2017 Annual Conference

• Schedule/Sessions
• Speaker Bios
• Hotel Accommodations
• Attendees

• SESSION - 2 - TRANSPORTATION - Dude Where’s My Driver? – Liability, insurance coverage, the impact on management liability policies and risk management	Download
  SESSION 4 - Making Insurance Company Acquisitions/Combinations Work For Carriers, Insureds and Counsel	Download
  SESSION 1 - CLAIMS MANAGEMENT - Major Issues that Arise when Handling Minor’s Claims	Download
  SESSION 1 - CONSTRUCTION - Wrap It Up! Who Participates and When?	Download
  SESSION 1 - CYBER - Users's Guide to Data Breach Handling	Download
  SESSION 1 - EXTRA-CONTRACTUAL - The Law of Bad Faith Has Gone Off Track	Download
  SESSION 1 - INSURANCE COVERAGE - How High - Insurance and Medical Marijuana in 2017	Download
  SESSION 1 - INSURANCE FRAUD - Preventing Water Restoration Contractors from Soaking the Insurer	Download
  SESSION 1 - INSURANCE FRAUD - Think You've Completed Your Medical Puzzle?	Download
  SESSION 1 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - The Glass Ceiling - Does It Still Exist in the Workplace?	Download
  SESSION 1 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - Walk the Line - An Analysis of the Effects of "Country"-Wide Litigation Guidelines	Download
  SESSION 1 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - Who's to Blame for a Loose Cannon?	Download
  SESSION 1 - MUNICIPAL LAW - Law Enforcement Liability Legacy Issue and the Long View	Download
  SESSION 1 - PREMISES LIABILITY - Assumption of Risk at Sporting Venues and Events	Download
  SESSION 1 - Preventing Water Restoration Contractors from Soaking the Insurer	Download
  SESSION 1 - PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY - Death with Dignity	Download
  SESSION 1 - PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY - Risky Business - Dealing with Difficult Professionals as Insureds/Clients.	Download
  SESSION 1 - PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY - The Sky is Falling or Is the Sky the Limit? Managing Potentially Catastrophic Exposures in D&O Claims	Download
  SESSION 1 - SUBROGATION - Why Small Fires Become Big Fires? Effective Strategies for Developing Fire Spread Recoveries	Download
  SESSION 1 - TRANSPORTATION - Thieves Among Us-Trends & Topics in Cargo Theft	Download
  SESSION 1 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION - Tear Down That Wall! Challenges faced by nontraditional work environments	Download
  SESSION 2 - CLAIMS MANAGEMENT - Navigating the Shoals - How to Manage Organizational Change	Download
  SESSION 2 - CONSTRUCTION - Tips and Tricks for Achieving Early Resolution of Construction Defect Cases	Download
  SESSION 2 - CYBER - Cyber Claims & Coverage Update	Download
  SESSION 2 - DIVERSITY & INCLUSION - Civil Unrest and the Role of the Municipality in Defending Claims	Download
  SESSION 2 - EXTRA-CONTRACTUAL - The Insurer's Duty to Settle Third-Party Liability Claims	Download
  SESSION 2 - Ideas for the Future - The Corporate and Insurance Client Relationship	Download
  SESSION 2 - INSURANCE COVERAGE - Emerging Claims and Coverage Issues under Pollution and Environmental Liability Policies	Download
  SESSION 2 - INSURANCE FRAUD - Strategies for Taking the Offensive	Download
  SESSION 2 - INSURANCE FRAUD - The Psychology of a Plaintiff attorney and how 3D Imaging is Transforming the Litigation Landscape	Download
  SESSION 2 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - Claims Defense Metrics Maturity - Five Key Disciplines for Creating Excellent Metrics	Download
  SESSION 2 - Litigation Management - DECIDING WHETHER TO JUMP INTO THE RING OF FIRE OR JUST WALK AWAY – TO APPEAL OR NOT TO APPEAL?	Download
  SESSION 2 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - Prep or Be Prepped - Preparing for Corporate Representative Testimony	Download
  SESSION 2 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - Taking Cases to Trial - Have Insurers Become Risk-Averse?	Download
  SESSION 2 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - The New Normal- The Future of Best Practice For Counsel and Claims, The New Metrics of Value, and Tips For Dominating Your Market"	Download
  SESSION 2 - PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY - Employee and Third Party Claims - Accommodations for Transgender Citizens	Download
  SESSION 2 - PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY - Legal Malpractice At a Crossroads? The Looming Threats.	Download
  SESSION 2 - RELIGIOUS & NON PROFIT - Suing the Sacred and the Noble	Download
  SESSION 2 -EPL - The Evolving Joint Employment Rule and its Effect on the Franchisee-Franchisor Relationship	Download
  SESSION 3 - CLAIMS MANAGEMENT - Evolving Claims Management Best Practices Through Predictive Modeling	Download
  SESSION 3 - CLAIMS MANAGEMENT - Wretched Excess - Working with Umbrella and Excess Coverage to Manage the Large Claim	Download
  SESSION 3 - CONSTRUCTION - Developing Contract-Dependent CGL Coverages for Named & Additional Insureds: The Claim Handling Consequences & Managing Policyholder and Broker Uprisings	Download
  SESSION 3 - CYBER - The Post-Spokeo World of Article III Standing - Where Are the Courts Headed, and What Are The Implications for Insurers	Download
  SESSION 3 - EXTRA CONTRACTUAL - INSTITUTIONAL BAD FAITH How to Avoid and Defend Against The Latest Trend in Bad Faith Litigation	Download
  SESSION 3 - INSURANCE COVERAGE - 50 Shades Of Gray: The Ins And Outs Of Sirs And Deductibles, And Who Pays To Play	Download
  SESSION 3 - INSURANCE FRAUD - The Telephone Solicitor – Effective claim handling and litigation strategies designed to reduce unnecessary and unethical medical expenses	Download
