Key Legal Services

Strategic Legal Services

Morris, Manning & Martin represents a broad array of insurers and reinsurers in complex litigation and arbitration matters, including coverage disputes, agent misconduct situations, product torts, RICO claims, reinsurance disputes and contested regulatory matters.  We analyze the substantive and procedural law to identify available forums and seek the most favorable venue.  For example, the application of the Doctrine of Utmost Good Faith varies sharply by jurisdiction, as does the approach taken by differing courts with regard to parallel proceedings, stays or injunctions.  In each instance, we are focused on a strategic, substantive defense designed to achieve the specific goals of our client.

Insurance Savvy

Our litigation and arbitration professionals possess in-depth insurance and reinsurance industry knowledge.
This real world experience allows us to effectively and efficiently advise clients in all aspects of insurance and reinsurance dispute resolutions.  Members of our practice have extensive jury trial experience, as well as specialized insurance and reinsurance arbitration experience, and our lawyers have served as arbitrators in such disputes.  When we analyze issues and recommend solutions, we consider not only the procedural and substantive matters relevant to the specific dispute, but also the costs, the potential for settlement or mediation and the effect of alternative outcomes on future strategies and exposures.  With a broad view of how the industry works, we concentrate on an overall solution that best serves the interests of our client.

Industry Leadership

Morris, Manning & Martin’s insurance lawyers speak frequently to the industry on regulatory, litigation, reinsurance, healthcare and insurer insolvency matters.  We are regularly retained by insurers and industry associations to submit amicus briefs to appellate courts.  From an office in Washington D.C., we provide review and counsel to Congress and regulators on evolving issues, such as the question of federal oversight.

Our attorneys work every day with insurance departments across the country.  We advise clients on regulatory requirements and administrative procedures and represent clients before regulators and administrative agencies.  Additionally, we have served as counsel to the insurance commissioners of both Georgia and Michigan in insurer rehabilitations and liquidations involving Confederation Life Insurance and Annuity Company and Coastal States Life Insurance Company. 

Relationships across the U.S. and in financial centers around the world give MMM’s attorneys the ability to act on a client’s behalf wherever a problem arises.  For national representation by a team of respected industry veterans, insurance and reinsurance clients rely on our counseling excellence.