Past Symposia and Events

The U.S. and China: Retirement Security, Pensions and Insurance

Retirement Security, Pensions and Insurance

Fourth Annual Insurance Law Conference

Presented By:

The Insurance Law Center at UConn School of Law & Renmin Law School

 

8:00: Continental Breakfast

9:00 Opening Remarks by Comptroller Kevin Lembo

10: – 11:15: Panel 1: Annuities & Retirement Planning

Moderator: Walter Welsh, Adjunct Professor of Law, UConn Law School

Jeyaraj Vadiveloo, Professor in Residence, Director of UConn’s Janet and Mark L. Goldenson Center for Actuarial Research, Department of Mathematics

Jiatian Xu, Ph.D. Candidate in Actuarial Science, UConn

Professor Jianfei Li, Renmin University Law School

Professor Brenda Cude, University of Georgia

11:15 – 11:30 Break

11:30 – 12:45 Panel 2: Private & Public Pensions – Stability and Guaranty Funds

Moderator: Brendan Maher, Director of the Insurance Law Center and Connecticut Mutual Professor of Law

Jun Yao, Chief Legal Counsel at Ping An Insurance (Group) Company

Professor Ning Ma, Northwest University of Politics and Law, and 2017-2018 Visiting Scholar at UConn Law School

William Goddard, Partner, Day Pitney LLC and Adjunct Professor of Law, UConn Law School

James Regalbuto Deputy Superintendent for Life Insurance at the New York Department of Financial Services

12:45 – 1:45 Lunch

1:45 – 3:00 Panel 3: Longevity Risk

Moderator: Professor Brendan Maher

Patricia McCoy, Liberty Mutual Insurance Professor of Law, Boston College Law School

Professor Linqing Jia, Renmin University Law School,

Andrew Stumpff Morrison, Lecturer at University of Michigan Law School

3:00 – 3:15 Break

3:15 – 4:30 Panel 4 Retirement Security, Insurance and Consumer Protection

Moderator: Peter Kochenburger, Deputy Director, Insurance Law Center, Associate Clinical Professor of Law

Mary Ellen Breault, Director of Life & Health Division, Connecticut Insurance Department

Professor Qihao He, China University of Political Science and Law

James Regalbuto Deputy Superintendent for Life Insurance at the New York Department of Financial Services

Concluding Remarks

 

Admission is free and continental breakfast and lunch provided for those who register prior to October 9, 2017.

Register online by October 9, 2017.

Insurance in the Age of Trump: Thursday, April 13

The Insurance Law Center presents the 2017 Insurance Law Conference at the University of Connecticut School of Law. Please join us for a keynote address by Michael McRaith, former Director of the Federal Insurance Office, and panels featuring insurance regulators and academics debating insurance and insurance regulation under the Trump Administration. Among the topics will be health insurance proposals, international regulatory issues, cybersecurity, and Big Data and consumer protection. Many people are saying this will be the best conference ever. 

Schedule 

8:15-9:00 – Breakfast and Registration 

9:00-10:15 – One of the Best Panels Ever (Moderator: Brendan Maher) 

Amy Monahan, UMinn, Deregulated Health Insurance 

Kyle Logue, UMichigan, Medicaid, Block Grants, and Fiscal Federalism 

Catherine Grason, Maryland Insurance Administration 

10:15-11:00 – A Magnificent Morning Keynote 

Michael T. McRaith (former Director of the Federal Insurance Office) 

11:00-12:15 – A Really, Really Terrific Panel (Moderator: Adam Scales) 

Rick Swedloff, Rutgers, Insurers, Big Data, and Policyholder Statements 

Daniel Schwarcz, UMinn, Regulation by Threat: Dodd-Frank and the Non-Bank Problem 

Elizabeth Dwyer, Rhode Island Insurance Division 

12:15-1:00 – A Lunch For Winners (in Starr Reading Room) 

1:00-2:15 – A Panel Everyone Will Love (Moderator: Brendan Maher) 

Peter Molk, Willamette, Homeowners Insurance: Valued Policy Regulation 

Jay Feinman, Rutgers, Approaches to the State Regulation of Homeowners Insurance 

Peter Kochenburger, Insurance & Cybersecurity 

2:15-3:30 – A Panel That Will Win in a Landslide (Moderator: Peter Kochenburger) 

