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.

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The Insurance Law Center is pleased to invite you to a lunchtime lecture by Margarida Lima Rego, Professor, Nova School of Law, Lisbon.

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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.

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Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)

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

Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)

Sponsors

UConn Law; ILC

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)

Insurance Law Center; Connecticut Bar Association’s Insurance Law Section; Rutgers Center for Risk and Responsibility

Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)

Sponsors

UConn Law; ILC

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

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

Sponsors

ILC; the Connecticut Insurance & Financial Services Cluster

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

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

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

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)

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

Keynote Speaker

Thomas Sullivan (Associate Director, Federal Reserve, Board of Governors)

Sponsors

UConn’s School of Business; ILC

Sponsors

Renmin Law School; The Insurance Law Center; The University of Connecticut School of Law at Renmin University in Beijing, China

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

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

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

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

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

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

Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)

Mark Weiner (Visiting Professor)

Sponsors

ILC

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

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

Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)

Donald Rogers (Author)

Sponsors

ILC; UConn Co-Op

Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)

Wenette Jacobs (Professor, University of South Africa)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)

D.M. Studler, M.Acc. (CPA, Studler, Doyle & Company, LLC); Krista Doyle (CPA, Studler, Doyle & Company, LLC).

Sponsors

ILC

Sponsors

ILC; CBA Insurance Law Section

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

Sponsors

ILC; Wiley Rein & Fielding, LLP

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

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

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

Panelist(s)/Speaker(s)

Monsieur Guy Canivet (Chief Justice, Civil Supreme Court of France)

Sponsors

Office of the Dean; ILC

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

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

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

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

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”)

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

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