George P. Soares

George has experience litigating multiple lines of insurance, including commercial general liability policies, errors and omissions policies and director and officer policies. He has extensive experience representing and defending insurers from bad faith litigation.

In addition, George specializes in advising insurance clients on coverage and policy language for ocean risks, such as protection and indemnity, hull and machinery and yacht policies. He has extensive experience arbitrating and defending maritime insurance claims.

Examples of George's experience includes:

• In an action involving an additional insured seeking coverage under a commercial general liability policy, obtaining summary judgment for an insurer against breach of contract and bad faith claims on the basis that because the additional insured had settled the claim prior to the commencement of a formal lawsuit coverage was precluded because there was no “suit”.
• In an action involving an insured seeking coverage under an errors and omissions liability policy, successfully defending an insurer against claims from a real estate broker who claimed coverage was triggered for claims of malpractice arising from his activities as a business opportunities broker.
• Successfully defending a maritime insurer through trial from claims of breach of contract and bad faith arising out of the maritime insurer’s denial of coverage based on no loss to the vessel.