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Life, Health and Disability Insurance Litigation
Duane Morris' Life, Health and Disability Insurance Litigation Practice Group represents life, health and disability insurers in a variety of industry-specific disputes that include but are not limited to the defense of claims under individual or group policies as well as the defense of class action claims.
Range of Services
Our lawyers have represented insurers' interests before insurance departments and in state and federal trial and appellate courts. We have been involved as trial counsel to insurers in major litigation of complex issues, including:
- Sales practice and market conduct litigation;
- ERISA claims under group policies;
- Traditional life and disability insurance defense, as well as affirmative declaratory judgment and rescission claims;
- Accidental death benefit claims;
- Overseas death claims;
- Stranger-owned life insurance and secondary market issues;
- Agent termination disputes and other disputes relating to agent relations;
- Defense of bad faith and punitive damages claims;
- Defense of employee benefit claims;
- Fraudulent insurance claims; and
- Various issues that affect underwriting, claims, regulatory and compliance matters.
For More Information
For more information, please contact Peter Jason.