Erin M. Raschke

She also handles first-party coverage disputes under disability insurance policies.

Erin helps insurers navigate liability coverage matters such as the duty to defend and duty to indemnify. She also advises on time-limited and other settlement demands from third-party claimants and best practices for excess exposure and multiple-claimant situations where insurance coverage is limited. She works with clients on claims arising in a number of states outside of Florida, including Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Washington State and West Virginia. She also provides claim handling advice to insurers regarding third-party claims brought in Florida involving incidents that occurred in the Caribbean and international policies.

In addition, Erin has represented surplus lines insurers and their managing agents in Florida regarding regulatory and compliance issues arising under the Florida Surplus Lines Law, including handling class action litigation at the appellate level.

In 2016, Erin completed a secondment in the London insurance market, where she assisted and advised the liability claims team of a leading Lloyd’s syndicate on a broad range of liability claims at all phases of the claims process, from investigation and adjustment to coverage analysis, litigation and resolution.

Erin also lends her appellate experience to help the firm’s other practice groups with appellate litigation. She has handled appeals and presented oral argument in Florida’s District Courts of Appeal and in the Eleventh Circuit.