Richard Fabian, (Sr. Vice President and General Counsel), Spoke at the ACI Fire and Casualty Claims and Litigation Conference in New York, NY.  Mr. Fabian was part of a panel speaking to In-House Corporate and Insurer Panel on Fire & Casualty Financial and Legal Decisions, Managing Claims, Lowering Defense Costs and Settlement Negotiations.  ACI’s Fire & Casualty Claims and Litigation Conference, through its leading panel of origin and cause experts, keep apprised of the nuances and complexities of NFPA standards and regulations and answer the key questions of how will the negative corpus rule preclude a cause and origin investigation based on elimination and what credentials must cause and origin experts have in order to successful defend against a Daubert challenge.

Craig Brown (VP, Litigation Deputy General Counsel) PLRB 2012 Claims Conference in Orlando, Florida April 15 through April 18, 2012.  The conference is one of the most attended in the industry, with thousands of attendees and hundreds of exhibitors and speakers.  It is one of the more highly regarded annual conferences and a must for claims adjusters, whether they are learning the ropes or refining their skills.  Craig Brown spoke on Bad Faith & Punitive Damages in Third-Party Claims with Asim Desai, (Partner, Carlson, Calladine & Peterson) Los Angeles, CA.

The International Law Office, with the support of the Association of Corporate Counsel,   conducted an in-depth analysis of in-house lawyers and legal departments worldwide for the sixth annual Global Counsel Awards. Over 3,500 individual nominations from corporate counsel and law firm partners make the Global Counsel Awards unique in clearly identifying those in-house counsels, both teams and individuals, who excel in their specific roles.

The winners will be announced at a gala dinner and awards ceremony in New York on Thursday June 14 2012.