"Stacking Coverage Under UM and UIM Policies: Identifying All Coverages, Preventing Misapplication of Stacking Rules," presented by
Raymond M. Gauvreau, during a Strafford webinar (9/6/2022)
"Mental Health Parity," presented by Soo Y. Kim, at the "47th Annual TIPS Symposium on Insurance and Employee Benefits: Life, Health and Disability, and ERISA: Emerging Issues and Litigation" (8/19/2022)
"Dynamics of Policy Limit Demands in the Context of the Tri-Partite Relationship," co-presented by Gabrielle R. Mercadante and
Eugene P. Murphy, as part of the Florida Defense Lawyers Association’s 25th Annual Florida Liability Claims Conference (6/16/2022)
"
Property Insurance Litigator’s Handbook, Third Edition (2022)," edited by Andy Downs, Jay Levin and Heidi Raschke, published by the American Bar Association (February 2022)
"
Property Insurance Litigator’s Handbook, Third Edition (2022)," edited by Heidi Raschke and Andy Downs, published by the American Bar Association (February 2022)
"Business Interruption and First-Party Coverage After Hurricanes, Floods: Issues for Insurers and Insureds," presented by
Raymond T. DeMeo, presented as a Strafford CLE webinar (12/7/2021)
"Technology for Coverage Geeks: Effective use of technology in coverage and bad faith litigation," presented by
Gregory P. Varga, presented as part of the American College of Coverage Counsel’s 9th Annual Meeting in Chicago (9/24/2021)
"Technology for Coverage Geeks: Effective use of technology in coverage and bad faith litigation," (9/24/2021)
"Crumbling Concrete: Anatomy of a Progressive Loss," presented by
Raymond T. DeMeo (6/3/2021)
"Ask Me Anything: Managing and Preparing for Transitions," presented by Cara C. Vecchione, a National Association of Women Lawyers' Young Women Lawyers + Women Revolutionizing Retirement's webinar (5/12/2021)
"When Is Cyber Insurance Not Enough - The Evolution of Silent Cyber," presented by Andrew G. Lipton, during the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) 2021 Virtual Cyber Symposium (5/5/2021)
"Media Training for Lawyers," presented by Denis J. O'Malley (4/27/2021)
"Quick Conversation: Deeper Dive in Finding Purpose In Your Career," co-presented by Emily A. Zaklukiewicz and Cara C. Vecchione, during the National Association of Women Lawyers' 2021 Mid-Year Meeting (3/26/2021)
"Claims Collaboration, Negotiation, and Sometimes, Litigation: A Liability Claims Toolkit for Young (and Experienced) Lawyers," presented by
Erica J. Kerstein, during the American Bar Association Section of Litigation’s virtual “2021 Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee CLE Seminar" (3/5/2021)
"Business Interruption Disputes: Do Pandemic Claims Involve A Direct Physical Loss?" presented by
Gregory P. Varga (2/16/2021)
"Connecticut’s Police Reform Bill and Access to Police Records," presented by Denis J. O'Malley, presented by the Connecticut Bar Association's Media & the Law Section. (12/10/2020)
"First-Party Coverage Issues with COVID-19 Business Interruption Lawsuits.," co-presented by Denis J. O'Malley and
Gregory P. Varga, at the NECEA October meeting. (10/13/2020)
"Coverage for an American Epidemic: Insurance Coverage Issues Stemming from Opioid Litigation," presented by
Daniel E. Bryer, during the Connecticut Bar Association's Connecticut Legal Conference. (9/14/2020)
"The Constitutional Unsoundness of Retroactively Legislating Business Interruption Coverage for Covid-19," authored by Charles F. Modzelewski, published in the American Bar Association's Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Summer 2020 newsletter. (8/27/2020)
"Insights Into Developing Business in the Era of COVID-19," co-presented by Gabrielle R. Mercadante and
William M. Daley, as moderators of the R+C
Associate Lunch & Learn virtual program. (8/27/2020)
"Media Relations for Lawyers," presented by Denis J. O'Malley, as moderator for this CT Bar Association webinar. (6/29/2020)
"Coronavirus Business Interruption Insurance Class Action Lawsuits: Coverage and Certification Issues," presented by
Wystan M. Ackerman, a webinar hosted by Perrin Conferences. (5/21/2020)