Tom Baker, UPenn, Regulating Robo Advice Across the Financial Services Industry 

Pat McCoy, Boston College, Knightian Uncertainty, Systemic Risk Regulation, and The Limits of Judicial Review 

Brendan Maher, UConn, Unlocking Exchanges 

3:30-3:45 Break 

3:45-4:45 Probably the Most-Watched Panel in History (Moderator: Pat McCoy) 

Natalya Shnitser, Boston College, The Town Decides: Local Management of Retiree Healthcare Liabilities 

Anne Melissa Dowling, Illinois Department of Insurance (formerly), A Former Regulator’s Thoughts on the Regulatory Impact of Big Data 

Symposium on Developments in and Enduring Challenges of Bad Faith Litigation – CBA CLE Event

The Insurance Law Center and Insurance Law Section of the CBA will be co-sponsoring a Symposium on Developments in and Enduring Challenges of Bad Faith Litigation on February 23, 2017 at 1:30.  The event will be held in the William R. Davis Courtroom, William F. Starr Hall, 55 Elizabeth Street, Hartford, CT.

Program Agenda:

1:30 Opening Remarks

Marilyn B. Fagelson

1:40 Panel I: What is Bad Faith in 2017?

Gerald P. Dwyer, Jr. (“Kip”)

Peter Kochenburger

Elizabeth J. Stewart

3:10 Break

3:30 Panel II: Bad Faith Litigation – Discovery and Proof at Trial

Hon. Charles T. Lee

Elizabeth F. Ahlstrand

Robert D. (“Bert”) Helfand

5:00 Networking Reception

 

Cost: Includes a snack break and networking reception

Member: $85

Non-Member: $175

Law Student: Free

Materials for this seminar will be e-mailed to registrants prior to the seminar for download. No paper copies will be prepared. Please note that refunds will not be granted once course materials have been received.

The Connecticut Bar Association/CT Bar Institute is an accredited provider of New York State CLE. This program qualifies for transitional and non-transitional credits. Financial hardship information available upon request.

Fifth Annual National Benefits & Social Insurance Conference

UConn School of Law Insurance Law Center will host the Fifth Annual National Benefits & Social Insurance Conference, where benefit experts from around the country will convene to discuss the law and policy of retirement, healthcare, disability insurance, and more. The Assistant Secretary of Labor, Phyllis Borzi, will be the keynote speaker.

Attendees should contact Patricia Carbray at patricia.carbray@uconn.edu or 860-570-5184 to receive the password needed to download the conference papers.

Schedule:

8:15-9:00

Breakfast & Registration

9:00-10:00

Phyllis Borzi, Keynote Speech

10:00-11:30

D. Muir (Michigan), Addressing the Failure of Behavioral Economics Theory in IRA Rollovers

K. Moore (Kentucky), Closing the Retirement Savings Coverage Gap: Are State-Mandated Automatic Enrollment IRAs the Answer? (password req.)

J. Turner (PPC), The Pension Mis-Selling Scandal at the SEC. (password req.)

Moderator: A. Stumpf (Michigan)

11:30-12:45 (Lunch panel)

N. Huberfeld (Kentucky), Health Care and the Myth of Self-Reliance

B. Maher (UConn), Characterizing the ACA

Moderator: J. Cogan (UConn)

12:45-2:00

I. Goldowitz (PBGC), Funding of Public Sector Pension Plans: What Can Be Learned from the Private Sector? (password req.)

N. Shnitser (Boston College), “Trusting the Retiree Healthcare Promise” (can be accessed through Hein Online)

J. Forman (Oklahoma), Removing the Legal Impediments to Offering Lifetime Annuities in Pension Plans (password req.)

Moderator: D. Pratt (Albany)

2:15-3:30

P. Wiedenbeck (Wash. U), Untrustworthy: ERISA’s Broken Promise (password req.)

A. Monahan (Minnesota), Sovereign Promises

D. Bogan (Oklahoma), Proper Party Defendants in ERISA 502(a)(1)(B) Actions. (password req.)

N. Stein (Drexel), The Church Plan Phenomenon (password req.)

Moderator: N. Stein (double-duty)

3:45-5:00

M. Hylton (Boston University), Thinking Ahead: Some Reflections on the Forthcoming Friedrichs Decision and its Implications for Public Sector

Employee Benefits

P. Secunda (Marquette), Lack of Super Enforcement in Australia

R. Pathak (Whittier), Robust Enforcement at Last? Medical Providers as the New ERISA Enforcers

Moderator: Maher (UConn)

 

Contact Patricia Carbray (patricia.carbray@uconn.edu) or 860-570-5184.

