letters, and dealing with insurance laws. Our attorneys handle coverage analysis and issues for both insurers and insureds. The firm also has experience in class action and multi-district litigation cases.

Representative activities include:

  • Insurance coverage advice and litigation through appeal for full range of coverage issues
  • Catastrophic insurance claims and disaster coverage
  • Insurance bad faith and unfair trade practices litigation
  • Insurance class action defense 
  • Life, health, and disability insurance litigation
  • Insurance and reinsurance arbitration
  • Employee Retirement and Income Security Act (ERISA) litigation
  • ERISA claims, preemption, and fiduciary issues
  • Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) issues
  • Reinsurance and stop-loss policy litigation
  • Broker-dealer and securities litigation
  • Insurance agent and broker errors and omissions
  • Insurance agent and broker misrepresentations
  • Duty to defend
  • Coverage issues as between multiple layers of coverage
  • Rescission of policies and misrepresentations in the application
  • Subrogation  
Related Professionals
  • name
    Covert J. Geary
    title
    Partner
    phones
    D: 504.582.8276
    email
    Emailcgeary@joneswalker.com
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    J. David Moore
    title
    Partner
    phones
    D: 205.244.5287
    email
    Emaildmoore@joneswalker.com
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  • Commercial Transactions
  • Class Action Defense & Multi-District Litigation
  • Corporate
  • Corporate Compliance & White Collar Defense
  • Disaster Preparedness & Recovery
  • Labor & Employment
  • Telecommunications & Utilities

Related Industries

  • Banking & Financial Services
  • Construction
  • Energy, Environmental & Natural Resources
  • Healthcare
  • Industrial, Petrochemical & Advanced Manufacturing
  • Maritime

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Companies and organizations worldwide are facing a difficult question: As the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic shifts gears from emergency to maintenance, how can we reopen and run our businesses — from Day One and beyond — in a manner that preserves jobs and generates revenue without risking the health and safety of our employees and customers? The answers to this question are not simple, nor is there a one-size-fits-all solution.

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