Effective Scope of Coverage Strategies for Policyholders and Insurers
***State Supreme Courts Tackle Allocation Issues***
CD of Teleconference with Q&A
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Conducted on Thursday, November 6, 2008
Now available on CD
Sponsored by Insurance Law & Litigation Week
and the Legal Publishing Group of Strafford Publications
Insurance Law Teleconference Advisory Board
Business losses often arise in the context of many locations and parties who are insured, uninsured or self-insured and involve multiple policies with differing coverage provisions, liability limits and time periods covered.
Courts, policyholders and insurers struggle with insurance allocation questions. The supreme courts of both Wisconsin and Massachusetts have accepted for review cases hinging on allocation issues, and the Vermont Supreme Court recently ruled on allocation in long-tail cases.
Counsel for policyholders and insurance companies must grasp different allocation methodologies and reallocation to ensure their clients’ needs are met.
Listen as our panel of insurance law attorneys examines allocation of loss in business insurance coverage, including allocation methodologies, court treatment, and effective scope-of-coverage strategies for policyholders and insurers.
The panel for this legal event included:
Paul A. Dame, Associate, Wiley Rein, Washington, D.C. He represents insurers in coverage litigation under general liability, property and professional liability coverages in courts across the country.
Rachel Kronowitz, Partner, Gilbert Randolph, Washington, D.C. She focuses on strategic risk management, counseling corporations in structuring insurance and risk transfer portfolios, and insurance recovery for significant claims.
Sherilyn Pastor, Partner, McCarter & English, Newark, N.J. She is the Practice Leader of McCarter & English's Insurance Coverage Group and has secured hundreds of millions of dollars in insurance assets for a broad range of policyholder clients.
Martha E. Conlin, Member, Cozen O'Connor, Chicago. She concentrates her practice in all areas of insurance coverage, handling insurance matters related to asbestos, complex torts and product liability, environmental coverage, and coverage claims.
The panel reviewed these and other key questions:
- What are the fundamental allocation methodologies in insurance and how do they work?
- What role does the policyholder play in the reallocation process?
- What is the impact of the number of occurrences analysis on the scope of coverage?
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