  SESSION 3 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - Better Control Your Legal Spend Using Data You Already Have!	Download
  SESSION 3 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - From Adversaries to Allies - How to Use the Billing Process to Improve the Client/Counsel Relationship	Download
  SESSION 3 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - Marijuana in the Mainstream - Implications for Claims and Litigation	Download
  SESSION 3 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - The Affordable Care Act - A Better Way to Argue an Alternative Damage Award?	Download
  SESSION 3 - PRODUCT LIABILITY - Emerging Product Risks and the Inevitable Collision with Cybersecurity	Download
  SESSION 3 - PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY - A Defendant with Many Hats - Defending Claims Against Professionals Who Occupy Multiple Roles	Download
  SESSION 3 - PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY - Social Engineering - Phishing and the Maze of ADA Website Requirements	Download
  Session 3 - PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY - Zen and the Art of Emoji Law - Workplace Challenges of Privacy, Social Media and Technology Issues	Download
  SESSION 3 - RISK MANAGEMENT - Risk Management: balancing the interests of the Insured and Insurer when business concerns and litigation exit strategies are at odds	Download
  SESSION 3 - TRANSPORTATION - Successful Mediation Strategies for Transportation Professionals	Download
  SESSION 3 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION - What is Right with Workers’ Compensation	Download
  Session 4 - CLAIMS MANAGEMENT - Hiring and Managing Outside Experts in Catastrophic Injury and Damages Cases	Download
  SESSION 4 - CLAIMS MANAGEMENT - Invisible Obstacles — The Role Mental Health Plays in Recovery from Injury and Return to Work	Download
  SESSION 4 - CONSTRUCTION - Drones are Changing the Game in the Construction and Insurance Realms	Download
  SESSION 4 - CYBER - Cyber Attacks: Are You Next??! Tackle the Business Risks From a Cyber Attack.	Download
  SESSION 4 - DIVERSITY & INCLUSION - Bridging the Talent Gap - Millenials are the solution to talent gap - Retaining and Leveraging Millennial Talent	Download
  Session 4 - ETHICS - Ethical Issues Presented in Hiring and Managing a Millennial Workforce	Download
  SESSION 4 - EXTRA-CONTRACTUAL - Avoiding the Risk of Competing Claims	Download
  SESSION 4 - EXTRA-CONTRACTUAL - Stopping the Liars Cheaters and Thieves	Download
  SESSION 4 - INSURANCE COVERAGE - How the Sharing Economy is Complicating Claims and Coverage	Download
  SESSION 4 - INSURANCE FRAUD - Declaratory Judgment Actions: Deterrents to Fraudulent Claims	Download
  SESSION 4 - INSURANCE FRAUD - Stopping the Liars, Cheaters, and Thieves	Download
  SESSION 4 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - Data Analytics - Drilling Down on the Trends that Matter	Download
  SESSION 4 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - Highwire Act - Successful Litigation Strategies with Non Standard Policy Limits	Download
  SESSION 4 - PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY - Informed Consent in the Digital Age	Download
  SESSION 4 - PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY - The Cyber Insurance Broker Conundrum	Download
  SESSION 4 - PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY - The Effort to Expand Design Professionals' Liability: A Threat to the Standard of Care and the Availability of Coverage?	Download
  SESSION 4 - REINSURANCE - Ripped From The Headlines - How Reinsurance Responds to Page One News	Download
  SESSION 4 - RISK MANAGEMENT - Keeping the Meal Happy - A Risk Manager's Recipe to Restaurant Liability	Download
  SESSION 4 - TRANSPORTATION - Truck Accident Claims and Litigation - Are You Prepared for What's Coming Down the Road?	Download
  SESSION 5 - ADR - Mock Mediation - Explosive Coverage Arguments Meet Bad Facts	Download
  SESSION 5 - CLAIMS MANAGEMENT - Medicare Madness - Free Throws, Layups, and Slam Dunks on Prevailing MSP Issues	Download
  SESSION 5 - CONSTRUCTION - Hold on - What About An Expert, Can We Afford One, Can We Afford Not to Have One?	Download
  SESSION 5 - CYBER - What In-House Counsel and Clients Need to Know About Private Data Security Breach Litigation!	Download
  SESSION 5 - EPL - Employment Law Update - What Happened in the Past Year and What Lies Ahead	Download
  SESSION 5 - EXTRA-CONTRACTUAL - The Duty to Initiate Settlement Discussions Without a Demand by the Claimant	Download
  SESSION 5 - INSURANCE COVERAGE - The Hapless Insured. Seriously, Do I Have To Intervene	Download
  SESSION 5 - INSURANCE FRAUD - How to Properly Analyze a Statement - Stop Looking for the Lies and See the Truth	Download
  SESSION 5 - INSURANCE FRAUD - Tell Me Lies: Advanced Strategies for Dealing with Fraud	Download
  SESSION 5 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - Evidence Based Medicine – How to Educate the Court and the Jury	Download
  SESSION 5 - MUNICIPAL LAW - “Caught” on Video – Employers, Municipalities, and Trial by Media	Download
  SESSION 5 - PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY - Effective Management of Employment Practices Litigation (EPL) Claims	Download
  SESSION 5 - The Risk with Cannabis - A "Joint" Presentation with an Industry Insider, Underwriter, and Defense Counsel	Download
  SESSION 5 - TRANSPORTATION - Make Your Choice, Then Live With It: Considerations in Choosing Truck Safety Technology	Download

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