Over the past year, federal and state courts across the U.S. have continued to reshape the landscape of professional liability insurance. From high-stakes coverage battles to nuanced interpretations of policy language, 2025 delivered a breadth of notable decisions addressing a wide variety of coverage issues that every insurer, broker, risk manager, and coverage practitioner needs to understand. In this report, we focus on topics we believe will remain important in the professional liability insurance field and hope you find the following selection of cases both informative and helpful.Read More Notable Professional Liability Insurance Decisions of 2025
Jennifer Mathis
Jennifer has distinguished herself as a go-to adviser for her clients on complex professional liability insurance coverage disputes in California and nationwide. She has achieved numerous victories at the trial and appellate level in state and federal courts in high stakes coverage and bad faith litigation. She also assists her insurance clients with resolving and managing complex professional liability claims arising under public and private directors and officers and corporate liability policies, employment practices liability policies, health care and human services liability policies, lawyers liability policies, and a wide spectrum of other miscellaneous professional liability policies, media, technology, and cyber liability, including advising clients on the unique issues faced when insureds are in bankruptcy. She also strategizes on policy drafting issues and assessing ongoing risks. In addition to her insurance coverage practice, Jennifer maintains a general civil and commercial litigation practice. Her clients have included large corporations, not-for-profit entities, wholesale and retail insurance brokers, small business owners, and individuals.
D&O and Professional Liability 2024 – A Year in Review
The past year once again saw a breadth of court decisions addressing a wide variety of directors and officers and professional liability insurance coverage issues. At various levels, state and federal courts across the country issued notable decisions in this arena. In this report, we focused on topics we believe will continue to be important in the directors and officers and professional liability insurance field. We hope you find the following selection of cases to be informative and helpful.Read More D&O and Professional Liability 2024 – A Year in Review