COVID-19 Insurance Coverage Issues - Webcast
June 2020
Friday, June 26, 2020
COVID-19 Insurance Coverage Issues
Co-sponsored by the CBA Business Law Section and Insurance Committee
Highlights:
- Important and timely CLE on insurance issues
- Experts share perspectives on insurance coverages and claims during COVID-19
- Learn what coverages are potentially applicable
Program Description:
Spring 2020: COVID-19 spreads throughout U.S.
Businesses across the nation shutdown completely or partially, and hemorrhage from lost revenue.
Millions of workers start working from home. Many are using personal equipment and devices to work.
Relief and stimulus packages are passed, and executive and public health guidance and orders are issued, at federal, state, and local levels.
Insurers are flooded with claims.
Insurance coverage issues arise.
Claims are denied and lawsuits are filed.
Hear experts with a wide range of perspectives on insurance issues arising out of the coronavirus pandemic, including potential claims under commercial property, business interruption, general liability, directors and officers, cybersecurity, professional liability, and other insurance coverages.
Don’t Delay. Register Today!
Agenda:
10:55 – 11:00am
Welcome and Introductions
Nicole Marie Black, Esq., Lewis Brisbois Bisgaarrd & Smith LLP, and Chair, CBA Business Law Section
Bradley A. Levin, Esq., Levin | Sitcoff PC, and Chair, CBA Insurance Committee
11:00am - 12:00pm
Property/Business Interruption Coverage
- Evaluating whether your client has viable claims under property/business interruption insurance coverages for business losses due to COVID-19-related circumstances
- Determining whether there is physical loss or damage
- The effect of governmental shutdown orders
- Virus/bacteria and other potentially applicable policy exclusions
- Pointers for making and defending against claims
Kevin F. Amatuzio, Esq., Montgomery | Amatuzio | Chase | Bell | Jones, LLP
Thomas W. Henderson, Esq., Burg | Simpson | Eldredge | Hersh | Jardine PC
Nelson A. Waneka, Esq., Levin | Sitcoff PC
12:00 – 12:20pm
Liability Coverage
- Insurance for claims by customers/clients due to COVID-19 exposure and infection
- Employee claims for work-related safety violations
- Impact of modified business operations on policy coverage
Jane E. Young, Esq., McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP
12:20 – 12:40pm
Cybersecurity Coverage
- Availability of coverage
- Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on cybersecurity concerns and insurance
- Issues arising from remote work stations and computers, including Zoom and other conferencing platforms
Damian J. Arguello, Esq., Colorado Insurance Law Center
12:40 – 1:00pm
Professional Liability Coverage
- Effects of remote business operations on professional liability coverage
- Impact of remote notarization and other legal responses to COVID-19 pandemic on available coverage
- Ethical considerations and risk mitigation during the pandemic
John M. Palmeri, Esq., Gordon & Rees Scully Mansukhani
1:00pm
Adjourn
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $69.00 |
| CBA Member | $59.00 |
| CLE Elite Pass Holder | $0.00 |
- General Credits: 2.00
- Ethics Credits: 0.00
- EDI Credits:
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