Insurers count on Kasi Schuelke to resolve coverage issues with their goals in mind. Her work with insurers as both in-house and outside counsel gives her unique insight into what’s at stake for clients facing coverage disputes and how to resolve them.
Kasi counsels clients on the full range of insurance issues, which starts with proper claims handling to avoid lawsuits. She also keeps them up to date on legal requirements and analyzes their risks to help them manage exposure. And if disputes do arise, Kasi’s litigation experience allows her to examine all options and find the right solution for each client’s needs. She guides insurers through mediations and litigation on complex coverage issues involving third-party liability and bad faith claims. Kasi also provides underwriting assistance for manuscript policy language. Her insurance practice includes matters arising from a variety of industries, including:
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- Oil and gas claims
- Construction defect claims
- Environmental claims
- Human trafficking and sexual abuse claims
- Intellectual property-related claims
- Marine liability claims
- Professional liability claims
- Transportation claims
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Additionally, Kasi advises clients on issues of risk transfer, multiple competing claims, multiple-year trigger and allocation, and policy demands.
Experience
- Represented numerous matters on behalf of domestic and foreign insurance companies in complex insurance coverage and bad faith lawsuits.
- Represented insurance companies in suits for declaratory action on commercial general liability policies to determine coverage and extra-contractual liability, including multi-insurer disputes and allocation issues arising from construction defect claims.
- Obtained ruling from the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals for insurer of a daycare in connection with an auto exclusion.
- Obtained summary judgment in favor of insurer of a bar against a claim for policy reformation.
- Presented on issues including Stowers demands in Texas, late notice, avoiding bad faith, and how claims and underwriting can work together.
- Handled DOI complaints, regulatory issues, and Market Conduct Exams for one of the country’s biggest insurers.
- Defended insurance client as part of trial team in a high-exposure jury trial.