"The COVID-19 Crisis and CGL Insurance Coverage," co-presented by
Stephen O. Clancy,
Rhonda J. Tobin, J. Gregory Lahr,
Lawrence Klein and
Jonathan E. Small, which addressed claim scenarios that insurers are likely to face in the COVID-19 era. (5/4/2020)
"COVID-19: At the Intersection of Property Insurance and Science," co-presented by
Stephen E. Goldman,
Daniel F. Sullivan and
J. Tyler Butts, joined by experts in biophysics, toxicology and industrial hygiene for an interactive discussion of the science behind COVID-19. (4/6/2020)
"Business Interruption Insurance Coverage and the COVID-19 Crisis: An Examination," co-presented by
Gregory P. Varga,
Gerald P. Dwyer Jr.,
Raymond T. DeMeo and
Wystan M. Ackerman, the first in a series of webinars designed to explore critical coverage and loss measurement issues that are expected to emerge from COVID-19-related business interruption claims. (3/26/2020)
"Crumbling Concrete Foundations: The Past, Present and Future Following the Supreme Court’s Decisions in
Jemiola, Vera and
Karas," presented by Jessica A.R. Hamilton, at the Connecticut Bar Association Insurance Law Section meeting. (1/14/2020)
"Investigating Unique Property Damage Claims," presented by
Gerald P. Dwyer Jr., for Envista Forensics' 2019 Webinar Series. (11/22/2019)
"Aggressive Contractors and Assignment of Benefits Challenges," presented by Jessica A.R. Hamilton, at the Property and Liability Resource Bureau's Eastern Regional Adjusters Conference (10/22/2019)
"Discovery from Out of State and Foreign Nonparty Witnesses," authored by
Dana M. Horton, published in
A Practical Guide to Discovery and Depositions in Rhode Island, 2019 by MCLE New England (8/12/2019)
"Business Interruption Issues Arising from Catastrophes," presented at the first annual Florida Insurance Network Symposium. (8/16/2019)
"Business Interruption Issues Arising from Catastrophes," presented by
Eugene P. Murphy, presented at the first annual Florida Insurance Network Symposium (8/16/2019)
"Fear of Trials: An In-House Perspective on the Vanishing Jury Trial and Outside Counsel’s Perspective on How to Manage a Bad Faith Case," presented by
Rhonda J. Tobin, to insurance professionals at the Defense Research Institute’s “Insurance Bad Faith and Extra-Contractual Liability” seminar in Washington, D.C. (6/5/2019)
"A Defense Attorney's Perspective for the Fire Investigator," co-presented by
Dana M. Horton and
Daniel F. Sullivan, as part of the Connecticut Fire Academy’s 24th Annual Advanced Fire Investigation School program in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. (5/1/2019)
"The ALI's Restatement of the Law of Liability Insurance, The World Turned Upside Down?" presented by
Raymond T. DeMeo (April 29, 2019)
"The World Turned Upside Down," co-presented by
J. Tyler Butts and
Raymond T. DeMeo, in Hartford, Connecticut (4/5/2019)
"The Opioid Epidemic: Trending Insurance Coverage Issues," presented by
Daniel E. Bryer, at the 2019 Claims and Litigation Management (CLM) Annual Conference (3/15/2019)
"Blurring the Line between Money and Equity: Enforcing Proposals for Settlement in Cases Seeking Equitable Relief," authored by Gabrielle R. Mercadante (1/31/2018)
"Is There Equity in Private Equity Insurance Coverage for Both the Investment Companies and Their Portfolio Companies?" presented by John P. Malloy, at the 2017 Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee CLE Seminar in Tucson, Arizona (3/1/2017)
"Annual Insurance Law Symposium: Bad Faith Litigation," presented by
Gerald P. Dwyer Jr., co-hosted by the Connecticut Bar Association’s Insurance Law Section and the University of Connecticut School of Law in Hartford, Connecticut (2/23/2017)
"Underwriting Issues in Insurance Claims," co-presented by
Rhonda J. Tobin and
Eugene P. Murphy, at AIG Claims, Inc., in New York City (2/16/2017)
"Property Insurance 101," presented by
Stephen O. Clancy, webinar sponsored by the Property Insurance Law Committee of the ABA's Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) (2/15/2017)
"Drones Take Flight in the Insurance Industry," co-presented by
