The firm practices in a number of insurance-related areas, such as advising insurers as to coverage under commercial liability, marine, inland marine, automobile, property and casualty, and other insurance policies. We also represent insurers in declaratory actions and actions to intervene in pending litigation, bringing policy rescission actions, and defending bad faith claims. The firm is also experienced in organizing captive insurance companies and advising them on insurance matters. The firm has an active practice in a broad range of insurance coverage matters. The firm has extensive experience in insurance coverage litigation and appellate practice in South Carolina. Our insurance coverage lawyers are members of the Defense Research Institute Insurance Coverage Committee and the American Bar Association Torts and Insurance Practices Section. They regularly attend DRI Insurance Coverage symposia and are frequent contributors to the DRI publication Covered Events. Additionally, the group publishes its own quarterly newsletter for insurance clients, and our members lecture at continuing legal education seminars on insurance topics. Our practice includes insurance coverage opinions for first party property and homeowners insurance, automobile insurance, marine insurance, life and accident insurance, comprehensive general liability insurance, commercial and business interruption insurance, professional liability insurance, and employment insurance. All of our group's lawyers are active litigators in the state and federal courts, and they have experience in prosecuting declaratory judgment actions. Our insurance coverage practice includes particular experience in two sub-specialties: bad faith litigation and insurance fraud litigation. Our lawyers have been called on to defend major bad faith claims against insurers, and we are well equipped to address the difficult and sensitive aspects of those claims. With regard to insurance fraud litigation, our group includes lawyers who are approved counsel for Special Investigation Units (SIU) of major insurers, and we have broad experience in litigation involving arson, automobile claim fraud, and other suspicious claims.
Clients
• AIG
• Bankers Insurance
• Boat U.S.
• CIGNA
• CNA/MOAC
• Commercial Union
• CGU
• Electric Mutual
• Fidelity & Deposit
• Fireman's Fund
• G.R.E.
• Integon
• Liberty Mutual
• Maryland Casualty
• Metropolitan Life
• Safeco
• National Home
• Nationwide
• New England Mutual Life
• Northbrook
• Provident
• Royal & Sunalliance
• Scottsdale
• St. Paul Fire & Marine
• State Farm
• Universal Underwriters
• Vanliner
• Zurich-American
