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