Bermuda Market

Sustaining a resilient foreign underwriting market.

Overview
Bermuda insurers, as well as domestic and European insurers who participate in programs utilizing Bermuda forms, regularly retain us to serve as counsel in claims relating to:  
  • Products liability
  • Transportation
  • Health care
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Professional liability
  • Management exposures


We litigate and arbitrate these matters in the United States and London. Proactively handling claims in the United States and abroad, we assist with claims administration, policy analysis, and the drafting of policy forms and endorsements.

TEAM
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Mary F. Licari
Partner
312.585.1424
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Meaghan A. Minalt
Associate
312.585.1459
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Monica T. Sullivan
Partner
312.585.1460
EXPERIENCE
  • Actively evaluating coverage and creating strategies for clients relative to thousands of opioid litigation claims brought by states, municipalities, third-party payors, medical facilities, and individuals, involving over $1 trillion in alleged losses under insurance policies issued by Bermuda and US insurance carriers.
  • Secured arbitration ruling favoring insurers in coverage dispute arising from pharmaceutical product liability.
  • Negotiated favorable settlement in case involving numerous underlying class actions seeking recovery for third-party property damage from a Fortune 100 company.
  • Represented several Bermuda insurers implicated in underlying actions arising from gadolinium-based contrast agents.
  • Negotiated favorable settlement with Fortune 500 company over coverage for costs associated with a voluntary frozen food recall.
  • Secured favorable rulings for insurers relative to underlying nursing home and healthcare cases, including class actions related to understaffing and patient care.
  • Secured favorable coverage ruling for insurer in connection with injury and death claims against international trucking company.
  • Negotiated favorable settlement during English court proceedings with a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company.
  • Successfully represented insurer in coverage dispute involving insured's knowledge of risks associated with its birth-control product.
  • Evaluated coverage and assisted client in navigating claims involving Canadian train derailment that killed 47 people and caused hundreds of millions in alleged losses.
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