In my latest Reinsurance Commentary for IRMI.com, I have revised a 2004 commentary on the access to records clause and related issues. With the numerous requests for “reinsurance information” in coverage cases, the issue of what information is a reinsurer entitled to and what information needs to be withheld because of privilege concerns has only grown in importance. This commentary discusses the reinsurer’s rights under the access to records clause, its purpose and its limits. I hope you find it useful. Click here for access. For more Reinsurance Commentaries, click here.
The Reinsurer’s Right to Information
Published by Larry P. Schiffer, Schiffer Law & Consulting PLLC
After 38-years with boutique and global law firms, Larry P. Schiffer launched an independent legal and consulting practice, Schiffer Law & Consulting PLLC, where he provides services as a lawyer, counselor, consultant, mediator, arbitrator and expert witness. He practices commercial, insurance, and reinsurance litigation, arbitration, and mediation. He provides advice on a wide variety of insurance and reinsurance issues, including claims and disputes, policy wording analysis and drafting, insurance insolvency issues, due diligence for transactions and have insurance or reinsurance components, insurance and reinsurance education and other advice. He is available to appear for clients outside of NY at mediations and conferences as needed on a per diem basis. He is active in legal and trade associations where he has held various leadership positions. He has lectured and has been widely published on reinsurance and other insurance topics. He serves as an Expert Commentator on reinsurance for IRMI.com and co-authored the chapter on reinsurance in the New York State Bar Association’s Insurance Law Practice treatise. He is the editor of the ARIAS•U.S. Quarterly. Mr. Schiffer received his J.D. from Albany Law School, where he graduated cum laude, was a member of the Albany Law Review and a member of the Justinian Society, and received his B.A. magna cum laude from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. He was admitted to practice in New York in 1980. View all posts by Larry P. Schiffer, Schiffer Law & Consulting PLLC
