Peter Kramer focuses his practice on litigation, insurance and alternative dispute resolution (ADR). He concentrates on multistate insurance regulatory issues including sales practices, advertising and compliance with the various state regulatory requirements. Peter has assisted in the review, design and implementation of national compliance programs for several major life insurance companies.

Peter has handled numerous mismanagement and fraudulent sales practice audits and investigations for clients in various industries including insurance, real estate and other regulated commercial sales sectors. He also advises clients on internal corporate audits and investigations regarding compliance, fraud and theft-related issues. In addition he has an extensive administrative practice and frequently appears before the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation, Florida Attorney General and Florida Real Estate Commission.

Peter also has extensive experience in alternative dispute resolution. He was retained by the Office of Insurance Regulation to assist in the design and implementation of a mass catastrophic insurance mediation program, now a model for resolution of disputed coverage claims resulting from natural disasters. He often serves as national settlement counsel for a major pharmaceutical company for the resolution of product liability claims and has represented financial services companies in resolving complex and single incident/multi-claim cases. He is a frequent lecturer on settlement negotiations, mass tort resolutions and the aggregate settlement rule.

Peter is listed in The Best Lawyers in America for his commercial and regulatory enforcement litigation practice and insurance law and is regularly named a Top Lawyer in South Florida by the South Florida Legal Guide.

Reprezentatívne skúsenosti

• Designing and implementing a national settlement program for various product liability actions, and serving as national settlement counsel for a major pharmaceutical and financial services company.
• Leading the forensic audit of the sales practices and compliance programs of several large insurers regarding vanishing premiums, race-based pricing and sales, and advertising practice violations.
• Defending successfully a pool of UK insurers in an action seeking US$400 million in coverage under a ledger policy brought by the manufacturer of a cruise ship propulsion system.
• Acting as lead counsel representing a pool of 30 major life insurers in various federal actions involving viatical-related litigation.
• Serving as Florida counsel for a major residential real estate group and handling numerous broker litigation disputes, and regulatory and administrative hearings.
• Serving as special counsel to the Florida Department of Insurance regarding Holocaust insurance claims.
• Acting as a certified circuit court mediator and arbitrator in more than 500 disputes involving medical and legal malpractice, insurance coverage cases, personal injury, construction litigation disputes and labor and employment matters.
• Representing several corporations as a governmental lobbyist before the legislatures in Tallahassee and Washington DC.