Upcoming Symposia and Events
2026 Symposium Announcement
A Festschrift in honor of Professor Kenneth S. Abraham and the 40th Anniversary of his first book, Distributing Risk Friday, June 5, 2026 9:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. ET UConn School of Law, Hartford Campus In-Person Only The Insurance Law Center at UConn School of Law is pleased to invite you to a symposium honoring Kenneth S. […]
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Faculty Profile: Bill Goddard
As an undergraduate at Dartmouth, Bill Goddard enjoyed working at the student radio station—an experience that later helped shape his early professional life, though his career ultimately took him far from broadcasting. After earning an MBA, he worked on Wall Street as an investment banker during the era that inspired Wall Street’s Gordon Gekko. “It […]
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ACCC Insurance Law Symposium
November 7, 2025
The University of Connecticut School of Law is honored to host the 2025 American College of Coverage Counsel (ACCC) Insurance Law Symposium, the only ACCC event open to non-Fellows. This program brings together leaders in insurance law to discuss emerging issues, share expertise, and foster professional connections.
Conference: AI, Insurance Law, and Regulation
May 30, 2025
The Insurance Law Center at UConn Law, in conjunction with the University of Minnesota Law School, is pleased to welcome academics, practitioners, regulators, and students to a conference focusing on issues that arise at the intersection of insurance and artificial intelligence.
ILC to Welcome Dr. Oliver Brand for Lunchtime Lecture
April 17, 2025
The Insurance Law Center at UConn Law is pleased to invite you to a lunchtime lecture by Dr. Oliver Brand Martin Flynn Global Law Faculty Chair of Private Law, Insurance Law, Business Law & Comparative Law at the University of Mannheim, Germany, on the topic of Misuse of Insurance by Totalitarian Systems: A Cautionary Tale From Nazi Germany.
ILC Hosts Lunchtime Lecture with Prof. Margarida Lima Rego
February 4, 2025
The Insurance Law Center is pleased to invite you to a lunchtime lecture by Margarida Lima Rego, Professor, Nova School of Law, Lisbon.
ILC & CT Insurance Law Journal Host ESG & Insurance Symposium
May 31, 2024
On Friday, May 31, 2024, the Insurance Law Center and the Connecticut Insurance Law Journal successfully hosted a symposium on ESG, Insurance & the Law at the University of Connecticut School of Law in Hartford. The full-day event, which ran from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM, brought together leading academics, regulators, and industry professionals to discuss the intersection of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues and their impact on insurance law.
The Role of Law and Government in Cyber Insurance Markets
March 12, 2021
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
American College of Coverage Counsel COVID-19 Webinar
November 12, 2020
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Jeffrey Vita (Saxe Doernberger & Vita); Jay Sever (Phelps Dunbar)
Special Remarks
Tom Baker (William Maul Measey Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania)
Sponsors
ILC; CBA
China Banking & Insurance Regulatory Commission Training Session Program
September 16-17, 2019
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Sponsors
UConn Law; ILC
The ALI’s Restatement of Law, Liability Insurance
April 5, 2019
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Professor Leslie Levin (UConn Law School); Adjunct Professor Mark Dubois (UConn Law School); Attorney Philip Newbury (Howd & Ludorf); Attorney Laura Foggan (Crowell & Moring); Attorney John Buchanan (Covington & Burling); Attorney Ray DeMeo (Robinson & Cole); Professor Jeff Stempel (UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law); Attorney Theresa Guertin (Saxe Doernberger & Vita); Attorney Matthew Shiroma (Day Pitney); Professor Jill Anderson (UConn Law School); Professor James Davey (Southampton University Law School, UK); Professor Qihao He (China University of Political Science and Law)
Moderators
Professor Brendan Maher (UConn Law School); Professor Patricia McCoy (Boston College Law School); Professor Adam Scales (Rutgers Law School); Professor Peter Kochenburger (UConn Law School)
Commentators
Dean Aviva Abramovsky (University at Buffalo School of Law)
Is U.S. Insurance Regulation Unconstitutional?
