2015 Annual Conference

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• PREMIER PANEL 1 - CEOs Share Their Views on the Future of the Industry	Download
  PREMIER PANEL 2 - The Technology Revolution	Download
  SESSION 1 - CLAIMS MANAGEMENT - How to Waive Attorney-Client Privilege Without Even Trying	Download
  SESSION 1 - CLAIMS MANAGEMENT - SMART - The Pathway to Medicare Finality	Download
  SESSION 1 - CONSTRUCTION - Building A Successful Approach To Handling Complex Construction Defect Claims And Their Related Coverage Issues	Download
  SESSION 1 - DIVERSITY & INCLUSION - Diversity and Cultural Competence in Claims	Download
  SESSION 1 - INSURANCE BAD FAITH - Bad Faith Principles For Any Claim Department To Avoid	Download
  SESSION 1 - INSURANCE COVERAGE - Bankruptcy Issues Affecting D & O Coverage	Download
  SESSION 1 - INSURANCE FRAUD - Additional Living Expense Fraud: Living the Dream at the Insurance Company’s Expense	Download
  SESSION 1 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - Challenging Times Ahead: Managing the Legal Spend in Large Litigation	Download
  SESSION 1 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - The Benefits and Risks of Joint Defense Agreements	Download
  SESSION 1 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - The Next Generation of Panel Management	Download
  SESSION 1 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - Utilizing Collaboration to Achieve Cost Efficient Early Resolution	Download
  SESSION 1 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - What Matters in Measuring Success?	Download
  SESSION 1 - PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY - Managing "Misinformation"	Download
  SESSION 1 - RISK MANAGEMENT - Risk Management: The Actuarial Perspective	Download
  SESSION 1 - SUBROGATION - Fire Spread Liability & Challenges: Practical Strategies For Prosecuting & Defending	Download
  SESSION 1 - TECHNOLOGY - Taking Tech to Task: Tackling Technology’s Troublesome Issues	Download
  SESSION 1 - TRANSPORTATION - Transportation Claims: Scope of Biomechanical Opinions regarding Medical Causation and Newer Technology for Claim Investigation	Download
  SESSION 2 - ADR - The Psychology of Negotiation – Know Your Adversary and Yourself	Download
  SESSION 2 - CLAIMS MANAGEMENT - Effective Claims Management Involving Multiple Decision- Makers	Download
  SESSION 2 - CLAIMS MANAGEMENT - Structured Settlements: Tools of the Trade, Best Practices, Strategies and Executive Perceptions	Download
  SESSION 2 - CLAIMS MANAGEMENT - The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on the Insurance Industry, Litigation and Medicare: What Does the Future Hold?	Download
  SESSION 2 - DIVERSITY & INCLUSION - Life Is Great - How to Develop a Successful Company Culture	Download
  SESSION 2 - INSURANCE BAD FAITH - Stopping the Set-Up	Download
  SESSION 2 - INSURANCE COVERAGE - The Covenant Judgment Problem	Download
  SESSION 2 - INSURANCE FRAUD - Building your Civil RICO Action to Withstand a Rule 11 Motion and/or a Rule 12B(6) Motion to Dismiss	Download
  SESSION 2 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - Balancing the Interests of Multiple Carriers in Time on Risk Cases	Download
  SESSION 2 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - Modern Trial Prep: A Client's Perspective	Download
  SESSION 2 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - The Claim Management Link: Interplay between Risk Tolerance, Operational Structure, Litigation and Claim Outcomes	Download
  SESSION 2 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - The Millennials in Action: Trial Strategies for a Challenging Generation	Download
  SESSION 2 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - The Other Tripartite Relationship: Navigating the Relationship between TPAs, Insurers, and Panel Counsel	Download
  SESSION 2 - PREMISES LIABILITY - Defending Claims of Negligent Response to Medical Emergency	Download
  SESSION 2 - PRODUCT LIABILITY - The Future is Now: 3D Printing	Download
  SESSION 2 - PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY - The Obligation of Attorneys to Keep up with Changes in Technology	Download
  SESSION 2 - REINSURANCE - Reinsurance Fundamentals	Download
  SESSION 2 - RISK MANAGEMENT - Risk Management: Identifying The Unexpected	Download
  SESSION 2 - TECHNOLOGY - A Holistic View of Cyber and Data Privacy	Download
  SESSION 2 - TRANSPORTATION - E-Discovery & Transportation: The Changing Scope of the Post-Event Investigation	Download
  SESSION 3 - CLAIMS MANAGEMENT - Practical Issues Arising From Preserving Work Product and Attorney Client Privilege	Download
  SESSION 3 - CLAIMS MANAGEMENT - When Your Policy Limit Isn't Enough	Download
  SESSION 3 - EDISCOVERY - Understanding and Addressing the Unique Nature of Electronic Discovery in Complex Insurance Actions	Download
  SESSION 3 - ETHICS - Advanced Issues in Dealing with Social Media: Ethical Concerns and Admissibility Pitfalls	Download
  SESSION 3 - INSURANCE BAD FAITH - Bad Faith: When Attorneys Act in a Claims Role	Download
  SESSION 3 - INSURANCE BAD FAITH - Effectively Defending Against “Bad Faith” Tactics Employed By Plaintiffs’ Attorneys	Download
  SESSION 3 - INSURANCE COVERAGE - Sinking the Ship – Dealing with Heavyweight Coverage Issues and Meaningful Mediation	Download
  SESSION 3 - INSURANCE FRAUD - Deconstructing the ESI Buildup - The Proactive Approach	Download
  SESSION 3 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - Defense Counsel's Challenges in Complying with Carrier Guidelines vs. The Best Interest of the Insured-Client	Download