Getting to Less: Symposium on Strategies for Reducing Discovery in Insurance Coverage

Presented by:

The Connecticut Bar Association Insurance Law Section and The Insurance Law Center, University of Connecticut School of Law

Seminar Code: EIL160226

CLE Credit: 3.0 Hours

About the program:

Discovery is time-consuming and expensive.  This symposium will begin by looking at some of the many strategies for reducing and streamlining discovery that have been adopted by practice rules in federal and state courts, or by judicial order in specific cases.  Panel presentations and breakout groups will consider the benefits and dangers of applying those strategies to reduce discovery in specific types of insurance coverage cases.  

Who Should Attend:

Both the new lawyer and experienced litigator will benefit from this symposium

You will learn:

About various efforts to streamline discovery in civil litigation generally, and in specialties other than insurance coverage

About the recommendations of the Committee on Discovery and Expedited Litigation

How reducing discovery might work for specific coverage issues

Program Chairs:

Marilyn Fagelson, Murtha Cullina LLP, New Haven

Regen O’Malley, Gordon & Rees LLP, Glastonbury

Speakers:

Hon. William Bright, Connecticut Superior Court, Tolland Judicial District

Hon. Charles Lee, Connecticut Superior Court, Ansonia-Milford Judicial District

Elizabeth Ahlstrand, Seiger Gfeller Laurie LLP, West Hartford

Bethany Barrese, Saxe Doernberger & Vita PC, Hamden

Assaf Ben-Atar, Pullman & Comley LLC, Bridgeport

Bruce Bennett, McGivney & Kluger PC, Brookfield

Marilyn Fagelson, Murtha Cullina LLP, New Haven

Melissa Federico, Murtha Cullina LLP, Hartford

David G. Jordan, Saxe Doernberger & Vita PC, Hamden

Peter Kochenburger, Executive Director, Insurance Law LLM Program; Deputy Director, Insurance Law Center, Hartford

Michael McCormack, O’Sullivan McCormack Jensen & Bliss PC, Wethersfield

Leslie Gold McPadden, Leslie Gold McPadden, Counselor at Law LLC, Hamden

John C. Pitblado, Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, Hartford

Matthew J. Shiroma, Day Pitney LLP, Hartford

Robin Taylor Symons, Gordon & Rees LLP, Miami

Program Agenda:

1:30 – Welcome: Peter Kochenburger, Executive Director, Insurance Law LLM Program; Deputy Director, Insurance Law Center

1:35 – Panel 1

Peter Kochenburger – Moderator

Hon. William Bright, Connecticut Superior Court – Report on Work of Committee on Discovery and Expedited Litigation

David G. Jordan, Saxe Doernberger & Vita PC, and Michael McCormack, O’Sullivan McCormack Jensen & Bliss PC – The new Federal Rules and

other discovery strategies around the country

2:35 – Break

2:50 – Panel 2

Hon. Charles Lee, Connecticut Superior Court – Moderator

Elizabeth Ahlstrand, Seiger Gfeller Laurie LLP – Superstorm Sandy cases

Robin Taylor Symons, Gordon & Rees LLP – Florida and other states’ rules limiting discovery in bad faith cases

Marilyn Fagelson, Murtha Cullina LLP – ABA Manual for Complex Insurance Coverage Litigation

3:50 – Break

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4:00 – Breakout Groups

1-General Liability

Bethany Barrese, Saxe Doernberger & Vita, PC

Bruce Bennett, McGivney & Kluger PC

2-Property

Assaf Ben-Atar, Pullman & Comley LLC

3-D&O and E&O

John C. Pitblado, Carlton Fields Jorden Burt

Melissa Federico, Murtha Cullina LLP

4-Personal Lines (Auto and Homeowners)

Leslie McPadden, Biller Sachs Raio & Zito

Matthew J. Shiroma, Day Pitney LLP

4:45 – Report of Each Breakout Group: Moderated by Regen O’Malley, Gordon & Rees LLP

5:00-6:00 – Networking Event

 

 

Cost: Includes snack breaks and a post-program reception, with one complimentary wine or beer

CBA Member – $80

Non-Member – $175

Law/Paralegal Student – FREE

*If you require reasonable accommodations for a disability, please contact the Law School at 860-570-5130 or via email at law.access@uconn.edu.

