Mark E. Christensen

Mark devotes his coverage practice to international insurers addressing their policy response and litigation needs. With over 35 years of experience as both a trial attorney and insurance coverage practitioner, Mark brings a unique perspective in representing his clients merging the courtroom with the underwriting discipline.

Mark’s legal scholarship and his understanding of his client’s business, combined with tenacious advocacy makes him a strategic advocate. He marshals the evidence and law, builds strong relationships, and with clear thinking his communication encapsulates the risk and solution. Mark’s exposure to products, construction, railroad, professional businesses transitions into understanding the risks insured by the international market, and an appreciation of underwriting intent.

Mark is coverage and reinsurance trial counsel for commercial, excess, and specialty risk insurers. He has represented their interests in losses exceeding USD 100 million, initiating litigation to void policies and defending bad faith claims. Mark has addressed coverage forms, wordings on a plethora of policies in the casualty, railroad liability, pollution, cyber, first party, product recall, contingency, energy markets, drafting and revising policy wordings.