Events
- Material Damage Litigation and Regulatory UpdateProperty Casualty Association of AmericaJanuary 1, 2007
Publications
- Third Circuit Clarifies the Power of State Courts to Reject Arbitration Provisions and Class Action Waivers2009Insurance Practice and Litigation Update
Craig A. Cohen Associate
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Craig Cohen is an associate in the Subrogation Department and has represented several major insurance companies in the defense of their claims handling, underwriting, regulatory, and actuarial practices.
He has also conducted extensive corporate due diligence investigations and has provided legal counsel on a wide variety of statutory and regulatory compliance issues. In addition, Craig has served as National Coordinating Counsel for one of the largest insurance companies in the country, overseeing and coordinating their class action litigation throughout the United States.
His successes include numerous defense verdicts in matters involving insurer steering, diminished value claims, unfair claims/settlement practices, antitrust, pricing and rate-making, fraud, defamation, and business interruption. He has also successfully negotiated and overseen the claims administration process of several multimillion dollar class action cases in various jurisdictions across the country.
Craig has extensive knowledge of corporate litigation, and in particular, the insurance industry; providing legal representation, consulting and training programs to some of the largest carriers in the world.
Such work has included the review, analysis, and development of corporate Best Claims Practices, Accelerated Claims Excellence (ACE) Procedures, corporate conduct and ethics compliance, new and existing product-line initiatives, statutory and regulatory compliance, market-conduct examinations, agency rate and forms filings, document preservation and retention policies, general corporate governance consulting, litigation reserving and exposure analyses, year-end audit reporting and SEC 10-K Annual Corporate Disclosure Statements.
Craig is licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania but practices throughout the country utilizing the services of local counsel under a special program with the subrogation department.
Recognition & Involvement
Craig has received an AV® Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell.
Events
- Material Damage Litigation and Regulatory UpdateProperty Casualty Association of AmericaJanuary 1, 2007
- Insurance Industry Litigation Affecting Material Damage ClaimsNational Auto Body Congress and Exposition (NACE)2006
- Post Litigation ConductAmerican Conference InstituteApril 2005
- Dealing with Difficult Body Shops – From Claims to LitigationDefense Research Institute and Various Audiences2004
Publications
- Third Circuit Clarifies the Power of State Courts to Reject Arbitration Provisions and Class Action Waivers2009Insurance Practice and Litigation Update
- Connecticut Supreme Court Affirms Class Certification of Steering Case Against The HartfordJune 2008Insurance Practice and Litigation Update
- After the Storm: Courts Grapple with the Insurance Coverage Issues Resulting from Hurricane KatrinaWinter 2008Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal
- House Financial Services Committee Hears Testimony on the Use of Credit Scores in Auto Insurance UnderwritingOctober 2007Insurance Practice and Litigation Update
- U.S. Supreme Court Precludes Use of Punitive Damages as Means of Punishing Conduct That Results In Harm to Non-PartiesFebruary 1, 2007Insurance Practice and Litigation Update
- Illinois Court of Appeals Upholds Founders Insurance Company’s Automobile Claims PracticesMarch 2006Insurance Practice and Litigation Update
- RAND Study on Insurance Class Action Litigation ReleasedMarch 2006Insurance Practice and Litigation Update
- South Dakota Supreme Court Rules No Coverage for Inherent Diminished ValueFebruary 1, 2006Insurance Practice and Litigation Update
