Jeffrey L. Kingsley
Partner
- Direct — 716.566.5434
- Fax — 716.566.5401
- jkingsley@goldbergsegalla.com
Practice Groups
Jeffrey Kingsley is a partner and experienced member of Goldberg Segalla's Global Insurance Services Practice Group. He maintains an international practice with a focus on complex insurance and reinsurance coverage disputes as well as extra-contractual liability arbitration and litigation. He has written several articles on recent reinsurance trends including the rise of original policyholder and the expanding power of arbitrators under the Federal Arbitration Act. He is the co-editor of Goldberg Segalla's Reinsurance Review, a monthly international publication which provides timely summaries of and access to the latest worldwide reinsurance law developments. In addition, he is the co-editor of Goldberg Segalla's blog The Insurance and Reinsurance Report and the co-editor of the twitter account InsureReReport which provides an instant commentary on recent insurance and reinsurance industry trends.
Jeff is an active member of the Defense Research Institute's (DRI) Reinsurance Law Committee, and AIDA Reinsurance and Arbitration Society as well as the American, New York State and Bar Association of Erie County. Some of Jeff's recent engagements include advising an international reinsurer on allocation issues, and successfully applying appropriate law regarding material misrepresentations involving a life insurance policy.
Professional Affiliations
- Defense Research Institute: Reinsurance Law Committee; Life, Health and Disability Committee; Insurance Law Committee
- ARIAS-US
- American Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
- Bar Association of Erie County
- Charles B. Desmond American Inn of Court
Honors
- Selected for inclusion in Business First’s Who’s Who in Law
Admitted to Practice
- New York
- U.S. District Courts for the Western, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York
Civic Activities
- Treasurer-Elect, University at Buffalo Law School Alumni, G.O.L.D. Group
- Trustee, Village of Williamsville Board
- Attorney Coach, Bennett High School Mock Trial Team
- Tutor/Mentor, Bennett High School
- Coordinator, United Way Campaign Drive
Education
- Hamilton College, B.A., 1996
- State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2002
Publications/Presentations
- Author, “Who Pays for Irene?” The Review, October 24, 2011
- Author, “Contract Certainty in the Reinsurance Market: Lessons Learned from 9/11,” Reinsurance, October 2011
- Panelist, Inside FAC Roundtable, Monte Carlo, September 2011
- Author, “US Court Amplifies Uncertainty While Adopting House of Lords’ Viewpoint,” Reinsurance, March 2011
- Presenter, "A Close Examination of the Wasa v. Lexington Decision and its Impact on the Reinsurance Market Moving Forward," CPCU Society's Reinsurance Symposium, March 2010
- Co-Author, "UK High Court Declares that 'Joint and Several Liability' Doctrine Cannot Be Applied to a Facultative Reinsurance Policy," The Voice, Defense Research Institute, October 2009
- Co-Author, “Reexamining the Relationship between Original Policyholder and Reinsurer in Direct Action Lawsuits," January 2009
- Co-Author, “Prophylactic Measures to Reduce/Shift the Costs of Recalls”, USLAW, Spring 2009
- Presenter, "The Ever-Changing Landscape: Recent Developments Regarding the Risks, Responsibilities and Duties of Reinsurers and Cedents in the Post-AIG Bailout World," Hawksmere International Reinsurance Congress, Hamilton, Bermuda, October 2008
- Co-Author, "Can a Reinsurer Be Exposed to Tort Damages for Bad Faith," Mealey's Emerging Insurance Disputes, August 2008
- Co-Author, "New York's Standard with Respect to First-Party Bad Faith Claim," Mealey's Emerging Insurance Disputes, April 2008
- Co-Author, "Examining the Scope of the Follow-theFortunes Doctrine in Settlement Allocations," Mealey's Emerging Insurance Disputes, March 2008
- Co-Author, "Legal Developments in the Life Insurance Settlement Industry," Mealey's Emerging Insurance Disputes, December 2007
- Co-Author, "Collections and the Enforcement of Money Judgments," 2006 Supplement, New York State Bar Association, 2006
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