Thomas F. Segalla, a partner in Goldberg Segalla’s Global Insurance Services and Insurance Regulatory Practice Groups, provided commentary to a number of business and insurance trade publications on the creation and launch of the American College of Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel (ACCEC). Tom will serve as the College’s inaugural president. ACCEC members bring together the leading lawyers in the United States and Canada who will focus on creative, ethical, and efficient adjudication of disputes between policyholders and insurers over insurance coverage as well as extracontractual damages. Members represent the interests of both insurers and policyholders.

Read the coverage:

• “Insurer, Policyholder Attys Join Forces In New Group,” Law360, November 8, 2012 (This article also appeared on the LexisNexis Insurance Law Community blog)
• “New Professional Organization Aims to Improve Practice of Insurance Law,” Business Insurance, November 8, 2012
• ET Speed, The Economic Times, November 8, 2012
• “American College of Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel Forms,” Claims Journal, November 9, 2012
• “ACCEC Aims To ‘Raise The Bar’ In Insurance Law,” Property Casualty 360, November 9, 2012
• “Leading the Charge in Insurance Practice,” Buffalo Law Journal, November 26, 2012