March 13, 2019
China Banking & Insurance Regulatory Commission Training Session Program
July 9, 2018
Insurance Law Center; Connecticut Bar Association’s Insurance Law Section; Rutgers Center for Risk and Responsibility
Evaluating Litigation Risk in the 21st Century
April 27, 2018
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Sponsors
UConn Law; ILC
CBA Annual Insurance Law Symposium: Big Data Changes Everything: Why Insurance Lawyers Need to Catch Up Fast
April 13, 2018
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Marilyn B. Fagelson (Murtha Cullina LLP, Insurance Law Section Chair); Peter Kochenburger (Associate Clinical Professor of Law, Executive Director of the Insurance L.L.M. Program); Jim Etkin (Agricultural Aerial Remote Sensing Standards Counsel); Robert D. Helfand (Pullman & Comley LLC); Matthew J. Smith (Coalition Against Insurance Fraud); Christopher P. Makuc (Navigant); David T. Smith (The Hartford); Timothy J. Curry (Deputy Commissioner, Connecticut Insurance Department)
Moderators
Peter Kochenburger
Sponsors
UConn Law; ILC
Fourth Annual Law Conference on Retirement Security, Pensions and Insurance
October 13, 2017
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Walter Welsh (Adjunct Professor of Law, UConn Law School); Brendan Maher (Director of the Insurance Law Center and Connecticut Mutual Professor of Law); Peter Kochenburger (Deputy Director, Insurance Law Center, Associate Clinical Professor of Law)
Moderators
Brendan Maher
Sponsors
ILC; Renmin Law School
Lemonade: Sharing Risks, Sharing Profits and the Sharing Economy: An Insurance Paradigm
March 21, 2017
Sponsors
ILC; the Connecticut Insurance & Financial Services Cluster
Connecticut Bar Association Annual Insurance Law Symposium: Bad Faith Litigation CLE
February 23, 2017
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Gerald P. “Kip” Dwyer, Jr.; Peter Kochenburger; Elizabeth J. Stewart; Hon. Charles T. Lee; Elizabeth F. Ahlstrand; Robert D. “Bert” Helfand; Jeffery J. Vita
Opening Remaks
Marilyn B. Fagelson
Sponsors
CBA Insurance Law Section; ILC
Fifth Annual National Benefits & Social Insurance Conference
April 15, 2016
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
D. Muir (Michigan); K. Moore (Kentucky); J. Turner (PPC); A. Stumpf (Michigan); N. Huberfield (Kentucky); B. Maher (UConn); J. Cogan (UConn); I. Goldowitz (PGBC); N. Shnitser (Boston College); J. Foman (Oklahoma); D. Pratt (Albany); P. Wiedenbeck (Wash. U); A. Monahan (Minnesota); D. Bogan (Oklahoma); N. Stein (Drexel); N. Stein; M. Hylton (Boston University); P. Secunda (Marquette); R. Pathak (Whittier)
Keynote Speaker
Phyllis Borzi
Sponsors
ILC
Conference: The U.S. & China: New Insurance Products, New Regulatory Challenges
October 9, 2015
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Jia Linqing (Professor, Deputy Director of Maritime Law & of the Insurance Law Research Institute, Renmin University of China Law school); John Buchanan (Partern, Covington & Burling); Paula M. Pallozzi (Associate Director, Rhode Island Insurance Division); Peter Molk (Professor, Willamette University College of Law); David Snyder (Vice President, International Policy, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America); Peter Kochenburger (Professor & Deputy Director, Insurance Law Center); Xin Chen (Professor & Director of the Insurance Law Center and the Law and Economics Center, University of International Business and Economics); Wes Bissett (Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and State Relations, Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America, Inc.); Jeffrey Stempel (Doris S. and Theodore B. Lee Professor of Law, University of Nevada Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law); Jun Yao (Chief Legal Officer, Ping An Insurance Group of China); John Buchanan (Partner, Covington & Burling); Brendan Maher (Professor & Director of the Insurance Law Center, University of Connecticut); Haibao Xing (Professor, Renmin University of China Law School); Mark Geistfeld (Sheila Lubetsky Birnbaum Professor of Civil Litigation, New York University School of Law); Patricia McCoy (Liberty Mutual Insurance Professor of Law, Boston College Law School); Lynn Quincy (Director of the Health Care Value Hub, Consumers Union)
Moderators
Matthew J. Shiroma (Counsel, Day Pitney LLP)
Keynote Speaker
Thomas Sullivan (Associate Director, Federal Reserve, Board of Governors)
Sponsors
ILC; Renmin Law School
Corporate Governance: Where we have Been and Where we are Going
September 16, 2015
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Anne Sheehan (Director of Corporate Governance for the California State Teachers Retirement System); Tim Smith (Director of ESG Shareowner Engagement, Walden Assessment Management); Lucy Gilson (Professor of Management, University of Connecticut School of Business)
Moderators
Jeremy McClane (Professor, University of Connecticut School of Law)
The ACA Turns Five
April 17, 2015
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Mark Hall (Wake Forest University School of Law); Timothy S. Jost (Washington and Lee University School of Law); Amy B. Monahan (University of Minnesota Law School); Elizabeth Weeks Leonard (University of Georgia School of Law); Kyle D. Logue (University of Michigan Law School); Patricia A. McCoy (Boston College Law School); William M. Sage (University of Texas Law School); Brian Galle (Boston College Law School); Abbe R. Gluck (Yale Law School); Jessica L. Roberts (University of Houston Law Center); Daniel Schwarcz (University of Minnesota Law School); Amanda E. Kowalski (Department of Economics, Yale University); Ellen R. Meara (Department of Economics, Dartmouth College); Mark V. Pauly (Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania); Nima Farzan (Chief Operating Officer, PaxVax); Charles Klippel (Deputy General Counsel, Aetna); Thomas Leonardi (Former Connecticut Insurance Commissioner)
Moderators
