Insurance Class Actions

Insurance Class Actions

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Dentons’ renowned insurance disputes team has represented insurers and financial services companies in class actions and high-stakes matters raising the most significant issues facing the industry, across virtually all US jurisdictions, dating back more than 80 years.

As one of the industry’s leading, go-to class action defense teams, we have successfully navigated representing carriers on virtually all issues the industry has faced, across all lines of coverage—ranging from insurance pricing, premium and rate-setting class actions, to cases challenging insurance claims-handling and underwriting practices, to assertions of unfair or deceptive sales practices, business practices or financial conduct, to class actions emanating from catastrophes and mass torts. We are frequently national coordinating counsel for our clients, and lead industry-wide defense efforts when trends emerge facing insurers. Our cutting edge defense strategies have resulted in success against claims of securities and common-law fraud, breach of contract, unfair/deceptive business practices, bad faith, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), Antitrust, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO), civil conspiracy, fiduciary duty, statutory or regulatory insurance claims, fraudulent transfers and bankruptcy-related matters and other matters. Many of our matters involve parallel insurance or financial regulatory matters before State Departments of Insurance/Financial Services or federal agencies such as the CFPB, the SEC or other regulators.

With dozens of class actions under our management at any given time, we provide clients with the strategic experience and tactical know-how to wage a successful defense—defeating class certification, disposing of class allegations at the earliest stages of litigation, successfully settling when appropriate on an individual or class basis, or pursuing trial or appeal where warranted. We are among few firms with significant class action trial experience in various forums, a key distinguisher which is important in those situations where early motions cannot dispose of a matter and trial credibility is key. We also have an impressive appellate record, having successfully litigated appeals on behalf of the industry in federal and state courts across the country.

Our class action clients include the leading writers of: life, annuities, long-term care, disability, group health, property & casualty, general commercial, specialty, individual lines (auto, homeowner and other), title insurance, workers’ compensation, reinsurance and more.

Chambers, The Legal 500 and U.S. News - Best Law Firms have, year-after-year, recognized Dentons’ preeminence in insurance, calling us “a team of ‘strong practitioners who are involved in lots of major matters and have a strong commitment to insurance.”

Tier 1 for Insurance: Advice to Insurers by The Legal 500 USA
Ranked for Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer by Chambers USA
Tier 1 for Insurance Law by “Best Law Firms” - US News and World Report, Best Lawyers
A “Litigation Powerhouse” and amongst “The Most Feared Law Firms in Litigation”by BTI Consulting Group