PLRB Large Loss Conference

Workshops

Commercial Lines Property

Workshops are 2 hours in length and held twice during the Conference. They address the wide variety of challenges, from coverage to investigation, from evaluation to resolution that confront adjusters and claim managers on a daily basis. Instead of "dry" lectures, you'll be encouraged to actively learn together with a large number of industry peers in every class. You'll hear the latest developments and strategies from subject experts, and learn what others across the industry, and across the nation, are doing with various claim issues and challenges. Over two days you'll be able to attend up to six two-hour workshops on a wide assortment of claim topics.

Builder Risk Claims: Never Let Your Guard Down

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Steven LaPierre, Claim Examiner, Vermont Mutual Group
Benjamin Messing, Esq., Attorney, Goldberg Segalla, LLP

Strategies for claims that involve building damage, soft costs, and business income aspects

Insights into how large commercial building projects are managed, financed, and operated

Impact of external delays during construction on calculating the period of construction delay

Identify potential fraudulent activity that may occur post-loss

Methods to support good-faith investigations

Complex CAT Claim: Mixed Use, Mixed Owners, Mixed Policies

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Michael E. Lefkowitz, JD, Partner, Rosenberg & Estis, PC
Jake T. Mello, VP/Regional Manager, JS Held LLC
Theodore Woodburn, CPA, CGMA, Manager, MDD Forensic Accountants
Marco deLeon, EGA/Vice President, McLarens

Complexities of the affected business and the sustained damages

Insurable interest issues that may arise in a complex loss involving multiple parties

Non-concurrent carrier policies and other issues to determine deductible calculations

Compiling the Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM), Property Damage (PD) reconciliation, and construction schedule to support the Period of Indemnity

Compare the Period of Indemnity with Extended Period of Indemnity and how lease terminations affect both

Duty to Support: Navigating the Insufficient Supporting Documentation Conundrum

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Chad Dowdy, CPCU, AIC, AIM, Asst. Property Claim Manager, Cincinnati Insurance Companies
Michael Haugen, CPA, CFF, Partner, JS Held LLC
Josh Snell, JD, Partner, Jones Skelton & Hochuli, PLC

Adjusting challenges stemming from late-claim reporting

Providing sufficient supporting documentation to support advance payments

Adjusting challenges involving uncooperative policyholders

Resolving business income loss claims with limited and contradictory financial records

Hurricane Michael: Florida's Unique Challenges

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Geoffrey A. Chambers, PE, SI, Senior Engineer, JS Held LLC
Paul Clark, Director-Commercial Claims, Transcynd Claim Partners
Thomas A. Keller, JD, Partner, Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig

Strategies to navigate the chaos of the post-hurricane deluge of calls and claims

Control a hurricane claim in a litigious environment including Assignment of Benefit issues

Determine wind versus flood, and old versus new damages when some work has already been performed

Identify which code requirement issues may be applicable to the claim

Investigating Large Electrical Claims

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Kevin Mosley, JD, Partner, Grotefeld Hoffmann
Brent Powell, PE, CFEI, Project Engineer, Envista Forensics
Annette Tarquinio, , Sr. Executive General Adjuster, Engle Martin & Associates

Describe electrical distribution systems in commercial and industrial facilities

Investigation of causation/scope of damage while identifying subrogation potential and mitigating further damages and/or interruption of business

Analyze available repair and replacement options, considering continued business interruption, replacement with like kind/quality, and ownership verification

Utilize the scientific method to ensure that findings are acceptable and defensible

New Water Damage to Water-Damaged Property: Don’t Get Soaked

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Troy Beecher, JD, LLM, Partner, Goldberg Segalla, LLP
James Wormington, WRT, ASD, General Adjuster, Liberty Mutual Insurance

Strategies for handling a first-party property claim for later water damage and conducting an early good-faith investigation

Use of consultants, experts, and other vendors to help confront the unique challenges of a subsequent water damage claim

What to do when an insured's contractor inflates an estimate, but the insured intends no deceit

Strategize when factual issues prevent early resolution in court

Calibrate the parties' settlement expectations

Join a prominent gathering of top-notch claim professionals and service providers from across the nation in Phoenix, where we'll:

Learn with the industry's best and brightest as we evaluate a variety of large loss claim scenarios through interactive workshops
Share knowledge, insight, and experience in adjustment and resolution strategies with large loss claims professionals
Network with large loss adjusters and service providers from across hundreds of disciplines and specialty areas

Adjuster-led workshops encourage active audience participation, and provide an opportunity to learn from and with many of the industry's leading experts and performers. Classes are offered in three large-loss tracks:

Commercial Lines, Property Claims
Personal Lines, Property Claims
Casualty Claims

Who Should Attend? Large loss claims adjusters and managers, supervisors, general adjusters and EGAs, complex case managers, senior claims management, and service providers who work with these claims. This is an excellent program for those who aspire to or are being groomed to adjust large and complex property and casualty claims within their respective organizations.