2024 Topics & Presenters:

EPL Claims Trends

Moderator: Dove A.E. Burns
Partner
Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Jennifer Weinstein
VP, Management Liability Claims
Skyward Specialty Insurance

Susan Sitron
Senior Specialty Claims Consultant
The Hanover Insurance Group

Joanne Varias
President
ClaimsFirst Services

Jessica Shirinian, Esq.
Senior Claims Examiner/Counsel, Management Liability Claims
Claims Division
Markel®

EPL Underwriting Trends

Justin J. Blacklock
Assistant Vice President
North America Financial Lines
Chubb

Jonathan Kurens, Esq.
Senior Vice President
Marsh USA Inc.

Christopher Williams
Assistant Vice President
Travelers

Claudine English
Underwriting Officer, Financial Lines
Argo Group US

Mary Anne Mullin
Senior Vice President
Fiduciary and EPL Product Leader
QBE North America

Pregnant Workers Fairness Act – Expanded Protections and Expected Fallout

Moderator: Robyn Silvermintz
Partner
Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP

Joseph M. Gagliardo
Managing Partner
Laner, Muchin, Ltd

Hillary J. Raimondi
Partner
Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP

Carol Antonini
Lead Claims Attorney, CPLGT
Tokio Marine HCC

Sarah Y. Cho
Senior Claim Consultant, Management Liability
Woodruff Sawyer

Chevron Deference Disappearing Act – What to Expect Going Forward

Wendy Mellk
Partner
Jackson Lewis P.C.

Susan Desmond  
Member
McGlinchey Stafford PLLC.

Meghan Wynkoop
Partner
Margolis Edelstein

Melisa C. Zwilling
Shareholder
Carr Allison

Leo Dorfman
Partner
Sokoloff Stern LLP.

Nuclear Verdicts and Soaring Settlements

Moderator: Kuuku Minnah-Donkoh
Partner
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP

Danielle Batchelor
Claims Manager
Financial and Professional Lines Claims
Starr Adjustment Services, Inc.

Michael J. Mazurczak
Member
Melick & Porter  

Jennifer Assa-Kass, Esq.
Senior Technical Claims Consultant
Specialty and Professional Claims
Nationwide

Elina Lawlor
Financial Lines Claims Manager
Zurich American Insurance Company

AI and Emerging Tech – Liability and Loss on the Horizon

Corrie Hurm
VP, Head of Claims
Embroker

Dianna D. McCarthy
Partner
Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP

Joni F. Mason
SVP, National EPS Claims Leader
USI

Kathy Arp, J.D., RPLU
SVP Management & Professional Liability Claims
Skyward Specialty Insurance

Read Eudicone
Underwriting Director
Bond & Specialty Insurance
Travelers

Practical Approach to DE&I Based Upon SCOTUS’ Decision in S.F.F.A.

Laura Lapidus
Management Liability (EPL) Risk Control Director
CNA

Megan K. Lieber
Attorney
COLLINS + COLLINS LLP

Eliot Hellman, J.D.   
Area Senior Vice President & Claims Advocate Manager
Executive Risk & Cyber Claims – Midwest Region
Gallagher

Jaclyn Vogt
Claims Manager
Counterpart, Inc. Insurance Solutions

Politics, Persuasion and the Winds of Change – What to Expect Post Election

Dean F. Falavolito, ESQ
Partner
O'Hagen Meyer

Eden Stark, Esq.
Vice President, Financial Lines Claims
QBE

Seth B. Brickman, CPCU, RPLU
Managing Director
Business Risk Partners

Magdalen Blessey Bickford
Member
McGlinchey Stafford PLLC.

Samantha N. Osgood, Esq.
Senior Claims Specialist/Counsel, Management Liability Claims
Claims Division
Markel®

2024 Supreme Court Decisions and Employment Law Ramifications

Moderator: Stacey L Pitcher
Partner
Obermayer

Adam M. Guttin
Financial & Professional Lines Claims Director
Starr Adjustment Services – A Member of Starr Companies

Chloe Zidian
Partner
Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP

Marisa DeMartini

Vice President, Management Liability Claims Manager
Ascot

Stacy Joseph  
EPLI Practice Manager
Littler

Tips for Successful Carrier/Defense Counsel Relationships

Moderator: Susan E. Gustad, J.D.
Senior Claims Consultant – Management Liability
Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions

Laura Westfall Casey
VP, Claim Leader
Chubb

Kristi E. Mackin Galletti
Assistant Vice President - Professional Claims
AXA XL

Jeffrey M. Koonankeil
Chief Claims Officer
Encore Fiduciary

Brian D. Smith, Esq.
Senior Vice President
GB Executive & Professional Liability
Gallagher Bassett

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