S. Horowitz & Co’s signature dispute resolution offering underpins its insurance work, with the group routinely engaged by insurers and insured entities to advise on major, high-value coverage disputes and subrogation claims. The team also handles non-contentious mandates, including regulatory matters and insurance-related M&A and restructurings. The multidisciplinary practice is co-led by 30-year litigation veteran Avi Ordo, who has strong expertise in contentious insurance, including class actions; seasoned dispute resolution chair Alex Hertman; and Ehud Arzi, who is highly regarded for his experience in financial services-related disputes, and insurance. The group also draws on Moran Katz, whose focus spans IP, insurance and regulatory litigation.

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Key clients

  • Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty
  • HDI – Gerling
  • Tokio Marine Kiln Group
  • Phoenix Insurance
  • ION Insurance Company
  • LRQA Verification (formerly Lloyd's Register Verification)
  • Maccabi Health Services
  • General Electric Corporation
  • Smet – Groundwater technics
  • Ambridge Europe
  • Euclid Insurance Services
  • Robert Bosch Investment Nederland
  • Madanes Insurance Agency
  • Strauss Water
  • Poalim Mortgages Insurance Agency (2005)

Work highlights

  • Advising Allianz and one of its policyholders, Max Weishaupt, on a NIS360m lawsuit concerning various insurance issues, including applicability of insurance policies to subcontractors and restrictions on foreign insurers.
  • Representing General Electric in a subrogation claim relating to gas turbines manufactured by one of the GE entities.
  • Advising Teva Pharmaceutical Industries in relation to the Israeli Law concerning directors and officers’ liability insurance coverage.

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Avi Ordo, Alex Hertman, Ehud Arzi