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William E. Cox

Senior Counsel
Insurance & Reinsurance Practice Group
wcox@thorpreed.com
Philadelphia
Princeton
215 640 8519
609 844 7595
215 640 8501
609 895 2666

Mr. Cox is a member of the firm’s Insurance & Reinsurance Practice Group. He regularly represents insurance and reinsurance companies in arbitrations and lawsuits involving a wide variety of insurance and reinsurance coverage, claims, contract interpretation, and other issues including: asbestos, environmental, mold, medical malpractice, actuarial, life and health, setoff, sexual abuse, marine, insolvency, cut through, title insurance, construction defect, long-term exposure, private mortgage insurance, workers’ compensation, rescission, fraud, misrepresentation, commutation, sunset, late notice, follow the fortunes/settlements, underwriting, aggregation, claims management, allocation, fronting, and broker misconduct.

Mr. Cox also counsels insurance and reinsurance companies on coverage, claims, contract interpretation, transactional, and other issues.

Mr. Cox has over 30 years of experience litigating commercial and other disputes in arbitrations and in state and federal courts around the country and has tried to conclusion well over 30 cases. He has handled matters involving construction, real estate, bankruptcy, condemnation, land use, zoning and planning, personal injury, employment, business, will contest, and ERISA issues.


Reinsurance Litigation

  • Represented cedents in numerous asbestos and environmental reinsurance arbitrations
  • Represented reinsurer in private mortgage insurance reinsurance arbitration involving claims of fraud and misrepresentation
  • Represented reinsurer in medical stop loss reinsurance arbitration
  • Represented cedent in property reinsurance arbitration involving damage to computer chip boards
  • Represented cedents in workers’ compensation reinsurance arbitrations
  • Represented reinsurer in multi-national construction defect reinsurance arbitration involving claims of fraud and misrepresentation
  • Represented cedent in reinsurance arbitration regarding Roman Catholic priest sexual abuse claims
  • Represented cedent in lawsuit and reinsurance arbitration regarding London Market’s attempted imposition of documentation requirements for coverage of asbestos bodily injury claims
  • Represented reinsurer in reinsurance arbitration regarding setoff issues
  • Represented cedent in reinsurance arbitration involving assault and battery exclusion and multiple death claims
  • Represented cedent in reinsurance arbitration involving construction defect/aggregation issues
  • Represented reinsurer in lawsuit in which cedent sought to impose joint and several liability on purported reinsurer
  • Represented insurer in lawsuit against reinsurance intermediary involving broker negligence
  • Represented cedent in lawsuit against reinsurer regarding claims under environmental impairment liability policies
  • Represented reinsurer in lawsuit involving cut through claims under co-indemnification agreements
  • Represented reinsurer in lawsuit involving asbestos claims paid under Wellington Agreement

Real Estate Litigation

  • Represented developer in lawsuit in which court held municipal zoning ordinance was unconstitutional
  • Represented owner of commercial property in lawsuit to retain buyer’s deposit
  • Represented seller of commercial property in lawsuit to recover purchase price from buyer
  • Represented owner of commercial property in lawsuit against title insurance company to recover value of easement
  • Represented property owners in condemnation proceedings commenced by governmental entities
  • Represented developer of shopping center in lawsuit against municipality to obtain permits necessary to pave center’s parking lot and roadways
  • Represented developer of residential homes in lawsuit against homeowners regarding construction of swimming pool

Other Litigation

  • Represented employee in lawsuit against former employer to recover unpaid commissions
  • Represented software developer in lawsuit against marketing company involving fraud and misrepresentation claims
  • Represented decedent’s daughter in will contest action against step mother involving father’s will
  • Represented creditors in lawsuit commencing involuntary bankruptcy proceeding against debtor
  • Represented state agency in lawsuit involving application of public bidding laws
  • Represented Taft Hartley trust funds in ERISA lawsuits seeking to recover employee benefit contributions owed to funds
  • Represented Taft Hartley trust funds in ERISA lawsuits regarding benefit claims
  • Represented seller of produce in lawsuit against buyer to recover purchase price
  • Represented insurers in landfill clean up actions