Overview
Mr. O'Loughlin practices in the area of commercial litigation with an emphasis on insurance litigation, regulation, and transactions.
He serves as general counsel to various states' life and health insurance guaranty associations and practices on a national level in that area. He also serves as counsel to the insurance industry in regulatory and compliance matters throughout the Rocky Mountain region. Mr. O'Loughlin's transactional practice includes the sale of insurance companies and the assumption and reinsurance of blocks of insurance business.
Additionally, he provides legal advice in the area of property and casualty insurance, including coverage disputes, defense of claims relating to bad-faith breach of insurance contract, and defense of liability cases.
Mr. O'Loughlin represents insurance receivers and acts as receiver in insurance-related supervisions.
Memberships & Affiliations
- Federation of Regulatory Counsel
- National Organization of Life and Health Guaranty Association's Legal Committee
- International Association of Insurance Receivers
- Lawyer Pilots Bar Association
- Colorado Defense Lawyers Association
- Colorado Montana Illinois Wyoming Denver and American Bar Associations, Member
Representative Matters
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Presentations
- Speaker, "Early Guaranty Association Involvement: Perk or Peril?," International Association of Insurance Receivers, January 2012
- Moderator, "Legal Rundown," National Organization of Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association, July 2010
- Speaker, "Rehabilitation/ Liquidation Basics," National Organization of Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association July 2008
- Speaker, "Health Policy Makeovers-When You've Got Lemons, Make Lemonade," National Organization of Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association, July 2001
- Speaker, "Diamonds Are Wherever: A Discussion of Issues Raised by the Thunor Trust Insolvencies," National Organization of Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association, July 2000
- Speaker, "Asset Recovery and Financial Issues-Use of a Liquidating Trust," American Bar Association Tort and Insurance Practice Section Seminar-Insurer Insolvency Revisited, December 1999
- Speaker, "RICO Forfeiture," National Organization of Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association, July 1999
- Speaker, "The Other Model Act: A Quick Primer," National Organization of Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association, June 1997
- Speaker, "Building Bridges-Joint Seminar," National Organization of Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Associations and the Society of Insurance Receivers, November 1995
- Speaker, "Public Statute Issues," National Organization of Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association, August 1995
- Speaker, "What Happens in a Typical Insolvency: Case Study of Old Faithful Life Insurance Company," National Association of Insurance Commissioners, March 1994
Publications
- Co-Author, "Criminal Prosecutions Abound in National Heritage Life Case," NOLHGA Journal, June 2000
Distinctions
- The Best Lawyers in America - Woodward/White, Aiken, S.C. - Insurance Law, 2008-2019
- Law Week Colorado - Barrister's Best - Best Insurance Lawyer (Defense), 2011
- Colorado Super Lawyers - Business Litigation, 2006-2007, 2010-2012, 2014-2015, 2018
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