About The Select ListEvery life and health insurance company faces the problem of having to hire a new law firm from time to time. It is always preferable to find a firm that has provided excellent representation for other insurance companies like yours. It's isn't always easy to find a good referral, one that will enable you to select a firm with confidence. THE SELECT LIST of LAW FIRMS provides the data that litigation managers want about law firms that have been recommended and evaluated by other life and health insurance companies. DescriptionTo qualify for THE SELECT LIST, a firm is evaluated by at least 5 life and health insurance company clients in 16 separate areas related to insurance defense work. The evaluations must place the law firm among the top one-third of all law firms. All insurance companies, even those that retain exclusive regional counsel, will benefit to the extent that better case law for the industry is developed as other insurance companies find it easier to select highly qualified firms to represent them. Evaluation ProcessEach firm in THE SELECT LIST is evaluated by at least 5 life and health insurance company clients in each of the following areas:
About the PublisherTHE SELECT LIST is published by Res Loquitor Corporation, which was founded by Anne V. Wardlow. For over twenty years prior to establishing Res Loquitor, Ms. Wardlow served as in-house counsel to insurance companies in Philadelphia and Miami. She is a former Senior Vice-President, General Counsel, Secretary and Board Member of a major, nationwide insurance company. Ms. Wardlow has been a member of the Association of Life Insurance Counsel since 1986 and represented the association in the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association. She served on the Litigation and other committees of the American Council of Life Insurance and the Health Insurance of Association of America. She is a Past Chair of the Life Insurance Committee of the Tort and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association and Past President of the South Florida chapter of American Corporate Counsel Association. Ms. Wardlow knows first-hand the difficulties encountered by life and health insurance companies as they seek to hire the best possible counsel to defend their companies, and she has developed THE SELECT LIST as a new tool that will enable inside counsel to quickly identify and confidently select highly qualified law firms in any part of the country. |