Insurance Law Conference 2025


Course Date: November 17, 2025

Full Course Materials
Total: 5h 46min
Total Ethics: 1h
Course Introduction and Land Acknowledgements (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
 
Insurance Coverage Sources Beyond the Obvious: Creativity and Challenges (9:05 – 9:50)
 
Professor Erik S. Knutsen Faculty of Law, Queen's University, Kingston
 
BREAK (9:50 – 9:55)
 
Role of an Insurance Adjuster (9:55 – 10:40)
 
Liam Corcoran Pythe Navis MDP, Vancouver
 
BREAK (10:40 – 10:45)
 
The Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Insurance Law (10:45 – 11:30)
 
Jenson K. Leung Kane Shannon & Weiler LLP, Vancouver
Gurminder Sandhu, KC
Hamilton Duncan Law Corporation, Surrey

 
BREAK (11:30 – 11:35)
 
The Care, Custody, and Control Exclusion: Review and Update (11:35 – 12:05)
 
Neil R. MacLean Guild Yule LLP, Vancouver
 
LUNCH (12:05 – 1:00)
 
Insurance Litigation: A View from the Bench (1:00 – 1:40)
 
Justice Paul W. Walker Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
Marie (Mimi) Willcock — Guild Yule LLP, Vancouver
 
BREAK (1:40 – 1:45)
 
Arbitration Clauses (1:45 – 2:15)
 
Nikta Shirazian Owen Bird Law Corporation, Vancouver
 
BREAK (2:15 – 2:20)
 
Reservation of Rights and Denial Letters (2:20 – 2:50)
 
Justin McGregor Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Vancouver
 
BREAK (2:50 – 2:55)
 
Strata Policies: Special Issues (2:55 – 3:40)
 
Jeremy B. Rusinek Lesperance Mendes Lawyers, Vancouver
 
BREAK (3:40 – 3:45)
 
Effective Mediation and Arbitration of Insurance Disputes (3:45 – 4:30)
 
Mark L. Tweedy, C. Med., C. Arb. Mark Tweedy Mediation + Arbitration, Vancouver
 
Closing Remarks (4:30 – 4:35)
 
Richard B. Lindsay, KC Cornish Margolis Boyd, Vancouver
Gregory J. Tucker, KC Owen Bird Law Corporation, Vancouver