Litigation
Insurance Coverage
Roetzel’s Insurance Coverage Litigation attorneys represent policyholders and insurance companies nationwide in disputes, negotiations, litigation, settlements, and bad faith allegations. Our attorneys work closely with clients to develop sound coverage opinions based on current law and clearly defined insurance policy provisions.
Our services include case-specific representation, opinions, and analysis, along with consultations on risk management for policyholders and claims handling for insurance companies. Our attorneys handle declaratory judgment actions for court interpretations of policy language and bad faith cases across the country. We have successfully litigated disputes in state and federal courts, primarily in Ohio, achieving numerous reported and unreported insurance coverage decisions.
Our Experience
- Argued on behalf of an insurance company before the Ohio Supreme Court regarding potentially groundbreaking issues involving insurance coverage for employer intentional torts
- Defended life insurance companies in bad faith insurance coverage matters
- Serve as statewide coverage counsel for several Ohio liability insurance carriers and national insurance carriers
- Serve as statewide coverage counsel for an oil and gas insurance carrier
- Handled multimillion dollar environmental coverage litigation for a corporate industrial client
- Tried insurance coverage matters involving conditions precedent on policy, including late notice issues
- Retained to assist in rewriting insurance policies for purposes of compliance with Ohio law
- Conducted analyses of insurance programs for corporate clients and made recommendations on risk management issues
- Conducted seminars for insurance carriers and corporate clients on risk management issues, claims procedures, bad faith issues, and updates on Ohio law
- Represented the Ohio Department of Insurance and the court-appointed liquidator in concluding the affairs of an insurance company
- Represented both insurance carriers and policyholders in toxic tort matters
- Handled environmental, toxic tort, product liability, and labor and employment matters for a Fortune 25 international insurance organization
- Served as national coordinating counsel in defending latex exposure cases for a large insurance carrier
- Served as national coordinating counsel for the defense of mold claims on behalf of two large insurance carriers
- Represented an auto insurance carrier in uninsured/underinsured motorists action
- Handled numerous employment matters, including lawsuits and administrative proceedings, for insurance companies (as the employer) and on behalf of insurance carriers through an employer's "employment practices liability insurance" policy
What We Do
- Address automobile liability and uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage claims
- Handle aviation coverage and aviation underwriter coverage claims
- Litigate bad faith claims
- Manage construction-related coverage claims
- Oversee director and officers' liability claims
- Represent clients in employment-related litigation
- Handle errors and omissions coverage claims
- Manage excess and surplus lines coverage claims
- Oversee environmental coverage issues
- Address fidelity/surety claims
- Investigate fire and arson claims
- Handle liability insurance coverage claims
- Manage life insurance and disability coverage claims
- Oversee litigation management
- Handle mass tort cases
- Litigate patent, copyright, and trademark claims
- Defend personal injury claims
- Manage professional liability coverage claims
- Cover property and casualty coverage claims
- Handle subrogation claims
- Coordinate transportation incident coverage claims