Stephen M. Rogers

Steve has over 30 years of commercial property insurance experience having previously served as Claims Counsel, Vice President & General Counsel, and Senior Vice President - Claims of Industrial Risk Insurers, now part of Swiss Re Group.  Steve’s legal and claim management experience brings a unique perspective to the firm’s insurance practice group and underscores the firm’s commitment to deliver the highest quality legal services to insurance clients.

Representative Matters

Allianz Insurance Company v. World Trade Center Properties LLC
(Insurance coverage action and related appraisal involving destruction of World Trade Center complex on 9/11 and claims in excess of $7 billion for property damage and time element losses)

Hurricane Coverage Matters - Katrina, Rita, Wilma (commercial claims involving billions of dollars)

Professional Affiliations

• Loss Executives Association; Past President; Scholarship Chairman
• Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel
• National Forum for Property Loss Professionals Advisory Committee
• American Bar Association; Tort & Insurance Practice Section (Property Committee); Litigation Section (Insurance Committee)
• Massachusetts Bar Association
• Connecticut Bar Association
• Ohio Bar Association

Noteworthy

Taught underwriting training courses on property and business interruption insurance.

Speaker at bar association, claim association, and RIMS conferences on property, business interruption and boiler-machinery insurance issues.

Expert Witness – property insurance coverage; claim handling and bad faith

Appraiser – property and business interruption loss dispute

Mediator – property and business interruption first-party claim

News

• Zelle Hofmann Lawyers Win Significant 9/11 Insurance Ruling