EXPERTISE

Insurance

CESCON offers comprehensive insurance dispute resolution services in Panama involving all aspects of domestic and international insurance, reinsurance and broker disputes, including those relative to claims, subrogation, policy language and contract formation, regulation and business strategy. Services include mediation, arbitration and neutral evaluation. Our experienced panel practiced insurance law at the highest levels, and are experts at resolving insurance disputes in a wide range of industries including manufacturing, securities and financial service, energy, construction, maritime, higher education, retail, sports and entertainment, environmental, real estate, health care, and many others.

The time, money and effort saved by successful arbitration or mediation means that CESCON are frequently asked to address a variety of disputes in the insurance market including:

Coverage issues
Policy wording disputes
Policy avoidance issues
Breach of warranty or breach of condition
Product liability claims, including product safety and recall
Professional negligence, especially of insurance brokers
Property damage
Business interruption
Environmental and pollution
Energy and aviation
Claims under defective title and restrictive covenant insurance policies
Directors’ and officers’ claims

Reinsurance Arbitration

Many reinsurance disputes are arbitrated, giving rise to issues such as effective selection of arbitrators, understanding of industry custom and practice and procedural disputes respecting arbitration panel authority. Having arbitrated in many reinsurance disputes, we offer clients a comprehensive understanding of the principles, customs and practices unique to the reinsurance industry and reinsurance arbitration.

We have extensive experience with insurance dispute resolution services in Panama like the procedural disputes typical in reinsurance arbitrations, including pre-hearing security, consolidation, challenges to arbitrators and arbitrator subpoena power.

Services provided CESCON as experts in insurance dispute resolution services in Panama include:

Appointment of arbitrators
Amount under dispute determines the number of arbitrators
Operating panels of international and local arbitrators
Free information service and assistance on dispute resolution in Panama
Arbitration rules
Arbitration rooms in a prime and convenient location in the business district in Panama City
Facilities including transcription, translation, video conferencing, catering, telecommunications etc.