Our attorneys have decades of experience in reinsurance litigation, having handled scores of arbitrations and lawsuits for a long list of national clients. The breadth and depth of Schiff Hardin's reinsurance practice is unmatched in the industry, and reaches to every segment of the reinsurance marketplace, including property, casualty, life, health, and marine matters.
We have successfully resolved matters involving issues including:
- Rescission and reformation of reinsurance agreements
- Allocation of pollution, asbestos and mass tort settlements
- Collections against insolvent insurers
- The doctrine of forum non conveniens
- The Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
- Offset and recoupment
- Follow the fortunes and follow the settlements
- Uberrimae fidei
- Fronting and pooling arrangements
- Commutations
- Captives
- London Market practice
- Workers' compensation carve out business
- Restructuring, reorganizing and transferring insurance rights and interests in mergers and acquisitions