On May 18, 2017, HeplerBroom and the Chicagoland chapters of Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters (CPCU) are sponsoring their first annual Insurance Law and Coverage Seminar. The seminar, which will be held in Oak Brook, Illinois, will cover both first-party and third-party issues.

The HeplerBroom (HB) attorneys who are presenters specialize in various areas of insurance law and coverage. CPCUs are considered property-casualty insurance subject matter experts. [To earn the CPCU designation, insurance professionals must pass eight national exams (including tests on insurance law, accounting, risk management, and ethics), promise to abide by a Code of Professional Ethics that places clients’ needs first, and meet specific experience requirements.]

Seminar sessions include:

 Casualty/Third-Party Track

• Medical Fraud: Determining the Starting Point in Medical Insurance Investigation Claims
  • Eric Moch (HB) & Christine Sullivan (CPCU)

• Professional and Medical Liability Law
  • Linda Hay (HB) & Anne Oldenburg (HB)

• Construction Coverage & Risk Transfer
  • Aleen Tiffany (HB) & Jose Suarez (AINS, CRIS, CLCS))

• Employment Practices Liability Coverage: Addressing Employment-based Claims
  • Jessica Galanos (HB), Michael Young (HB), & Co-presenter (to be announced)

Property/First-Party Track

• What the Hail! Issues Surrounding Assignment of Claim Benefits, Appraisals and Public Adjusters
  • James DuChateau (HB) & Sherri King (State Auto Insurance)

• How Claims, Underwriting, and Agency Should Work Together to Avoid Bad Faith and Liability Exposures
  • Tony Tunney (HB) & Co-presenter (to be announced)

• Whose Claim Is It Anyway? Claims Involving Mortgagees, Foreclosures, and Bankruptcies
  • Isaac Melton (HB) & Roger Krupp (CPCU)

• Panel Discussion: Cyber Liability and Data Breach
  • Glenn Davis (HB), Robb Sands (HB), Zack Schmiesing (CPCU), Jarrett Kolthoff (Speartip), & Jason Betke (Lockton)

Those with the CPCU designation will be eligible to earn CE credits.