Insurance

Mr. McCauley has been appointed as an arbitrator in more than 150 cases in the past decade. The following is a short sample of notable Insurance cases.

  • Arbitration of claim of breach of insurance coverage obligation and bad faith brought against a major title insurance company by owner of eight parcels of ocean-front property in Maui, Hawaii
  • Arbitration adjudicating 16,000 significant discrete claims for medical insurance coverage under a capitated care contract between a large Northern California-based hospital system and a large HMO (assignment involved designing a successful case management mechanism using creative bifurcations to try all claims within two years using a total of only 18 hearing days) (Sole Arbitrator)
  • Coverage Counsel representing a waste disposal company in connection with the enforcement of coverage for environmental claims under 30 years of CGL policies issued by multiple insurance carriers
  • Coverage counsel representing officers and directors of an aeronautical engineering company enforcing defense and indemnity obligations arising under a directors and officers liability policy in connection with a securities fraud class action filed against the clients