Insurance Recovery Group
Ice Miller's Insurance Recovery Group assists policyholders seeking insurance coverage from their insurers. As of October 2007, Ice Miller has appeared as counsel of record in ninety-three (93) reported opinions in cases involving insurance coverage or insurance issues. Recent examples of the Firm’s work in this area include:
- pursuing coverage claims for fifteen (15) dry cleaners that are seeking coverage for underlying liability claims arising out of soil and groundwater contaminations from historic dry cleaning operations
- coverage litigation against primary, umbrella, and excess umbrella insurers of a company involved in numerous underlying suits and claims arising out of allegedly defective building materials, including a putative class action
- coverage litigation for a company that paid millions of dollars for claims arising out of a massive fish kill in a major waterway against its primary pollution, general liability, and umbrella insurance carriers
- coverage litigation for a state university in the midwest that is seeking coverage for underlying liability suits under several claims made excess insurance policies
- pursuing liability coverage for the former operator of above-ground storage tanks which allegedly leaked and caused soil and groundwater contamination
- pursuing liability coverage for a food manufacturer that faced significant environmental liability for contamination allegedly emanating from former underground storage tanks
- assisting municipalities pursue insurance recoveries to help fund brownfields redevelopment projects
- handling coverage litigation seeking to recover millions of dollars in property damage and business interruption losses arising out of a fire
- pursuing coverage litigation to recover monies due under directors and officers liability policies and fidelity
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