Drafting Insurance Clauses in Commercial Contracts: Additional Insured, Priority, Umbrella/Excess

Ms. Brown advises clients on complex insurance matters, with deep experience in coverage disputes and transactional risk. She has handled matters involving toxic tort, environmental, directors and officers (D&O), intellectual property, and weather-related insurance. A significant part of her practice centers on Representations and Warranty Insurance (RWI): she negotiates RWI policies for insureds, evaluates and pursues RWI and related rep-and-warranty indemnity claims from initial assessment through resolution, and counsels on insurance issues in transactions. Ms. Brown represents private equity clients and businesses across manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, and IT. She also guides clients through contractual risk allocation. Ms. Brown drafts and interprets indemnity and insurance provisions, and represents clients in indemnification disputes, including the interplay between indemnity obligations and insurance.

Mr. Khazem is a commercial litigator experienced in high-stakes civil litigation and appeals, with a focus on representing large corporate policyholders in insurance coverage disputes. Through his work, he has helped his clients recover more than $1 billion to date. Mr. Khazem has helped clients recover for a wide variety of underlying claims and losses, including mass tort claims, shareholder claims, government investigations, cyber claims, environmental cleanup, first-party property damage and business interruption, maritime claims, antitrust liabilities, and more. He is a seasoned trial-court and appellate advocate and has also helped his clients successfully resolve coverage disputes through settlement negotiations and ADR. 

Mr. Taubenfeld represents policyholders in every kind of dispute they may have with their insurers. He finds coverage where others may not look, and he attempts to secure coverage for his clients through negotiation and diplomacy before litigation becomes necessary. When litigation becomes necessary, Mr. Taubenfeld litigates aggressively, always with the goal of securing coverage for his clients quickly and economically. He has secured millions of dollars in coverage for his clients through negotiation and litigation. Mr. Taubenfeld represents corporate and individual insureds in coverage and bad-faith lawsuits and arbitrations against insurance carriers under Directors' and Officers' Liability, First Party Property/Business Interruption, Errors and Omissions, Professional Liability, General Liability, Fidelity Surety Bonds, Performance and Payment, Primary, Excess, and Umbrella insurance policies. He also litigates construction matters for architects, engineers, contractors and owners. Mr. Taubenfeld litigates both the construction disputes themselves and any insurance coverage matters related to his construction work.