Curtis D. Ruwe
Minneapolis, Minnesota
| Shareholder Co-Chair, Insurance Coverage Practice Group |
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| phone | 612 375-5940 (Direct Dial) 800 916-9262 (Toll-free) |
| fax | 612 339-7655 |
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Curt Ruwe joined Arthur, Chapman, Kettering, Smetak & Pikala, P.A. in 2007 as a senior associate and practices in the area of insurance coverage. His practice includes evaluation of coverage under first-party and third-party liability policies of every kind. Over the years, Curt has acquired extensive experience in drafting coverage opinions, advising insurance companies as to general matters of policy interpretation, and assisting insurance companies with strategic decision-making in complex multi-party/multi-insured litigation scenarios. Curt also has experience prosecuting and defending declaratory judgment actions on behalf of insurers. To this extent, he has litigated coverage issues in front of Appellate Courts in three states.
Curt is currently the Co-chair of the Insurance Coverage Practice Group at Arthur Chapman and has been named a Rising Star in 2007 and 2008 byMinnesota Law and Politics.
Prior to joining Arthur Chapman, Curt practiced for four years at Reding & Pilney in
where he focused heavily on insurance coverage and construction law. Prior to that, Curt practiced for two years with an insurance defense firm in
- Areas of Practice:
- Insurance Coverage
- General Liability
- Construction Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Rental Vehicle Law
- Education:
- University of Nebraska College of Law, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2001
J.D. - University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 1998
B.A.
Honors: Student Regent, Board of Regents 1997-1998
- Published Works:
- Minnesota Commercial General Liability Policy: Annotated, Co-Author, Arthur, Chapman, Kettering,Smetak & Pikala, P.A., 2008
- Representative Cases:
- Auto-Owners Insurance Company v. Home Pride Companies, Inc., 268 Neb. 528, 684 N.W.2d 571 ( 2004)
- Burke v. McKay, 268 Neb. 14, 679 N.W.2d 418 ( 2004)
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- "Standard Form Contract Considerations in Construction Defect Scenarios", 2008 Minnesota Construction Defect Seminar, October 9, 2008
- "Risk Transfer & Additional Insured Issues in Commercial Settings", 2008 Minnesota Commercial General Liability Insurance Coverage Seminar, Arthur, Chapman, Kettering, Smetak & Pikala, P.A., August 7, 2008
- "Risk Transfer & Additional Insured Issues in Commercial Settings", 2008 Minnesota Commercial General Liability Insurance Coverage Seminar, Arthur, Chapman, Kettering, Smetak & Pikala, P.A., June 19, 2008
- Navigating Roadblocks to Successful Risk Transfer, 14th Annual Willis Construction Practice Risk Management Conference, April 11, 2008
