Insurance and other means of risk transference pervade nearly every aspect of our personal and business lives. We counsel clients in a broad range of coverage issues and assist clients in evaluating and improving their insurance programs. We also regularly guide our clients in navigating the complexities inherent in coverage disputes.
Our coverage work has encompassed a broad spectrum of coverage types, including directors and officers’ liability, employment practices liability, fiduciary liability, professional liability, commercial general liability, excess or umbrella liability, and others. Our clients are individuals, private companies, public corporations, and governmental entities involved in a variety of industries. Insurers have also retained our attorneys to provide representation in litigated disputes. We help all of our clients determine the most effective strategy, whether through alternative dispute resolution, settlement or trial. Our attorneys have litigated in many state and federal trial and appellate courts throughout the country.
Thompson Coburn achieved favorable results for former executives of a bankrupt (employee-owned) company against a fiduciary liability insurer unwilling to assume their defense or indemnification for ERISA claims seeking nearly $200 million. The coverage action involved numerous insurance issues, including material misrepresentation, reformation, insurable loss, and bad acts exclusions.
Thompson Coburn obtained judgment for our insurer client upholding its cancellation of a life insurance policy.
Our client insurers reported data to the Missouri Department of Insurance about their volume of policies issued and their loss experiences in every zip code in Missouri. Thompson Coburn obtained an injunction for our clients prohibiting the Missouri Department of Insurance from disclosing this “zip code data” to the public on the basis that the data were trade secrets.
The Value of Cyber and Privacy Diligence
Policyholder Insurance Trends for 2022
Arbitration and Other Forms of ADR
Health care hot topics for 2019
Missouri insurers to face new requirements for audits, compliance reporting in 2019
Bank regulators issue guidance on cyber insurance
Consumer lenders should review key borrower notices in light of recent Missouri decisions
Property damage, cannabis production at issue in landlord’s insurance coverage dispute
Are you covered? Emerging issues for health care providers under cyber risk insurance
Hospital financial assistance policies: IRS gives new guidance on complying with Section 501(r)
How to get the most from your title insurance before and after a real estate transaction
Bifurcated trials: A road map for better results for insurers facing non-ERISA disability claims
Participants who roll their pension benefits into IRAs do not ‘receive’ them
Shoring up the PBGC’s Insurance Program for Multiemployer Plans
Life insurance planning for the business owner
Halo looms over new decision that adds to ERISA risks for claims administrators
Bill Bay elected chair of the ABA House of Delegates
Bill Bay to receive Distinguished Lawyer Award at 2017 Law Day festivities
Employment litigator John Viola joins Thompson Coburn in Los Angeles
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New York
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John draws on his more than 30 years of litigation experience to represent a wide variety of clients in federal and state trial and appellate courts. John draws on his more than 30 years of litigation experience to represent ... |
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St. Louis
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Bill represents major corporations in high-stakes litigation in state and federal courts across the country. Bill represents major corporations in high-stakes litigation in state and f... |
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Dallas
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Alfred represents clients in all phases of state and federal litigation and helps develop litigation strategies to resolve disputes in a timely and effective manner. Alfred represents clients in all phases of state and federal litigation and... |
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St. Louis
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With over 30 years of experience, David has tried dozens of high stakes cases. With over 30 years of experience, David has tried dozens of high stakes cas... |
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St. Louis
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Matt serves as co-chair of our insurance practice group, guiding policyholders, insurers and insurance professionals on everything from policy placement through the litig... Matt serves as co-chair of our insurance practice group, guiding policyhold... |
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St. Louis
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Crystal has 30+ years of national environmental experience and leads the transactional area of the Firm's environmental practice. Crystal has 30+ years of national environmental experience and leads the tr... |
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New York
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Steve represents financial institutions, businesses and constituencies in federal and state courts throughout the United States in a wide variety of major commercial disp... Steve represents financial institutions, businesses and constituencies in f... |
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New York
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Zachary delivers practical, tactical, and experienced advice to corporate, lending, and fiduciary clients with respect to all phases of litigation, alternate dispute reso... Zachary delivers practical, tactical, and experienced advice to corporate, ... |
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Senior Counsel
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St. Louis
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Rick devotes his entire practice to the defense of employers in ERISA litigation related to pension, life, health, and disability benefits, both self-funded and insured. Rick devotes his entire practice to the defense of employers in ERISA litig... |
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St. Louis
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Peter is an environmental attorney who helps companies respond to major environmental incidents, navigate regulatory actions and successfully resolve civil and criminal l... Peter is an environmental attorney who helps companies respond to major env... |
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Los Angeles
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John serves as a one-stop resource for employment counseling and litigation for companies in California and across the country. John serves as a one-stop resource for employment counseling and litigation... |
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