Brett M. Carey

Brett Carey practices in the areas of insurance coverage and bad faith, casualty litigation, and commercial litigation. He represents insurance companies in first and third party coverage matters including claims involving personal and commercial lines of insurance, and claims involving extra-contractual liability and bad faith disputes. Brett also represents excess insurers in claims involving complex legal issues and significant exposure, such as wrongful death and catastrophic injury cases. He also has extensive experience representing insurance companies and other clients in contract disputes, claims of fraud and misrepresentation, and other commercial litigation.

Brett has been a member of The Florida Bar Diversity and Inclusion Committee and was an active participant in RumbergerKirk’s pipeline program known as Street Law, which introduced local students to topics and careers in the legal field. Brett also mentors law students in the firm’s Summer Associate Program, a program he participated in before joining the firm.

Awards & Honors

•Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Insurance Law and Commercial Litigation, 2023-2026

Articles & Presentations

•Author, 'Florida’s Evolving Bad-Faith Landscape: What Claims and Insurance Pros Need to Know,' Claims Journal and Insurance Journal, June 2025
•Co-Presenter, 'The Insurance Toolkit for Coverage and Claims Handling,' Association of Corporate Counsel Central Florida, October 2023
•Author, 'Breaking it Down: What Florida Insurers Need to Know about Bad Faith After Tort Reform,' Insurance Journal, April 2023
•Presenter, 'Breaking Down Bad Faith: Insurers’ Good Faith Duties and Defusing Plaintiff Perceptions,' AEI Claims Education Seminar, April 2023
•Co-Author, 'Florida’s Most Comprehensive Tort Reform in Decades and What it Means for Insurers and Bad Faith Law,' March 2023
•Co-Host, 'Breaking Down Bad Faith: Insurers’ Good Faith Duties and Defending Bad Faith Claims,' Legally Qualified Podcast, February 2023
•Author, 'Eleventh Circuit: Disagreement Over Valuation Is Not Per Se Bad Faith,' July 2022
•Author, 'Courts Across the Country Say Physical Damages are Required to Trigger Business Interruption Claims,' Daily Business Review, July 5, 2022
•Presenter, 'Breaking Down Bad Faith: Insurers’ Good Faith Duties and Defusing Plaintiff Perceptions,' Claims Education Conference, May 2022
•Presenter, 'Demystifying Insurance Bad Faith Claims: Litigation Red Flags and Tactics,' The Knowledge Group Webinar, April 2022
•Panelist, 'Coverage and Bad Faith Litigation: Exploring Deposition Strategies for Insurers and Policyholders,' The Knowledge Group, July 2021
•Co-author, '11th Circuit Reaffirms Insurers Can Still Prevail as a Matter of Law in Post-Harvey v. Geico Landscape,' June 2021
•Author, 'Eleventh Circuit Ruling Interpreting 'Direct Physical Loss' is a Win for Insurers and Could Impact Coronavirus Business Interruption Claims,' August 19, 2020
•Co-presenter, 'Pandemic: Business Interruption Claims in the Face of COVID-19,' webinar for The Society of Claim Law Associates, May 1, 2020
•Co-Author, “3 Ways Insurance Companies Can Navigate the Surge of COVID-19 Business Interruption Claims,” published in Risk & Insurance on April 16, 2020.
•Author, 'Florida House Bill 301 Brings Good News for Insurance Companies,' Daily Business Review, December 2019
•Author, 'Four Things Insurance Companies Should Know About Florida House Bill 301,' October 2019
•Author, 'What's a Coverage Defense? 11th Circuit Addresses Coverage Defenses under the Florida Claims Administration Statute,' July 2017
•Author, 'Resolving the Multiple Peril Puzzle in First Party Insurance Claims,' November 2017

Brett's News and Insights

08.21.2025
Firm News

27 RumbergerKirk Attorneys Named to the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America

Dan Gerber and Leonard Dietzen Named “Lawyer of the Year;”...

06.17.2025
Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

Florida’s Evolving Bad-Faith Landscape: What Claims and Insurance Pros Need to Know

This article was originally published by Claims Journal on June...

Photo: Shutterstock.com/G_stocker

01.28.2025
Events

Navigating Homeowner Insurance Claims After a Hurricane

Brett Carey joined a panel discussion for an Orange County...

08.15.2024
Firm News

Best Lawyers in America 2025 Edition Recognizes 24 RumbergerKirk Attorneys

Two Named “Lawyer of the Year” and Two Named “Ones...

10.12.2023
Events

The Insurance Toolkit for Coverage and Claims Handling

RumbergerKirk partners gave an interactive and informative CLE presentation on...

08.17.2023
Firm News

Best Lawyers in America Recognizes 24 RumbergerKirk Attorneys with Managing Partner Frank Sheppard Named Lawyer of the Year

ORLANDO, FL - August 17, 2023 - Best Lawyers has...

04.19.2023
Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

Breaking it Down: What Florida Insurers Need to Know about Bad Faith After Tort Reform

Bad-faith litigation is a hot topic in Florida following the...

Photo:Shutterstock/Vitalii Vodolazskyi

03.24.2023
Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

Florida’s Most Comprehensive Tort Reform in Decades and What it Means for Insurers and Bad Faith Law

This morning Governor Ron DeSantis signed the reforms compiled in...

Photo: Shutterstock/Yuriy K

04.18.2023
Events

Breaking Down Bad Faith: Insurers’ Good Faith Duties and Defusing Plaintiff Perceptions

RumbergerKirk partner Brett Carey discussed important claims handling duties and...

02.15.2023
Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

Breaking Down Bad Faith: Insurers’ Good Faith Duties and Defending Bad Faith Claims

Insurance companies facing a bad faith claim are at risk...