Jay M. Levin

Attorney, Insurance Recovery Practice Group Reed Smith LLP 2500 One Liberty Place 1650 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 www.reedsmith.com

Jay Levin writes on property coverage law for IRMI.com.

As a member of Reed Smith's Insurance Recovery Group, Mr. Levin is a trial lawyer who focuses his practice on insurance coverage disputes. He has tried cases to verdict, both jury and non-jury, in state and federal courts and has arbitrated cases before the American Arbitration Association and in private binding arbitration. Mr. Levin also has almost 25 years' experience briefing and arguing appeals in state and federal court.

Mr. Levin has extensive litigation experience in multi-million dollar property insurance coverage cases, including cause and origin, valuation, and business interruption issues. He has also litigated significant cases involving coverage for professional liability, general liability, medical malpractice, bad faith, and construction defects. Mr. Levin assists policyholders in responding to inquiries and in pointing out errors in the insurer's coverage position and counsels clients in evaluating coverage, primarily in property and professional liability insurance. He frequently speaks on insurance coverage and has participated in programs sponsored by the ABA, Computer Law Association, and Mealey's.

Mr. Levin received his JD from The University of Pennsylvania Law School and his AB from The University of Pennsylvania. He is an active member and past Chair of the TTIPS Property Insurance Law Committee. Mr. Levin is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Washington, D.C. Mr. Levin is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Second and Third Circuits, and numerous district courts.

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Articles on IRMI.com

Insurance Law: Property Insurance

Claim Preparation and Adjustment Expense: Courts Might Not Get It (November 2009)

Property Insurance Suit Limitations Provisions: Pitfalls for the Unwary (April 2009)

Key Considerations When Buying Builders Risk Coverage (August 2008)

When Does Business Interruption Insurance Coverage Stop? (June 2008)

New York Awards Consequential Damages for Insurer's Bad Faith (March 2008)

Demystifying Property Insurance Appraisals (December 2007)

Demystifying Appraisal: The Scope and Nature of Insurance Appraisals (October 2007)

When Must an Insurer Pay a Claim? (May 2007)

Ensuing Loss: Getting Around a Property Policy's Defective Construction Exclusion (April 2007)

The Acts or Decisions Exclusion That Tried To Swallow the Policy (December 2006)

Public Adjusters: Do Their Contracts Create Irrevocable, Enforceable Assignments? (September 2006)

The Litigation Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: Are the Flood Gates Opening? (July 2006)

The National Flood Insurance Program: Two Major Problem Areas (March 2006)

Handle Property Claims Properly (December 2005)

Maximizing Your Coverage after Hurricane Katrina (September 2005)

Pro-Policyholder Broker Form Saved Insurer Millions (September 2005)