3:15 - 4:15 PM - Breakout Session 4
Choose from one of the following sessions: 

Session Descriptions 

Living Through the Nightmare: A Cyber Incident Response Tabletop Exercise
Cyber incidents affect companies small and large. Join us as we walk through the steps can
affected company can take in this mock tabletop exercise. We’ll address communications and
their implications under contractual obligations, as well as state and federal law. We’ll also
discuss emerging regulations and trends. Don’t miss this highly interactive and engaging
session!

  • Dave Rock, Chief Claims Officer – Trium Cyber U.S. Services, Inc.
  • Carolyn Ryan, Partner – Mullen Coughlin LLC
Managing the Future Project: Emerging Professional and Tech Risks to Contractors
Alternative project delivery systems, the use of AI and tech tools to design and build, clients’
demands for added value, expanding roles, pressure to control project scheduling, cost and
exposures. We will address emerging professional and tech risks to contractors and how to
manage them; why technology is the cat's meow and the downside of its misuse. We will also
explore coverage challenges to the professional and tech risks and why this may be a gray
area when a claim hits.
  • Denise Anderson, Managing Partner and Construction Practice Group Leader – Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP
  • Donna MacConnell, SVP, Managing Director Claims|Contractual Risk – IMA Group
  • Jessica Schaber, Field Examiner - Acuity
  • Wendy Testa, Partner/ Co-chair of Design Professional and Complex Tort and General Casualty practices - Wilson Elser
Please Understand Me: Why Claims Professionals and Defense Counsel Should Share their Organizational Goals
When Claims and Legal Professionals understand each other’s roles, responsibilities,
challenges, and business goals they can work together to contribute to each other’s success.
Our panel will talk about how a collaborative approach to communication, case strategy, and
trial team staffing can facilitate efficiency, improve outcomes, and support succession planning
for firms and their clients.
  • Denis Dice, Partner – Winget Spadafora Schwartzberg LLP
  • Alona Croteau, Chief Claims Officer – Berkley Management Solutions
  • Erin Erickson, Managing Partner, Shareholder - Boyher, Erickson, Beaudette & Tranel
  • Lauren Watstein, AVP, Litigation Management Services – W.R. Berkley Corporation
ONE LOVE- What the Insurance Industry is Doing and What They Can do Better to Compete in the Current Litigation Climate
In the highly competitive and ever-evolving litigation environment, insurance companies are
facing mounting pressure to reduce legal spend, streamline litigation processes, and manage
risk effectively. To respond to rising claim costs and the Plaintiff’s Attorney’s tactics, the
Insurance Industry must continue to reflect and innovate. This session’s panel, comprised of
exceptionally experienced Claims Leaders and Defense Counsel, will discuss ways to
establish unified defense strategies, improve case evaluations and more effectively respond to
Plaintiff’s Attorney’s tactics using available resources, operational efficiencies, effective claims
evaluation tools, risk predictors and practical approaches.
  • Marina Barg, CCO – Ascot Insurance Group
  • Tim Harrison, Claims Manager – Atlantic Casualty Insurance Company
  • Richard Smith, SVP & Chief Claims Officer – Upland Specialty Insurance
  • G. Jeffrey Vernis, Managing Partner – Vernis & Bowling