Joseph P. Postel

Joseph P. Postel provides a legal perspective on additional insured issues for IRMI.com.

Mr. Postel is a partner with Lindsay & Rappaport, LLC, with offices in Waukegan, Illinois, and Chicago, where he chairs the firm’s statewide insurance coverage litigation and appellate practice. He has over 20 years of experience as a lawyer serving the insurance industry in both defense and coverage litigation, and appeals. Mr. Postel has been lead counsel in over 50 appeals and has won more than two-thirds of them for his clients. He has been a frequent speaker and author on insurance coverage topics for the American Bar Association, Defense Research Institute, Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel, and International Risk Management Institute, having served on the editorial board of the CGL Reporter from 2001 to 2005. He has authored articles on additional insured coverage for Construction Risk Management, CGL Reporter, and Illinois Defense Counsel Quarterly, and has written papers and spoken on additional insured issues and construction defect coverage at numerous conferences for ABA/TIPS/ICLC, DRI, IRMI's Construction Risk Conference, the Defense Research Institute, the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel, and the American Corporate Counsel Association.

Mr. Postel is admitted to practice before the Illinois Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He is a 1979 graduate of Willamette University College of Liberal Arts and a 1982 graduate of Willamette University College of Law in Salem, Oregon.

Articles on IRMI.com

Insurance Law: Additional Insured Issues

Excess Insurer Entitled to Equitable Subrogation Not Equitable Contribution (June 2005)

The Courts and Equitable Subrogation versus Equitable Contribution (Part 1) (August 2004)

The Courts and Equitable Subrogation versus Equitable Contribution (Part 2) (September 2004)

The Courts and Equitable Subrogation versus Equitable Contribution (Part 3) (October 2004)

How Will Courts Construe ISO's New Additional Insured Endorsements? (July 2004)

How Does an Extrinsic Contract Impact Additional Insured Coverage? (July 2003)

Is Additional Insured Coverage Becoming Just an Illusion? (July 2002)

Can an Indemnity Agreement Determine Who's Primary and Who's Excess? (January 2002)

Who Provides the Defense in Construction Defect Suits? (October 2001)

Where There Is a Right, There Is a Remedy—Except in Illinois (February 2001)

What Does an Additional Insured Endorsement Cover? (Part 1) (July 2000)

What Does an Additional Insured Endorsement Cover? (Part 2) (October 2000)

Planning Around the "Other Insurance" Clause in the Subcontractor's Policy (April 2000)