Melissa Ann Segel

With one of the largest arson and fraud practice groups in the Southeast, Swift Currie is ideally suited to represent carriers resisting first-party claims under commercial and personal lines property policies, as well as life and disability insurance policies. We can aggressively defend our clients against insurance fraud claims involving arson, fraudulent thefts, inflated claims and insurance application fraud. We can also defend our clients in third-party property and personal injury cases.

We represent and vigorously defend our clients’ exposure to insurance extra-contractual liability, including bad faith, punitive damages and attorney's fees and expenses. This area of practice is not limited to any particular type of coverage, but rather transcends the entire spectrum of insurance law practice. In addition to the core practice area of defending property and casualty insurers against claims alleging "bad faith" related to insurance coverage decisions.