Highlights
More than 200  insurance industry professionals attended the 2011 ACIC General Counsel Seminar, July 27-29 in Las Vegas, Nev.

The seminar's program provided informative discussions by leading industry speakers from the legal, insurance and regulatory communities. It also offered timely information on a wide range of insurance issues important to insurers doing business in California.

Presentations
To view many of the presentation from the seminar, please click on the titles below, which will open a PDF file.

Panel on California Insurance Regulations
Rex Frazier, President, Personal Insurance Federation of California
Gene Livingston, Partner, Greenberg Traurig
Sanford L. Michelman, Partner, Michelman & Robinson, LLP


The Intersection of Insurance Insolvency, Bankruptcy and FDIC Receivership of Financial Institutions with Systemic Risk
John F. Finston, Partner, SNR Denton US LLP
Wayne D. Wilson, Executive Director, California Insurance Guaranty Association

The Intersection of Insurance Insolvency, Bankruptcy and FDIC Receivership of Financial Institutions with Systemic Risk
Robert B. Millner, Partner, SNR Denton US LLP

Trends in California Insurance Litigation
The Honorable Ming W. Chin, Associate Justice, California Supreme Court
The Honorable Rex Heeseman, Judge, Los Angeles Superior Court
Susan M. Popik, Partner, Chapman, Popik & White LLP
Christina J. Imre, Partner, Sedgwick LLP

SB 631 Restitution
Robert W. Hogeboom, Partner, Barger & Wolen LLP
Ken Cooley, Principal Consultant, California State Senate Insurance Committee
Delia M. Chilgren, D. C. Consulting

Recent Changes in State and Federal Regulation of Reinsurance
Carey S. Barney, Partner, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP
Norris W. Clark, Financial/Regulatory Specialist, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP

New Defenses in Insurance Litigation: The Ethical Use of the Litigation Privilege and Anti-SLAPP Motions
Michael Barnes, Partner, SNR Denton US LLP

Appellate Update
David M. Axelrad, Partner, Horvitz and Levy, LLP
Lisa Perrochet, Partner, Horvitz and Levy, LLP
Mitchell C. Tilner, Partner, Hrvitz and Levy, LLP

To MacKay and Beyond: The End of the “Dual System” of Rate Regulation and What Lies Ahead”
Kent R. Keller, Partner, Barger & Wolen LLP
Vanessa O. Wells, Partner, Sedgwick LLP


Federal Preemption of Surplus Lines Laws
Richard A. Brown, Attorney at Law
Gerald "Jerry" Sullivan, The Sullivan Group


Defending a Class Action Before it Becomes a Class Action
Mona Hanna, Partner, Michelman & Robinson, LLP
Dana Kravetz, Partner, Michelman & Robinson, LLP

Billions of Dollars More a Year to be Paid in Claims?
Robert F. Tyson, Jr., Partner, Tyson & Mendes LLP

The Interplay Between the Mitigation of Damages Doctrine, the Collateral Source Rule, and the Federal Patient Protection and Accountable Care Act of 2010
H. Thomas Watson, Partner, Horvitz & Levy LLP

Join us in 2012
The dates are set for the 2012 ACIC General Counsel Seminar in Las Vegas, Nev. Mark your calendar for July 25-27
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