On Thursday and Friday, December 15 and 16, The Voice of the Defense Bar will host a symposium reviewing Insurance Coverage and Practice. It is located at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers, 811 Seventh Avenue in New York City.

Day one begins at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 6:00 p.m. Day two begins at 8:00 a.m. and the conference adjourns at 1:30 p.m.

This seminar will provide updates to the most recent insurance coverage issues and trends. Participants will learn practice tips from skilled attorneys regarding the handling of first- and third-party claims, both in and outside of litigation.

Other topics are practice tips for successfully using experts in insurance coverage litigation; the latest on an excess insurer’s drop down defense and indemnity obligations; emerging claims issues impacting personal and advertising injury coverage and director’s and officer’s liability; and strategies for handling insurance-related class actions and for litigating the confessed judgment case.

Among the faculty are Dean Constantine, Chartis Claims, Inc.; Peter Thomas, Willis Re; William G. Passannante, Anderson Kill & Olick PC; and Hon. Jerome B. Andrews, judicial court judge, Minnesota.

To download a brochure and to register for this program, visit www.dri.org or call (312) 795-1101.