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Welcome and Introduction

Richard B. Lindsay, QC — Lindsay Kenney LLP,  Vancouver  

Welcome to My House: Homeowners’ Policy Liability and Coverage

• the top three liability exposures and how to defend them
• the top three coverage problems and how to resolve them

Bruno De Vita — Alexander Holburn Beaudin & Lang LLP, Vancouver
Susan Sangha — Alexander Holburn Beaudin & Lang LLP, Vancouver

Welcome to My Shop: Commercial Policy Liability and Coverage

• the top three liability exposures
• the top three coverage issues

Neo J. Tuytel — Bernard & Partners, Vancouver

Networking Break

How is the Project Going? Construction Policy Liability and Coverage

• the most frequent recurring liability exposures in construction defect cases
• the most frequent coverage issues

Gregory S. Miller — Lindsay Kenney LLP, Vancouver
Christopher A. Rhone — Branch MacMaster, Vancouver

Lunch With Featured Speaker: “Emerging Coverage Issues in the Canadian Insurance Market”

Mark G. Lichty — Blaney McMurtry, Toronto

So You Want to be a “Professional’? Professional Negligence Liability and Coverage

• whether you be an engineer, architect, doctor, lawyer, or dentist
• what must be considered from a coverage perspective?

John R. Singleton, QC — Singleton Urquhart LLP, Vancouver

So You Want to be a Director? Directors and Officers’ Liability and Coverage

• liability of volunteer and professional boards
• the basics of coverage and exposure

Angela R. Nelson — Dolden Wallace Folick LLP, Vancouver

Networking Break

Ethics and the Insurance Lawyer

• the tripartite relationship
• duties owed to the insurer and the insured
• preventing conflicts from arising
• resolving conflicts when they do arise
• special considerations for settlement negotiations

Gordon Hilliker, QC — Barrister and Solicitor, Belcarra

How ICBC Manages Legal Expenses

• a review of ICBC’s new legal bill audit program
• future direction: possible alternative billing methods

Catherine Morton — ICBC, Vancouver

Concluding Remarks

Richard B. Lindsay QC – Lindsay Kenney LLP,  Vancouver