Harold S. Horwich

Partner

Harold regularly represents parties in financial restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory matters, and commercial disputes. Harold represents state insurance regulators in receiverships and restructuring transactions such as Trenwick America, First Connecticut Life Insurance Company and Covenant Mutual Insurance Company. He also represented policyholder and creditor groups in cases such as FGIC, AMBAC and PRS Insurance Group. He holds the designation of Certified Insurance Receiver — Multiline Insurers from the International Association of Insurance Receivers.

Extended Profile

In October 2005, he was appointed by the insurance commissioner of the state of Connecticut as the chairman of the Task Force on Insurance Company Runoff and Reorganization.

Harold has been involved in many high-profile disputes arising out of insolvency matters, including the defense of major avoidance actions in G-I Holdings, Enron, Tribune and Lyondell. Other disputes have involved insurance products in bankruptcy situations, such as mass torts or fraudulent management.

Before joining Morgan Lewis, Harold was a partner at another international law firm, where he was head of the firm’s insurance practice and a member of its financial restructuring group.

Education

Boston University School of Law, 1978, Juris Doctor
Brown University, 1975, Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude

Admissions

Connecticut
Massachusetts
New York
US District Court for the District of Connecticut
US District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Awards and Affiliations

Recognized in Who’s Who Legal (2016)

Ranked, Best Lawyers, Insurance Law (2014–2018); Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2018); Litigation - Bankruptcy (2018)

Ranked, Best Lawyers: Connecticut for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency & Reorganization and Insurance Law (2017)

Ranked, The Legal 500 United States (2015–2016)

Certified Arbitrator — ARIAS US

Chairman, Connecticut Insurance Commissioner’s Task Force on Insurance Company Runoff and Reorganization

Member, Technical support group, NAIC committee on amendment to Model Insurer Rehabilitation and Liquidation Act

Co-chair, International Association of Insurance Receivers subcommittee on insolvent managed care organizations

Chairman, International Association of Insurance Receivers publications committee

Member, INSOL International

Member, Connecticut Bar Association

Member, American Bar Association

Member, International Association Insurance Receivers (IAIR)

Publications

5/29/2013 - Lumbermens Liquidation: Quicksand Awaits

5/8/2013 - ULLICO Casualty Company Rehabilitation: Policyholders Beware

3/15/2013 - Boston Generating Fraudulent Transfer Litigation Expected to Launch

10/12/2010 - Summary of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

Events

5/19/2015 - Technology May-rathon: Cybersecurity: Legal, Regulatory, and Practical Challenges Facing the Insurance Industry