Kathryn M. Rattigan, Carrie C. Turner and Ivan Stamatovski of Easy Aerial, at the Robinson+Cole offices in New York City (1/19/2017) and in Hartford, Connecticut (2/8/2017)
"Advanced Settlement Techniques for Property/Windstorm Insurance Claims: The Upside of Getting to 'Yes'," presented by
Eugene P. Murphy, at the 18th Annual Windstorm Insurance Conference in Orlando, Florida (1/30 and 2/1/2017)
"
State v. Santiago: Connecticut Highlights Quandaries of Death Penalty Repeals," published in
Appellate Practice, authored by Jessica A.R. Hamilton, the newsletter of the American Bar Association's Section of Litigation (Winter 2016)
"Superstorm Sandy Litigation Is as Fierce as the Storm," published in
Insurance Law Committee Newsletter, authored by Deborah A. Vennos (Fall 2014)
"The Impacts and Dangers of Unfair Trade Practices Acts – The Need to Be Aware!," presented at First Annual Bad Faith Litigation Strategies ExecuSummit, co-presented by Deborah A. Vennos and
Gregory P. Varga, panelist (11/5/2014)
"Mastering Homeowners, Bad Faith, and Commercial Insurance Law," presented by Deborah A. Vennos, moderated, along with two others, a telephonic seminar (4/23/2014)
"It's Not Easy Being Green – Green Buildings, Insurance, and Repair," at 2014 Windstorm Insurance Network Conference in Orlando, Florida, co-presented by Rebecca Levy-Sachs and Jeffrey Peters, P.E., LEED ® AP, vice president of Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc.; and Michael Coleman, co-founder and vice president of Bay Area DKI, as well as a Florida certified general contractor (1/28 to 1/29/2014)
"Recent Developments Concerning the Faulty Work Exclusion in the Construction Defect Context," published in
New Appleman on Insurance, co-authored by
J. Tyler Butts and
Gerald P. Dwyer Jr. (Fall 2013)
"The Scope of Civil Authority Provisions in the Wake of Hurricane Sandy," published in
For the Defense, authored by
J. Tyler Butts, a publication of the Defense Research Institute (April 2013)
"New Jersey's Department of Banking and Insurance Unveils Mandatory Mediation Program for Sandy Claims" (03/29/2013)
"UPDATE: New York Department of Financial Services Appoints AAA in New York as the “Designated Organization” to Handle Storm Sandy Mediations" (03/04/2013)
"NY Department of Financial Services Adopts Mandatory Mediation Program for Hurricane Sandy Losses" (02/28/2013)
"Class Actions and Bundled Coverage Actions," at HarrisMartin Litigation Conference on Storm Sandy, co-presented by
Wystan M. Ackerman and Seth A. Schmeeckle and Richard L. Fenton (2/26/2013)
"Check out our new blog Property Insurance Coverage Insights" (10/17/2012)
"Class Actions on Insurance Coverage Issues," at American Bar Association's Litigation Section, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee, CLE Seminar, co-presented by
Wystan M. Ackerman and Raoul Cantero, Jeff Leon, and Barbara Frederick (3/2/2012)
"Recent Developments in Property Insurance Law," published in
Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal, published by the American Bar Association, vol. 47, issue 1 (Fall 2011)
"Tangible vs. Intangible Damage: What Does First-Party Property Insurance Cover?" published in
Covered Events, 2011, issue 8, an online publication of the Defense Research Institute (9/16/2011)
"A Primer on New Hampshire First-Party Property Insurance," published in
New Hampshire Bar Journal, vol. 52, no. 3 (Fall 2011)
"Repairing National Treasures – Overview of Issues Involved in Repair of Historic Buildings," co-authored by Rebecca Levy-Sachs and William Bracken, SECB, CFM, StS2; and Gregory P. Varga, published in FDCC midyear conference materials; the paper addresses identification, classification, repair, and insurance coverage issues related to the repair and restoration of historic buildings. (7/28/2011)
"Property Coverage Legal Update 2011: Business Interruption Claims Related to 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami," at New England Claims Executives Association, co-presented by
Stephen O. Clancy and Greg Varga (4/12/2011)
"Green Construction, LEED & Liability, A Primer for Counsel," at Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel Winter Meeting in Indian Wells, California, presented by Rebecca Levy-Sachs, Panelist (3/2/2011)
