Biography: Insurance & Reinsurance

Mark Lichty's practice is restricted to insurance and reinsurance matters, emphasising coverage issues involving commercial property, commercial liability, directors and officers, homeowners and financial services policies. He acts for cedents in reinsurance matters.

He also has extensive experience in drafting policies including CGL forms, manuscript liability forms, umbrella and excess policies, professional errors and omissions endorsements as well as media and tech policies. He has been called upon to review underwriting materials and manuals. He is frequently consulted by underwriters prior to policy placement.

Mark's work includes acting as Canadian coverage counsel in respect of a property and CGL claims incident in the United States. He has given evidence in the United States respecting Canadian law. He also acts as co-ordinating counsel in respect of coverage matters arising in various Canadian provinces.

Mark is rated by Lexpert, a leading Canadian legal directory, as one of the most frequently recommended legal practitioners in the Commercial Insurance category. He is profiled in the Best Lawyers in Canada directory as one of Canada's leading insurance counsel. He is also listed in Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Insurance & Reinsurance Lawyers. In 2005 he was elected to the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel.

He is widely sought as a lecturer and writer on insurance coverage topics. Mark has spoken to numerous educational organisations, client groups and service providers including the Law Society of Upper Canada, Osgoode Hall Law School, the Defense Research Institute, the Insurance Institute of Ontario and the Canadian Institute. Mark is a co-author of Annotated Commercial General Liability Policy, a leading Canadian insurance coverage text, which is updated annually.