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About Professional Lines ClaimsAcademy

Provosts:          
Kevin Fisher, SVP, Head of Healthcare Professional Liability Claims and Program Claims - Allied World
Elizabeth Sconzert, Partner - Blue Williams, LLC

Professors:
Allison Alban, Vice President - Gallagher Bassett
Max Billek, Partner - Wilson Elser
Susan Blake, Assistant Vice President, North American Claims Group - Allied World
Rich Cino, Principal - Jackson Lewis P.C.
Adam Doherty, Vice President  - Allied World
Ommid Farashari, Partner - BatesCarey LLP
Rachel Freedman, Vice President, Head of EPL Claims - Sompo International
Ron Goldstein, Managing Director - AON
Anne Lewis, Vice President, Heathcare - Arch Insurance Group
Monica Logan, Chief Claims Officer - CapSpecialty
Jose Lopez, VP, Financial Institutions | Professional Lines Zonal Manager - Midwest -  Allied World
Laura McKinstry, Senior Claims Counsel - Travelers
Frances O'Meara, Partner - Wood Smith Henning & Berman, LLP
Maurice Pesso, Partner/Global Financial Lines - Kennedys
Jamie Sanders, Attorney - Clyde & Co
Stefani Schwartz, Managing Partner - Hatfield Schwartz
Nicole Sheth, Partner - Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP
RoseAnn Smith, Claims Consultant - Coverys
Linda Svoboda, Senior Claims Consultant - Berkley Management Protection
Jon Van Steenis, Partner - Blue Williams, LLC

Curriculum:

  • Claims Leadership Panel
  • Recent Developments in EPL
  • Recent Developments in Med Mal
  • Recent Developments in LPL & Misc E&O
  • Pre-Trial Strategies
  • The Other Tripartite Relationship: Underwriters, Claims, & Brokers Working together 
  • Godzilla level SIRs: Working with Insureds with Large SIRs and When you Don't Have the Duty to Defend
  • Litigation Should Not Be a Mystery
  • We all Prepare for Trials, But Not for Mediations: That Makes No Sense
  • Fraud: It's not Just a Casualty World Problem
  • Trial Strategies
  • Time Limited Demands: Plaintiff's Plan to Open up your Policy Limits
  • Other Insurance: Why Not Get Someone Else to Pay???