Brendan S. Maher; Jill Anderson; Radha Pathak; Peter Siegelman; John A. Cogan
Keynote Speaker
Kathleen Sebelius (Former U. S. Secretary of Health and Human Services)
Sponsors
ILC; CILJ
3rd Annual Connecticut Risk Management Conference
May 20, 2015
Keynote Speaker
Thomas Sullivan (Associate Director, Federal Reserve, Board of Governors)
Sponsors
UConn’s School of Business; ILC
2014 International Symposium on the Improvement of the Liability Insurance System
May 10, 2014
Sponsors
Renmin Law School; The Insurance Law Center; The University of Connecticut School of Law at Renmin University in Beijing, China
Big Data and Insurance
April 3, 2014
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Eric Brat (Director, Boston Consulting Group); Francois Ewald (International Research Fellow, UConn Law); Cyrille de Montgolfier (AXA Group, Senior V-P.); Christophe Geissler (Chief Scientific Officer, Quinten); Rick Swedloff (Rutgers School of Law-Camden); Tom Baker (William Maul Measey Professor of Law and Health Sciences, University of Pennsylvania Law School); Judy Ann Bigby (past Secretary of Health and Human Services for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts); Sharona Hoffman (Co-Director of the Law-Medicine Center at Case Western Reserve University); Matthew F. Fitzsimmons (Assistant Attorney General and Chair, Privacy Task Force, Connecticut Office of the Attorney General); Andromachi Georgosouli (Senior Lecturer, Centre for Commercial law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London); Romain Paserot (Director of Cross Functional and Specialized Supervision, Autorite de controle prudential, France)
Keynote Speaker
Hon. George Jepsen, Connecticut Attorney General
Sponsors
ILC; CILJ
The Law and Economics of Insurance
October 4, 2013
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Howard C. Kunreuther (Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School); Mark V. Pauly (Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School); Daniel Schwarcz (Professor, University of Minnesota Law School); Peter Siegelman (Professor, University of Connecticut School of Law); Joshua C. Teitelbaum (Professor, Georgetown University Law Center); Kenneth s. Abraham (Professor, University of Virginia School of Law); Pierre-Andre Chiappori (Professor, Columbia University, Department of Economics); Scott E. Harrington (Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School); James Kwak (Professor, University of Connecticut School of Law); Martin Grace (Professor, Georgia State University, J. Mack Robinson College of Business); Robert W. Klein (Professor, Georgia State University, J. Mack Robinson College of Business); Elizabeth F. Brown (Professor, Georgia State University, J. Mack Robinson College of Business); Tom Baker (Professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School); Kyle D. Logue (Professor, University of Michigan Law School); Michelle Boardman (Professor, George Mason School of Law); Richard Squire (Professor, Fordham University School of Law)
Moderators
Patricia McCoy (Professor, University of Connecticut School of Law); John Cogan (Professor, University of Connecticut School of Law); Peter Kochenberger (Professor & Director, Insurance Law Center, University of Connecticut School of Law); Daniel Schwarcz (Professor, University of Minnesota Law School)
Keynote Speaker
Hon. Thomas B. Leonardi (Insurance Commissioner, State of Connecticut)
Sponsors
ILC
The Challenge of Retirement in a Defined Contribution World
April 5, 2013
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Zvi Bodie (Professor, Boston University, School of Management); Mercer E. Bullard (Professor, University of Mississippi School of Law); Samuel Estreicher (Professor, New York University School of Law); Lawrence A. Frolik (Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Law); Teresa Ghilarducci (Professor, The New School for Social Research); Richard L. Kaplan (Professor, University of Illinois College of Law); David Laibson (Professor, Harvard University, Department of Economics); Kevin Lembo (Comptroller, State of Connecticut); Amy Monahan (Professor, University of Minnesota Law School); Dana M. Muir (Professor, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business); Russell K. Osgood (Professor, Washington University School of Law); Brishen Rogers (Professor, Temple University, Beasley School of Law); Megan Thibos (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau); Edward A. Zelinsky (Professor, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law)
Keynote Speaker
Peter F. Drucker (Professor, Carroll School of Management)
Sponsors
ILC
Climate Change Risks & Liability: The Future of Insurance & Litigation
October 5, 2012
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Laura A. Foggan (Wiley Rein, LLP); Rex Heinke (Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP); William F. Stewart (Partner, Stewart Bernstiel Rebar; Joseph A. MacDougald (Professor & Executive Director, Center for Energy & Environmental Law, University of Connecticut School of Law); Anji Seth(Associate Professor, University of Connecticut, Department of Statistics); Butch Bacani (Program Leader, United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative); Francois Robert Ewald (Professor, Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, Paris, France); Richard Murray (Special Advisor to the Geneva Association on Liability and Legal Matters); David Snyder (Vice President, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America)
Moderators
Kurt Strasser (Professor, University of Connecticut School of Law); Peter Kochenberger (Professor & Executive Director, Insurance Law Center, University of Connecticut School of Law)
Opening Remarks
Willajeanne McLean (Professor & Interim Dean, University of Connecticut School of Law); Patricia McCoy (Professor & Director, Insurance Law Center, University of Connecticut School of Law); Sarah Bronin (Professor & Director, Center for Energy & Environmental Law, University of Connecticut School of Law)
