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Post a CommentTypical Tasks Performed by Insurance Attorneys
1/30/2008 Insurance Coverage:
- Find missing policies
- Evaluate policyholder liability
- Assist in pursuit of additional insured rights under other policies
- Advocate insurer’s (or corporate policyholder’s) position in settlement negotiations
- Defend bad faith suits seeking contractual and extra-contractual damages
- Investigate claims for large catastrophe losses
- Prepare coverage opinions with coverage analysis based on case law interpretation
- Draft policies and endorsements and revise policy language
Insurance Defense:
- Assess attributes of case
- Determine any coverage issues
- Pursue standard litigation strategy—how did accident or event occur; what was proximate cause of injuries, what is monetary value of injuries and/or damage
- Attempt to do work at best quality but lowest cost to retain status as preferred firm
- Attempt to show insured not liable or settle quickly
Insurance Compliance:
- Review regulator report/investigation
- Investigate operations within insurance company to determine specific facts around non-compliance
- Find conflicting regulations and authorizing statutes to show insurer was attempting to comply
- Review National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) model laws to determine if insurer was attempting to follow those if rules unclear within states
- Draft detailed response to inquiry with cites to insurance regulations, codes, bulletins, NAIC materials, etc.
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