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Top BigLaw Firms for Insurance / Reinsurance

Coverage disputes, insurance regulatory work and transactions involving insurers, plus litigation and arbitration between insurers and reinsurers. Chambers USA 2026 ranks 41 firms in our directory nationwide for insurance, 9 of them in Band 1. Pick a city for the local tables.

Ranked nationwide
41
Cities with 3+ ranked firms
26

Insurance / Reinsurance by city

Ranked nationwide, Chambers USA 2026

  1. 1.Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory; Band 4 · Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
  2. 2.Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
  3. 3.Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
  4. 4.Sidley Austin LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
  5. 5.Covington & Burling LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
  6. 6.Debevoise & Plimpton LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
  7. 7.Reed Smith LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
  8. 8.Steptoe LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
  9. 9.Blank Rome LLPFirst-year base $210,000 - $225,000Band 1 · Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
  10. 10.Jones DayFirst-year base $240,000Band 2 · Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
  11. 11.O'Melveny & Myers LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 · Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
  12. 12.Mayer Brown LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 2 · Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
  13. 13.Dentons US LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 · Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
  14. 14.Cozen O'Connor P.C.First-year base $180,000 - $215,000Band 2 · Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
  15. 15.Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 2 · Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
  16. 16.Smith, Gambrell & RussellFirst-year base $225,000Band 2 · Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
  17. 17.Latham & Watkins LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 · Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
  18. 18.Sullivan & Cromwell LLPFirst-year base $235,000+Band 3 · Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
  19. 19.Kirkland & Ellis LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 · Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
  20. 20.Ashurst Perkins Coie LLPFirst-year base $255,000+Band 3 · Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
  21. 21.Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 · Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
  22. 22.DLA Piper LLP (US)First-year base $225,000+Band 3 · Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
  23. 23.McDermott Will & Schulte LLPBand 3 · Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
  24. 24.Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 · Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
  25. 25.Troutman Pepper Locke LLPFirst-year base $235,000+Band 3 · Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
  26. 26.Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 · Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
  27. 27.Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.First-year base $225,000+Band 3 · Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
  28. 28.Duane Morris LLPFirst-year base $220,000Band 3 · Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
  29. 29.Proskauer Rose LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 4 · Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
  30. 30.K&L Gates LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 · Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
  31. 31.Alston & Bird LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 4 · Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
  32. 32.McGuireWoods LLPFirst-year base $215,000Band 4 · Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
  33. 33.Hunton Andrews Kurth LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 4 · Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
  34. 34.Husch Blackwell LLPFirst-year base $200,000Band 4 · Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
  35. 35.Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLPBand 4 · Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
  36. 36.Barnes & Thornburg LLPFirst-year base $105,000-$180,000Band 4 · Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
  37. 37.Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.Band 4 · Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
  38. 38.McCarter & EnglishFirst-year base $225,000Band 4 · Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
  39. 39.Hinshaw & CulbertsonFirst-year base $225,000Band 4 · Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
  40. 40.Phelps DunbarFirst-year base $225,000Band 4 · Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
  41. 41.Robins KaplanFirst-year base $225,000Band 4 · Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer

Is insurance a fit?

Who tends to thrive

  • People who like technical contract disputes
  • Those interested in financial services
  • Litigators who want a niche

What a 1L can do this year

  • Take Insurance Law if offered
  • Read about a major coverage dispute
  • Ask whether the work is coverage, regulatory or transactional
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