Keynote Speaker
Michael B. Gerrard (Professor & Director, Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School); John H. Fitzpatrick (Secretary General, The Geneva Association)
Sponsors
ILC; Center for Energy & Environmental Law; CILJ
Healthcare Reform in the United States: Legal Implications and Policy Considerations
November 11-12, 2011
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Julian D. Ford (Professor, University of Connecticut School of Medicine); Lewis Kazis (Professor, Boston University School of Public Health); Efthimios Parasidis (Assistant Professor, Saint Louis University School of Law); Amy Campbell (Assistant Professor, Upstate Medical University); Charles Klippel (Senior Vice President, Aenta); Stephen Latham (Director, Yale University Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics); John Nyman (Professor, University of Minnesota School of Public Health); Patricia Baker (President, Connecticut Health Foundation); Jeannette B. DeJesus (Special Advisor to the Governor on Healthcare Reform); Kevin Galvin (Advisory Committee Chairman, Small Business for a Health Connecticut); John McDonough (Professor, Harvard School of Public Health); Jason Perillo (Representative, 113th District, State of Connecticut); Michael J. Deboer (Professor, Faulkner University, Jones School of Law); Allison Hoffman (Professor, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law); Brendan Maher (Assistant Professor, Oklahoma City University School of Law); Jessica Roberts (Assistant Professor, University of Houston Law Center); Ruqaiijah Ayanna Yearby (Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Law); Frank Askin (Professor, Rutgers School of Law – Newark); Loftus Becker (Professor, University of Connecticut School of Law); Stewart Jay (Professor, University of Washington School of Law); Steven Schwinn (Associate Professor, John Marshall Law School); John V. Jacobi (Professor, Seton Hall Law School); Theodore Ruger (Professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School); Rex Santerre (Professor, University of Connecticut School of Business); Stephen Utz (Professor, University of Connecticut School of Law)
Moderators
Susan Schmeiser (Professor, University of Connecticut School of Law); Peter Kochenberger (Professor and Director, Insurance Law Center, University of Connecticut School of Law); Kaaryn Gustafson (Professor, University of Connecticut School of Law); Willajeanne McLean (Professor & Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, University of Connecticut School of Law); Aviva Abramovsky (Professor, Syracuse University School of Law)
Opening Remarks
Hon. Kevin Lembo (Comptroller, State of Connecticut); Hon. Joseph D. Courtney (U.S. Congressman for Connecticut’s 2nd District)
Keynote Speaker
Timothy Jost (Professor, Washington & Lee University School of Law); Norman Daniels (Professor, Harvard School of Public Health
Sponsors
ILC; Connecticut Law Review; CILJ
International Insurance Regulation in a Post-Crisis Environment: Perspectives from the US, the EU, China and the Middle East
September 23, 2011
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Bob Cusumano (General Counsel, ACE Limited); Paul H. Eddy (General Counsel, Travelers Companies, Inc.); Pierpaolo Marano (Professor, Catholic University School of Banking, Financing and Insurance, Milan, Italy); Rosali Pretorius (Partner, SNR Denton); Anas Akel (General Counsel, AlAhli Takaful Company); Dr. Manfred Dirrheimer (Charmain, FWU AG); Umar F. Moghul (Partner, Murtha Cullina); George Sandars (Partner, SNR Denton); Muddassir Siddiqui, Partner, SNR Denton); Xin Chen (Professor, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing); Charles Klippel (Senior Vice President, Aetna, Inc.); Richean Li Professor, University of international Business and Economics, Beijing); Frank Lucchesi (General Counsel, MassMutual International, LLC); Marth Thompson (Partner, SNR Denton); John Finston (Partner, SNR Denton); Trish Henry (Deputy General Counsel, ACE Ltd.); Peter Kochenberger (Professor, University of Connecticut School of Law); James Meehan (General Counsel, Arrowpoint Capital); Jim Mumford (Deputy Commissioner, Iowa Division of Insurance
Opening Remarks
Gordon Steward (Chairman, Geneva Association Communication Council); Thomas B. Leonardi (Insurance Commissioner, State of Connecticut)
Closing Remarks
Peter Kochenberger (Professor & Director, Insurance Law Center, University of Connecticut School of Law)
Keynote Speaker
Gordon Steward (Chairman, Geneva Association Communication Council)
Sponsors
ILC; SNR Denton
Constitutional Challenges to the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
April 28, 2011
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Mark Weiner (Visiting Professor)
Sponsors
ILC
Cyber Liability Workshop
April 15, 2011
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Richard Bortnick (Cozen O’Connor); Peter Foster (Willis Insurance Brokers); Robert Wice (Beazley).
Moderator
Timothy Francis (Travelers Insurance)
Sponsors
ILC; CILJ
Actuarial Litigation: How Statistics Can Help Resolve Big Cases
April 15, 2011
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Robert G. Bone (Professor, University of Texas School of Law); Edward K. Cheng (Professor, Vanderbilt University Law School); Howard M. Erichson (Professor, Fordham University School of Law); Deborah R. Hensler (Professor, Stanford Law School); Samuel Issacharoff (Professor, New York University School of Law); Joseph B. Kadane (Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Statistics); Francis McGovern (Professor, Duke University School of Law); Adam F. Scales (Professor, Washington and Lee University School of Law); Alex Stein (Professor, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law)
Keynote Speaker
Kenneth R. Feinberg (Managing Partner, Feinberg Rozen LLP).
