Attorneys
John B. Mumford, Jr.
Glen Allen, VA 23060 Phone (804) 967-9604 Fax (804) 967-2411 jmumford@hdjn.com |
JOHN MUMFORD focuses his practice on all things insurance and risk transfer. John provides timely, accurate, and useful advice and representation to clients in the following areas:
Insurance Coverage
John represents insurance companies in complex coverage litigation in numerous state and federal courts, including courts in Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. He also advises insurers on a variety of coverage matters, such as policy rescission, extra-contractual liability avoidance, as well as the duty to defend and reservation of rights. John’s practice involves a wide range of insurance coverages, including commercial general liability, professional liability, technology errors and omissions liability, directors’ and officers’ liability, fiduciary liability, commercial automobile/garage, auto, workers’ compensation, umbrella, property, business interruption, and various specialty coverages.John brings a unique perspective to the representation of insurers, having served as counsel to a multi-line insurance company where he worked with the company on a day-to-day basis in the areas of claims, underwriting, product development, and regulatory compliance. He developed several specialty coverage forms used by the company.
John currently serves as the Co-Chair of the Professional Liability Subcommittee of the American Bar Association’s Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee.
Prior to joining Hancock, Daniel, Johnson & Nagle as a shareholder, John worked with Shaw Pittman, LLP, in the firm’s Tysons Corner, Virginia office, where he handled high exposure insurance coverage cases as part of the firm’s national insurance coverage litigation section.
Insurance Regulatory
John provides guidance, advice, and opinions to HDJN’s insurance industry clients with respect to state and federal insurance laws and regulations. John has an extensive knowledge of insurance regulatory matters. John also represents our clients before the Virginia Bureau of Insurance with respect to market conduct issues, licensure/registration, approval of transactions, rate/form filing issues, and responding to regulatory inquiries and complaints.
Liability Insurance Programs
John also assists clients in establishing effective liability insurance programs tailored to meet their needs. He organizes and provides ongoing representation to captive insurance companies and risk purchasing groups sponsored by hospitals and other businesses. John also helps clients establish self-insurance trusts and large deductible programs with commercial insurers. John currently works with captives domiciled in Vermont, Bermuda, and the Caymans, and was a speaker at the 2008 Bermuda Captive Conference.
Claims Management
John assists insurance companies and self-insured entities in effectively and efficiently managing difficult and complex claims. The services John provides in this area include: undertaking a privileged investigation and establishing an accurate indemnity and defense reserve; developing litigation and settlement strategy, as well as a public relations plan; handling pre-litigation attempts to resolve tough claims; selecting and managing defense counsel; and providing updates to insurers, reinsurers, boards and committees.