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Thursday, May 18, 2023
It’s Your Fault, Now What? Settling and Litigating Clear Liability Claims
Seasoned professionals offer advice on achieving the best possible outcomes for clear liability cases and share solutions for helping reduce settlements. With clear liability cases, damages can be kept low or allowed to bloom based on decisions made surrounding employee actions, acceptance of liability subsequent actions, contact with claimants, admission of fault, knowing your venue, retaining pre-litigation counsel, and not being scared to get out in front.
Seasoned professionals offer advice on achieving the best possible outcomes for clear liability cases and share solutions for helping reduce settlements. With clear liability cases, damages can be kept low or allowed to bloom based on decisions made surrounding employee actions, acceptance of liability subsequent actions, contact with claimants, admission of fault, knowing your venue, retaining pre-litigation counsel, and not being scared to get out in front.
Navigating Downstream Waters: Effective Additional Insured and Contractual Risk Transfer Strategies
Don't miss this session focused on risk management challenges and solutions related to indemnification and additional insured issues, including best practices for handling defense, coverage, and common contract provisions. This diverse panel of an in-house risk manager, defense counsel, coverage counsel, and a broker claims executive will share both real life examples and case law to convey a broad range of perspectives. Attendees will walk away with actionable ideas for a better approach to resolution of claims, in construction and across other industries.
Don't miss this session focused on risk management challenges and solutions related to indemnification and additional insured issues, including best practices for handling defense, coverage, and common contract provisions. This diverse panel of an in-house risk manager, defense counsel, coverage counsel, and a broker claims executive will share both real life examples and case law to convey a broad range of perspectives. Attendees will walk away with actionable ideas for a better approach to resolution of claims, in construction and across other industries.
Proceed with Caution: Evidence Preservation and Spoliation 101
Claim professionals handling premises liability claims are often face with making sticky decisions regarding evidence preservation. In this roundtable, experienced professionals will discuss how to avoid turning a trip and fall into a spoliation claim by exploring the basics of evidence preservation and spoilation, looking specifically at how it all works in the real world where things are not always so open and obvious.
Claim professionals handling premises liability claims are often face with making sticky decisions regarding evidence preservation. In this roundtable, experienced professionals will discuss how to avoid turning a trip and fall into a spoliation claim by exploring the basics of evidence preservation and spoilation, looking specifically at how it all works in the real world where things are not always so open and obvious.
Crash Course: Increasing Vehicular Collisions in a Post-Pandemic World
Following COVID-19, motor vehicle collisions have been rising at an exponential rate – both in numbers and in severity – many of them avoidable accidents. Looking at the issue from a variety of vantage points, the panel will provide an analysis of potential causes for this increase, discuss ways to mitigate current risks, and offer programs/ideas to get out in front of these collisions.
Following COVID-19, motor vehicle collisions have been rising at an exponential rate – both in numbers and in severity – many of them avoidable accidents. Looking at the issue from a variety of vantage points, the panel will provide an analysis of potential causes for this increase, discuss ways to mitigate current risks, and offer programs/ideas to get out in front of these collisions.
Strategies in Effectuating Medicare Conditional Payment Lien Outcomes: Proactive Cost-Saving Tools for Settlements
This presentation addresses all aspects of Medicare conditional payments – not only for traditional Medicare recoveries, but for private Medicare plans (Medicare Advantage Plans & Prescription Drug Plans) as well. The audience will learn about traditional and private Medicare recovery rights, options for disputes and appeals, double-damage recovery, and trending case law regarding Medicare conditional payments.
Be Smart: Current Trends in Homeowners Liability Coverage
Look at the expansion of liability coverage on homeowners policies considering the increasing exposures posed by technological advances and applicable emerging issues affecting personal liability. Explore State and Federal laws where interpretation of policy language has been broadened for exposures posed by drones, ride and house sharing, cyber-bullying, and vicarious liability for unlicensed individuals.
Look at the expansion of liability coverage on homeowners policies considering the increasing exposures posed by technological advances and applicable emerging issues affecting personal liability. Explore State and Federal laws where interpretation of policy language has been broadened for exposures posed by drones, ride and house sharing, cyber-bullying, and vicarious liability for unlicensed individuals.
Avoiding the Concurrent Proximate Cause Trap
The ability to recognize and properly respond to claims involving concurrent proximate cause doctrine is essential for retail, restaurant, and hospitality claims handling. This session will demystify the doctrine, assist claim handlers in recognizing when it might apply, and provide suggestions to insurers for avoiding the concurrent proximate cause trap.
The ability to recognize and properly respond to claims involving concurrent proximate cause doctrine is essential for retail, restaurant, and hospitality claims handling. This session will demystify the doctrine, assist claim handlers in recognizing when it might apply, and provide suggestions to insurers for avoiding the concurrent proximate cause trap.
In It to Win It: Effectively Dealing with Plaintiff Side Counsel in Employment Law Matters
Achieving successful results in employment law matters depends on a variety of factors, one of the most important can be defense counsel’s relationship with opposing counsel, including their ability to thwart or control the tactics of opposing counsel. Led by seasoned defense-side employment attorneys and claim professionals, we’ll explore practical guidance/tips for effectively dealing with opposing counsel in employment law matters, with an eye toward achieving the best possible results for defendants/insured.
Achieving successful results in employment law matters depends on a variety of factors, one of the most important can be defense counsel’s relationship with opposing counsel, including their ability to thwart or control the tactics of opposing counsel. Led by seasoned defense-side employment attorneys and claim professionals, we’ll explore practical guidance/tips for effectively dealing with opposing counsel in employment law matters, with an eye toward achieving the best possible results for defendants/insured.
The Defense and Litigation of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Claims
The discussion will explore initial diagnosis through expert selection, and breaking down the defense and litigation of traumatic brain injury (TBI) claims. The panel will also discuss TBI and how to review the records associated with a claim, review the selection of experts, and recommend best practices in handling those TBI claims.
The discussion will explore initial diagnosis through expert selection, and breaking down the defense and litigation of traumatic brain injury (TBI) claims. The panel will also discuss TBI and how to review the records associated with a claim, review the selection of experts, and recommend best practices in handling those TBI claims.
Top Ten: A Claims File Wish List
Attorneys and claims professionals come together for a roundtable discussion to share their top ten list of the information and documents counsel is looking for to help best formulate a litigation plan and develop a winning defense for a new claim.
Attorneys and claims professionals come together for a roundtable discussion to share their top ten list of the information and documents counsel is looking for to help best formulate a litigation plan and develop a winning defense for a new claim.
