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Insurance law updated Oct. 9 Insurance Law: Everything You Want to Know and Should Ask, an ISBA Law Ed seminar, will be presented by the Insurance Law Section from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 9, in the UBS Tower Conference Center, Chicago. Section council past chair George G. Leynaud of Leynaud & Leynaud, Peru, is program coordinator. He and Laura M. Kotelman of Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood, Chicago, will be moderators. After their opening remarks at 9 a.m., the seminar will continue as follows. 9:15 a.m. UM/UIM: Stacking Issues and Practical Handling of Cases, with Stephen L. Corn of Craig & Craig, Mattoon. 10 a.m. Arbitration of Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Claims, with section newsletter co-editor Robert H. Hanaford of the Law Offices of Robert H. Hanaford, Chicago. 11 a.m. Duty to Defend: Independent Counsel and Conflicts of Interest, with Michael J. Bedesky of Reed, Armstrong, Gorman, Mudge & Morrisey, Edwardsville. 11:45 a.m. Luncheon period. 1 p.m. Health and Disability Insurance and ERISA Issues: Individual and Group/Health Plan Reimbursement, Attorney Fees and Other Issues, with James T. Nyeste of Chicago. 1:45 p.m. Fundamentals of Directors and Officers Liability Insurance, with David M. Kroeger of Jenner & Block, Chicago. 2:30 p.m. Causes of Action Against Lawyers, with Scott A. Blumenshine of Mayer & Blumenshine, Chicago. 3:30 p.m. The Guaranty Fund: What if Your Defendant's Insurance Company Was Kemper? with section council vice chair Robert Handley of Moroni & Handley, Carol Stream. 4:15 p.m. Bad Faith and the Claims File: What the Practitioner Needs to Know, with section newsletter co-editor David J. Roe of Clausen Miller, Chicago. The seminar will be repeated Friday, Nov. 10, at the Holiday Inn, Collinsville. |