"The Law of "Leased" and "Temporary" Workers Under a CGL Policy" (02/07/2011)
"Insurance Coverage Class Actions," at American Bar Association's Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Midyear Meeting, presented by
Wystan M. Ackerman (2/2011)
"CT Insurance Department Imposes New Reporting Obligations Regarding Data Security Breaches" (08/26/2010)
"Green Building and Insurance," presented at Robinson and Cole's Sustainability and Climate Change Seminar, co-presented by Rebecca Levy-Sachs, Deborah A. Vennos and Jonathan Held (5/4/2010)
"Green Building Property Coverage," published in
Florida Investor's Greenbook, co-authored by Rebecca Levy-Sachs and Deborah Vennos, update of green building organizations and green insurance endorsements (1/20/2010)
"The City Made Me Do It," at LEA Annual Meeting, Tampa, Florida, co-presented by Rebecca Levy-Sachs and Charles Bibbs, Jon Held, William Bracken (1/2010)
"The Emergency of Chinese Drywall Claims: A Look at First-Party Property Coverage Issues," published in
Covered Events, vol. 1, issue 25, an online publication of the Defense Research Institute (12/2009)
"Mississippi Supreme Court Issues Important Ruling in Hurricane Katrina Litigation" (11/09/2009)
"The Multijurisdictional Litigator: Word from the ABA," authored by Taylor L. Archambault, Esq., presented by Stephen E. Goldman, Esq., and Carlos Del Carpio, Esq., at the FDCC "20/20" Insurance Symposium (9/2009)
"Defending Against Lost Profit Claims in Business IP and Insurance Litigation," published in
FDCC Website, co-authored by Rebecca Levy-Sachs and Wystan Ackerman; Howard Zandman, CPA/CFF; and Adam Boston (7/2009)
"Hypothetically Speaking ... Defining and Measuring the Hypothetical Rebuild in the Emerging Age of Sustainable Building," at Loss Executives Association 2009 Annual Spring Meeting, Portland, Maine, co-presented by Rebecca Levy-Sachs and Roger Branigan, Lisa Enloe, and Susan Stein (6/2009)
"First-Party Insurance Coverage Issues Arising Out of Faulty Workmanship Exclusions," at New England Claims Executives Association, presented by Gregory P. Varga (2/5/2009)
"Mounting a Daubert Attack Against Damage Experts," at FDCC 2009 Winter Meeting, presented by Rebecca Levy-Sachs (2/2009)
"Litigation Holds – How to Protect Your Company," at FDCC/PLRB 2008 Critical Issues in Property Law Symposium, Chicago, Illinois, presented by Rebecca Levy-Sachs, chair and speaker (9/2008)
"NY Joins Majority of States in Requiring Prejudice to Deny Coverage for "Late Notice" under Occurrence Policies" (07/23/2008)
"Insurer's Failure to Advise the Insured of Its Right to Independent Counsel Constitutes a "Deceptive Trade Practice"" (06/27/2008)
"LA Supreme Court Issues Critical Decision in Hurricane Katrina Property Damage Litigation" (04/09/2008)
"Contingent Business Interruption: Basics and Beyond" (2/2008), coauthored by Taylor Archambault and Rececca Levy-Sachs, presented by Rececca Levy-Sachs at the 2008 Windstorm Conference
"Insurance Client Alert (October 2007)" (10/12/2007)
"Survivor's Guide to E-Discovery," at FDCC 2007 Annual Meeting, presented by Rebecca Levy-Sachs, paper and presentation (7/2007)
"Insurance Update, 12/14/06 (T&A)" (01/02/2007)
"Property Coverage Legal Update 2006: Hurricane Katrina and Beyond," at New England Claims Executives Association, presented by
Gregory P. Varga (11/14/2006)
"Weathering the Storm: An Update on First-Party Coverage Litigation Arising from Hurricane Katrina," at CPCU Society, Connecticut Chapter, presented by Gregory P. Varga (11/9/2006)
"Property Insurance Litigation in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: The Early Results," published in
CPCU Society Claims Quarterly, co-authored by
Daniel F. Sullivan,
Gregory P. Varga and Christopher F. Girard (11/2006)
"It Isn't Easy Being Green: Green Construction Risks and Insurance Coverage Issues," at 20th Annual Midyear Program of the American Bar Association's Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee of the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section; Phoenix, Arizona (2/17 to 2/18/2012)