The Attorneys of Murphy Rosen & Meylan are skilled and experienced in the areas of insurance and reinsurance disputes. 

We have over two decades of experience in representing insurers and reinsurers in all aspects of coverage and bad faith litigation, including first-party coverage disputes (health, accident, disability, property, life), and complex and non-complex third-party coverage disputes (general liability, errors and omissions, construction, environmental, health care, toxic tort, business claims).  We have also represented insurers in commercial disputes involving licensing, business, and competition issues.

A representative sample of our insurance and reinsurance dispute experience includes:

		Representation of a liability insurer in litigation filed in 1996 by its insured, a large county agency, arising from the parties’ "wrap-up" insurance program for the county’s construction of a mass transit subway system.  The county alleged breach of contract, insurance bad faith,fraud, and unfair business practices, and sought over $100 million in contract damages, along with bad faith and punitive damages.  Our client cross-complained for reimbursement of any uncovered claim funding and for per-occurrence deductibles.  In 2005, after a series of rulings for our client at the trial and appellate levels, the county settled the lawsuit by paying our client $45,000,000, and by transferring recovery rights against the county’s excess insurer, which led to an additional $4,700,000 for the client.
		Representation of a disability insurer in a lawsuit by an NHL hockey player seeking $1 million in coverage benefits and an additional $5 million in bad faith and punitive damages.  The trial court granted judgment for our client, which was upheld on appeal.
		Representation of a liability insurer in a coverage/bad faith lawsuit filed by its insured, who alleged entitlement to over $1 million in Cumis counsel fees.  Judgment was entered for our client, which was upheld on appeal.
		Representation of a liability insurer in a coverage/bad faith lawsuit filed by its insured, an art gallery owner, who alleged coverage for over $1 million in art losses.  In the policy interpretation portion of the trial, the court granted judgment for our client, leading to the insured’s reimbursement to our client of $100,000 in Cumis counsel fees.
		Representation of a facultative reinsurer in a breach of contract lawsuit brought by the direct insurer, who alleged entitlement to reinsurance proceeds for underlying asbestos claims.  The district court granted summary judgment for our reinsurer client, which led to a favorable settlement for the reinsurer.
		Representation of reinsurers in an action brought by ceding insurer under a managed-care insurance program.  After the insurer funded indemnity coverage for an underlying claim, it sued its reinsurers for coverage under the "follow-the-fortunes" doctrine.  The case settled on terms very favorable to the reinsurers after the court dismissed the majority of the ceding insurer's claims against our clients, including claims for breach of contract and bad-faith.