2018 CLM & Business Insurance Construction Conference | CLM | 26 September 2018 | Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile, 540 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, USA

The CLM and Business Insurance Construction Conference covers all aspects of insurance, risk, and claims management aspects of the insurance related to the construction industry. In addition to addressing construction defects and other hot topics, conference sessions will also address facets of construction site accidents/injuries, coverage issues, subcontractor issues, risk management, and new technologies. Sessions will address issues on the national, regional, and state levels. In addition to the interactive educational sessions, conference attendees will have many opportunities to network with other thought-leaders in the industry.
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2018 Speakers

Matthew Adler
Sr. Claims Consultant, XL Catlin

Bruce Alexander
Partner, Ciklin Lubitz & O'Connell

Denise Anderson
Attorney, Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

Amanda Anderson
Attorney, Boyle Leonard, PA

Christopher Baidenmann
Technical Consulting Services Manager, MC Consultants, Inc

Thomas Balestreri
Attorney, Balestreri, Potocki & Holmes

Casey Banks
Senior Risk Control Consultant, Travelers

Brooke Beebe
Attorney, Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A.

Larry Beemer
VP, Claims, IAT Insurance Group

Bruce Bergman, AIA, LEED AP
Senior Architect, Lombard Consulting Services

Christine Bernstock
Director - Risk Management, Tishman Construction Corporation, AECOM

Kenneth Bloom
Attorney, Gartner + Bloom PC

Beth Bradley
Attorney, Tollefson Bradley Mitchell & Melendi, LLP

Keith Bremer
Attorney, Bremer Whyte Brown & O'Meara, LLP

Melanie Brown
Director, Construction/Design Professionals, Markel Service, Incorporated

Thomas Brown
Manager, Construction Defect Claims, National Claim Services Inc.

Kevin Brown
Claims Consultant, Berkley Select

Issy Bustamante
VP, Construction Claims Team Leader, Willis Towers Watson

Justin Campbell
Forensic Expert/Lead Animator, MC Consultants, Inc.

Anthony Carolei
Regional General Adjuster, Hanover Insurance

Rose Charles
Vice President GRS Casualty Claim Leader, Sompo International Insurance

Hema Chaurasia
Faculty, Olivet College

Jeffrey Chen
Senior Claims Analyst, Excess Casualty Claims, AXIS Insurance

Nick Clancy
Property Claims Manager; Officer, HDI Global Insurance

Michael Coffey
Attorney, Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP

Kathleen Conroy
Complex Director, AIG

Floyd Cottrell
Attorney, Cottrell Solensky, P.A.

Roseann Coughlin
Construction Defect Claims Supervisor, Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.

Sarah Couillard
Senior Claims Examiner, Markel Service, Incorporated

Carolyn Crawford
Director, Construction Defect, Nationwide Insurance Company

Tanya Cronau
Attorney, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Thomas Cronin
Attorney, Gordon & Rees LLP

Jorge Cruz
Shareholder/Partner, Daniels Rodriguez Berkeley Daniels & Cruz, PA

Devon Daemer
Claims Director, Chubb

Jeannette David
Assistant Vice President, Claims Counsel, Sompo International Insurance

Patrica Davis
Managing Director, Empirical Loss Management LLC

Chuck Davis
Claims Representative, Navigators

Robert H. de Flesco
Attorney, Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A.

Penelope Deihl
Attorney, Morris Polich & Purdy

Mary DePaolo Haddad
Attorney, Helsell Fetterman LLP

Craig Derrig
Partner, Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP

Todd DeStefano
SVP - Esis ProClaim, ESIS

Angela DiDomenico
Senior Biomechanist, ARCCA, Inc.

Tracey Dodd
Principal/Toxicologist, J.S. Held

Margaret Donnell
Senior Claims Counsel- A&E, Hiscox

Timothy Donnelly
Senior Claims Counsel, Sompo International Insurance

Emily Dotson
Attorney, Resnick & Louis, P.C.

Chad Dunigan
Attorney, Koeller, Nebeker, Carlson & Haluck, LLP

Rachel Ehrlich
Mediator, Judicate-West

Victoria Ersoff
Attorney, Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP

William Eskdale
Construction Defect Adjuster, Bankers Insurance

Tully Evangelis
Claims Manager, Lendlease Group

Blenda Eyvazzadeh
Claims Director, Chubb

George Ferguson
SVP, Financial & Professional Risks, Marsh

Sheila Fix
Partner, Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP

Anastasia Fleckser
AVP, Regional Leader - Excess Construction, Chubb

Laura Forrest
Attorney, Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo, LLP

Howard Franco
Attorney, Collins Collins Muir & Stewart

Mark Franke
Assistant Vice President, Claim Director, Old Republic Contractors Insurance Group

Michael Fraser
VP Business Development, Triax Technologies

Elaine Fresch
Partner, Selman Breitman

Gwen Gatson-Long
Senior Resolution Manager, Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.

