2017 Annual Conference
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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 - Keynote Speaker
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Keynote Speaker
James Dean Hicks
2017 Annual Conference
Songwriter
Keynote songwriter James Dean Hicks will inspire the audience with tales of overcoming adversity to find success. Hicks has written hit songs recorded by artists including Blake Shelton, Kenny Chesney, Reba McIntyre, Alison Kraus, and The Oak Ridge Boys. He performs over 200 shows each year opening for many diverse acts, from Merle Haggard to Bryan White, from the Romantics to Keith Urban.
