As business becomes an increasingly global affair, SDV has partnered with Fenchurch Law, an international law firm with offices in London, Copenhagen, and Singapore to expand our growing international insurance recovery and consultation practice. Our firms are attuned to the issues and concerns of businesses operating overseas and the unique insurance laws of countries throughout the world. We are prepared to advise clients on the intricacies of insuring foreign risks.

Together our firms have a global reach – whether your business involves purchasing coverage from multinational insurance groups or operations in foreign countries, we are here to help. If you have already experienced an insurance loss in a foreign country, or a loss that may involve interpretation of foreign insurance law, we can also assist in evaluating coverage and pursuing a risk transfer strategy suited to your unique issue.

More information about Fenchurch Law can be found here.

SDV has experience in providing coverage analyses for international risks under the following types of insurance policies:

  • Builders Risk
  • Commercial General Liability
  • Contractors Professional Liability
  • Environmental and Contractors Pollution Liability
  • Marine Hull and Marine Open Cargo
  • Professional Indemnity
  • Protection and Indemnity

​Our relevant international experience includes the following:

  • Analysis of coverage under insurance policies governed by foreign laws
  • Negotiation of a settlement between an insured and insurer in conjunction with a scheme of arrangement
  • Pursuit of builders risk coverage for damages sustained at a natural gas project in a foreign country
  • Litigation of products liability coverage issued by an Italian insurer to a U.S.-based subsidiary of an Italian parent corporation
  • Evaluation of coverage for losses sustained during an international shipment of garments
  • Assessment of liability for property damage at a Brazilian facility
  • Review of policies to determine whether a foreign corporation qualifies as an insured with respect to a project being conducted in Mexico
  • Evaluation of coverage for design-related issues on a project under Canadian professional liability policy
  • Review of foreign insurance-specific contract provisions and advice on recommended language changes to ensure proper interpretation by U.S. courts
  • International depositions
  • Presentations at international conferences.