OUR RESULTS
OUR RESULTS
DIRECTOR AND OFFICER
DIRECTOR AND OFFICER
PROPERTY / BUSINESS
PROPERTY / BUSINESS
CRIME INSURANCE / FIDELITY
CRIME INSURANCE / FIDELITY
ERRORS AND OMISSIONS
ERRORS AND OMISSIONS
INSURANCE COUNSELING
INSURANCE COUNSELING
Miller Friel attorneys have handled some of the most significant insurance recovery cases in the last 20 years, with total recoveries in excess of $2 billion.
We represent some of the world's better-known retail, manufacturing, transportation, technology, commercial real-estate, entertainment, and service sector companies.
We passionately represent each and every one of our clients. Our attorneys have an unblemished record of recovering in every single matter that they have undertaken.
Director & Officer
- Negotiated one of the largest securities claim D&O insurance settlements in U.S. history.
- Settled D&O insurance coverage dispute where underlying lawsuits challenged a $1.4 billion telecommunications merger.
- Arbitrated D&O insurance coverage dispute on behalf of a leading on-line music provider.
- Settled Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigation D&O dispute for healthcare company.
- Litigating D&O healthcare anti-trust insurance coverage claim.
- Prosecuting mortgage-backed securities claim for large financial institution.
- Arbitrating advertising injury D&O insurance claim for consumer service provider.
Property / Business Interruption Insurance
- Settled $800 million property damage and business interruption claim without litigation.
- Litigated and settled storm damage business interruption and extra expense claim for in excess of $30 million.
- Negotiated and settled large cargo claim for major retailer.
- Counseled major U.S. airline on business interruption insurance coverage issues related to terrorism, hurricane and typhoon-related losses.
- Settled multi-million dollar event cancellation claim for trade association.
- Settled property damage and business interruption claim for major Japanese corporation.
- Represented several major law firms for recovery of hurricane-related loss of income claims.
- Prosecuted property damage and business interruption claim for a large financial institution that owned a New Orleans five star hotel.
Crime Insurance / Fidelity
- Secured coverage for multi-million dollar corporate theft loss for major clothing retailer.
- Secured employee theft loss coverage for large transportation agency.
- Litigating several of the largest crime loss claims in history, including substantial mortgage-related fraud loss claim for a large U.S. Bank, and a vault-related employee theft loss claim for the estate of a bankrupt ATM servicing company.
- Recovered policy limits for large employee-theft loss suffered by engineering firm.
- Litigating a fidelity bond claim on behalf of major regional bank.
Errors and Omissions
- Recovered defense and indemnity coverage for large real estate brokerage firm.
- Represent European bank for coverage of securities claims.
- Represent large international bank in investment fraud coverage dispute.
Insurance Counseling
- Assisted company with the development of one of the largest property captive insurance programs in the world.
- Counseled corporate entities, directors and officers on D&O insurance policy language.
- Drafted captive reinsurance policies to effectively transfer risk from captive to reinsurer.
- Evaluated the viability and effectiveness of multi-tiered / multi-towered large corporation D&O insurance programs.
- Counseled clients on the use of large self-insured retention programs, and the return of collateral in the event of policy termination, cancellation, or non-renewal.
- Provided insurance due diligence to private equity funds and corporations.
- Provided counseling to bondholders and their trustees related to placement of insurance to protect bondholders' interest in property/investment.