  SESSION 3 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - Factors to Consider Before Sending in your RSVP to the Joint-Defense Agreement Party	Download
  SESSION 3 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - Settlement Offers and Offers of Judgment - Tools or Traps?	Download
  SESSION 3 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - When to Bring in New Defense Counsel and Other Tough Decisions	Download
  SESSION 3 - MUNICIPAL LAW - The Legal and Insurance Ramifications of the Militarization of Police Departments	Download
  SESSION 3 - PREMISES LIABILITY - Utilizing Technology to Mitigate Premises Liability Cases	Download
  SESSION 3 - PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY - Decision-making Trees for Optimizing and Streamlining Litigation Management - Professional Lines and EPLI Claims	Download
  SESSION 3 - PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY - Managers' Liability	Download
  SESSION 3 - RISK MANAGEMENT - Risk Management and Metrics that Matter	Download
  SESSION 3 - TECHNOLOGY - Tales from the Cyber-Liability Frontlines	Download
  SESSION 3 - TRANSPORTATION - The First 48 Hours: Critical Steps to Achieving a Favorable Outcome in a Catastrophic Motor Vehicle Loss	Download
  SESSION 4 - BAD FAITH - Institutional Bad Faith: Are You Insulated?	Download
  SESSION 4 - CLAIMS MANAGEMENT - Effectively Using Examinations Under Oath in Claims Investigations	Download
  SESSION 4 - CLAIMS MANAGEMENT - Secrets Behind the Curtain - Tips for Carriers, Insureds and Attorneys	Download
  SESSION 4 - CLAIMS MANAGEMENT - Xenophobia - Getting over Fear of International Litigation	Download
  SESSION 4 - ENVIRONMENTAL - Transportation of Hazardous Commodities Throughout a Supply Chain	Download
  SESSION 4 - ETHICS - The Cumis Conundrum	Download
  SESSION 4 - INSURANCE BAD FAITH - Non-Conforming Coverage: Remedies, Defenses & Extra- Contractual Considerations	Download
  SESSION 4 - INSURANCE BAD FAITH - To Split or Not to Split: Logistical and Ethical Issues of Splitting the Claims and Coverage Files in Traditional Coverage and Bad Faith Situations	Download
  SESSION 4 - INSURANCE FRAUD - Insurance Fraud 2020 - New and Interesting Ways to Stay Ahead of the Fraudsters	Download
  SESSION 4 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - A Claims Handler Guide to Navigating the Post “Tort Reform” Scorched Earth Backlash	Download
  SESSION 4 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - Expedited/Summary Jury Trials - Are They Good for Carriers, Clients, and the Court?	Download
  SESSION 4 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - Punitive & Extra-Contractual Damages on the Frontier	Download
  SESSION 4 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - The New Normal- The Future of Best Practices For Counsel and Claims	Download
  SESSION 4 - MUNICIPAL LAW - You Can't Touch This: Immunity For Public and For Private Insureds	Download
  SESSION 4 - PREMISES LIABILITY - Personal Drones and Quadcopters: Useful for Business, Fun as a Hobby, or Liability Magnet?	Download
  SESSION 4 - PREMISES LIABILITY - Personal Drones and Quadcopters: Useful for Business, Fun as a Hobby, or Liability Magnet?	Download
  SESSION 4 - PREMISES LIABILITY: Personal Drones and Quadcopters: Useful for Business, Fun as a Hobby, or Liability Magnet?	Download
  SESSION 4 - PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY - Trends in Attempts to Expand the Liability of Architects and Engineers	Download
  SESSION 4 - RISK MGMT - Contract Review from the Risk Manager's Perspective	Download
  SESSION 4 - TECHNOLOGY - Reducing Insureds' Data-Breach Risks and Damages	Download
  SESSION 4 - WORK COMP - The Dream Team Approach to Workers’ Compensation Case and Litigation Management	Download
  SESSION 5 - CLAIMS MANAGEMENT - Tenders involving Foreign Manufacturers and their Insurers	Download
  SESSION 5 - ENVIRONMENTAL AND TOXIC TORT - An Update On Relevant Environmental Issues From A Legal, Insurance & Technical Perspective	Download
  SESSION 5 - INSURANCE BAD FAITH - Avoiding Extra-Contractual Exposure: When Does the Duty to Negotiate Arise?	Download
  SESSION 5 - INSURANCE BAD FAITH - When Liability and Coverage Issues Collide: When, Why and How to Split the File	Download
  SESSION 5 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - Bridging the Cultural Gap in a Global Environment	Download
  SESSION 5 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - Customer Dialogues: Understanding Litigation Management Discussions in 2015 and Beyond	Download
  SESSION 5 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - Dealing with Defense Counsel – Mechanisms to Improve that Important Relationship	Download
  SESSION 5 - LITIGATION MANAGEMENT - Legal Project Management – Planning to Win	Download
  SESSION 5 - PRODUCT LIABILITY - A Look into the Future in Life Sciences Litigation	Download
  SESSION 5 - PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY - Effective Management of Employment Practices Litigation (EPL) Claims	Download
  SESSION 5 - RISK MANAGEMENT - New Thinking in Risk Management: The Power of Integration and Collaboration	Download
  SESSION 5 - TECHNOLOGY - Cyber Liability: Are We Keeping Up?	Download
  SESSION 5 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION & GENERAL LIABILITY - What the Movies Can Teach You About Defending General Liability & Workers' Compensation Claims	Download

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