IUA Circular 034/24
California Fair Claims Handling Training Session
with guest speakers: Andrea Best, Partner, McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, London
and Alex Spisak, Associate, McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, Washington DC
This market briefing will be: Remote Access Only
Event Date: Monday 20 May 2024
Time: Session commences at 3pm/15:00hrs for approx 90 mins (UK/London time)
Subject: This IUA Market Briefing Training session is designed to provide required California claims handling training, covering all aspects of the regulations relating to Californian claims, and will provide certification* confirming each individual’s attendance.
This is a free event, but names and email addresses of all attendees are required for registration.
The California Department of Insurance continues to take the view that anyone involved in handling, adjusting, or settling claims on California risks, even on behalf of non-admitted London-based insurers, must receive annual training on California’s Fair Claims Practices regulations.
All such adjusters must maintain records of receiving this training on an annual basis.
This 90-minute market briefing training session is designed to provide the required training, covering all aspects of the regulations, and will provide certification* confirming each individual’s attendance.
We will use case studies to demonstrate how various aspects of the regulations are implemented and provide time to ask questions.
Please note: *Certification for this event will be supplied directly from the IUA via our speakers - this event does not qualify for CPD Accreditation.
Our Speakers:
Andrea Best advises clients on insurance regulatory compliance throughout the United States. She works with insurers, reinsurers, intermediaries, brokers, trade associations and others in the insurance market.
Andrea actively monitors state insurance-related legislative and regulatory developments and works extensively with London, Bermuda and European insurance market participants regarding non-admitted insurance and reinsurance transactions in the United States, including regulatory advice on structuring insurtech, and on sharing economy and gig economy insurance programs in the United States.
Andrea counsels managing general agents and other entities looking to establish operations in the United States. Andrea also assists insurance industry participants on structuring cross-border insurance and reinsurance transactions. Andrea previously served as head of the London office for a global law firm.
Alex Spisak focuses his practice on complex civil litigation and has experience with all aspects of litigation from initial case filing through discovery, trial, and postverdict appeals in both Federal and State Courts across the United States.
As a member of the National Coordinating Counsel Team representing a Fortune 100 Company managing the defense of its docket of wrongful death and personal injury cases stemming from its legacy asbestos liability,
Alex assists with the development and implementation of case strategy and oversight of all aspects of the litigation, including fact investigation and discovery, integration of developing causation science, motion practice, expert witness development, defense of corporate representative witnesses, mediations and settlement negotiations, trials, and appeals.
Disclaimer: The market briefing presentation materials and speaker comments therein were prepared solely by the presenter(s) in their personal and professional capacity. Any materials or opinions expressed do not necessarily represent the views of the IUA and IUA does not bear any responsibility for, or liability to, any parties in respect of the accuracy, legality or overall content of the presentation or any other comments made by speakers or other attendees during the market briefing.
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