Profile

A litigator representing major insurance carriers, Sean White specializes in complex insurance coverage and insurance bad faith litigation. His clients include the Chubb Group, Financial Pacific Insurance Company, Virginia Surety Company, and XL Specialty Insurance. He also provides advice with respect to insurance coverage matters.

Focused on Counseling California’s Insurance Industry

Sean has extensive experience in preparing coverage opinions, providing advice to insurers, and representing insurance companies in litigation in a wide range of matters.

Areas in his practice background include directors and officers insurance, errors & omissions insurance, employment practices liability insurance, fiduciary liability insurance, venture capital liability insurance, and commercial general liability policies. His work experience also includes commercial auto and truckers liability policies, and workers compensation insurance.

Achieved Dismissal and Reduced Threats for Insurance Carriers

In representative cases involving these carriers, Sean obtained a binding arbitration award holding the insurer had no duty to indemnify a claim for $9 million. Sean has drafted and argued several successful motions for summary judgment that reduced the applicable policy limits, obviated a duty to defend or indemnify, and excluded coverage of a creditor judgment’s against an insured.