- What We Do
- Insurance Coverage
Overview
Policyholders across a wide array of industries turn to Foster Garvey Insurance Coverage attorneys to manage their risk and defend them in disputes with their insurers. We are proud to be recognized by our clients and peers in the U.S. News-Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” survey as a top insurance law practice both on the national level and in the Seattle market. Our skilled team offers one of the most comprehensive pro-policyholder insurance coverage practices in the Pacific Northwest.
With experience across virtually every area of commercial insurance, we can provide guidance to maximize our client’s insurance investment when attaining coverage and after claims are made. Our clients include large, midsize, and small policyholders, company officers and directors, and government and public sector entities. When disputes arise, our attorneys are proficient in all forms of pre-litigation defense and also have a solid track record of defending our clients’ interests in trial at both federal and state courts.
Foster Garvey’s Insurance Coverage attorneys have experience reaching beyond Washington and Oregon. Attorneys on our team have handled matters in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, West Virginia, Wyoming, as well as Guam and British Columbia, Canada. Our attorneys have extensive experience counseling policyholder clients in the analysis of their insurance coverage as well as representing their interests with respect to litigation and disputed coverage claims.
Clients look to us to provide guidance in the following areas:
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- Bad faith, IFCA and Consumer Protection Act
- Construction defect claims
- Cyber risk (including data breach coverage)
- Directors and officers liability
- Due diligence in business transactions
- Employee dishonesty claims
- Employee practice liability
- Errors and omissions claims
- Excess and umbrella liability
- Commercial and general liability (including property, bodily and personal injury)
- Insurance issues in bankruptcy and insolvency
- Insurance issues related to sports, media and entertainment law
- Insurance issues in intellectual property
- Insurance policy review, analysis and risk management counseling
- Marine insurance
- Professional liability
- Property damage and business interruption claims
- Toxic tort and environmental claims