Program Chairs:
Brad A. Markvart
The General
Appleton
Ariella Schreiber
Rural Mutual Insurance Co.
Madison
Presenters:
Kara M. Burgos
Moen Sheehan Meyer, Ltd.
La Crosse
Joshua B. Cronin
von Briesen & Roper, S.C.
Milwaukee
Jeffrey L. Leavell
Jeffrey Leavell, S.C.
Racine
Maxted Lenz
Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.
Madison
Joseph J. Sarmiento, IV
West Bend Mutual Insurance Co.
West Bend
Linda S. Schmidt
Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.
Madison
James M. Sosnoski
Meissner Tierney Fisher & Nichols, S.C.
Milwaukee
8:30 a.m.: What is personal and advertising injury coverage as a part of a general liability policy?
- Explanation of a personal and advertising injury
- Examples of common personal and advertising injury insurance claims
- General requirements of personal and advertising injury coverage
- Exclusions for personal and advertising injury
- Analysis of the enumerated offenses in the definition of personal and advertising injury
Kara M. Burgos
9:30 a.m. : Successor Liability Coverage
- Determining whether a successor entity has insurance rights
- Addressing the scope of coverage provided
- Limitations on assignment of insurance rights
James M. Sosnoski
10:30 a.m. : Break
10:45 a.m. : Additional Insured Coverage
- What is an “additional insured
o How is coverage typically triggered?
What are the limitations?
Common examples of additional insureds
Common issues, particularly in multi-party litigation
- Contract indemnity provisions
o Common approaches
o Parallels to additional insured coverage
- When and how is duty to defend determined, contrast with indemnity
o Discovery needs
- o Interpretive rules
Jeffrey L. Leavell
11:45 a.m. : Lunch (on your own)
12:45 p.m. : Appraisal of Property Insurance Disagreements
- Circumstances in which appraisal is appropriate
- Qualifications of appraisers and umpires
- Challenging the results of an appraisal
Joshua B. Cronin
1:45 p.m. : Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Coverage
- Where does it come from?
- What might a policy provide?
- Current case law on the coverages
Joseph J. Sarmiento, IV
2:45 p.m. : Break
3:00 p.m. : Priority of Coverage: Determining Which Policies Apply – And In What Order
- Distinguishing between primary, excess or secondary, and umbrella coverages
- The role of and how to apply other insurance clauses
- Issues relating to the allocation of defense costs and indemnity among primary and excess insurers
Maxted Lenz, Linda S. Schmidt
4:00 p.m. : Program Concludes
Following program start times, webcast replay schedule will vary slightly from above listed times.
- Delineate which policies apply – and in what order – when determining coverage
- Accurately assess whether coverage extends to additional insureds
- Understand general requirements and exclusions for personal and advertising injury coverage
- Effectively handle claims made simultaneously against multiple policies
- Determine whether appraisal of property is appropriate
- Insurance lawyers
- Civil litigators
- Tort lawyers
- Corporate counsel
- Business lawyers
- General practitioners
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