Insurance Defense & Coverage Analysis
Blake, Kirchner, Symonds, Larson, Kennedy & Smith, P.C.
The Blake, Kirchner, Symonds, Larson, Kennedy & Smith, P.C., Insurance Law Practice Group has extensive experience in counseling insurance companies and defending their interests in coverage litigation. Our philosophy is prompt, proactive interpretation and assessment of policy application. Contact one of our insurance defense attorneys today to schedule a consultation.
Are you an insurer accused of bad faith? Insurance bad faith defense is an important part of our practice, and our intelligent approach to insurance defense is the hallmark of our successful representation of national insurers. Our effective strategies are driven by prompt factual investigation, identification and analysis of relevant policy provisions, and implementation of cost effective resolution strategies.
Insurance Coverage Analysis · Initial Responses · Commitment to Minimizing Legal Expenses
Insurance carriers, large and small, retain our experienced insurance lawyers to analyze coverage obligations under various commercial policies, from receipt of claim notice through trial and appeal. Our skilled coverage attorneys are regularly retained to prepare formal initial responses for our clients, monitor or draft further positional correspondence and chart the course of litigation, when warranted. We pride ourselves on responsiveness, skill and creativity, yet our clients' universally respect our unwavering commitment to minimizing legal expenses without compromise.
Defense of Pollution Remediation Claims, Construction Defect Claims
The Blake, Kirchner, Symonds, Larson, Kennedy & Smith, P.C., Insurance Law Practice Group has successfully defended insurers in complex insurance coverage litigation, including pollution remediation claims, asbestos claims, toxic tort claims (aromatics / solvents / dust diseases), product liability claims(fire fatalities / personal injury/ product line defects), construction defect claims, construction contract claims, employment discrimination claims, professional errors / omissions claims, directors / officer claims and a wide variety of claims involving application of specialty / novelty policies. We have working knowledge of policy forms and drafting history together with local and national interpretive precedent.
Team Approach to Analysis and Litigation
We pride ourselves on working closely with claim representatives and in-house counsel, maintaining a team approach to coverage analysis and when appropriate, litigation with well-defined, articulated and implemented defense strategy.
We rely heavily on our clients to assist in formulating litigation strategy, which we execute. Your active participation in formulating strategy ensures that our implementation remains goal-directed and cost effective. Our strict adherence to reporting guidelines, immediate access and prompt return of telephone calls together will immediate analysis of relevant information and data, will guarantee that you are fully aware of evolving exposure throughout our engagement.
Contact the MI civil litigation attorneys of Blake, Kirchner, Symonds, Larson, Kennedy & Smith, P.C. We welcome any opportunity to assist you with insurance coverage needs, including homeowners insurance defense, title insurance defense, insurance bad faith defense, auto accident defense, class action insurance defense, and business contract litigation defense. We are confident you will find our retention to be a value-added element of your bottom line.
