Schedule/Sessions

Breakfast and Keynote

• Speakers:

• Darrell Brown, Self Employed

Mr. Brown is an executive vice president and the chief claims officer with responsibility for Sedgwick’s total quality initiative, Performance 360®, as well as innovation. Darrell is based in our Long Beach, California, office.

Darrell has more than 20 years of experience in claims management. He joined Sedgwick in 2001 as an assistant claims manager. He subsequently worked as an operations manager and also as an area manager for the southern California region. Most recently, Darrell spent over five years as the workers’ compensation practice lead for Sedgwick. Before joining Sedgwick, Darrell worked as a claims manager for a third-party administrator specializing in public entities.

Darrell has been an instructor for the American Insurance Educational Association, teaching workers’ compensation advanced and workers’ compensation case law and labor code.

Darrell holds a self-insurance license in California. He has also earned the associate of risk management designation (ARM) through the AICPCU. Darrell received a bachelor’s degree in finance from California State University at Northridge.

Mixed Use Commercial Condominium Conversions and Related Issues

• Speakers:

• Elaine Fresch, Hawkins Parnell & Young, LLP

• Phyllis Modlin, Markel Service, Inc.

Break

Risk Transfer in Construction Defect

• Speakers:

• Lorraine Merritt, Skyward Specialty Insurance

• Jillisa L. O'Brien, Law Office of Jillisa L. O'Brien, P.C.

Lunch

Occurrence and Property Damages in the Courts and Legislatures

• Speakers:

• Robert Calamari, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

• Lee Wright, Tokio Marine HCC

Break

Coverage Triggers and Introduction to Allocation Issues

• Speakers:

• Susan Hogan, Kramon & Graham

• Donna MacConnell, IMA Financial Group

This course will explore the term "trigger of coverage" as that term is used within construction defect circles, including the reasons for the creation and application of the most common triggers, the types of triggers applied in connection with construction defect cases, and methods of allocation. This course will also address national trends as well as case law and/or applicable statutes that pertain to trigger and allocation in those states where most of the construction defect claims are made. Finally, this course will identify those jurisdictions in which the law on trigger and/or allocation is either unsettled or deviates from the law in other jurisdictions in such a way that impacts the handling of construction defect claims in those jurisdictions.