Insurance Coverage & Litigation

Offering a Full Range of Insurance Coverage and Litigation Services

The attorneys at KDV have decades of accumulated experience navigating clients through complex insurance coverage and litigation matters. We are a team of highly respected practitioners focused on finding the best and most cost effective solutions for our clients. Our lawyers represent international, national, and regional insurance carriers across a full spectrum of insurance lines.

KDV handles all aspects of insurance coverage and litigation, including:

• Policy Drafting
• Underwriting Assistance
• Product Development
• Claims Handling
• Notification Counsel
• Coverage Analysis
• Monitoring Counsel
• Coverage Dispute Resolution: Lawsuits, Arbitrations and Appeals
• Affirmative Claims
  • Premium Collection
  • Retention/Deductible Recovery
  • Defense Cost Recoupment
  • Subrogation
  • Breach Of Contract/Negligence/Fraud Claims Against Managing General Underwriters And Managing General Agents
  • Negligence/Fraud Claims Against Brokers

Innovative and Cost-Effective Solutions

The lawyers at KDV combine knowledge of insurance laws and regulations with an in-depth understanding of the industry to provide cost-effective, cutting-edge counsel. Our attorneys’ diverse backgrounds and experience also deepen our understanding of the complex substantive issues that often underlie and drive insurance coverage disputes.

Each insurance coverage attorney at our firm is committed to seeking sound business solutions to coverage cases through early assessment and proactive efforts, including direct negotiation with claimants and alternative dispute resolution. Our attorneys are skilled in litigating declaratory judgment, breach of insurance contract, and bad faith actions brought by insureds and putative insureds in both the first-party and third-party contexts. When appropriate, we will file dispositive motions, and in the continued absence of a pre-trial resolution, we vigorously litigate our clients’ cases in court.. We also handle coverage disputes involving other primary insurers, re-insurers and excess carriers.

Premier Service and Attention

KDV’s Insurance Coverage and Litigation Practice prides itself on providing a superior level of client service, both in terms of responsiveness and quality of product.   Senior partners are actively involved throughout the course the case and, regardless of whether our clients have a quick question or seek advice on a complex issue, our partners personally respond in a timely fashion.   Because we are respected leaders in the field and many of our lawyers served as in-house counsel prior to joining KDV, clients know they can count on our firm to deliver representation at the highest level. This trust and respect from our insurance carrier clients has prompted carriers to frequently endorse our firm on numerous policies as the first and only option.

To learn more about the services provided by KDV’s Insurance Coverage and Litigation Practice please see:

• Bad Faith Litigation
• Data Privacy
• Directors & Officers Liability
• Employment Practices Liability
• ERISA, Life, Health & Disability
• Professional Liability Errors & Omissions
• Fidelity and Surety
• General Liability
• Mass Tort and Environmental
• Property Insurance
• Reinsurance Audits & Disputes
• Transactional Insurance

Insurance Coverage & Litigation's Leaders

Kevin M. Mattessich Co-Chair Insurance Coverage & Litigation Practice Group

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Michael L. Zigelman Co-Managing Partner New York City Office

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Ivan J. Dolowich Co-Managing Partner of Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck
Co-Chair of Insurance Coverage & Litigation Practice Group
Diversity & Inclusion Committee Member

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