Superstorm Sandy Insurance Coverage Litigation Conference

7:30 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. - Continental Breakfast and Registration

8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. - Welcome By Co-Chairs

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. - Superstorm Sandy - Eight Months Later

9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - Keynote Address - Superstorm Sandy and the New Jersey Insurance Market

10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - FEMA and The National Flood Insurance Program

10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. - Refreshment Break

10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Flood Exclusion Issues

11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Wind v. Flood - An Engineering Perspective

12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Lunch

1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. - Business Interruption Issues Arising Out of Catastrophes, Contingent BI/Dependent Property Coverage

2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. - Civil Authority

3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - Refreshment Break

3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Broker E&O Implications

4:00 p.m. - 4:40 p.m. - Power Interruption

4:40 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - New York and New Jersey Bad Faith Claims

• “Fairly Debatable” Standard 
• Consumer Fraud Act
 • Unfair Claims Practices Regulations
 • Extra-Contractual Damages
 • Reimbursement of Counsel Fees 
• Pending Bad Faith Legislation


Gerard H. Hanson, Hill Wallack LLP, Princeton, NJ

Frank J. DeAngelis, Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass, Newark, NJ


Jeffrey M. Pollock, Fox Rothschild LLP, Princeton, NJ

5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. - Networking Cocktail Reception