CLE Online

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

Raymond Lee — Program Lawyer, CLEBC, Vancouver
Richard B. Lindsay, KC — Cornish Margolis Boyd, Vancouver
Gregory J. Tucker, KC — Owen Bird Law Corporation, Vancouver

Cyber Insurance: Liability, Exposures, and Coverage (9:05 – 9:35)

• the differing triggers for coverage in the Canadian market
• the unique exclusions in a cyber policy—are there differences?
• underwriting trends—what to look for in a cyber policy given the "hard market"
• the hot cyber coverage issues that are emerging in Canada

Eric Dolden — Dolden Wallace Folick LLP, Vancouver

BREAK (9:35 – 9:40)

Practical Issues with Insurance Policy Interpretation (9:40 – 10:45)

Professor Erik S. Knutsen — Queen’s University Faculty of Law, Kingston, ON

BREAK (10:45 – 10:55)

Case Comment: Loblaws Companies Limited v. Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance Company of Canada (10:55 – 11:25)

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

BREAK (11:25 – 11:30)

Sexual Harassment/Sexual Misconduct: Policies, Coverage, and Practice (11:30 – 12:30)

Hollis A. Bromley — Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Vancouver
David G. Butcher, KC — Wilson Butcher, Vancouver
Sandra L. Kovacs — KazLaw Injury Lawyers, Vancouver

LUNCH BREAK (12:30 – 1:00)

The Top 5 Issues for Policy Holders (1:00 – 1:45)

Brian Hunt — SecureHarbour Consulting Inc., Vancouver
C. Michelle Tribe — Fraser Litigation Group, Vancouver

BREAK (1:45 – 1:50)

The Future of Motor Vehicle Insurance (1:50 – 2:50)

Moderator: Richard B. Lindsay, KC — Cornish Margolis Boyd, Vancouver
Sarah A. Bevan — Barrister, Legal Services Branch, Ministry of Attorney General, Victoria
Nina Bindra — Solicitor, Legal Services Branch, Ministry of Attorney General, Victoria
William S. Dick, KC — Murphy Battista LLP, Kelowna
Jason McDaniel — ICBC – Corporate Law Department, North Vancouver

BREAK (2:50 – 3:00)

The Canadian P&C Industry and Climate Change (3:00 – 3:45) [pre-recorded]

• are climate change extreme weather events making some areas uninsurable/unaffordable?
• climate change and private sector liability policies
• the impact of greenwashing claims on D&O carriers
• indirect claims against property owners, builders, and engineers
• property damage to building from extreme weather or subsidence

Heather Sanderson — Sanderson Law, Calgary

BREAK (3:45 – 3:55)

Pollution Exclusion Case Law Update: What to Make of Hemlow Estate? (3:55 – 4:25)

• what the law has been
• what did Hemlow Estate decide?
• is Hemlow Estate an outlier?

Nigel L. Trevethan — Harper Grey LLP, Vancouver

Concluding Remarks (4:25 – 4:30)

Richard B. Lindsay, KC — Cornish Margolis Boyd, Vancouver
Gregory J. Tucker, KC — Owen Bird Law Corporation, Vancouver