FordHarrison has extensive experience and comprehensive expertise in meeting the counseling and litigation needs of clients in the insurance industry.
Life, Health, and Disability Insurance Litigation
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The firm has successfully represented life, health and disability insurers, managed health care organizations, and third-party administrators in a wide variety of disputes outside the ERISA context/arena involving:
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claims to recover life, accidental death, disability and health insurance benefits;
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issuance of securities and annuities;
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sale of credit life and disability insurance products;
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duties of excess and stop-loss insurance carriers;
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allegations of discriminatory underwriting and insurance sales practices;
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market misconduct and vanishing premium claims;
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claims of agent and broker misconduct involving misrepresentations, forgery, and churning;
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liability of managing general agents and third-party administrators;
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coordination of benefits provisions;
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Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement; and
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medical malpractice, wrongful death, and other tort claims against health insurers and management healthcare organizations.
The litigation geographically spans the nation, and substantively ranges from individual claims for life, accidental death, disability and health insurance benefits to complex RICO class actions. Our lawyers have represented clients in dealings with state departments of insurance and have litigated matters brought against clients by the departments.
Our litigators are active members of the Defense Research Institute and the Torts & Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association, before which they have spoken on life, health and disability insurance topics.
If you would like us to prepare a proposal to assist your company with your labor and employment law needs, please contact clientservice@fordharrison.com.