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1. Interpreting Insurance Policies: Limits, Exclusions, Benefits and Thresholds
2. Subrogation Basics
3. When Does a Claim Cross Into Bad Faith?
4. Negotiating a Settlement With the Insurance Company
5. Discovery in a Coverage Case
6. Legislative Trends and Beyond-the-Basics Challenges
7. Ethical Dilemmas
8. Mediation

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1. Interpreting Insurance Policies: Limits, Exclusions, Benefits and Thresholds
   9:00 - 9:40, Rob Bruer
   1. Liability
   2. UM/UIM
   3. PIP/No Fault
   4. Other Relevant Insurance
   5. Case Law Update
2. Subrogation Basics
   9:40 - 10:15, Rob Bruer
   1. Types of Subrogation and Parties Involved
   2. Interpreting Coverage
   3. Principles, Rules and Limitations
   4. Liens and Exceptions
3. When Does a Claim Cross Into Bad Faith?
   10:30 - 11:15, Rob Bruer
   1. Statutory Causes of Action
      1. Misrepresentation
      2. Denial of Coverage
      3. Unreasonable Delays
   2. Agent and Broker Liability
   3. Case Law Update
4. Negotiating a Settlement With the Insurance Company
   11:15 - 12:00, Michael J. Mohlman
   1. Initial Investigation of Facts and Documents
   2. Proposing a Reasonable Resolution
   3. Getting Prompt Response Without Igniting Conflict
   4. Negotiating Tactics
5. Discovery in a Coverage Case
   1:00 - 1:45, Michael J. Mohlman
   1. Proof of Loss
   2. Pre-Suit Discovery for the Plaintiff
   3. Types of Information to Be Discovered
   4. Using Investigators
   5. Identifying and Deposing Lay and Expert Witnesses
   6. Contested Areas
   7. Common Logistical Problems to Avoid
6. Legislative Trends and Beyond-the-Basics Challenges
   1:45 - 2:30, Donald P. Herron
   1. Insurer Insolvency
   2. Additional Insureds and Competing Demands for Coverage
   3. Enforceability of Mandatory Arbitration Clauses
   4. Post-Injury Conduct that May Void the Insurer's Obligations
7. Ethical Dilemmas
   2:45 - 3:45, Donald P. Herron
   1. Tripartite Relationship
   2. Attorney's Fees
   3. Declining Representation and Referring Cases Out
8. Mediation
   3:45 - 4:30, Donald P. Herron
   1. Procedure
   2. Choosing a Neutral
   3. Creating Succinct and Powerful Mediation Submissions
   4. Negotiating Strategies
   5. Notice of Settlement

ROB BRUER is a partner with Bruer, Wooddell & Harrell, P.C., in the Kansas City office. After graduating from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, he began his civil litigation practice at a large local firm. Since then, Mr. Bruer has continued to focus his civil practice specifically upon the representation of individuals and families in actions involving automobile collisions, medical malpractice, insurance disputes, premises liability, products liability and wrongful death. He is a member of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys and serves on its board of governors.

DONALD P. HERRON is a claims counsel with Chartis. His main areas of practice are insurance defense and insurance coverage. Mr. Herron has previously spoken on topics such as workers compensation, personal injury and mediation. He has 30 years’ experience in insurance. Mr. Herron is a member of the American Bar Association, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, The Missouri Bar and Defense Research Institute. He earned his B.A., J.D. and M.A. degrees from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

MICHAEL J. MOHLMAN is an attorney with The Sly James Firm in Kansas City, where he focuses his practice on the areas of plaintiff's nursing home negligence, medical malpractice and personal injury litigation. Mr. Mohlman has litigated in Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Illinois, Texas, California, Massachusetts and Wisconsin. He is the former chair of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association's Nursing Home Negligence Committee and currently the president of Missouri Watch, a consumer rights organization dedicated to protecting the rights of individuals from wealthy special-interest lobbies. Mr. Mohlman is a member of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, The Missouri Bar, the Kansas State Bar Association, the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys and the American Association for Justice. He wrote the Missouri Bar Civil Procedure Deskbook chapters on interrogatories and depositions, requests for production of documents and requests for admission. Mr. Mohlman earned his B.A. degree from Harvard University and his J.D. degree from the University of Kansas Law School, where he wrote for the University of Kansas Law Review and was invited to join the Order of the Coif.

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