Benjamin A. Blume is a member in Clark Hill’s Chicago office. He is co-chair in Clark Hill’s new Insurance and Reinsurance Practice Group, which will focus on representing client’s in all aspects of the insurance and reinsurance business, including claims counseling, litigation and arbitration, business transactions and tax matters, regulatory issues and government relations, and formation of captive insurers and risk retention groups. His practice includes the handling of issues involving commercials, primary, umbrella, excess and surplus lines, and reinsurance. Benjamin has tried to verdict and regularly advises clients with respect to bad faith, fraud, spoliation of evidence, and other extra-contractual matters.

Prior to joining the firm, Benjamin worked for a major international insurer. Benjamin is admitted to practice in all courts in Illnois, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the United States District court for the Northern District of Illinois. He has also been admitted pro hac vice counsel in numerous other jurisdictions.