Brown McCarroll Attorneys at Law

Insurance claims disputes can involve large amounts of money and catastrophic loss. Our attorneys understand the stakes and have verifiable experience to formulate sound solutions and effectively represent your interests.

Our firm has litigated insurance coverage and international reinsurance issues, including at trial and as national and regional counsel. We also have successfully handled appeals before the Texas Supreme Court and the United States Courts of Appeals. A number of our cases involve issues that set insurance industry precedent.

Combination of Experience

We have a rare blend of insurance coverage and trial experience. Because we have experience representing both insurers and the insured, we also understand the perspectives and needs of each side in litigation.  We are able to use that knowledge to craft more effective trial strategies and better business solutions.

We can help avoid unnecessary litigation expense. When necessary, we try cases for our clients and have a long history of insurance litigation success, including favorable results in jury trials, arbitrations, bench trials, and administrative proceedings. Typical of the first and third-party coverage matters that we litigate are:

• Directors and officers liability coverage
• Professional liability errors and omissions for construction, health care professionals, trustees, banks and financial institutions, brokers, customers of brokerage firms and others
• Losses due to property damage and business interruption
• General liability

Our experience and documented success spans all aspects of insurance, reinsurance and risk concerns. We are trial attorneys who understand coverage issues and policy terms, and insurance attorneys who are at home in the courtroom or in the boardroom. Whether helping to manage and mitigate potential risk, handling existing dockets as national counsel, or litigating disputes throughout Texas and other surrounding states, we provide sound legal advice and thoughtful strategic guidance that support our clients’ business goals.

Other Coverage Disputes

We have substantial experience in litigating Stowers and other claims for insurers’ failure to settle claims in the oil & gas industry, in the nursing home industry, in the construction industry, and with respect to a variety of other claims including product liability, e-commerce, and stockbreeding. We have extensive experience writing indemnity provisions and litigating those written by others.

We have experience working with corporate boards to address contemporary insurance issues such as the allocation and apportionment of millions of dollars in hurricane (windstorm) damage proceeds for businesses along the coast of Florida and the Gulf Coast. Our attorneys have also worked on projects involving insurance strategies for major mergers and acquisitions as well as a mining venture in the Pacific Rim, including the risks for catastrophic events such as monsoons, tsunamis, floods, and mudslides.

Whether formulating a strategy for the use of insurance and indemnities in mergers and acquisitions, litigating disputes over insurance coverage or related damages, or formulating sound business solutions, we have the depth and breadth of experience to handle complex insurance coverage and reinsurance disputes.