Alan C. Eagle maintains a national insurance coverage practice that is supported by a group of Rivkin Radler’s coverage lawyers.

For more than 30 years, insurance companies have called on Alan for his counsel and representation in coverage litigation. He successfully has resolved countless coverage matters, ranging from coverage opinions aimed at avoiding litigation to high-profile litigation involving hundreds of millions of dollars.

Alan has directed insurance coverage litigation across the country that has resulted in precedent-setting cases favorable to the insurance industry, including:

• Budget litigation in New York;
• Liggett litigation in Delaware;
• Polaroid litigation in Massachusetts;
• F.L. Aerospace litigation in Michigan;
• Noranda litigation in Idaho;
• Howmet litigation in New Jersey;
• Texaco/Primerica litigation in Iowa; and
• ISA litigation in New York.

Alan frequently speaks on emerging insurance issues at insurance companies and other organizations, including the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA), Mealey’s Insurance, and the Practising Law Institute. He also writes articles on insurance, including as a regular contributor of coverage updates to the Defense Research Institute and the NYSBA, and he is the author of the firm’s monthly New York Insurance Coverage Law Update.

In addition, Alan serves as the vice chair of the Insurance Coverage Committee of the Torts, Insurance, and Compensation Law Section of the New York State Bar Association and as chair of the Insurance Section of the Nassau County Bar Association.

Alan was named a Super Lawyer in the Metro New York Area in Insurance Coverage from 2014-2024.

Since 2019, The Legal 500 has recommended Rivkin Radler’s Insurance Coverage practice in the insurance: advice to insurers category. The Insurance Coverage Practice Group since 2016 has been included in the Chambers USA directory in the Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer category, and in the U.S. News as a Tier 1 “Best Law Firm Metropolitan New York” for Insurance Law.