The firm serves as panel counsel to a number of the most respected insurance company. Our attorneys represent clients, large and small, in complicated arbitration and alternative dispute resolution proceedings. We also defend our clients and their policyholders in state and federal courts throughout the northeast in matters covered under, among other things, general liability insurance, umbrella and excess insurance, risk retention insurance programs, facultative and treaty reinsurance agreements, captive insurance and reinsurance programs, first party property insurance, environmental and pollution liability insurance, directors and officers insurance, employment practices liability insurance, errors and omissions insurance, professional liability insurance and builders risk insurance and wrap-up insurance programs.
Attorneys at Trif & Modugno are also regularly called upon by commercial and contract surety underwriters to opine on and provide recommendations related to, among things, underwriting policies and procedures, product viability/potential, risk transfer, bond formation and collateral establishment. Our attorneys also assist surety underwriters with analyzing principal/indemnitor assets and drafting associated collateral security agreements (e.g., financing statements, deeds of trust, etc.).
The breadth of our surety experience is truly expansive as we otherwise have extensive experience handling claims against fidelity bonds and other miscellaneous bonds, including customs bonds, bid bonds, probate bonds, notary bonds, mortgage broker bonds, motor vehicle dealer bonds, bankruptcy trustee bonds, license bonds, estates, trusts and guardianship bonds to name a few.
Representative claims handled include, among others, construction defect claims, environmental claims, wrongful death claims, personal injury claims, commercial losses and property disputes, mass and toxic tort claims, primacy of coverage disputes, additional insured claims, business interruption claims, insurance fraud matters, coronavirus related claims, rescission of policies based on material misrepresentations, lawyer malpractice and other professional liability claims, workers compensation claims, and employer liability claims.
That includes, among other things, careful consideration of and providing relevant exposure and risk transfer analyses. We pride ourselves on our strict adherence to client billing and reporting guidelines, and our ability to provide clients with realistic assessments on settlement value, degree of exposure and likelihood of success at trial. Our clients know that strategies employed by Trif & Modugno in connection with any associated litigation are aimed specifically at “prying the proverbial settlement window open,” and otherwise moving the cases toward resolution.
