Tressler LLP’s Reinsurance Practice is international in scope, and includes the representation of cedents, reinsurers and retrocessionaires in facultative and treaty reinsurance transactions, contract drafting and interpretation, underwriting and claim audits, litigation, arbitration, mediation, commutation and regulatory matters.

Tressler’s reinsurance attorneys have decades of experience in virtually all lines of business, including:

  • Asbestos, Pollution and Toxic Tort
  • Catastrophe Covers
  • Financial Products and Alternative Risk Transfer
  • First Party Property
  • General Liability
  • Life, Accident and Health
  • Professional and Specialty Lines
  • Surety
  • Workers’ Compensation and Workers’ Comp Carveout

Our attorneys have addressed questions involving such issues as:

  • Access to Records
  • Aggregation and Allocation
  • Application of Retentions, Limits and Loss Corridors
  • Arbitrability and Scope of Arbitration Provisions
  • Bad Faith and Unfair Claim Practices
  • Captives, Pools and Risk Retention Groups
  • Collateral Arrangements including Letters of Credit
  • Contract Formation and Rescission
  • Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
  • Coverage of DJ Expenses
  • Cut-Through Endorsements
  • Extra-Contractual and Excess of Policy Limits Liabilities
  • Follow-the-Fortunes
  • Fraud/Misrepresentation/Utmost Good Faith
  • Insolvencies and Direct Action
  • Intermediaries, TPAs and Program Managers
  • Late Notice
  • Loss Portfolio Transfers
  • Mandatory Commutation Provisions
  • Net Retained Lines
  • Number of Occurrences
  • Reserve Valuation
  • Scope of Coverage and Contract Exclusions
  • Treaty Termination and Commutation

At the inception of an assignment, and periodically throughout the engagement, we analyze the pertinent issues thoroughly, provide a detailed evaluation, and recommend pragmatic and efficient strategies designed to achieve our client’s business objectives.  We are always willing to consider alternative fee arrangements, consistent with the nature and extent of the engagements assigned to us.  In all matters assigned to us, our standard is to provide timely and practical advice, utilizing the most efficient and effective staffing possible.  Tressler’s depth of industry knowledge and experience, coupled with our resources, tenacity and creativity, allow us to achieve the desired business resolution for our clients.

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Reinsurance Events

REMINDER: 2024 IML Annual Conference

Sep 19, 2024
Tressler LLP

Tressler attorneys John M. O’Driscoll, James J. Hess,  Darcy L. Proctor, Molly E. Thompson, Taylor A. Brewer, Jeyser G. Claudio and Drew J. O’Donnell have been selected to present at the Illinois Municipal...

2023 IML Annual Conference

Sep 21, 2023
Tressler LLP

Tressler’s local government attorneys have been selected to speak at the Illinois Municipal League’s (IML) 110th Annual Conference. Join John M. O’Driscoll, Darcy L. Proctor, James J. Hess, Taylor A....

2022 IML Annual Conference

Sep 15, 2022
Tressler LLP

Tressler attorneys have been selected to speak at the Illinois Municipal League’s (IML) 109th Annual Conference. Join John M. O’Driscoll, Darcy L. Proctor, James J. Hess, Taylor A. Brewer and Courtney P....

2021 IML Annual Conference

Sep 23, 2021
Tressler LLP

  Tressler attorneys John M. O’Driscoll,  Darcy L. Proctor, Elizabeth F. Wagman, Kathleen M. Gibbons and James J. Hess have been selected to speak at the Illinois Municipal League’s 108th Annual Conference on

2021 CLM Annual Conference

Aug 12, 2021
Tressler LLP

Tressler attorney Linda Bondi Morrison will be speaking at the 2021 CLM Annual Conference in Atlanta on August 12, 2021. Her session is titled “Hot Topics Involving the Right to Independent Counsel.” About the...

Legislative & Case Law Update

Sep 27, 2017
Anna Steinberg

Tressler Chicago partner Shaun McParland Baldwin published, “Is It A Flash Or A Trend? “Disparagement” limited to Communications that Assert or Imply the Inferiority of a Competitor’s Products,”...

DRI Construction Law Seminar

Apr 25, 2018
Anna Steinberg

Tressler’s  Diana Winfrey is Program Co-Vice Chair of DRI – The Voice of the Defense Bar’s Construction Law Committee. Register now to join her at the DRI Construction Law Seminar from April 25-27 in...

