Insurance

The attorneys in our insurance practice have far-reaching experience in litigating and arbitrating a wide variety of insurance coverage issues, including disputes involving differing coverage forms and exclusions, as well as trigger, allocation and scope of coverage issues.  In addition to directly representing insurers in coverage litigations, we also draw on our expertise in product liability and other types of litigations to provide our clients with advice on underlying claims.

Our insurance experts have handled a number of high-profile coverage litigations involving:

• Claims by tobacco companies for coverage of costs associated with litigating and settling underlying tobacco suits.
• Coverage claims brought by manufacturers of breast implants.
• Coverage for underlying claims brought against the major telecommunications companies relating to their installation of fiber-optic cable.
• Claims brought by pharmaceutical companies for coverage of claims relating to the sale of allegedly tainted blood products.
• Coverage for construction-related claims.
• Coverage for environmental claims.

One Hughes Hubbard quality that our insurance clients find attractive is our attorneys’ responsiveness to our clients’ needs, regardless of the size or scope of the dispute.  We apply the same excellent standard of attention and creativity our attorneys demonstrate when leading discovery and litigation in multi-billion dollar insurance disputes to the wide variety of much smaller litigations and arbitrations we handle, as well as to coverage issues that never reach such levels.  The breadth and depth of our knowledge in the insurance field often allows us to provide advice without the need for extensive, time-consuming research.  However, when necessary and appropriate, our attorneys have substantial resources to draw upon in responding to our clients’ needs.