Stephen M. Rogers

Steve has over 30 years of commercial property insurance experience having previously served as Claims Counsel, Vice President & General Counsel, and Senior Vice President - Claims of Industrial Risk Insurers, now part of Swiss Re Group.  Steve’s legal and claim management experience brings a unique perspective to the firm’s insurance practice group and underscores the firm’s commitment to deliver the highest quality legal services to insurance clients.

Professional Affiliations

• Loss Executives Association; Past President; Scholarship Chairman
• Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel
• National Forum for Property Loss Professionals Advisory Committee
• American Bar Association; Tort & Insurance Practice Section (Property Committee); Litigation Section (Insurance Committee)
• Massachusetts Bar Association
• Connecticut Bar Association
• Ohio Bar Association

Noteworthy

Taught underwriting training courses on property and business interruption insurance.

Speaker at bar association, claim association, and RIMS conferences on property, business interruption and boiler-machinery insurance issues.

Expert Witness – property insurance coverage; claim handling and bad faith

Appraiser – property and business interruption loss dispute

Mediator – property and business interruption first-party claim

Representative Matters

Allianz Insurance Company v. World Trade Center Properties LLC
(Insurance coverage action and related appraisal involving destruction of World Trade Center complex on 9/11 and claims in excess of $7 billion for property damage and time element losses)

Hurricane Coverage Matters - Katrina, Rita, Wilma (commercial claims involving billions of dollars)