80 maiden lane  |  suite 1502
new york, ny 10038
tel: 212.430.6040
info@wassruss.com
practice areas

Insurance
The Manhattan law firm of Wasser & Russ, LLP provides legal services to the insurance industry in many areas, including:

Corporate & Regulatory Services | Business Agreements
General Agency & Claims Administration Agreements | Litigation
Program Business | Due Diligence | Insolvency | Liquidation
Fraud & Conversion | Reinsurance | Licensing

The attorneys at Wasser & Russ, LLP, including a former General Counsel and Deputy Superintendent of the New York Insurance Department, provide counseling, litigation, arbitration and transactional services to insurance companies, reinsurers and general agents.

  • Regulatory Compliance - Wasser & Russ, LLP assists insurance industry clients with the full gamut of regulatory compliance and company licensing matters throughout the United States, including market conduct and other investigations; company formation, acquisition and reorganization; holding company requirements and limitations; policy form and rate provisions; investment limitations; capital requirements and financial (risk-based capital) benchmarks; and insolvency and receivership proceedings.
  • Litigation, Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution - Wasser & Russ, LLP represents insurance companies, agents, TPA's and brokers with claims against other insurers, reinsurers, general agents, and/or claims administrators, including claims of conversion, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and/or negligence in connection with insurance business.
  • Corporate & Transactional - Wasser & Russ, LLP negotiates and documents insurance transactions of all kinds, including those between and among insurers, reinsurers, agents and/or claims administrators.

Wasser & Russ, LLP also counsels insurers and general agents regarding policy and claims administration, termination, run-off and other issues. Firm attorneys also advise insurance clients with respect to financial risk management techniques, including:

Subrogation rights | Marshalling of assets | Liquidation
Risk management through reinsurance contracts with other carriers
Contact the insurance attorneys as Wasser & Russ, LLP. Located near Wall Street in the heart of Manhattan's financial district, the law firm of Wasser & Russ, LLP, provides quality business legal services to clients from New York City, including Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and Manhattan and surrounding areas including Long Island (Nassau and Suffolk), Westchester, Putnam and Rockland Counties. Wasser & Russ, LLP, also serves clients in other areas of New York State, across the United States and around the world.
Attorney Advertising