KCIC will once again be at the ABA Section of Litigation – Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee CLE Seminar at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort in Tucson, Ariz. The conference takes place next week, March 1-4. KCIC is an event sponsor and will host a pre-event cocktail reception from 5-6:30 pm on March 1, at the Cascades Lounge. On […]
Last month at Perrin’s Emerging Insurance Coverage and Allocation Issues Conference in Philadelphia, I spoke on a panel about the Bermuda form general liability policy. Joining me were Jay Konkel from Morgan Lewis and Elissa Isaacs from Steptoe. The Bermuda form presents some unique coverage issues, which we covered from our distinct perspectives. Bermuda Form […]
KCIC was honored to sponsor the annual meeting of the American College of Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel (ACCEC) for the second year in a row. This year’s meeting did not disappoint. The high-caliber content included panels on cyber coverage, policyholder conflicts around D&O panel counsel lists, and third-party defense bill reviews. One important topic was […]
Conference season is upon us, and it’s been a whirlwind few months for KCIC. Our team has attended, and in many cases also spoken at, several industry gatherings. And, we will be at one next week, when we exhibit at RIMS 2016. In February, I had the honor of co-chairing my first conference of the […]
Looking ahead to the 2016 conference schedule, I’m really looking forward to the first event on my calendar: HB Litigation’s Emerging and Complex Insurance Claims Forum in Los Angeles, Feb. 25-26. It’s an event I’m chairing, that KCIC is sponsoring, and that my colleague, Carrie Scott, will be speaking at, as well. The focus of the […]
This is the first in a series of blog posts about Elizabeth Hanke’s “Breaking Down the Data” presentation, which created a great deal of buzz at the Perrin National Asbestos Litigation Conference in September. I love crisscrossing data. The only thing more fun is sharing your findings. I had the opportunity to do both after […]
In a previous post, we looked at cyber and data breach coverage issues in the context of traditional policies. But what if your current Commercial General Liability (CGL) policy has been found in litigation to provide no coverage or now contains an exclusion for certain, or all, cyber-related liabilities? You may need a separate cyber-only […]
Cyber risk is a hot and evolving topic in risk management. With available coverage products and the law still emerging, policyholders need to be vigilant to ensure they’re adequately protected. KCIC recently discussed this expansive topic with individuals offering two different perspectives: Lon Berk, Partner at Hunton & Williams, and Laura Foggan, Partner at Wiley Rein, […]
Elizabeth Hanke was recently re-appointed as a co-chair for the Women in Insurance Subcommittee of the ABA Section of Litigation – Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee. This post is part of an occasional series on women in law — and beyond. In an earlier post, I touched on some of the topics tackled when I served […]
I’m looking forward to speaking at the Perrin National Asbestos Litigation Conference, Sept. 28-30, at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. It’s a great conference for KCIC to attend and sponsor, as many users of our Ligado platform will be there — both defendants and their counsel. During the conference’s many panels, both sides of the […]
