Reinsurance

Tressler LLP’s Reinsurance Practice is international in scope, and includes the representation of cedents, reinsurers and retrocessionaires in facultative and treaty reinsurance transactions, contract drafting and interpretation, underwriting and claim audits, litigation, arbitration, mediation, commutation and regulatory matters.

Tressler’s reinsurance attorneys have decades of experience in virtually all lines of business, including:

• Asbestos, Pollution and Toxic Tort
• Catastrophe Covers
• Financial Products and Alternative Risk Transfer
• First Party Property
• General Liability
• Life, Accident and Health
• Professional and Specialty Lines
• Surety
• Workers’ Compensation and Workers' Comp Carveout

Our attorneys have addressed questions involving such issues as:

• Access to Records
• Aggregation and Allocation
• Application of Retentions, Limits and Loss Corridors
• Arbitrability and Scope of Arbitration Provisions
• Bad Faith and Unfair Claim Practices
• Captives, Pools and Risk Retention Groups
• Collateral Arrangements including Letters of Credit
• Contract Formation and Rescission
• Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
• Coverage of DJ Expenses
• Cut-Through Endorsements
• Extra-Contractual and Excess of Policy Limits Liabilities
• Follow-the-Fortunes
• Fraud/Misrepresentation/Utmost Good Faith
• Insolvencies and Direct Action
• Intermediaries, TPAs and Program Managers
• Late Notice
• Loss Portfolio Transfers
• Mandatory Commutation Provisions
• Net Retained Lines
• Number of Occurrences
• Reserve Valuation
• Scope of Coverage and Contract Exclusions

• Treaty Termination and Commutation

At the inception of an assignment, and periodically throughout the engagement, we analyze the pertinent issues thoroughly, provide a detailed evaluation, and recommend pragmatic and efficient strategies designed to achieve our client’s business objectives.  We are always willing to consider alternative fee arrangements, consistent with the nature and extent of the engagements assigned to us.  In all matters assigned to us, our standard is to provide timely and practical advice, utilizing the most efficient and effective staffing possible.  Tressler’s depth of industry knowledge and experience, coupled with our resources, tenacity and creativity, allow us to achieve the desired business resolution for our clients.