Insurance
Over the past 25 years, Paul Schleifman has handled a variety of complex insurance issues for domestic and international insurers, captive insurers, and, where appropriate, corporate and individual policyholders. Having represented both insurers and policyholders, Paul has a unique understanding of the issues that drive each side to an insurance dispute. Armed with that knowledge, Paul helps his clients get to the heart of the matter in order to resolve it quickly, efficiently and effectively.
Paul has been counsel in hundreds of declaratory judgment actions throughout the United States and has successfully litigated, arbitrated, tried, mediated, and negotiated claims arising under a broad range of policy forms, including:
- Domestic and internationally issued primary, umbrella and excess commercial general liability occurrence and claims made policies
- Occurrence reported (Bermuda) form liability policies
- Directors and officers policies (D&O)
- Special multi-peril policies
- Environmental impairment liability policies
- Commercial property and business interruption policies
- Employment practice liability policies
- Fidelity, bankers and credit union bonds
- Professional errors and omissions policies
- Technology errors and omissions policies
- Intellectual property coverage including patent infringement liability insurance and abatement coverage
- Facultative reinsurance policies
- Pro rata, quota-share, surplus share and excess of loss treaty reinsurance and retrocession agreements
Paul recently recovered over $30 million on behalf of a captive insurer from its domestic and internationally based reinsurers.