Sponsors
ILC; CILJ
Book Event: Taming Our Industrial Juggernaut: America’s Forgotten Progressive State Movement for Industrial Safety and Health
March 14, 2011
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Donald Rogers (Author)
Sponsors
ILC; UConn Co-Op
Discussion: Liability Insurance in South Africa
Fall 2010
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Wenette Jacobs (Professor, University of South Africa)
Panel on Healthcare Reform Bill
May 5, 2010
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Michael Blumberg (Professor, University of Connecticut School of Law); Hugh Macgill (Professor, University of Connecticut School of Law); Peter Kochenberger (Professor, University of Connecticut School of Law)
Opening Remarks
Jeremy Paul (Dean, University of Connecticut School of Law)
Keynote Speaker
Lowell Weicker (Former Governor, State of Connecticut)
Sponsors
ILC; Professional Liability Underwriters Society
Regulating Risk
February 16, 2010
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Iman Anabtawi (Professor, UCLA School of Law); Tom Baker (Professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School); Larry A. Cunningham (Professor, George Washington University Law School); Steven M. Davidoff (Professor, University of Connecticut School of Law); Jeffrey N. Gordon (Professor, Columbia Law School); Claire A. Hill (Professor, University of Minnesota School of Law); John P. Hunt (Professor, University of California at Davis School of Law); Patricia McCoy (Professor, University of Connecticut School of Law); Karl Okamoto (Professor, Drexel University, Earle Mack School of Law); Paul Rose (Professor, Ohio State University, Mortiz College of Law); Charles K. Whitehead (Professor, Cornell Law School); William J. Wilhelm, Jr. (University of Virginia, McIntireSchool of Commerce); David Zaring (Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School)
Special Remarks
Hon. Joel Ario (Insurance Commissioner, Pennsylvania Department of Insurance); Hon. Thomas R. Sullivan (Insurance Commissioner, Connecticut Insurance Department)
Keynote Speaker
William D. Cohan (Author)
Sponsors
ILC; CILJ
Regulated Lives: Life Insurance and British Societies (1800-1914)
February 11, 2010
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Jill Anderson (Professor, University of Connecticut School of Law); Tom Baker (Professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School); Geoffrey W. Clark (Professor, State University of New York College at Potsdam); Sharon Ann Murphy (Professor, Providence College)
Moderator
Peter Kochenberger (Professor & Director, Insurance Law Center, University of Connecticut School of Law)
Opening Remarks
Patricia McCoy (Professor and Director, Insurance Law Center, University of Connecticut School of Law)
Sponsors
ILC
Consumer Finance Post-Apartheid: The South African Experience
November 20-21, 2009
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Rashid Ahmed (FinMark Trust); Andre Boraine (Professor, University of Pretroia); Gerhard Coetzee (Professor, University of Pretoria); Hermie Coetzee (Professor, University of Pretoria); Rashmi Dyal-Chand (Professor, Northeastern University Law School); Kathleen C. Engel (Professor, Suffolk University Law School); Adam Feibelman (Professor, University of North Carolina School of Law); Frans Haupt (Professor, University of Pretoria); Cassandra Jones Havard (Professor, University of Baltimore School of Law); Penelope Hawkins (Feasibility Pty, Ltd.); Creola Johnson (Professor, Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law); Kathleen Keest (Center for Responsible Lending); Michelle Kelly-Louw (Professor, Univesrity of South Africa); John Kilborn (Professor, John Marshall Law School); Adam J. Levitin (Professor, Georgetown University Law Center); Patricia McCoy (Professor, University of Connecticut School of Law); Kate McKee (World Bank); Harry Rajak (Sussex Law School); Elizabeth Renuart (Professor, Albany Law School); Melanie Roestoff (Professor, University of Pretoria); Peter Setou (National Credit Regulator of South Africa); Carel van Aardt (Professor, University of South Africa); Jay L. Westbrook (Professor, University of Texas School of Law); Alan M. White (Professor, Valparaiso University School of Law); Jacob S. Ziegel (Professor, University of Toronto)
Keynote Speaker
Gabriel Davel (CEO, National Credit Regulator of South Africa)
U.S. Developments
Janis Pappalardo (U.S. Federal Trade Commission)
Sponsors
ILC; CILJ; Black Law Students Association
Remaking Financial Services Regulation
April 17, 2009
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Tom Baker (Professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School); Todd Henderson (Professor, University of Chicago Law School); Dwight Jaffee (Professor, University of California-Berkeley, Haas School of Business); Edward J. Kane (Professor, Boston College, Carroll School of Management); Patricia McCoy (Professor, University of Connecticut School of Law); Heidi Schooner (Professor, Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law); Michael Taylor (Central Bank of Bahrain); Therese Vaughan (National Association of Insurance Commissioners); Susan M. Wachter (Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School); Arthur E. Wilmarth, Jr. (Professor, George Washington University Law School)
Moderator(s)
John Clapp (Professor, University of Connecticut School of Business); Stephen Ross (Professor, University of Connecticut, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences); John Day (Professor, University of Connecticut School of Law); Peter Siegelman (Professor, University of Connecticut School of Law); James Vitarello (U.S. Government Accountability Office)
Keynote Speaker
Richard J. Hillman (Managing Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment, U.S. Government Accountability Office)
Sponsors
ILC; CILJ