Anatomy of an Airport Claim

Feb 7, 2018
Tressler LLP

TOPIC: Anatomy of an Airport Claim SPEAKERS: Donald Machalinski of Tressler LLP and Michael McGrory Tressler attorney Donald Machalinski will be presenting at The Chicago Bar Association’s Aviation Law Committee...

Spotlight: Data Security and Data Privacy

Jul 11, 2018
Tressler LLP

Equifax, SunTrust, Facebook, Uber—the list of recent data breaches exposing sensitive and private data goes on and on. What can you do to protect your organization’s data and client information? How are you affected by

2019 CLM Annual Conference

Mar 14, 2019
Tressler LLP

Tressler attorney Linda Bondi Morrison will be speaking at the 2019 CLM Annual Conference in Orlando on March 14th. Linda will be co-presenting a presentation titled “Going Hog Wild: Liability and Insurance Coverage

2019 DRI Annual Construction Law Seminar

Apr 10, 2019
Tressler LLP

Join Tressler attorneys Mary McPherson and Diana Winfrey at the 2019 DRI Annual Construction Law seminar at Caesars Palace Las Vegas on April 10-12th. Diana is the Program Chair of this event and Mary will be presenting

Doing What’s Right for Your Association

Nov 16, 2018
Tressler LLP

The Association of Condominium, Townhouse, and Homeowners Associations (ACTHA) is hosting a free seminar on November 15th. Tressler attorney Kathryn Formeller will be discussing how to do what is right for your Association

Save the Date: 2025 IML Conference

Sep 18, 2025
Tressler LLP

Tressler attorneys John M. O’Driscoll, James J. Hess, Megan M. Olson, Erik R. Peck, Darcy L. Proctor, Taylor A. Brewer, and Carter R. Frambes have been selected to present at the Illinois Municipal League’s (IML) 112th...

Reinsurance News

18 Attorneys Joined Tressler LLP in 2023

Jan 5, 2024
Tressler LLP

Happy New Year! In 2023, Tressler LLP was honored to welcome 18 experienced attorneys to the firm. Meet the attorneys who joined us throughout the country: Partner:  Molly E. Thompson Partner General Defense Litigation...

Honoring Historic Black Legal Professionals

Apr 21, 2023
Tressler LLP

This Black History Month, Tressler is proud to highlight some historic Black legal professionals. The following individuals helped shape the landscape of our country and the field of law. Macon Bolling Allen (1816 – 1894)...

19 Attorneys Joined Tressler LLP in 2022

Jan 4, 2023
Tressler LLP

Happy New Year! 2022 was an exciting year of growth for Tressler LLP, and we proudly welcomed 19 experienced attorneys to the firm. Meet the attorneys who joined us throughout the country: Partners: Rick Capra Partner General

24 Attorneys Joined Tressler LLP in 2021

Jan 28, 2022
Tressler LLP

2021 was an exciting year of growth for Tressler LLP. Not only did we celebrate our 35th anniversary, but we were proud to welcome 24 experienced attorneys to the firm. Meet the attorneys who joined us throughout the...

Happy 35th Birthday, Tressler LLP

Jul 26, 2021
Tressler LLP

  Chicago, IL, July 26, 2021 – Tressler LLP is proud to announce that today, July 26, 2021, marks the firm’s 35th birthday. Tressler, Soderstrom, Maloney & Priess was founded in 1986 in Chicago,...

Reinsurance Publications

Attorney Spotlight: Erin L. Peters

Apr 4, 2025
Tressler LLP

Erin L. Peters is senior counsel in Tressler’s Litigation Practice Group in our Morristown, New Jersey office. Erin’s practice focuses on the representation of insurers and insureds in both state and federal...

Attorney Spotlight: Grace Delott

Jul 27, 2023
Tressler LLP

Grace Delott is an associate in Tressler’s Insurance Practice Group in our Chicago office. Grace provides comprehensive coverage analysis and defense in disputes involving a wide range of policies, including commercial

Attorney Spotlight: Rosa Tumialán

Jun 13, 2022
Tressler LLP

Rosa M. Tumialán is a partner in Tressler’s Chicago office. Rosa is a member of the firm’s Insurance Practice Group and focuses her practice on insurance coverage and bad faith litigation. She is an accomplished...

Attorney Spotlight: Kiera Fitzpatrick

May 2, 2019
Tressler LLP

Kiera Fitzpatrick is an associate in the insurance and employment practices at Tressler LLP. She represents her clients in State and Federal Courts in New York and New Jersey. Her practice areas include employment litigation,