Materials for this seminar will be e-mailed to registrants prior to the seminar for download. No paper copies will be prepared. Please note that refunds will not be granted once course materials have been received.

The Connecticut Bar Association/CT Bar Institute is an accredited provider of New York State CLE. This program qualifies for transitional and non-transitional credits. Financial hardship information available upon request.

The U.S. and China: New Insurance Products, New Regulatory Challenge

Second Annual Insurance Law Conference
Presented By:
The Insurance Law Center at UConn School of Law
& Renmin Law School

The U.S. & China: New Insurance Products, New Regulatory Challenges

Friday, October 9, 2015

UConn School of Law, Hartford Connecticut

Keynote Speaker:  Thomas Sullivan, Associate Director, Federal Reserve Board

Panels:

·         Cyber Risk & Insurance

·         Big Data, Price Optimization and Consumer Protection

·         Regulation of Insurance Intermediaries

·         Resolution of Insurance Disputes

·         Best Practices for Consumer Disclosures

Please join us on Friday, October 9 as we explore Chinese and U.S. perspectives on Insurance, Regulation, and Consumer Protection.   Our panelists are leading scholars, practitioners and regulators in these fields, and we are joined by experts from Renmin Law School, the University of International Business & Economics, and the General Counsel of Ping An Insurance Group of China.

Admission is free and continental breakfast and lunch provided for those who register prior to October 5, 2015.

Conference Agenda:

8:15 – 9:00      Continental Breakfast

9:00 – 9:15      Opening Remarks

9:15 – 10:00     Keynote Address:

                          Thomas Sullivan, Associate Director, Federal Reserve Board (with time for questions)

10:00 – 10:15  Break

10:15 – 11:15   Panel 1:  Cyber Risk & Insurance

–          Professor Jia Linqing, Deputy Director of Maritime Law and of the Insurance Law Research Institute, Renmin University of China Law School

–         Mr. John Buchanan, Partner, Covington & Burling, Washington D.C.

–        Ms. Paula M. Pallozzi, Associate Director, Rhode Island Insurance Division

11:15 – 12:30  Panel 2: Big Data, Price Optimization and Consumer Protection

–          Professor Peter Molk, Willamette University College of Law

–          Mr. David Snyder, Vice President, International Policy, Property Casualty   Insurers Association of America

–           Professor Peter Kochenburger, Deputy Director, Insurance Law Center

12:30 – 1:30                            Lunch

1:30 – 2:30      Panel 3:  Regulation of Insurance Intermediaries

–          Professor Xin Chen, Director of the Insurance Law Center and the Law and Economics Center, University of International Business and Economics

–          Mr. Wes Bissett, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and State Relations, Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America, Inc.

–          Professor Jeffrey Stempel, Doris S. and Theodore B. Lee Professor of Law, University of Nevada Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law

2:30 – 3:30      Panel 4:  Resolution of Insurance Disputes

–          Mr. Jun Yao, Chief Legal Officer, Ping An Insurance Group of China

–          Mr. John Buchanan, Partner, Covington & Burling, Washington D.C.

–          Professor Brendan Maher, Director of the Insurance Law Center

3:30 – 3:45                  Break

3:45 – 5:00      Panel 5:  Best Practices in Consumer Disclosures

–          Professor Haibao Xing, Renmin University of China Law School

–          Professor Mark Geistfeld, Sheila Lubetsky Birnbaum Professor of Civil Litigation, New York University School of Law

–          Professor Patricia McCoy, Liberty Mutual Insurance Professor of Law, Boston College Law School

–          Ms. Lynn Quincy, Director of the Health Care Value Hub, Consumers Union

5:00                 Concluding Remarks

The Affordable Care Act Turns Five

Keynote Speaker: Kathleen Sebelius, Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services

Sponsored by: The Connecticut Insurance Law Journal and Insurance Law Center at UConn Law School

Keynote Speaker:

Kathleen Sebelius, Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services

Sponsored by:

The Connecticut Insurance Law Journal and Insurance Law Center at UConn Law School

Please join us for an in-depth consideration of the first five tumultuous years of the Affordable Care Act—and predictions for its future. Our keynote speaker, Kathleen Sebelius, was the Secretary of Health & Human Services during and after the ACA’s passage. Our panelists will include leading economists, law professors, and industry representatives who have spent much of their last five years thinking about the one of the most hotly-debated laws in American history. The event will take place in the William F. Starr Hall on the Law School campus in Hartford, Connecticut. Registration is free and breakfast and lunch provided for those who register by April 13, 2015.

