Hill Wallack LLP's Insurance Coverage Practice Group is organized to respond to the demands of the modern day insurance industry, where unique issues involving novel causes of action give rise to disputes between insurers and their policyholders with respect to all lines of coverage. Our core group of partners, with over 100 years of experience representing the insurance industry, advises claims handlers, underwriters and intermediaries in an effort to provide cost efficient solutions to the day-to-day disputes involving insurers, producers and policyholders. Our lawyers are also called upon on a regular basis to utilize their vast trial and appellate experience to litigate in both federal and state courts.

Our experience ranges from the defense of PIP and UM/UIM claims to the defense of insurers with respect to policyholder claims seeking recovery of multiple millions of dollars including, but certainly not limited to, claims arising out of  catastrophic bodily injury or property damage losses,  employment liability, intellectual property and construction defect actions. We have handled cases involving all lines of coverage including:

Virtually every issue addressing CGL, Business Auto, Personal Auto and/or Homeowners policies has been analyzed, briefed and litigated by the Insurance Coverage Practice Group. We also have extensive experience dealing with Directors & Officers, Errors & Omissions, Product Recall, Employment Practices Liability, Environmental Impairment, Public Official and Media Liability coverages. These issues arise in the context of the duty to defend, exclusions, additional insureds, deductibles, retentions, priority of coverages, and the relationship between primary and excess/umbrella policies. In addition to our experience with third party claims, we also represent insurers with respect to first party property losses, including fraud investigations and subrogation recovery.  To the extent that any dispute with an insurer involves a bad faith claim seeking extra contractual damages, our partners have probably already addressed that issue of law.

Beyond our experience representing insurance companies, we also represent intermediaries in the insurance industry, including agents, brokers, surplus lines agents, wholesalers, managing general agents, and third party administrators.

Our attorneys in the Insurance Coverage Practice Group try cases before judges, juries and arbitrators. We have also argued cases before the New Jersey Appellate Division and the New Jersey Supreme Court, as well as the United States District Court and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. In addition to our litigation experience, our lawyers publish articles and lecture to industry groups, including the Defense Research Institute and the New Jersey Defense Association.