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• New and Evolved Types of Insurance Policies
• Interpreting Coverage Contract Language
• Causes of Action
• Current Issues in Duty to Defend, Duty to Indemnify
• Calculating and Proving Loss
• The Latest in Subrogation and Liens
• Other Challenges in Insurance Law Practice
• Ethics

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New and Evolved Types of Insurance Policies
10:00 - 10:30, Dustin T. Woehl

• Personal
• Professional Liability
• Specialty

Interpreting Coverage Contract Language
10:30 - 11:45, M. Gregory Simpson

• Policy Limits
• Exceptions
• Conditions
• Waivers
• Common Bases for Denial
• Pre-Existing Conditions
• Assumption of Risk
• Contributory Negligence
• Insured's Breach of Contract
• Lack of Causation
• Statute of Limitations
• Wear and Tear
• Concealment, Misrepresentation and/or Fraud on Application
• Appraisal Disputes
• Other Common Insurance Defenses
• Denial Letters

Causes of Action
12:00 - 1:00, M. Gregory Simpson

• Contract Claims
• Fraud/Misrepresentation
• Rescission/Post-Claim Underwriting
• Bad Faith
• Attorneys' Fees
• Consumer Sales Practices Act
• Others

Current Issues in Duty to Defend, Duty to Indemnify
1:00 - 1:30, Robert P. Thavis

Calculating and Proving Loss
2:00 - 2:30, Dustin T. Woehl

• Trigger-of-Coverage Theories
• Damages Update
• Actual
• Compensatory
• Punitive
• Are Elements of Bad Faith Present?

The Latest in Subrogation and Liens
2:30 - 3:00, Dustin T. Woehl

• MMSEA
• Medical Liens
• New Subrogation Traps and Tactics

Other Challenges in Insurance Law Practice
3:15 - 4:00, Robert P. Thavis

• "Favored Vendor" - What if the Work Quality is Sub-Par?
• Bankruptcy of Insurer or Insured
• Multiple Insureds
• Multiple Insurers/Policies
• Excess Coverage

Ethics
4:00 - 5:00, Robert P. Thavis

• The Rights and Duties of the Insurers, Insureds and Attorneys
• Agent/Broker Liability
• Circumstances Leading to Conflict: Antagonistic Interests
• Disputing Coverage and Waiver Concepts
• Confidentiality and Privilege Issues for Billing Information
• Issues With Representing Multiple Clients
• Attorneys' Fees

M. GREGORY SIMPSON is an attorney with Meagher & Geer, P.L.L.P., where his main areas of practice are insurance litigation, employment litigation, ethics and construction. Mr. Simpson speaks for the Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute. He is a member of the Minnesota State (Labor and Employment Section) and Hennepin County Bar Association (Ethics Committee) bar associations. Mr. Simpson earned his B.A. degree from Reed College and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from the University of Minnesota Law School.

ROBERT P. THAVIS is a shareholder in the Minneapolis law firm of Leonard, Street and Deinard and founded the firm's insurance coverage practice group. Mr. Thavis has extensive experience representing corporate policyholders in state and federal trial and appellate courts in numerous jurisdictions in a broad range of coverage disputes, including litigation seeking coverage for suits alleging securities and financial fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, unfair competition and other business torts, construction, intellectual property, product liability, and large casualty and business interruption claims. He earned his J.D. degree from Yale Law School. Mr. Thavis is a member of the Hennepin County, Minnesota State (member, Civil Litigation Section), Federal and American bar associations, and is particularly active in the Section of Litigation's Insurance Coverage Committee, including service as vice chair of the committee and chair of its mid-year meeting. He is a frequent lecturer on insurance coverage issues both locally and nationally.

DUSTIN T. WOEHL is an attorney with Kasdorf Lewis & Swietlik SC, where he practices in the areas of litigation and insurance defense. He has spoken to various groups on wrongful death, evidence issues and legal ethics. Mr. Woehl earned his B.A. degree from Carleton College and his J.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin and Wisconsin Defense Counsel.

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