Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, today announces that Robert P. Barbarowicz and Kathleen M. McCain have joined the Insurance Regulatory practice. Focused on complex insurance transactions and regulatory disputes, the pair will be resident in the Firm’s Los Angeles office.

Both highly experienced in regulatory proceedings and transactions, the pair bring a balance of Barbarowicz’s transactional experience in complex transactions involving insurance companies and agencies and McCain’s perspective from litigating insurance disputes at the trial and appellate levels.

“We’re delighted to welcome Bob and Kathleen to our world class insurance practice,” said Keith Moskowitz, co-chair of Dentons’ US Insurance practice. “Our insurance clients will benefit from their wealth of experience and their transactional and litigation experience serving the industry.”

Barbarowicz has more than 30 years’ experience in the insurance industry with a particular focus on large and complicated insurance transactions, purchase transactions, redomestications, securing regulatory approvals for complex transactions in many states, force-placed insurance, rate regulation and rate filings. His experience includes representing property and casualty, life and title insurance companies. Prior to entering private practice he held leadership roles at several large insurance companies, including Balboa Insurance Group and the Ahmanson Insurance Companies. In addition to counseling insurance clients Barbarowicz advises clients on corporate finance transactions including substantial capital extraction. He holds both a JD and a BA from Pennsylvania State University.

McCain represents insurance companies and regulators in navigating rate regulations, policy review, insurance M&A, compliance, financial and market conduct examinations, litigation strategy, holding company matters, reinsurance, corporate governance, insolvency and asset recovery. Experienced across all lines of insurance including property and casualty, life, title insurance and surplus lines matters, she also uses her litigation background to offer clients unique perspective and insight. McCain is an Accredited Insurance Receiver for Legal and Reinsurance by the International Association of Insurance Receivers. She holds a JD from Valparaiso University Law School and a BA from Ohio Northern University.

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