Insurance Law
Insurance Claims, Coverage, and Litigation
The Indianapolis law firm of Hume, Smith, Geddes, Green & Simmons, LLP serves as defense counsel to major national and international insurance companies doing business in Indiana. We provide timely and succinct coverage opinions to primary and excess insurance companies and, when necessary, litigate declaratory judgment actions in state and federal courts across Indiana. We handle every aspect of insurance litigation, including claims and coverage under all types of policies such as:
- Bad faith insurance claims and litigation
- Business and commercial coverage
- Class action lawsuits and complex tort litigation
- Dramshop litigation
- Employer practices liability
- Environmental claims, coverage, and pollution exclusions
- Excess and surplus lines
- First party and third party coverage
- Commercial General liability policies and exclusions
- Homeowner's insurance
- Multi-party litigation
- Personal injury and wrongful death litigation
- Premises liability
- Products liability
- Professional liability and errors and omissions
- Subrogation
- Umbrella coverage
- Uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage
- Workers' compensation
Our coverage work includes duty to defend analysis, bad faith claims, contractual coverage, policy conditions, fiduciary responsibility, first party coverage litigation, business interruption coverage, mass plaintiff and toxic tort cases. We have successfully negotiated settlements of coverage disputes to avoid litigation and offer our clients outstanding service in all aspects of insurance law, including litigation, mediation, and arbitration. While much of our work is in Indianapolis and the surrounding area, including the counties of Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, and Shelby, we routinely handle cases throughout the entire State. For further information about insurance law in Indiana please contact us today. We offer clients the following:
- Broad legal experience in complex civil litigation and appeals
- Lawyers certified as Indiana arbitrators and mediators
- Convenient office location in downtown Indianapolis on Monument Circle
- Efficient and effective legal representation
- A reputation for success for over 60 years