Securing Insurance Coverage for Securities and Shareholder Suits

Gilbert’s insurance coverage expertise includes the representation of directors, officers, and companies facing securities and shareholder litigation.  Currently, Gilbert represents a corporate client seeking insurance coverage for its settlement of certain director and officer and securities law claims, and is counseling the company in its suit against its insurers in Bermuda court.

Securing Insurance Proceeds from Insolvent Insurer Estates

For companies with claims that trigger historical insurance policies, coverage may have been issued by insurers that have since entered insolvency or rehabilitation proceedings. When that happens, many policyholders may believe that coverage is not available—often based on advice of other counsel. However, Gilbert LLP has been tremendously successful in securing these proceeds. For example, […]

Asbestos-Related Insurance Coverage Litigation

In our experience, insurance companies very often contest their contractual duties and obligations to pay mass tort product liability claims facing their policyholders. Gilbert LLP is continuing to lead the fight on behalf of corporate policyholders, trusts and others against insurers in courts throughout the country, including its representation of an internationally renowned manufacturer of […]

Securing Representation and Warranty Coverage

We represent a large innovation and engineering consulting firm in its pursuit of insurance coverage under a representation and warranty insurance policy, which is a relatively new product on the insurance market. Representation and warranty coverage protects buyers in a merger from loss due to breaches of a seller’s representations and warranties in a merger […]