Symposium Agenda

MORNING

8:00-8:45 Registration, Breakfast, & Opening Remarks

8:45-10:00 PANEL ONE: The ACA Today | Moderator: Brendan S. Maher, 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)

10:00-10:15 Break

10:15-11:30 PANEL TWO: Rethinking & Reform | Moderator: Jill Anderson, Kyle D. Logue (University of Michigan Law School) , Patricia A.

McCoy (Boston College Law School), William M. Sage (University of Texas Law School

LUNCH

11:30-1:00 Lunch & Keynote Address : Kathleen Sebelius (former Governor of Kansas and & Secretary of HHS)

AFTERNOON

1:00-2:20 PANEL THREE: Views of the Cathedral | Moderator: Radha Pathak, 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)

2:20-3:35 PANEL FOUR: ACA Economics | Moderator: Peter Siegelman, 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)

3:35-3:45 Break

3:45-5:00 PANEL FIVE: Living in an ACA World | Moderator: John A. Cogan, Nima Farzan (Chief Operating Officer, PaxVax) , Charles Klippel

(Deputy General Counsel, Aetna), Thomas Leonardi (Former Connecticut Insurance Commissioner)

Please contact Patricia Carbray with any questions.

Connecticut Risk Management Conference

Join us at the 3rd annual Connecticut Risk Management Conference which has been designed to focus on Enterprise Risk Management and its very diverse challenges. This conference will bring together professionals engaged in risk management, senior management, and regulators, as well as faculty members and students in UConn’s MS in Financial Risk Management (MSFRM) Program.

This conference, organized by UConn’s highly successful MSFRM graduate degree program is being sponsored by the University of Connecticut’s

School of Business and the Insurance Law Center at UConn School of Law.

WHEN & WHERE:

Friday, March 20, 2015

8:00 am – 4:30 pm

UConn Stamford Campus

1 University Place

Stamford, CT

KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY:

THOMAS SULLIVAN ’00 EMBA

Associate Director

Federal Reserve, Board of Governors

The Evolution and Assessment of ERM in

Financial Institution Supervision and Regulation

 

When & Where:

March 20, 2015

8:00 am – 9:00 am — Breakfast & Networking

9:00 am -3:45 pm — Program

UConn Stamford Campus

Gen Re Auditorium

1 University Place

Stamford, CT

Directions

*Free parking available in UConn parking garage

 

Pricing:

$200.00 for general attendees

$100.00 for CFA members

$100.00 for MSFRM Alumni

* Breakfast and lunch are included

 

Conference Agenda

Registration and Breakfast (8:00-9:00 AM)

Session #1 (9:00-10:00)—“ERM: The Big Picture”

Panel Discussion covers: Risk Culture and Appetite, creating an ERM framework, the importance of Financial Risk Management

Dan Bley, Chief Risk Officer, Webster Bank

Steve Gruppo, Chief Risk Officer, TIAA-CREF

Jacob Rosengarten, Chief Risk Officer, XL Group

Ann Rodriguez, Head of Enterprise & Operational Risk, GE Capital (Moderator)

Session #2 (10:00—11:00)—“Operational Risks: from Cyber to Systemic”

Panel Discussion covers: strong focus on Cyber Risk (risks and impact of cyber attack NOT cyber prevention technology)

John Bonora, SVP Chief Risk and Chief Credit Officer, First County Bank

Shawn Dahl, Principal, Risk Advisory Services & National Leader, Enterprise Risk Management, McGladrey LLP

Patrick Amon, Managing Director & Partner, Global Risk Management Advisors (Moderator)

Break (11:00-11:15)

Session #3 (11:15-12:15)—“Regulations & Governance”

Panel Discussion led by UConn School of Law and will focus on two issues: (1) insurers as a source of cyber risk and the role of ERM and corporate

governance in addressing it, and (2) cyber insurance as a tool to manage cyber security and risk

Robert Easton, Executive Deputy Superintendent, NY Dept. of Financial Services

Tom Farrish, Partner, Day Pitney

Damon Vocke, President, Gen Re

Peter Kochenburger, Executive Director, Insurance Law Center, UConn School of Law (Moderator)

Lunch (12:15-1:00)

Keynote Speaker (1:00-1:30-approx)

Thomas Sullivan

Associate Director

Federal Reserve, Board of Governors

“The evolution and assessment of ERM in financial institution supervision and regulation.”