Subprime Crisis: Going Forward
November 14, 2008
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Anna Gelpern (Assistant Professor, Rutgers School of Law-Newark); Alan M. White (Assistant Professor, Valparaiso University School of Law); Marsha J. Courchane (Vice President, CRA International); Lauren E. Willis (Associate Professor, Loyola Law School); Andrew Davidson (President, Andrew Davidson & Co, Inc.); Kurt Eggert (Professor and Director, Elder Law Clinic, Chapman University School of Law); Steven L. Schwarcz (Professor, Duke University School of Law); Patricia McCoy (Professor, University of Connecticut School of Law); Susan M. Wachter (Professor, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania)
Opening Remarks
Jeremy Paul (Professor, University of Connecticut School of Law); Arthur E. Wilmarth, Jr. (Professor, George Washington University Law School)
Sponsors
ILC; Connecticut Law Review
Insurance & Intellectual Property Innovation
April 4, 2008
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Tom Baker (Professor & Director, Insurance Law Center, University of Connecticut School of Law); Luigi Buzzachi (Professor, Politicnico di Torino); Frank Cuypers (Financial Risk Management, KPMG, Ltd.); Leib Dodell (President, Media/Professional Insurance); Michael Donaldson (Partner, Donaldson & Hart); Anthony Falzone (Executive Director, Fair Use Project, Stanford Law School); Robert Fletcher (CEO, Intellectual Property Insurance Services); David A. Fox (Partner, Cantor Colburn, LLP); Robert M. Hunt (Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia); Ken Goldstein (Worldwide Media Liability Manager, Chubb Specialty Services); Hillary Greene (Associate Professor and Director, Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship Clinic, University of Connecticut School of Law); Michael Knoll (Professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School); Debra Kozee (President, C&S International Brokers); Steven Kunin (Former Deputy Commissioner, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office); Willajeanne McLean (Professor, University of Connecticut School of Law); Richard Murray (Managing director, Swiss Re); Clarissa Long (Professor, Columbia University Law School); Mark Nowotarski (President, Markets, Patents & Alliances, LLC); Gideon Parchamovsky (Professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School); Guiseppe Scellato (Professor, Politicnico de Torino); Stefan Speyer (Allianz SE, Group Legal Services); Amadee Turner (Honorary Member, European Parliament); Eskil Ullberg (Professor, George Mason University)
Sponsors
ILC; Intellectual Property & Entrepreneurship Law Clinic; Geneva Association; CILJ
D&O Insurance: Shareholders’ Friend or Foe?
April 12, 2007
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Jeffrey Benner (Analyst, Moody’s Investors Service); Ganapathi Narayanamoorthy (Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign); Roberta Romano (Professor & Director, Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law); Keith Thomas (Zurich Financial Services); John C. Coffee, Jr (Professor and Director, Center for Corporate Governance, Columbia University Law School); Alicia Davis Evans (Assistant Professor, University of Michigan Law School); Donald C. Langevoort (Professor, Georgetown University Law Center); Andrew Schatz (Schatz Nobel Izard, P.C.); Martin Boyer (Professor, Universite de Montreal); Lawrence A. Cunningham (Professor, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law); Kevin M. LaCroix (Director, OakBridge Insurance Services); Thomas Wollstein (Munich Re); Tom Baker (Professor & Director, Insurance Law Center, University of Connecticut School of Law); Steven Gladstone (Senior Vice President of Claims, XL Professional); John McCarrick (Edwards, Angell, Palmer & Dodge, LLP); Robert Wallner (Milberg Weiss)
Moderators
Edward Rock (Associate Dean, University of Pennsylvania Law School); Sean J. Griffith (Professor, Fordham University School of Law); Jill E. Fisch (Professor, Fordham University School of Law); Sean M. Fitzpatrick (Senior Vice President & Special Counsel for Legal Compliance & Ethics, Chubb Corporation)
Sponsors
ILC; CILJ; Edwards, Angell, Palmer, & Dodge, LLP
Insurance Law Center Workshop: Handling Employee Dishonesty Claims
February 28, 2007
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
D.M. Studler, M.Acc. (CPA, Studler, Doyle & Company, LLC); Krista Doyle (CPA, Studler, Doyle & Company, LLC).
Sponsors
ILC
The National Insurance Act of 2006: Is a Federal Charter for Insurance Companies Necessary?
November 18, 2006
Sponsors
ILC; CBA Insurance Law Section
Insuring Catastrophic Losses: The Status of TRIA and Proposed Natural Disaster Backstops
November 15, 2006
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Todd M. Harper (Legislative Director, Office of Congressman Paul E. Kanjorski); Kenneth Feinberg (Special Master, Federal September 11 Victim Compensation Fund); Albert B. Crenshaw (News Editor, Washington Post); Mark A. Hoffman (Senior Editor, Business Insurance); Peter King (Wiley Rein & Fielding, LLP); Hon. George Dale (Commissioner of Insurance, State of Mississippi); J. Robert Wooley (Former Commissioner of Insurance, State of Louisiana); Christopher Walker (US Director, The Climate Group); Lawrence Cluff (Assistant Director, U.S. Government Accountability Office); Jeffrey D. DeBoer (President, The Real Estate Roundtable); Gregory W. Heidrich (Senior Vice President, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America); Franklin W. Nutter (President, Reinsurance Association of America); George Zanjani (Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of New York); J. Stephen Zielezenski (General Counsel, American Insurance Association); Laura A. Foggan (Wiley Rein & Fielding, LLP); Rhonda D. Orin (Partner, Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C.)
