NLdH's nationally recognized climate change practice provides insurers with guidance on issues where climate change intersects with the insurance industry. Insurers rely on the experience and unique expertise of our lawyers, knowing that NLdH is at the cutting edge of evolving legal developments in climate change. From an early date, NLdH lawyers recognized the potentially limitless impact the effects of climate change may have on the insurance industry, and we have been pioneers in serving our clients' interests in managing that exposure.
As lead counsel in the nation's first climate change coverage case, Steadfast v. AES, our attorneys successfully litigated and established that global warming nuisance claims are not covered under CGL policies. NLdH's unmatched experience in climate change matters also includes:
- Serving as National Coordinating Counsel on climate change matters;
- Serving as one of three worldwide law firms on the Munich Climate Change Initiative;
- Representing insurance carriers in connection with some of the most significant climate change tort litigation pending today;
- Counseling clients in their evaluation of greenhouse gas exclusions and climate coverages;
- Advising clients in dozens of matters involving renewable energy related coverage disputes;
- Participating in the 2009 United Nations Climate Conference in Poznan, Poland (COP-14);
- Delivering keynote speeches at national conferences and symposiums on global warming risk;
- Conducting dozens of seminars and presentations on global warming and the insurance industry; and
- Authoring a highly acclaimed book on climate change.
The knowledge of our attorneys has been featured in articles and reports by The Wall Street Journal, NBC News, Best's Review, Business Insurance, The National Law Journal as well as other leading publications. These achievements, along with our commitment to understanding the business needs of the insurance industry, have made NLdH a leading authority on climate change and insurance matters.