Rima Ghandour
Attorney, Ghandour Law

Shawn Goodman
Claims Consultant, XL Catlin

Christopher Grosso
Vice President - Claims, Conner Strong & Buckelew

John Hackett
Attorney, Cassiday Schade LLP

Taranae Hashemi
Attorney, Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell and Hippel LLP

Bob Haskell
Product Line Manager, XL Catlin

Sandra Heiden
Complex Claims Specialist, JD, CLMP, Navigators

Michael Hinojosa
Chief Claims Officer, National Claim Services Inc.

Koji Hirota
Architect, Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc.

Guy Hollingsworth
Architects and Engineers Professional Liability Claims, Hanover Insurance

Michael Hollingsworth
Claims Director, Old Republic Contractors Insurance Group

Mark Hopkins
Vice President, Guardian Group, Inc

Dawn Hove
Partner, Palumbo Lawyers LLP

Rose Hoyle
Construction Risk Engineer, XL Catlin

Donna Hunt
AVP of Designers and Contractors Professional Liability, Ironshore Insurance Company

Mary Lou Hutson
Claim Supervisor, Chubb

Crystal Ivy
Claims Analyst, Sr, AmTrust Group

Russell Johnson
VP, Insurance & Surety, Skanska

Jason Judovin
Senior Claims Examiner, Markel Global Insurance

Aisling Jumper
Vice President, York

Joseph Junfola
Assistant Secretary, Claims, Admiral Insurance Company

Jason Jurado
Claim Director, Old Republic Contractors Insurance Group

Terence Kadlec
Practice Leader - Construction Defect Group, Envista Forensics

Lance Kalik
Attorney, Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP

Alicia Kennon
Attorney, Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP

Michael Kim
CTO & Co-Founder, Strongarm Technologies, Inc

Richard E. King
Managing Member, Melchiode Marks King LLC

Stephen Kleps
Construction Division Manager, Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc.

Rinat B. Klier Erlich
Partner, Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester LLP

Dawn Krigstin
CEO, Envoy Specialty LLC

Gary Scott Kull
Attorney, Kennedys CMK

Stacy L. La Scala
Mediator/Arbitrator, JAMS

Gwendolyn Larkin
Claims Coumsel, Hiscox

Lisa Larratt
Risk Mgr., OC Jones & Sons Inc.

Barbara Laskaris
Assistant Vice President, Large Loss Specialist - Construction Defect Claims, Arch Insurance Group Inc.

Wendy Lau
Attorney, Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP

Won Jai Lee
Senior Claims Analyst, Markel Service, Incorporated

Sheryl Leichenger
Partner, Selman Breitman

Will Lemkul
Partner, Morris, Sullivan & Lemkul LLP

Daniel Levin
Attorney, Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A.

Laura Jo Lieffers
Attorney, Moyer Law Group

Steve Lokus
Vice President, Construction Practice Group, Navigators

Carolyn Luken
Director, Crum & Forster

Geoffrey Lutz
Attorney, St. Denis & Davey, P.A.

Donna MacConnell
Sr. Vice President - Claims Manager, Lockton Companies, LLC

Julia Manganaro
Complex Claims Specialist, Navigators

Jessica Mangrum
Attorney, Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons LLP.

John Marino
Attorney, Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester LLP

Paul Mason
Large Loss Claims Specialist, XL Catlin

Bret McCabe
General Counsel, Cook Maran

Mary Beth McClellan
Casualty Practice Leader - Americas, XL Catlin

Daniel McFaul
Partner, L'Abbate, Balkan, Colavita & Contini, LLP

William McVisk
Partner, Tressler, LLP

Craig Meredith
Mediator, Craig S. Meredith, Attorney + Mediator

Eric Miersma
Attorney, Balestreri, Potocki & Holmes

Phyllis Modlin
Claims Manager, Markel Service, Incorporated

Yara Mouded
Sr. Claim Director, Chubb

Conor Mulcahy
Claims Specialist, XL Catlin

Steve Nelson
Executive Vice President / Managing Director, Surety Claims, Markel Surety

Jimmy Nguyen
CEO, nChain Group

Alex Niederman
Complex Claim Specialist, Casualty Claims, Ironshore Insurance Company

Mary Frances Nolan
Claims Manager, Certus Claims Administration, LLC

William Noonan
Managing Director / Executive Vice President, Alliant Insurance Services, Inc

Stuart Nudelman
Attorney (Former Judge), ADR Systems - Nudelman

John Nunnally
Partner, Ragsdale Liggett PLLC

Jillisa L. O'Brien
Partner, Law Office of Jillisa L. O'Brien, P.C.

Michael Packer
Attorney, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin

Laura Paton
Partner, Carlock, Copeland and Stair, LLP

Christine Philips
Director of Risk Management, Bernards Bros Inc.

Kenna Plangemann
Senior Director of Claims / Associate General Counsel, Suffolk Construction Company, Inc.