Moderator(s)
Craig A Berrington (Wiely Rein & Fielding, LLP); Lawrence H. Mirel (Wiley Rein & Fielding, LLP); Peter Kochenberger (Professor and Director, Insurance Law Center, University of Connecticut School of Law)
Opening Remarks
Thomas W. Brunner (Wiley Rein & Fielding, LLP); Craig A. Berrington (Wiley Rein & Fielding, LLP); Sandra Tvarian Stevens (Wiley Rein & Fielding, LLP); Adam Scales (Professor, Washington & Lee University School of Law)
Sponsors
ILC; Wiley Rein & Fielding, LLP
Catastrophic Risk Insurance: The Search for a Long-Term Solution
March 23, 2006
Sponsors
ILC; Wiley Rein & Fielding, LLP
Moral Hazard & Consumer Driven Health Care
Spring 2006
The Medical Malpractice Myth
December 5, 2005
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Tom Baker (Professor & Director, Insurance Law Center, University of Connecticut School of Law); Matthew Dolan (President, OneBeacon Professional Partners); Michael Koskoff (Partner, Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder); Michael McCann (Professor, University of Washington)
Moderator(s)
Adam Scales (Professor, Washington & Lee University School of Law)
Closing Remarks
Adam Scales (Associate Professor, Washington & Lee University)
Sponsors
ILC
Asbestos: Anatomy of a Tort
November 3-4, 2005
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Deborah Hensler, James Early (President, Early, Ludwick, Sweeney & Strauss, LLC); James Stengel (Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP); Mark Plevin (Partner, Crowell & Moring, LLP); Elihu Inselbuch; Lester Brickman (Professor, Cardozo Law School); Benjamin Zipursky (Professor, Fordham Law School); Ellen Pryor (Professor, Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law); Tom Baker (Professor, University of Connecticut School of Law); Glenn Brace (Claims Director, Equitas); Jeff Stempel (Professor, University of Nevada Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law); V.J. Dowling (Partner, Dowling & Partners Securities, LLC); Craig Berrington (General Counsel, American Insurance Association); John Bowman (Associate Director of Public Affairs, Association of Trial Law Lawyers of America); Patrick Hanlon (Partner, Goodwin Procter); Laurie Kazan-Allen; Christian Lahnstein; Richard Murray (Managing Director, Swiss Re); Linda Mullenix (Professor, University of Texas School of Law); Michael Green (Professor, Wake Forest University); Tony Sebok (Professor, Brooklyn Law School); Peter Schuck (Professor, Yale Law School)
Moderator(s)
Hon. Alex Kozinski & Deborah Hensler (Professor, Stanford Law School)
Opening Remarks
Adam Scales (Associate Professor, Washington & Lee University)
Sponsors
ILC; CILJ
The Role of Insurance in Preventing Medical Injury: An Antidote to Medical Malpractice
April 4, 2005
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Leslie V. Norwalk (Deputy Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services); W. Allen Schaffer (FACP Chief Clinical Officer, CIGNA); Charles Silver (Professor, University of Texas School of Law); Fay A. Rozovsky (Manager of Clinical Risk Management Consulting Services, Chubb Specialty Insurance); Susan R. Chmieleski (Vice President, Darwin Professional Underwriters); Lynda Nemeth (Compliance Officer & Director of Risk Management, Norwalk Hospital)
Moderator(s)
Eleanor DeArman Kinney (Professor & Director, Center of Law and Health, Indiana University-Indianapolis); Tom Baker (Professor & Director, Insurance Law Center, University of Connecticut School of Law)
Opening Remarks
Tom Baker (Professor and Director, Insurance Law Center, University of Connecticut School of Law)
Sponsors
ILC; CILJ; University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Office of Continuing Education; Connecticut AHEC Program
200th Anniversary of the Napoleonic Code
September 22, 2004
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Monsieur Guy Canivet (Chief Justice, Civil Supreme Court of France)
Sponsors
Office of the Dean; ILC
Litigation Management in the Insurance Industry; Professional Responsibility: Clients, Carriers and Counsels
June 14-15, 2004
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Tom Baker (Professor, University of Connecticut School of Law); Chris Bernard (President, Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association); Susan Cogswell (Insurance Commissioner, State of Connecticut); Susan Huntington (Senior Vice President, Chubb Group); Dr. Henry Jacobs (President, Hartford County Medical Association); Andrew McDonald (State Senator ‘91, chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee)
Sponsors
ILC; TTIPS
Corporate Governance at the Crossroads
April 23, 2004
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Calvin H. Johnson (Andrews & Kurth Centennial Professor in Law, University of Texas); Charles J. Elson (Edgar S. Woolard, Jr., Chair, John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, University of Delaware); Lin Peng (Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, City University of New York); Jonathan Macey (Yale Law School); Lawrence A. Cunningham, (Boston College Law School); Renee Jones (Boston College Law School); Jill Fisch (Fordham Law School); Meredith Miller (Assistant Treasurer – Policy, State of Connecticut, Office of State Treasurer); Beth Young (Senior Research Associate, The Corporate Library)
Sponsors
ILC; CILJ
The Medical Malpractice Crisis in Connecticut: What are the Causes? Is there a Cure?
