Jay M. Levin
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Attorney, Insurance Recovery Practice
Group
Reed Smith LLP
2500 One Liberty Place
1650 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
www.reedsmith.com
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Jay Levin writes on property insurance and
time element coverage 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.
Articles on IRMI.com
Property Insurance and Time Element
Insurance Fraud: A Frequently Litigated Issue
(March 2011)
Requiring Repair
before Insurer Pays Replacement Cost (October 2010)
Business Interruption
and the 2010 Hurricane Season (July 2010)
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)