Biography

Andrew King, member of the firm’s Insurance Industry Practice Group, focuses his practice on the defense of insurance class action lawsuits, insurance coverage, unfair competition, and bad faith litigation. Mr. King also provides insurers with legal counsel and advice in matters involving directors and officers insurance, employment practices liability policies, commercial general liability coverage, commercial auto policies, and commercial excess and personal umbrella policies.

Presentations and Publications

Mr. King’s published works include:

• “Multiple Claims Involving Embezzlement of Funds Deemed Single Related Claim, Subject to the 'Each Claim' Policy Limit,” Insurance Law Update (October 2011).
• "You Can't Go Home Again - If You Seek to Recover Replacement Costs For a Second Home," Sedgwick's Insurance Law Update (May 2010).
• "Insurer Has No Duty to Defend or Indemnify Malpractice Claim of Which Insured Had Notice Prior to Policy Period," Sedgwick’s Insurance Law Update (December 2009).
• "Life Insurance Not a ‘Good’ or ‘Service’ Subject to California Consumer Legal Remedies Act," Sedgwick’s Insurance Law Update (May 2009).
• "Court Rules False Imprisonment Arising From Intentional Act Does Not Qualify as ‘Accident’ Under Homeowners Policy," Sedgwick’s Insurance Law Update (May 2008).

Memberships & Honors

While at law school, Mr. King was a member of the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, and received several Witkin Awards for Excellence (Remedies, Mediation, American West - Law, Culture & the Environment), the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Pretrial Practice, the Best Moot Court Brief, and the Best Moot Court Oralist, Honorable Mention.

During his undergraduate studies at the University of York, England (2000) he was nominated for the Royal Historical Society Prize for Undergraduate Dissertations.