April 21, 2003
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Tom Baker (Professor, University of Connecticut School of Law); Chris Bernard (President, Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association); Susan Cogswell (Insurance Commissioner, State of Connecticut); Susan Huntington (Senior Vice President, Chubb Group); Dr. Henry Jacobs (President, Hartford County Medical Association); Andrew McDonald (State Senator ‘91, chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee)
Moderator(s)
Ray Guenter (Professor, University of Connecticut School of Law)
Sponsors
ILC; Financial Service Section of the CBA; Student Health Law Society
Connecticut Insurance Law Journal Symposium: Vision 2020/: The Future of the Civil Justice System & Insurance
March 24-25, 2003
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Tom Baker (Professor, University of Connecticut School of Law); Sean Fitzpatrick (Chief Underwriting Officer, Chubb Executive Risk); Richard Murray (Chief Claims Strategist, Swiss Re); Joseph Sanders (A.A. White Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center); Ralph Winter (Professor of Strategy, Business Economics & Finance, University of British Columbia); Sheila Birnbaum (Head of Products Liability Department, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP); Amy Bouska (Principal & Consulting Actuary, Tillinghast-Towers Perrin); Robert Hartwig (Senior Vice President & Chief Economist, Insurance Information Institute); Deborah Hensler (Judge John W. Ford Professor Dispute Resolution, Stanford Law School); Christian Lahnstein (Legal Counsel, Munich Re); Paul Rheingold (Partner, Rheingold, Valet, Rheingold, Shkolnik & McCartney LLP); Anthony Champagne (Professor of Government & Politics, University of Texas at Dallas); Theodore Eisenberg (Henry Allen Mark Professor, Cornell Law School); William Ide (Counsel, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP); Robert Peck (President, Center for Constitutional Litigation, PC)
Moderator(s)
Adam Scales (Assistant Professor, Washington & Lee University School of Law) & Elizabeth Benet (Vice President, General Reinsurance Corp.)
Sponsors
ILC; American Bar Association Trial Torts and Insurance Practice Section (“TTIPS”); Geneva Association; CILJ
Should the Federal Government Charter Insurance Companies?
April 16, 2002
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Walter C. Welsh (Senior Vice President, Hartford Life Insurance Company); William B. Fisher (Vice President & Assistant General Counsel, Mass Mutual Insurance Company); Jim C. Sivon (Counsel, American Bankers Insurance Association)
Moderator(s)
Ray Guenter (Professor, University of Connecticut School of Law)
Sponsors
ILC; Connecticut Bar Association (“CBA”)
Catastrophic Risk Insurance
March 26, 2002
Liability and Insurance after September 11th
March 21-22, 2002
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Honorable Gregory Serio (New York Superintendent of Insurance); Roger Singer (General Counsel, OneBeacon); David Robb (Executive Vice President, The Hartford Financial Services); Frolly Boyd (Senior Vice President, Aetna); Robert Jerry II (University of Missouri School of Law); Howard Kunreuther (Wharton Business School); Richard Ericson (University of British Columbia); Christian Gollier (University of Toulouse); Christian Lahnstein (Munich Re R&D, Legal Counsel); Robert Hartwig (Chief Economist, Insurance Information Institute); Larry Stewart (President of Trial Lawyers Care); Richard Campbell (Chair, ABA Torts and Insurance Practice Section); Professor Linda Mullenix (University of Texas School of Law); Francois Ewald (Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, France); David Moss (Harvard Business School); Christopher Lewis (Managing Director, NetRisk, Inc.); Werner Schaad (Chief Risk Officer, Swiss Re, USA)
Moderator(s)
John Day (Connecticut Law Professor and former Virginia Insurance Commissioner); George Reider (former President, NAIC, and former Connecticut Insurance Commissioner); Charles Welsch (Edwards & Angell); Robert Googins (University of Connecticut School of Law and former Connecticut Insurance Commissioner)
Opening Remarks
Patrick Liedtke (Secretary-General, Geneva Association) & Congressman John Larson
Sponsors
ILC; Geneva Association; CILJ
Social Security: Privatization and Reform
Spring 2001
Conference on Insurance and Financial Services: China after WTO
October 15-17, 2000
Federalism, International Law and the Globalization of Financial Services
March 20, 2000
Conference for Latin American Regulators
Fall 1999
Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)
Alejandro Quiroga (Argentina); Jose Luis Contreras (Bolivia); Helio Portocarrero (Brazil); Ernesto Rios Carrasco (Chile); Javier Chaves (Costa Rica); Guillermo Argumedo (El Salvador); Edgar Baltazar Barquin Duran (Guatemala); Manuel Aguilera Verduzco (Mexico); Rosario del mar Fernandez Lopez (Panama); Carlos Alberto Lopez Chavez (Paraguay); Jorge Sanchez (Uruguay); Joel Herrera Campos (Venezuela)
Sponsors
Insurance Law Center; Connecticut Insurance Law Journal
Insurance, Risk and Responsibility: Towards a New Paradigm
April 11-12, 1999
Liability Insurance Conflict and Professional Responsibility
October 17, 1997