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Insurance Litigation
Whether you are handling and settling a large insurance claim, participating in litigation or arbitration proceedings, or dealing with a commercial dispute between industry participants, our insurance disputes team has the experience and expertise to solve problems and achieve results.
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Businesses around the world rely on insurance and reinsurance to manage risk. When disputes arise, they are often high-value, complex, and business-critical. Our global insurance litigation team is trusted by clients to resolve these challenges, particularly those involving high-exposure risks.
We advise all participants in the insurance and reinsurance market—including insurers, reinsurers, intermediaries, and corporate policyholders—on contentious matters across multiple lines of business. Our lawyers provide strategic guidance on the presentation and handling of claims under a broad range of insurance and reinsurance contracts, and represent clients in commercial disputes within the sector.
We specialize in navigating the largest and most complex disputes our clients face. Drawing on deep industry experience across jurisdictions, we offer comprehensive support in litigation, arbitration, and all forms of dispute resolution. By leveraging sector expertise from market-leading teams across the firm, we deliver the highest standard of service.
Our capabilties at a glance
218
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Insurance lawyers in over 30 global offices
Hear from our clients and industry leaders
Hogan Lovells has a multidisciplinary team. There is always someone there with the right skill set.
Insurance: Contentious, Chambers and Partners 2025
Hogan Lovells has a broad team who can handle intense work in insurance matters.
Insurance: Contentious, Chambers and Partners 2025
The service levels and responsiveness at Hogan's was excellent, the team made themselves available at short notice and there were never any delays to delivery.
Client testimonial, Chambers and Partners 2025
Hogan Lovells is very strong on insurance litigation for policyholders. They have a wealth of experience and have excellent client management skills.
Client testimonial, Legal 500 2025
Hogan Lovells has a very strong insurance and reinsurance team. I am impressed by the depth of its expertise in this field, coupled with its commercial approach to the issues.
Client testimonial, Legal 500, 2025
Outstanding expertise in some of the most technical and specialized areas of (re)insurance law, notably sanctions and Lloyd's.
Client testimonial, Legal 500 2025
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Representative experience
Our litigators in London and Madrid successfully combined to solve a complex subrogation problem that involved conflicting judgments and proceedings in three countries.
Ranked Tier 1 nationally, in Washington, D.C., and New York in Insurance by U.S. News & World Report in 2015.
Recognized by Who's Who Legal 2015 as one of a few elite firms with a global network of leading insurance lawyers.
Using a mediation process, the London team helped our client to resolve proceedings against its former brokers arising out of a complex multiyear reinsurance program.
Acting for energy producers and contractors around the world in large insurance claims arising from damage to turbines, refineries, battery plants and other power generation facilities.
Acting for reinsurers in numerous arbitration proceedings in New York, London and Bermuda, and for multiple insurers in numerous class and individual actions across the United States, in relation to large claims for losses sustained in the COVID-19 pandemic.
UnitedHealth Group and subsidiaries in class actions brought under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and achieved a significant win on the meaning of “advertisement” under the TCPA.
Defending a global bank in litigation relating to long-running allegations of insurance mis-selling, including defence of group proceedings and appeals to the UK Supreme Court.
Farmers Group in connection with Covid-19 business interruption coverage litigation work – a precedent-setting 6,600+ claims throughout the U.S.
Representing clients in high-stakes coverage disputes related to environment and climate issues, including a $400 million wildfire liability claim and coal ash contamination claims under legacy London market policies.
Representing insurers in governmental investigations relating to insurance products and practices.
Awards and recognitions
Insurance: Mainly Policyholders
Global Guide: UK-wide, Band 3
2025
Insurance: Contentious
Global Guide: Global: Multi-Jurisdictional Band 4
2025
Insurance
Global Guide: Multi-Jurisdictional, Band 2, 4 years ranked
2025
Insurance litigation: for policyholders
Legal 500, Tier 3
Insurance and reinsurance litigation
Legal 500, Tier 2
Dispute Resolution
Global Guide: Multi-Jurisdictional Band 1, 4 years ranked
2025
Commercial and Corporate Litigation
Global Guide: UK Band 1, 3 years ranked
2025
Litigation
Global Guide: Europe-wide, Band 2
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Hogan Lovells' Northern California team named runners up in Litigator of the Week for Farmers Insurance win
01 March 2024
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05 January 2022
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Hogan Lovells welcomes the New Year and 25 new partner and 60 new counsel promotions
05 January 2021