Insurance and Reinsurance Disputes Practice

The members of the North American Litigation Practice Group, who concentrate their practice in Insurance and Reinsurance Disputes, handle a wide variety of insurance matters including issues arising under general liability, fiduciary responsibility, D&O, employment practices, environmental impairment, professional liability, employee benefits, life, health and disability, builders risk, commercial crime, excess, media, cyberrisk, intellectual property, and first-party property policies, as well as matters involving fidelity and surety bonds, and payment and performance bonds.

Baker & McKenzie's Insurance and Reinsurance Group also handles a wide variety of coverage disputes and other, commercial disputes involving reinsurance agreements. The Group has represented parties before virtually every major arbitration institution in the world, including the International Chamber of Commerce, the American Arbitration Association, the London Court of Arbitration, the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal, the U.N. Compensation Commission, the Society of Maritime Arbitrators, and various international commodity associations. The Group also handles ad hoc reinsurance mediations and arbitrations.

We have substantial experience in the following insurance areas: 

International Arbitration and Litigation

Domestic Arbitration

Reinsurance Litigation

Class Action/Business Practices Litigation

Professional Lines (Directors & Officers/Errors & Omissions)

Complex Coverage Litigation

Other Insurance Industry-Related Assignments