Adam B. Masef is a Senior Associate in the Philadelphia office, focusing on first-party coverage cases. Adam has handled lawsuits involving residential and commercial claims, including claims for water, fire, and windstorm losses, stucco claims, claims for damage to business personal property, and equipment breakdown claims. Adam has also advised coverage on large commercial property losses and Commercial General Liability matters. Adam’s experience also includes handling subrogation matters involving property losses from damaged utility lines. He has also presented on the topic of ensuing loss provisions under property policies.
Prior to joining Butler, Adam was an Assistant Chief/Deputy Attorney General in the Community Affairs, State, and Elections Section and a Deputy Attorney General in the Banking and Insurance Section at the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office, Division of Law. His experience includes litigating complex insurance fraud and regulatory enforcement matters on behalf of the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance.
Adam was a panelist at the 2017 New Jersey Special Investigators Association Annual Fraud Awareness Seminar and the 2016 New Jersey Special Investigators Association Annual Insurance Fraud Summit, where he presented about the civil litigation process and civil insurance fraud prosecutions.
Adam received his Bachelor of Science, magna cum laude, from the State University of New York at Binghamton, and Doctor of Jurisprudence, cum laude, from Drexel University, where he was a lead editor on Law Review.
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If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It: When an Equipment Breakdown Isn’t Actually a “Breakdown”
Many industrial companies often purchase commercial insurance policies with equipment breakdown coverage to guard against damage to their valuable equipment and protect against the associated loss of business income. However, as one steel producer recently discovered, not every incident amounts to a covered “breakdown.”In Aspen Specialty Insurance Company v. Nucor Corporation, No. 19CVS0...
Meet Our Attorneys at the PLRB 2024 Large Loss Conference
Join PLRB in Tampa, FL, from October 23rd-25th for an exclusive event bringing together the industry's top large loss handlers, service providers, and experts. Attendees will engage in interactive workshops on commercial, personal, and casualty property claims led by leading experts. This event offers a unique opportunity to share strategies, insights, and experiences in large loss adjustment and ...
Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity Jig - Are Pennsylvania Courts Misconstruing the Residency Requirement?
Residency has long been the touchstone of insurability when it comes to homeowners insurance. Courts applying Pennsylvania law have held that residency is a condition precedent to insurance coverage under a policy insuring a “residence premises.” For insured homeowners, this means that the insured actually needs to live in their home in order for it to be considered a residence covered by th...
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