Firm Overview
Singular Focus, Undivided Loyalties, Unparalleled Strength
In these challenging times, corporations, non-profit institutions and public entities face unprecedented risks both at home and abroad. Compounding matters, insurance carriers have taken steps to severely restrict policy issuance, scope and coverage, and have adopted standard business practices that weight claims processing efforts toward creating enforcement barriers, rather than honoring clearly valid claims.
In this environment, a strategic plan to maximize coverage and enforcement prospects is absolutely critical to any organization's long-term business success. Retaining seasoned, qualified, unbiased counsel to assist you should be step one in the plan. Wood & Bender is the nation's leading law firm in the fast-growing practice of insurance policy enforcement. It's all we do. We represent policyholder interests exclusively, and help organizations of all types optimize the benefits of insurance coverage as part of a comprehensive risk management strategy.
Our attorneys work with risk managers, CFOs, in-house counsel and others to analyze the organization's risks, review existing policies, structure optimal strategies to mitigate risks, create customized portfolios, enforce claims of loss, and structure settlement and litigation strategies that compel insurers to assume financial responsibility when and where they should. In addition, Wood & Bender partners with mid-sized and large law firms that do not have insurance enforcement capabilities.
As the leading law firm in insurance policy enforcement, we have created this site as a service to our client community. You'll find a comprehensive range of materials that we hope will educate you on the complexities of this area, motivate you to review existing policies and strategies, and embolden you to transform your organization's insurance strategy into a competitive tool using a best practices approach.
Five Skill Sets Characterize Wood & Bender's Approach
Wood & Bender combines five skill sets that make it the most effective insurance policy enforcement law firm in the U.S.:
- A unique understanding of the business of insurance
- Courtroom strategy and expertise
- Litigation experience
- Efficient, technology-based systems
- Passion for serving clients