Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C., a corporate law firm known primarily for representing policyholders in insurance coverage disputes, has opened a new office in Burlington, Vermont.
Marshall Gilinsky, a shareholder in the firm's Insurance Recovery Group, will head the new office, which will focus primarily on insurance recovery, particularly on behalf of captive insurance firms in disputes with their reinsurance providers.
“Anderson Kill has successfully handled many coverage arbitrations on behalf of captives disputing coverage denials from their reinsurance companies,” Mr. Gilinsky said. Mr. Gilinsky also noted that “as people in the captive insurance world already know, Phil England and his team of seasoned tax and corporate lawyers at Anderson Kill have been providing top-tier counsel to captives and parent companies considering the formation of captives for nearly two decades. As Vermont is home to a great concentration of talented brokers, managers and actuaries serving captives and their parent companies, we are excited to be on the ground here adding our expertise regarding tax, corporate and reinsurance litigation for captives, as well as for business policyholders generally.”
In addition to his work on behalf of captive insurance companies, Mr. Gilinsky's insurance coverage practice is focused on property insurance, commercial general liability insurance, professional errors and omissions insurance and directors and officers insurance. Much of his practice concentrates on obtaining full recoveries for complex property and business interruption insurance claims arising out of prominent catastrophes, such as 9/11 and Hurricanes Katrina and Irene and Superstorm Sandy.
Since Hurricane Irene struck Vermont, Mr. Gilinsky has provided pro bono counsel to several Vermonters seeking assistance with flood insurance claims and relocation grants under FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.
“Marshall has been tremendously effective representing financial institutions and other corporate policyholders in insurance coverage disputes,” said Robert M. Horkovich, managing shareholder of Anderson Kill. “He is an ideal point person in our outreach to the captive insurance industry in Vermont, as he knows the terrain of reinsurance arbitration, captive insurance and of Vermont.”
Victoria Spears
Victoria Prussen Spears is senior vice president of Meyerowitz Communications Inc., a law firm marketing communications consulting company. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and Brooklyn Law School, Ms. Spears was an attorney at a leading New York City law firm before joining Meyerowitz Communications. She may be contacted at [email protected].