Peter Pogue
Sr. Claims Technical Specialist, QBE

Linda Pretzel-Roberts
Claims Analyst, RiverStone Resources LLC

Maria Quintero
Partner, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Brenda Radmacher
Partner, Gordon & Rees LLP

Cathleen Kelly Rebar
Partner, Rebar Bernstiel, LLC

Rodrick Reed
Regional Claims Manager, Starr Indemnity & Liability Company

Scott Rembold
Attorney, Rembold Hirschman

Anne Repo
Counsel, QBE

Brett Reuter
Senior Claims Consultant, XL Catlin

Lisa Reyes
In-House Counsel, Wind Turbine and Energy Cables, Corp and Affiliates

Karen Rice
Vice President Construction Claims, XL Catlin

Melissa Roberts
VP, USI Insurance Services

Michael Rodriguez
Claim Manager, RLI Insurance Company

Jannea Rogers
Attorney, Adams and Reese, LLP

Ross Roloff
Attorney, Tressler, LLP

Cynthia Rouse
Claim Director, Old Republic Contractors Insurance Group

Mary Rowe
Claims Manager, Markel Service, Incorporated

Peter Russell
Sr. Technical Claims Specialist, Amerisure Mutual Insurance Company

Jamie Samaniego
Senior Claims Examiner, Markel Service, Incorporated

Daniel Santaniello
Past President Florida Defense Lawyers Association and Principal of Luks & Santaniello, Luks, Santaniello, Petrillo & Jones

Jorge Santeiro
Corporate Counsel, FCCI Insurance Company

Tracy Alan Saxe
Attorney, Saxe Doernberger & Vita, P.C.

Peter Schermerhorn
President, Triax Technologies

Barry Schwartz
Vice President, Advisory Services, BIA

Todd Schweitzer
Assistant Vice President, Zurich North America

James Sell
Attorney, Tyson & Mendes LLP

Jay Sever
Attorney, Phelps Dunbar

Rebecca Severson
VP, Corporate Director of Safety, Gilbane Building Company

Caryn Siebert
VP - Carrier Practice, Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.

Thomas Slocum
Claim Director, Chubb

Keith E. Smith
Attorney, Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP

Melanie Smith
Attorney, Selman Breitman

Andrew Smith
Partner, Rolfes Henry

Tracy Smith
Sr. Claim Representative, Acuity Insurance

Karl Sorenson
General Counsel, Lusardi Construction Co.

Jason Specht
Attorney, Collinsworth, Specht, Calkins & Giampaoli LLP

Kate Strauss
Attorney, Overturf McGath & Hull, P.C.

Gary Strong
Attorney, Seiger Gfeller Laurie LLP

Cynthia Tarle
Attorney, Tarle Law

Wendy Testa
Attorney, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

John Tolman
Senior Consultant, Bert L. Howe & Associates, Inc.

George Truitt
Attorney, Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A.

Taso Tselekas
Senior Claims Consultant, Willis Towers Watson

Merrill Tyler
Claims Manager, Navigators

Wakako Uritani
Partner, Lorber, Greenfield & Polito, LLP

Vadim Veksler
Unit Manager, North American Risk Services

José Villalba
Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer, Wake Forest University

George Vogrin
Attorney, Vogrin & Frimet, LLP

Carrie Von Hoff
AVP/Senior Coverage Counsel, Zurich North America

William Watkins
Attorney, Wall Templeton & Haldrup, P.A.

Raymond Weisse
Vice President/Chief Technical Officer, Navigators

Darrell Whiteley
Attorney, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP

DeShaune Williams
Marketing Manager, Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc.

Bruno Wolfenzon
Senior Partner, Wolfenzon Rolle

Ralph Woodard
Claims Manager, Navigators

Lee Wright
AVP, CD Claim Manager, Arch Insurance Group Inc.

Tracy Yaun
Director of Construction Defect Claims, Amerisure Mutual Insurance Company

Robert Zaralban
Senior Project Engineer, SEA, Ltd.

Thomas Zawistowski
AVP Claims, Ironshore Insurance Company

Richard Zelonka
Attorney, Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP

2018 Sponsors

DIAMOND:
•mcConnsultants inc.

EMERALD:
• ADAMS AND REESE LLP
• BW Bremer Whyte Brown & O'Meara
• LOMBARD
• WSHB
• RIMKUS
• US Legal Support
• XL CATLIN

PLATINUM:
• Axiom Requisition
• Clapp Money
• Crawford
• Broadspire
• Gartner bloom
• Moyer Law Group
• Pie
• Selman
• Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewberry LLP
• Triax
• Winget Spadafora Schwartzberg

EXHIBITOR:
• ARCCA
• Axis
• Balestreri Potocki Holmes
• Bert L.Howe & Associates, Inc.
• BIA
• Carlock Copeland
• Chapman Glucksman
• Dunn Carney
• CSK
• ENVISTA forensic
• ESi
• Fullerton Beck LLP
• Guardian Group Inc.
• HAAG
• JS HELD
• JDi Data
• Jensen Hughes
• Legal Copy Services
• Lewis Brisbois
• NELSON forensics
• Niki's Int'l Ltd.
• ontellus
• Rolfes Henry
• Sea
• Strongarm Tech
• Tarle Law
• Vernis & Bowling