About Me

The Insurance and Reinsurance Report provides timely updates of law, news and developments in insurance and reinsurance. It is brought to you by the collaborative efforts of the attorneys in the reinsurance and insurance groups at Goldberg Segalla LLP. The editors of this blog are:

Daniel W. Gerber and Jeffrey L. Kingsley.

They may be contacted at dgerber@goldbergsegalla.com or jkingsley@goldbergsegalla.com.

Goldberg Segalla LLP is a Best Practices law firm with 10 offices in four states (New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and New Jersey). Our approach is uncomplicated. We team with our clients to understand what drives a particular dispute and then map out a realistic strategy for achieving a resolution, which may include a comprehensive audit, positioning a dispute for resolution at the business level, negotiations among counsel, mediation or fully involved arbitration or litigation. Each engagement is unique. We pride ourselves on incorporating our clients into our team and working collaboratively to achieve a cost effective solution.

We regularly team with cedents and reinsurers to resolve disputes involving the full range of reinsurance issues in the United States, Europe and Bermuda. We have experience resolving disputes arising from all classes of business, including property and casualty, life and health, accident and health and workers compensation. Some of our recent engagements have involved the following issues:

Division of responsibility for actions of a managing general agent; Representations made by a managing general agent; Compliance with underwriting guidelines; Calculation of attachment points for aggregate protections; A reinsurer's duty of inquiry; Pre-hearing security;
Various issues arising from workers compensation carve-out business; The follow-the-fortunes doctrine; Application of inuring reinsurance; Various issues arising between and among pool member, pool manager and pool agents; Choice of law concerning the issue of late notice; Reformation / recission / the duty of utmost good faith; Claims administration.

Ultimately, we understand that "success" is measured in many ways, and we provide our clients with a flexible platform to advance their business by resolving disputes in professional and cost-effective manner.