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Timestamp: 2019-04-23 22:54:59+00:00

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Nora Valenza-Frost represents U.S. and international insurers and reinsurers in arbitration and litigation involving complex claims, coverage and regulatory issues across all lines of business.
Nora provides coverage opinions for claims involving several lines of business, including commercial general liability (CGL), professional liability, directors and officers liability (D&O), contractor’s protective professional indemnity (CPPI), errors and omissions (E&O), excess and surplus lines, property, workers’ compensation, business interruption, life and health, pollution, environmental, energy, and marine and inland marine policies. She also provides guidance on questions relating to cyber risk and data breach exposures, liability, and insurance coverage issues.
She drafts and revises insurance policies. She also advises insurers, reinsurers and third party administrators with respect to regulatory issues. Nora has represented insurance companies before the New York State Department of Financial Services.
Nora also has experience handling consumer finance and complex commercial disputes on behalf of lenders, mortgage servicers, and financial institutions in litigation involving a wide variety of tort, property, and contract issues.
During law school, she served as an intern to the Honorable Faith S. Hochberg, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Representation of a stop-loss insurer/reinsurer in arbitration against a claims administrator and underwriter under an MGU agreement.
Representation of insurers facing allegations of extra-contractual claims of bad faith and unfair claims handling.
Provide monitoring counsel for professional lines policies.
Representation of insurers under investigation by state insurance regulators.
Representation of an insurer in an action to determine the impact of CERCLA on a property insurance policy.
Advises clients on cyber risk and data breach exposures, liability and insurance coverage issues.
Counsel an insurer to determine and settle the number of occurrences under related event policy wording.
Provided assistance to insurers in revising policy wording to incorporate new regulations and better risk management practices.
Jean-Baptiste v. Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc., et al., No. CAE13-04688 (Prince George's Cty, Circuit Court, July 16, 2015) (obtaining dismissal of lawsuit against servicer/lender alleging violations of TILA, Maryland's Consumer Protection Act, and RESPA and asserting claims of rescission, conversion, wrongful foreclosure and breach of fiduciary duty).
Craig v. Saxon Mortgage Services, et al., No. 13-cv-4526 (E.D.N.Y. 2015) (obtaining dismissal of Complaint alleging fraud, unjust enrichment, violations of the FDCPA and TILA, and other claims against lender/mortgage servicer).
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. Saxon Mortgage Inc., et al., No. 23651-14 (D. Ct., Baltimore City, 2015) (obtaining dismissal of action against lender alleging certain violations related to abandoned property and seeking fines/violations).
SMI Home Mortgage v. Coyne, No. 17838/0009 (Sup. Ct., Suffolk Cty. 2014); SMI Home Mortgage v. Downs, et al., No. 18262-09 (Sup. Ct., Suffolk Cty., 2014); SMI Home Mortgage v. Goodman, No. 23786/09 (Sup. Ct., Suffolk Cty.); SMI Home Mortgage v. Sakla, No. 005220/09 (Sup. Ct., Orange Cty.) SMI Home Mortgage v. Hakanjin, No. 10870/009 (Sup. Ct., Westchester Cty) (obtaining discharge of erroneous satisfaction of mortgage and declaration that CEMAs are valid and subsisting liens on the subject premises, taking priority over other liens).
Must Insureds Attend Examinations Under Oath Alone?

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