Break (1:30-1:45)

Session #4 (1:45-2:45)— “Non-ethical Behavior vs. Enforcement”

Panel Discussion covers: the need for “model regulators”, instilling ethics in culture, compliance, fraud, etc.

David Chaves, Special Agent-Hedge Funds, FBI

John Preli, Director and Trust & Compliance Officer, IBM Trust & Compliance

Lizabeth Zlatkus, Board Director, Legal & General (Moderator)

Break (2:45-3:00)

Session #5 (3-4:00)—“Key Future Trends”

A panel discussion on key future trends in enterprise risk management and risk management in general.

Andrea Kersken, Sr. Director, Enterprise & Financial Risk Management, IBM

Jim Mello, Research Director, CEB Risk Management Leadership Council, The Executive Board (Moderator)

Networking (4:00-4:30)

 

For more detailed information & an up-to-date schedule please click here

Please contact Katherine Ruiz with any questions concerning the event by emailing: Katherine.Ruiz@business.uconn.edu

Insurance Claim Handling: Rights, Wrongs and Remedies

This program will begin with a primer on the submission of a claim and the processes used in handling property and casualty claims presented by a third party administrator, a broker and a  public adjuster.  The second panel will explore a range of remedies for those occasions when claims handling goes wrong, including  common law bad faith and Connecticut statutory law.  The Symposium will conclude with a discussion of the Connecticut Insurance Department’s role in policing market conduct and market conduct exams, including a review of current claim handling trends, what can trigger an exam

Who Should Attend:

This seminar is relevant for practitioners of all experience levels, and for students and others who are interested in learning about Insurance Law.

Agenda:

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. A Practical Guide To Handling Insurance Claims

Marilyn B. Fagelson (Moderator), Murtha Cullina LLP, New Haven

Rick Howley, Vice President/Senior Claims Consultant, Willis HRH, Hartford

Todd Moler, Public Adjuster & President, The Public’s Adjuster LLC, Hamden

Kathy Owens, AIC, AIS, Vice President, Claims Technical Director, Crosswalk Claims Management LLC, Plantsville

2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Break

2:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Litigating Common Problem Areas

Peter Siegelman (Moderator), Interim Director, Insurance Law Center, UConn Law School, Hartford

Dennis O. Brown, Gordon & Rees LLP, Hartford

Robert M. Langer, Wiggin and Dana LLP, Adjunct Professor, University of Connecticut School of Law, Hartford

Ryan M. Suerth, Suerth LLC, Madison

4:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. A Conversation With the Connecticut Insurance Department

Peter Kochenburger (Moderator), Executive Director, Insurance Law Center, UConn Law School, Hartford

Anthony Caporale, Counsel, Connecticut Insurance Department, Hartford

Kurt Swan, Director of the Market Conduct Division, Connecticut Insurance Department, Hartford

4:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Reception

 

Event Cost:

CBA Member $80

Non-Member $175

Law/Paralegal Student $30

UConn Law Students & Faculty Free with pre-registration

 

Registration includes one wine or beer at the post-program reception.

 

Program Chairs:

Elizabeth Ahlstrand, Seiger Gfeller Laurie LLP, West Hartford

Assaf Ben-Atar, Pullman & Comley LLC, Bridgeport

Marilyn Fagelson, Murtha Cullina LLP, New Haven

Melissa Federico, Murtha Cullina LLP, Hartford

Peter Kochenburger, UConn Law School, Hartford

Regen O’Malley, Gordon & Rees LLP, Glastonbury

Greg Podolak, Saxe Doernberger & Vita PC, Hamden

** CLE materials for this seminar will be e-mailed to registrants prior to the seminar for download. Please note that refunds are not available with less than two business days’ notice.

The Connecticut Bar Association/CT Bar Institute is an accredited provider of New York State CLE. Financial hardship information available upon request.

If you require reasonable accommodations for a disability, please contact the Law School at 860-570-5130 or via email at law.access@uconn.edu at least two weeks in advance.