Practices
Life, Health & Disability Insurance
Sedgwick is recognized as a leader in life, health and disability law, with significant experience representing insurers in both ERISA and non-ERISA counseling and defense. We regularly provide counseling and handle litigated disputes involving all aspects of life, health, and disability insurance. Our attorneys have a wealth of knowledge gained from years of representing life, health, and disability insurers throughout the country.
Sedgwick is recognized as a leader in life, health and disability law, with significant experience representing insurers in both ERISA and non-ERISA counseling and defense. We regularly provide counseling and handle litigated disputes involving all aspects of life, health, and disability insurance. Our attorneys have a wealth of knowledge gained from years of representing life, health, and disability insurers throughout the country.
Our attorneys work closely with the firm’s healthcare and employment practices, as well as with Sedgwick’s Insurance Practices Group, and leverage the expertise cultivated in those and other Sedgwick practices to the benefit of our clients.
ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) Representation
Our life, health, and disability insurance attorneys represent insurers in the defense of claims made under ERISA-qualified plans, particularly in the areas of long-term disability insurance, vigorously defending our clients’ interests in federal courts throughout the nation. We provide thorough and comprehensive analyses of the sufficiency of plan decisions to deny benefits, and very often are able to resolve such disputes on summary judgment.
In addition to handling litigation, Sedgwick attorneys also provide counseling to their clients regarding ever-evolving ERISA law. Our services include the construction of plan documents and insurance policies as well as claims handling.
Non-ERISA Representation
Sedgwick attorneys provide counseling and aggressive defense to their clients on non-ERISA insurance matters as well, including life insurance, health insurance, and disability insurance issues. Our attorneys litigate claims alleging policy breach and breaches of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, as well as disputes between insurers. We provide our clients with effective and efficient resolutions of such disputes, and counsel clients as to how best to position themselves to avoid such problems in the future.
Sedgwick is recognized as a leader in life, health and disability law, with significant experience representing insurers in both ERISA and non-ERISA counseling and defense. We regularly provide counseling and handle litigated disputes involving all aspects of life, health, and disability insurance. Our attorneys have a wealth of knowledge gained from years of representing life, health, and disability insurers throughout the country.
Our attorneys work closely with the firm’s healthcare and employment practices, as well as with Sedgwick’s Insurance Practices Group, and leverage the expertise cultivated in those and other Sedgwick practices to the benefit of our clients.
ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) Representation
Our life, health, and disability insurance attorneys represent insurers in the defense of claims made under ERISA-qualified plans, particularly in the areas of long-term disability insurance, vigorously defending our clients’ interests in federal courts throughout the nation. We provide thorough and comprehensive analyses of the sufficiency of plan decisions to deny benefits, and very often are able to resolve such disputes on summary judgment.
In addition to handling litigation, Sedgwick attorneys also provide counseling to their clients regarding ever-evolving ERISA law. Our services include the construction of plan documents and insurance policies as well as claims handling.
Non-ERISA Representation
Sedgwick attorneys provide counseling and aggressive defense to their clients on non-ERISA insurance matters as well, including life insurance, health insurance, and disability insurance issues. Our attorneys litigate claims alleging policy breach and breaches of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, as well as disputes between insurers. We provide our clients with effective and efficient resolutions of such disputes, and counsel clients as to how best to position themselves to avoid such problems in the future.
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