- Insurer Ordered to Pay Delay Damages and Post-Judgment Interest on Ambiguous Policy LanguageFebruary 1, 2006Insurance Practice and Litigation Update
- Indiana Supreme Court Holds First-Party Diminished Value Not OwedNovember 1, 2005Insurance Practice and Litigation Update
- Avery v. State Farm Reversed by Illinois Supreme CourtNovember 2005Insurance Practice and Litigation Update
- California Supreme Court Addresses Punitive Damages in a Post-Campbell WorldJune 1, 2005Insurance Practice and Litigation Update
- Post Litigation ConductApril 2005American Conference Institute
- E-Discovery Sanctions Pave the Way in Zubulake for $29.2 MillionApril 2005Insurance Practice and Litigation Update
- Florida Courts of Appeal Remain Split on Insurers’ Ability to Take Preferred Provider Reductions on PIP Medical BenefitsMarch 2005Insurance Practice and Litigation Update
- Third Circuit Includes Attorney’s Fees and Costs in Compensatory Damages to Satisfy Campbell v. State Farm GuidelinesFebruary 2005Insurance Practice and Litigation Update
- GAO Files Report on McCarran-Ferguson Act Pursuant to Rep. Oxley’s Regulatory Modernization InitiativeJanuary 1, 2005Insurance Practice and Litigation Update
- Eleventh Circuit Dismisses National Antitrust Class Action Based on McCarran-Ferguson ActNovember 2004Insurance Practice and Litigation Update
- Friends Make Lousy Witnesses – Leave Them At HomeFall 2004Defense Research Institute’s Trials and Tribulations
- United States Supreme Court Holds that ERISA Provides Exclusive Remedy for Insurance Coverage Litigation Under Employee Benefit PlansJune 1, 2004Insurance Practice and Litigation Update
- Pennsylvania Insurers Get First Glimpse of Campbell’s Impact on Punitive Damages Under 42 Pa.C.S.A. Sec. 8371February 2004Mealey’s: Insurance Bad Faith, Vol. 17, No. 19
- California Appeals Court Clears Way for Aftermarket Parts Class ActionJanuary 1, 2004Insurance Practice and Litigation Update
- HMOs Obtain Reversal of Class Certification in Physicians’ Medical Benefits CaseJanuary 1, 2004Insurance Practice and Litigation Update
- Third Circuit Includes Attorneys’ Fees and Costs in Compensatory Damages to Satisfy Campbell v. State Farm Guidelines2004Insurance Practice and Litigation Update
- Maryland Insurance Administration Finds Impact of Credit Scoring on Minorities Inconclusive2004Insurance Practice and Litigation Update
- Class Certification Refused in Third Party Diminished Value Case2004Insurance Practice and Litigation Update
- Repair Shops Coordinate Steering Suit Against Country Mutual Insurance Company2004Insurance Practice and Litigation Update
- Insurer-Owned Body Shops Continue to Generate Debate2004Insurance Practice and Litigation Update
- Texas Supreme Court Rejects “Diminished Value”October 1, 2003Coverage: Insurance Industry Legal Update
- Unrestricted Access to Ford’s Electronic Databases Denied by Eleventh Circuit RulingOctober 1, 2003Insurance Industry Legal Update
- Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Allows Credit Scoring Suit to ProceedSeptember 1, 2003Insurance Practice and Litigation Update
- Using the Primary Jurisdiction Doctrine in Insurance LitigationSummer 2003The Brief Magazine of the Tort Trial and Insurance Practices (TIPS) Section of the American Bar Association
- Kentucky Health Association of Health Plans, Inc. v. Miller: The U.S. Supreme Court Opens the Door to State Health Insurance Regulation2003Insurance Practice and Litigation Update
- Erosion of the Antitrust Exemption for Insurers2003For the Defense, Vol. 45, No. 5
- The Use of Credit Scoring in the Insurance IndustryJanuary 2003NLdH White Paper
- The Use of the "Self-Critical Analysis" Privilege in Insurance LitigationNovember 20, 2002Mealey’s: Emerging Insurance Disputes, Vol. 7, No. 16
Practice areas
Bar and Court Admissions
Pennsylvania
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Education
Temple University School of Law, J.D., 1989
Muhlenberg College, B.A., cum laude, 1986
Memberships
Defense Research Institute (DRI)
Pennsylvania Defense Institute
Philadelphia Bar Association
Pennsylvania Bar Association
