Insurance claims are on the rise and being able to handle the volume of cases coming through your door will be simplified if you know what issues are critical. Understanding the key elements of an insurance policy and ways to properly handle a claim are the cornerstones of a successful insurance case. Order today to master the challenges of insurance law and get the solid foundation you need to take on insurance law cases.

1. Legislation and Case Law of Which Every Practitioner Should be Aware
2. Establishing the Foundation: Reviewing the Insurance Contract
3. Understanding Coverage Options: Exploring First and Third Party Coverage Issues and Answers
4. Bad Faith: What it Is and What it Isn't
5. How Ethics Applies to Insurance Law
6. Putting Your Insurance Knowledge to Work: Litigating the Insurance Claim

1. LEGISLATION AND CASE LAW OF WHICH EVERY PRACTITIONER SHOULD BE AWARE
   9:00 - 10:00, Charles K. Graber
   1. Current and Pending Legislation
   2. Implications of Current Case Law
2. ESTABLISHING THE FOUNDATION: REVIEWING THE INSURANCE CONTRACT
   10:15 - 11:15, Steven J. Polansky
   1. Contract Interpretation
   2. Identifying the "Insured"
   3. Identifying the Cause of the Loss
   4. Timing Issues
   5. Exclusions
3. UNDERSTANDING COVERAGE OPTIONS: EXPLORING FIRST AND THIRD PARTY COVERAGE ISSUES AND ANSWERS
   11:15 - 12:15, Steven J. Polansky
   1. Homeowners
   2. Fire
   3. Automobile
   4. Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist
   5. General Liability
   6. Directors and Officers
   7. Errors and Omissions
   8. Professional Liability
4. BAD FAITH: WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT ISN'T
   1:15 - 2:15, Steven J. Polansky
   1. The Elements of Bad Faith
   2. Classification – First Party vs. Third Party Claims
   3. Breach of Legal Duties
   4. Exploring the Duty to Defend
   5. Related Causes of Action
   6. The Statute of Limitations
5. HOW ETHICS APPLIES TO INSURANCE LAW
   2:15 - 3:15, Charles K. Graber
   1. Rules of Professional Conduct
   2. The Tripartite Relationship
   3. Conflicts of Interest
   4. Entitlement to Independent Counsel
   5. Selection of Independent Counsel
6. PUTTING YOUR INSURANCE KNOWLEDGE TO WORK: LITIGATING THE INSURANCE CLAIM
   3:30 - 4:30, Charles K. Graber
   1. Evaluating a Case for Litigation
   2. Venue, Jurisdiction and Choice of Law Problems
   3. Discovery in an Insurance Coverage Matter
   4. Settlement of an Insurance Coverage Matter
   5. Trial of an Insurance Coverage Matter
   6. The Use of Experts in Insurance Coverage Litigation

CHARLES K. GRABER is a shareholder in the firm of Charles K. Graber, Esquire, P.C. with offices in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Mr. Graber specializes in civil and commercial litigation with a particular emphasis in insurance coverage and bad faith litigation and selective personal injury matters. He is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and the Supreme Court of the U.S. and has been admitted pro hac vice in other jurisdictions. Mr. Graber is a, cum laude, graduate of Widener University School of Law, where he received numerous academic awards and was a member of the Moot Court Honor Society. He is a member of the Pennsylvania and New Jersey State bar associations, and the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association and is an Advocate of the National College of Advocacy of the American Association for Justice. Mr. Graber also is a barrister and active member of the Temple American Inn of Court. He was elected a member of the Multi-Million Dollar and Million Dollar Advocates Forums in 2007. In addition to having a busy trial practice, Mr. Graber has been invited repeatedly by organizations throughout the country to facilitate programs and to speak to other trial lawyers about the law of insurance bad faith in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Since 2009, he has been a frequent guest on WPHT 1210am radio's "Legal Perspectives" show, during which he discusses matters concerning insurance coverage and bad faith. Prior to founding his firm in 2005, Mr. Graber was an equity shareholder with a firm in Philadelphia and was previously associated with a prominent insurance defense firm in Philadelphia.

STEVEN J. POLANSKY is a shareholder of the law firm of Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, and is a member of the insurance coverage and bad faith practice group within the firm. His practice areas include property and liability insurance coverage claims, bad faith litigation and commercial litigation. Mr. Polansky earned his B.B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Temple University and his J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from Syracuse University College of Law, where he was Order of the Coif and a member of the Law Review. He is a member of the Camden County, New Jersey State and American bar associations, and the Defense Research Institute.  Mr. Polansky is admitted to practice in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia. He is certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney and is a rule 1:40 qualified mediator.

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