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ROBERT W. STRAIN
Publishing and Seminars Incorporated
since 1984
P.O. Box 1520, Athens Texas 75751-1520
(903) 677-5974 from 9 to 3
E-mail: strainrw@aol.com Website: www.strainpublishinginc.com

DAY THREE: THURSDAY – April 22, 2010

 

7:30


8:30 to 9:10

      Breakfast ― buffet


13. CLAIMS CLAUSES COMMON TO CASUALTY & PROPERTY

      EXCESS OF LOSS REINSURANCE (For maximum results, read

      Chapters R13 & RCW5.)  Susan E. Mack

      •  Most important provisions: occurrence, event, hours

          (noncatastrophe),notice of loss (including late notice), subrogation

          and salvage
      •  Trigger in CGL and reinsurance contracts

9:20 to 10:05

 

10:05 to 10:25

14. CLAIMS CLAUSES (concluded)

 

       Coffee Break

10:25 to 11:10

15. PLANNING AND MANAGING A REINSURANCE PROGRAM (For

      maximum results, read Chapter R9.)

      Joseph E. Carney, JEC Consultants, 4 Herning Avenue,

      Cranford NJ 07016

      •  What are the needs? The small, the medium, the large reinsured.

      •  Developing capacity: excess v. pro rata

      •  Managing volatility and protecting capital

      •  Measuring cost-benefit trade-off

      

11:20 to 12:00


 

 

 

 

12:00

16. XPL, ECO, BAD FAITH, AND DECLARATORY JUDGMENT

      EXPENSE CLAUSES (For maximum results, read RCW pages 30-31,

      185-192, 258-260, 285-289, 340-342, 418-419, 589-595, 689-692.)
      Renny W. Hodgskin, M.B.A., Senior Vice President - Claims,

      Cambridge Integrated Services Group, Inc., 4B Cedar Brook

      Drive, Cranbury, New Jersey 08512

 

      Luncheon – Faculty designated tables

 

1:15 to 2:00

17. ARBITRATION, MEDIATION, and LIFE REINSURANCE
      Robert M. Mangino, J.D., CLU, (retired Senior Vice President, Swiss

      Re Holding Corp.), Reinsurance Consultant, 7 Beechwood Drive,

      Convent Station NJ  07960-6121

      •  Arbitration, oral and written presentation: arbitration versus

          litigation, clauses, sample documents, organization meeting

          agenda

     •  Life Reinsurance, written presentation only: risk transfer,

          agreement clauses, regulation, disputes

2:10 to 2:50

18. CONTRACT DRAFTING TECHNIQUES (For maximum results, read

      Chapter RCW18.)

      David N. Kragseth, J.D., M.A., Senior Vice President and Chief

      Contracts Officer, Munich Re America, 555 College Road East,

      Princeton NJ 08540

      •  Guidelines and precautions in drafting

      •  Refinements to 26 clauses common to most treaties

      •  Fifteen most frequently observed mistakes

      •  Inconsistently applied wording and dysfunctional clauses

     

2:50 to 3:10

      Soda Break

 

3:10 to 4:00

19. CONTRACT DRAFTING TECHNIQUES (concluded)

4:10 to 5:00

20. PANEL OF THE DAY’S SPEAKERS – with Guest Panelist Chris

      Brockett

5:00 to 6:00

      Free time each day for rest and recreation

6:00 to 6:45

      Social Hour

6:45

      Dinner (choice of three entrees) – Faculty designated tables