Mealeys Reinsurance Summit Conference (REICON0904)
Venue: The Ritz-Carlton, Boston Common
Location: Boston, M, United States
Event Date/Time: Sep 20, 2004 | End Date/Time: Sep 21, 2004 |
Description
Monday, September 20, 2004
8:00 Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 Opening Remarks & “The Wizards of Reinsurance”
Fact Overview
Chairs will provide a brief introduction and review of the facts.
Conference mock fact pattern & supporting documentation will be provided to all attendees for review in advance of the conference.
Susan Stone, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood
Neal Moglin, Lovells
9:30 Initial Team Strategy Sessions In Advance of
Pre-Litigation Settlement Negotiations
TEAM LEADERS:
Klaus-Heinz Kunze, Managing Director, Depfa Bank N.Y.
David Attisani, Choate Hall & Stewart
Alan Levin, Edwards & Angell
Lewis Hassett, Morris Manning & Martin
Monica Hainer, President & CEO, London Life Reinsurance Company
Additional speaker to be announced
TEAM COUNSEL:
Nicholas DiGiovanni, Lord Bissell & Brook
Robert Soderstrom, Tressler, Soderstrom, Maloney & Priess
John Ratzel, Jacobson & Ratzel
Carey Child, Chadbourne & Parke
Vere Wheatly, CMS Cameron McKenna
Gail Goering, Lovells
10:00 Pre-Litigation Settlement Negotiations
10:45 Morning Break
11:00 Court Hearing
Judge: Peter Scarpato, Senior Vice President - Profit Center Manager, American International Group, Inc.
Reinsurer 1 Counsel: Speaker to be announced
Cedant Counsel: Charles Leasure, Pepper Hamilton
Broker Counsel: Speaker to be announced
11:45 Court Hearing: Ruling by the Court
12:00 Networking Luncheon
1:30 Strategy Session Between Broker and Its Counsel
Broker Company Representative: Robb Canning, Guy Carpenter & Company
Broker Counsel: Peter Chaffetz, Clifford Chance
1:45 Strategy Session Between Reinsurer and Its Counsel
Reinsurer Company Representative: Thomas Orr, Vice President & Chief Technical Claims Manager, GeneralCologne Re
Reinsurer 1 Counsel: Susan Mack, General Counsel, Transamerica Reinsurance*
2:00 Arbitration Part 1: Organizational Meeting
ARBITRATION PANEL — PARTS 1-5
Paul Dassenko, Insurance & Reinsurance Consulting,
Arbitration & Mediation Services
Eric Kobrick, American International Group, Inc
Lawrence Monin, Mediator/Arbitrator
Broker Counsel: Peter Chaffetz, Clifford Chance
Cedant Counsel: Charles Leasure, Pepper Hamilton
Reinsurer 1 Counsel: Susan Mack, General Counsel, Transamerica Reinsurance*
Reinsurer 2 Counsel: John Andrews, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, SCOR Reinsurance Company
3:00 Afternoon Break
3:15 Arbitration Part 2: Ruling by the Arbitration Panel
3:30 Arbitration Part 3: Final Hearing
Reinsurer 1 Counsel: John Nonna, LeBoeuf Lamb Greene
& MacRae
Cedant Counsel: Richard Mason, Cozen O’Connor
KEY WITNESSES:
Auditor: Christopher Barrett, Cabra Consulting Company
Broker: Susan Stone, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood
Third-Party Administrator: Neal Moglin, Lovells
5:30 Networking Cocktail Reception
Hosted by the law firms of Lovells and Sidley Austin Brown & Wood
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
8:00 Continental Breakfast
8:30 Opening Remarks
Neal Moglin, Lovells
Susan Stone, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood
8:45 Arbitration Part 4: Closing Arguments in Arbitration Hearing
Reinsurer 1 Counsel: Eric Haab, Lovells*
Cedant Counsel: Ronie Schmelz, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood
9:30 Team Strategy Sessions - Last Ditch Attempt at
Settlement - Surprise Workshop Activity
Details to be revealed at the conference
10:45 Morning Break
11:00 Arbitration Part 5: Panel Deliberation Before All Delegates
Delivery of ruling and Q&A
12:00 Concluding Remarks/Adjourn
*Invited