Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass LLP

Amy J. Kallal is a partner at Mound Cotton. She has over twenty years of experience in all aspects of complex litigation and arbitration. She has arbitrated dozens of high-stakes reinsurance disputes to final award and has litigated a variety of cases in state and federal courts. Amy also provides advice to clients in third-party direct insurance matters.

Amy serves as the Director of the firm’s Diversity Equity & Inclusion Committee.

ARIAS-US Education Committee American Bar Association Association of Professional Insurance Women

Admissions

North Carolina, 2006 New York, 1998 U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit U.S District Court for the Southern District of New York U.S District Court for the District of Connecticut  

Education

J.D., cum laude, Syracuse University College of Law, 1997; Editor, Journal of Legislation and Policy M.P.A., Public Administration, Syracuse University, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, 1997 B.A., cum laude, Michigan State University, 1992

Representative Matters Representing insurer in coverage action seeking recoveries for close to 1,000 lawsuits arising from exposure to ethylene oxide. Advising reinsurers on a wide variety of issues arising under large loss portfolio transfer agreements, including collateral, warranties, and subject business. Providing coverage advice to direct insurers relating to sexual abuse claims and construction defect claims under wrap-up programs. Represented ceding companies in a “lost policy” dispute and an arbitration seeking coverage under reinsurance treaties for asbestos claims. Represented surety company in an arbitration involving construction bonds written by a managing general agent that became insolvent. Represented reinsurer in dispute involving cession of lead paint claims involving complex occurrence and allocation issues and bad faith. Represented ceding companies and reinsurers in over 30 arbitrations involving underwriting issues, allocation and aggregation of losses, coverage under quota share, excess of loss, catastrophe, and facultative contracts, financial solvency, commutation, bad faith, fraud and rescission claims, pre-answer security and letters of credit, audit rights, and notice issues. Represented clients in coverage disputes under Bermuda forms. Advised start-up company on reinsurance contract wording. Newsroom Bylined Articles “Maintaining the Confidentiality of Awards When Petitioning for Relief in Court,” co-authored with Andrea Fort, ARIAS-US, September 1, 2021 “Why Legacy Insurance May Not Protect Adopters Of Bitcoin,” co-authored with Andrea Fort and Andrew Romano, Law360, June 10, 2021 “America Has An Opioid Problem: Who’s Going To Pay To Fix It?,” co-authored with Tyler Flynn, AIRROC Matters, Spring Issue, 2019, and General Insurance Insights, the Society of Actuaries, June 2019 “Honorable Engagement Clauses and the Powers of Arbitrators: Has First State v. National Casualty Changed the Landscape?,” co-authored with Andrea Fort, ARIAS-U.S. Quarterly, Third Quarter, 2015 Client Alerts Reinsurance Arbitration Awards — An Uphill Battle? Why Legacy Insurance Coverage May Not Protect Early Adopters of Bitcoin – Law360 Same Virus, Different Outcomes When Emails Are Spoofed Does Cyber Coverage Go Poof? – Medidata Solutions, Inc. v Fed Ins Co, 729 Fed App’x 117 (2d Cir 2018) New Year; Same Crisis: Facts & News on the Opioid Epidemic Press Releases 2023 Super Lawyers Recognizes 14 Mound Cotton Attorneys 15 Attorneys Recognized in 2022 Super Lawyers, Rising Stars Speaking Engagements Panelist, “Breakout: Clearing the Air: Navigating Insurance Coverage for Ethylene Oxide Litigation,” American Bar Association 2025 Insurance Coverage Litigation, March 6, 2025 Panelist, “Emerging Claims & Recent Developments on High-Stakes Claims,” ARIAS U.S., November 14, 2024 Panelist, “Basics of Arbitration Workshop: The Key Things for Insurance Professionals to Know,” AIRROC Legacy Transactions & Networking Forum, October 22, 2024 Moderator, “Dispute Resolution: Tips, Strategies, and Best Practices,” Mound Cotton NYC Annual Reinsurance Conference, New York City, September 19, 2024 Panelist, “Fill in the Blanks: Considerations for Proving the Terms of Missing Contracts,” ARIAS webinar, September 18, 2024 Panelist, with Pamela Minetto, “Abuse Claims: The Current Landscape,” AIRROC, July 17, 2024 Moderator, “Issues in the Captive Market in 2023 and Beyond,” Mound Cotton NYC Annual Reinsurance Conference, New York City, September 21, 2023 Co-host, ARIAS-US Fall Conference, New York, NY, November 2-4, 2022 Moderator, “Are Wildfires Still Insurable in the Private Market? An Experienced Panel Will Discuss Considerations For Insurers and Reinsurers in Assessing Potential Exposure and Claims,” NYC Annual Reinsurance Conference, New York, NY, September 29, 2022 Speaker, “Key Claims Updates: Molestation and PFAS,” AIRROC: Legacy Transactions and Networking Forum, Jersey City, NJ, October 18, 2021 Presenter, “The Opioid Epidemic: A Discussion of Current Litigation and Insurance Coverage Issues,” ARIAS-US webinar, April 4, 2021 Presenter, “The Powers of Arbitrators in the Virtual Age and Beyond,” ARIAS-US webinar, March 16, 2021 Presenter, “A Duo of Topics: Vaping & Data Protection, Vaping: What’s Hiding Behind the Puff of Smoke?,” AIRROC, Working From Home Webinars, September 29, 2020 Moderator, “Disputes Within the Dispute: What Insurers and Reinsurers are Fighting About and What Arbitrators are Doing About It,” New York City Reinsurance Conference, New York, NY, September 19, 2019 Moderator, “Cutting Edge Issues In Insolvency & Run-Off,” ARIAS U.S. webinar, March 13, 2019 Speaker, “Opioids: Where Are We, How Did We Get Here, & What Are Some Insurance Implications?,” Brokers & Reinsurance Markets Association’s Stamford Lunch and Learn, January 2019 Moderator, “The Opioid Epidemic: What the Industry is Seeing From the Recent Wave of Litigation & Legislation to Address the Nationwide Public Health Crisis,” NYC Annual Reinsurance Conference, New York, NY, September 13, 2018 Speaker, “Insurance and Reinsurance Implications of the Opioid Crisis,” RAA Re Claims 2018: Navigating the World of Reinsurance Protection When Loss Strikes, New York, NY, July 17–18, 2018 Speaker, “The U.S. Opioid Epidemic: Background, Current Statistics, Litigation & Insurance Claims/Coverage Issues,” AIRROC Chicago Regional Education Day, Chicago, IL, June 12, 2018 Speaker, “Driverless Cars,” Brokers & Reinsurance Markets Association, BRMA’s Committee Rendezvous, April 9–10, 2018 Speaker, RAA Re Contracts: The Art of Designing Reinsurance Contracts and Programs, Hamilton, Bermuda, March 14-15, 2018 Speaker, “Opioids,” Reinsurance Association of America, February 6, 2018 Presenter, “A New Allocation Landscape Under In re Viking Pump, Inc.?,” AIRROC’s Annual Commutations and Networking Conference, October 2017 Presenter, “Opioid Epidemic,” RAA Re Claims, October 2017 Moderator, “Political Risk Insurance 101,” NYC Annual Reinsurance Conference, New York, NY, September 2017 Presenter, “In re Viking Pump, Inc.,” AIRROC Chicago Networking and Regional Education Day, Chicago, IL, June 2017 Presenter, “Insurtech: Smart Contracts and Peer-2-Peer,” Brokers & Reinsurance Markets Association’s Committee Rendezvous, April 2017 Presenter, “The Sharing Economy & Impact On The Industry,” Brokers & Reinsurance Markets Association’s Connecticut Lunch and Learn, January 2017 Panelist, “The Sharing Economy,” AIRROC’s Annual Commutations and Networking Conference, October 2016 Moderator, “New Interpretations Of Old Contracts: Can A Party Change The Deal Decades Later?,” NYC Annual Reinsurance Conference, New York, NY, September 2016 Presenter, “Top Ten Developments in International Contract Issues,” RAA Re Contracts: The Art of Designing Reinsurance Contracts and Programs, July 2016 Presenter, “The Reinsurer’s View of Allocation – Allocation Issues and Methodology When Reinsurance is Involved, Including Follow-the-Fortunes/Follow-the-Settlements Trends,” American Conference Institute, June 2016 Moderator, “Sureties & Financial Guarantees – An Overview,” ARIAS·U.S Webinar, April 2016 Presenter, “Construction Defects,” AIRROC’s Annual Commutations and Networking Conference, October 2015 Presenter, “Emerging Issues – Medical Marijuana,” RAA Re Claims, October 2015 Moderator, “Current Issues in Insolvency and Liquidation,” HB Litigation Reinsurance Roundtable, September 2015 Speaker, “Update on Recent Case Law,” AIRROC’s Membership Meeting, July 2015 Presenter, “Payment Protocols,” HB Litigation Reinsurance Roundtable, September 2014 Presenter, “The Anatomy of Lead Paint Claims,” AIRROC’s Spring Membership Meeting, March 2014