Casualty/Liability Coverage Trainings

First Party Property Trainings

• A CGL Policy Primer
• A Homeowner's Liability Policy Primer
• A No Fault Primer
• A UM/SUM Primer
• ADR and How to Get to "Yes"
• An Auto Liability Policy Primer
• An EPLI (Employment Practices Liability Insurance ) Primer
• Applying New York’s No-Fault and Serious Injury Threshold Laws
• Avoiding Bad Faith and Spotting the Setup Scenario
• Bad Faith
• Business Income Coverage
• Chaos Breeds Resolution: Mediation and the Role of Coverage Counsel in Resolving Chaos
• Child Victims Act: Insurance Issues
• Commercial Auto Insurance
• Connecticut Insurance
• Construction Defect Coverage Claims
• Coverage B - Understanding Personal and Advertising Coverages
• Cyber & Privacy Claims: Finding the Coverage
• Fidelity Coverage: Does Direct Still Mean Direct?
• Good Faith Claims Handling
• Good Faith, Consequential Damages and Extra-Contractual Liability – the New York Experience
• Insurance 101 -- An Introduction to the CGL Policy
• Insured-Selected Counsel: When is it Necessary and How to Avoid and Control?
• Life after Burlington – How Do We Resolve “Additional Insured“ Issues?
• Life after Carlson – When is a Policy “Issued or Delivered in New York” to Trigger Draconian Requirements of CPLR 3420(d)(2)?
• Most Common Mistakes Made in Handling New York Coverage Problems and How to Prevent Them
• Navigating Liability Risks and the Litigation Process with and for Your Client
• No Fault – Nuts and Bolts
• NY Coverage Letters – Nuts & Bolts: How to Create and Write and Timely Send a Disclaimer Letter and NY’s Special Dangers with Reservation of Rights Letters
• Preventing Bad Faith Claims – Liability Cases
• Rise of the Robots - The Coming Age of Automation in Automobiles
• Strategic Approaches to Resolving Insurance Coverage Disputes: Do We Defend and Start a DJ? Do We Sit Back and Wait?
• The Cooperation Clause - How to Handle
• The Defend or DJ Dilemma
• The Examination Under Oath: What is it and How to Prepare
• The Ins, Outs and Forgetaboutits of Third-party practice, Indemnity and Anti-subrogation
• The Primary and Excess Relationship
• The Serious Injury Threshold
• Too Many Claimants, Not Enough Limits
• UM/UIM/SUM Coverage
• Vicarious Liability Related to Employers and Automobiles
• You, Me, and the Oxford Comma in Insurance
• What You Need to Know, to Get What you Need (and Protect What  You Have)- Exploring Discovery Disputes in Insurance Claims

• “Oops”, Ethics in Claim Handling and Underwriting
• 1st & 3rd Party Coverage Issues Related to Mold
• 1st-Party Bad Faith and Consequential Damages Litigation:  Case Law Review
• Advance Payments on First-Party Property Claims:  What Adjusters Need to Know
• Annual Update on the Most Prominent Property Coverage Cases in the Past Year
• Automobile Diminution in Value Claims: 1st-Party and 3rd-Party Coverage and Liability Issues
• Business Income Coverage
• Cat Cleanup - Legal and Regulatory Pitfalls to Avoid
• COVID-19 First Party Coverage Issues
• Diminution in Value and Utility Company Liability Claims
• Discoverability of Insurer and Independent Adjuster File Materials
• Discoverability of Special Investigation Unit Files and Cheese – What Do They Have in Common?
• ED - Discovery of Electronic Evidence
• Effective Liability Disclaimers and Coverage Denials under Insurance Law § 3420(d)(2)
• Engineers, Accounts and Lawyers - Investigation Business Interruption Losses
• First Party Property Coverage Issues:  Proof of Loss Forms, Broad Evidence Rule, Public Adjuster Issues and Subrogation
• First Party Property Issues (Intentional Acts; Material Misrepresentation in the Application; Proof of Loss Forms;
• First-Party Property Issues Regarding Two-Year Contractual Suit Limitations Conditions and Replacement Cost Coverage
• Fraud Investigations Involving Mortgagee Claims – Some Common issues (Property Preservation or Property Decimation)
• Fraud Issues in Weather-Related Claims
• Good Faith First Party Claims Handling
• Insurance Starts at Home- Review of First Party Homeowners' Claims
• Is Your Fire Expert Qualified?  NFPA 1033 “Standards for Professional Qualifications for Fire Investigators”.  Recent Industry Trends Related to Property Claims
• Lack of Cooperation; and Lack of Capacity
• Looking for Fraud, and Finding it Too
• Material Misrepresentation in the Application for Insurance as an Affirmative Defense to Automobile Claims in New York
• Pardon the Interruption - Business Interruption Coverage in NY
• Practical Application of the Noncooperation Defense in New York: 1st Party v. 3rd. Party Claims
• Primer on Appraisal
• Primer on Proof of Loss Forms (Practical Use and Case Law Review)
• Prominent 1st-Party Property Issues from a Coverage Litigation and Forensic Accounting Perspective
• Property Training: Reoccurring Issues
• Regulation 64 – What Every Property Adjuster and Special Investigator Should Know
• Rental and Loaner Car Coverage and Liability Issues
• Sharing with and Requesting Information From Law Enforcement: Statutory & Regulatory Rights and Obligations
• Special Investigation Training (Most Recent Relevant Topics)
• Taking Effective Recorded Statements
• The Broad Evidence Rule
• The Green Revolution - Evolving Risks in Green Construction 
• The Seven Deadly Sins of Property Adjusting
• Things That Make You Want to Same “Hmmm”: Material Misrepresentations in the Application for Insurance and Concealment
• Top Ten Statutes and Regulations Pertaining to First-Party Property Claims