Speaking Engagement

Shelter from the Storm: Finding Insurance for Climate Risks

Blank Rome partner Seth D. Lamden will serve as a panelist at the American College of Coverage Counsel’s (“ACCC”) 12th Annual Meeting, being held May 8 through 10, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois. Blank Rome partner Rikke Dierssen-Morice is vice co-chair of the event.

Seth’s session, “Shelter from the Storm: Finding Insurance for Climate Risks,” will take place on Friday, May 10, from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m.

ABOUT THE SESSION

The panel will discuss many of the insurance issues arising out of climate change:

• Impacts of the SEC’s proposed rule changes regarding climate-related risks and ESG issues on D&O insurance coverage and claims
• Applicability of CGL insurance to climate-related claims
• Coverage issues and developments in the property insurance market, including emerging coverage risks and the increased use of parametric insurance and other non-traditional property insurance coverages

Panelists:

• Seth Lamden, Blank Rome LLP
• Heather Sanderson, Sanderson Law
• Gina Clausen Lozier, Clausen Choquette PLLC

Other sessions include:

• The Use (and Mis-Use ) of Experts in Insurance Litigation
• What Could Possibly Wrong Go?: Generative AI, Liability, and Insurance
• Reimbursement 25 Years Post-Buss v Superior Court
• Erosion of the Insurer Attorney/Client Privilege in Bad Faith Discovery Wars: Do Courts Get It Wrong Treating Insurer Coverage Counsel Like Adjusters? When They Do, Can Insurers Use the Same Legal Principles to Discover Policyholder Privileged Information?
• Leading the Charge—Jury Submissions and Instructions in Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Cases
• Wrongful Conviction Liability Coverage in the 2020s
• Cutting Edge Conflicts Surrounding the Duty to Defend
• Which Side Are We On? Practical and Ethical Considerations When Insurer-Side Firms Represent Policyholder Clients
• Reps & Warranties Insurance: When RWI Policies Cover a Seller's Breach, and When They Don't
• Honorable Disengagements and Dishonorable Engagements: Reinsurance and Ad Hoc Arbitrations

This meeting is open to American College of Coverage Counsel Fellows only.

To learn more, please visit the event webpage.