Insurance Law Conference 2020


Course Date: October 29, 2020

Full Course Materials
Total: 5h 8min
Total Ethics: 45min

Welcome and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:05)

Vanessa C. Gauthier — Lindsay LLP, Vancouver
Richard B. Lindsay, QC — Lindsay LLP, Vancouver

Appointment of Outside "Cumis" Counsel in Canadian Insurance Law
(9:05 – 9:50)

Richard J. Berrow — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
C. Michelle Tribe — Fraser Litigation Group, Vancouver

Business Interruption Insurance Update (9:50 – 10:20)

Andrew N. Epstein — Lindsay LLP, Vancouver

BREAK (10:20 – 10:35)

Business Interruption Insurance: London Calling (10:35 – 11:05)

  • global update on COVID-19 BI (non-US & Canada)
  • UK FCA test case—update on decision so far

Terri Adams — Director, Specialist Adjusting, Charles Taylor Adjusting, London

Insurance Industry Panel (11:05 – 11:55)

Moderator: Richard B. Lindsay, QC — Lindsay LLP, Vancouver

Terri Adams — Director, Specialist Adjusting, Charles Taylor Adjusting, London
Michael Caron, CIP, CRM — Director of Producer Group, Central Agencies Ltd., North Vancouver
Andrew N. Epstein — Lindsay LLP, Vancouver

LUNCH (11:55 – 12:30)

Dispute Resolution/Appraisals Pursuant to Section 12 of the Insurance Act (12:30 – 1:00)

Alex Eged — Richard Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver

Duty to Defend Update (1:00 – 1:30)

Marie (Mimi) Willcock — Guild Yule LLP, Vancouver

BREAK (1:30 – 1:45)

Lawyer Negligence and Insurance-Related Errors (1:45 – 2:30)

Shelley A. Braun — Director of Underwriting and Claims, Lawyers Indemnity Fund, Law Society of BC, Vancouver
Richard Panton
— Claims Counsel, Lawyer Indemnity Fund, Law Society of BC, Vancouver

Settlements (2:30 – 3:00)

Gregory J. Tucker, QC — Owen Bird Law Corporation, Vancouver

Concluding Remarks (3:00)

Vanessa C. Gauthier — Lindsay LLP, Vancouver
Richard B. Lindsay, QC — Lindsay LLP, Vancouver