Reinsurance Claims & Arbitration

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

About

Benchmark your negotiation strategies and dispute resolution tactics to achieve cheaper, faster, and more efficient results at the ultimate reinsurance claims and arbitration event.

This publication from the American Conference Institute’s Advanced National Forum on Reinsurance Claims & Arbitration provides legal, tactical and practical strategies for handling today’s most challenging claims disputes with minimum time and expense. You will gain up to the minute information on successful dispute resolution strategies that are sure to minimize bad blood between parties and preserve relationships necessary for ongoing profitability. Leading industry executives and seasoned private practice attorneys share their expertise and unique perspectives on the most pressing issues, including:

  • Analyzing bad faith claims practices from a reinsurance perspective
  • Tips and techniques for successfully utilizing mediation
  • Pros and cons of consolidating an arbitration
  • Creating an effective reinsurance collection plan

Contents & Contributors

About

Benchmark your negotiation strategies and dispute resolution tactics to achieve cheaper, faster, and more efficient results at the ultimate reinsurance claims and arbitration event.

This publication from the American Conference Institute’s Advanced National Forum on Reinsurance Claims & Arbitration provides legal, tactical and practical strategies for handling today’s most challenging claims disputes with minimum time and expense. You will gain up to the minute information on successful dispute resolution strategies that are sure to minimize bad blood between parties and preserve relationships necessary for ongoing profitability. Leading industry executives and seasoned private practice attorneys share their expertise and unique perspectives on the most pressing issues, including:

  • Analyzing bad faith claims practices from a reinsurance perspective
  • Tips and techniques for successfully utilizing mediation
  • Pros and cons of consolidating an arbitration
  • Creating an effective reinsurance collection plan

Contents & Contributors

LONG-TAIL AND LARGE-SCALE CLAIMS: THE LATEST REGULATORY AND CASE LAW DEVELOPMENTS
Lee Routledge, SCOR Reinsurance Company

MINIMIZING DISPUTES BETWEEN CEDENTS AND REINSURERS: DISPUTE HOTSPOTS AND RESOLUTION STRATEGIES
Larry P. Schiffer, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
Beverly Sneddon, JD, AVP, Zurich North America Commercial
Andrea J. Morgan, CPU, ARe, AU, Swiss Re
Christine Marino, Domestic Guy Carpenter

INTERNATIONAL AND CROSS-BORDER REINSURANCE CLAIMS: STRATEGIES FOR MINIMIZING DISPUTES
Peter Dunlop, Attride-Stirling & Woloniecki (Bermuda)

PUNITIVE DAMAGES IN REINSURANCE
Andrew S. Boris, Tressler, Soderstrom, Maloney & Priess, LLP

PREVENTING AND MANAGING BAD FAITH ALLEGATIONS IN A REINSURANCE CONTEXT
Rick Rosenblum, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

CREATING THE ARBITRATION FRAMEWORK
Thomas P. Stillman, ARIAS – US Certified Arbitrator
Michael Goldstein, Mound, Cotton, Wollan & Greengrass
Kevin J. Tierney, ARIAS-US Mediator and Certified Arbitrator
Peter Dunlop, Attride-Stirling & Woloniecki (Bermuda)

CONSOLIDATION OF ARBITRATIONS: THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY
Susan E. Grondine, Cavell America, Inc.
Mitchell S. King, Prince Lobel Glovsky & Tye LLP

MANAGING CEDED RECOVERABLES: STRATEGIES FOR COLLECTION
Patricia J. Page, ACE Reinsurance Services
Clive O’Connell, Barlow Lyde & Gilbert LLP

ENFORCING AND CHALLENGING ARBITRATION REMEDIES
Eridania Perez, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP

STANDARDS FOR VACATING ARBITRATION AWARDS
Evan L. Smoak, Barger & Wolen LLP