Ron Thornton, president of the Inland Marine
Underwriters Association, will lead the proceedings during a
special inland marine track during the 2010 AAIS Main Event conference,
April 11-13 in Fort Myers, Fla.
The first session will provide an overview of
current market conditions and the impact of inland marine on company
operating results.
The speakers will be Jerry Theodorou (top),
vice president of r
esearch
and consulting for Conning & Company, Hartford, Conn., and Patrick
Carroll, Gen Re's Chicago-based senior vice president responsible
for Midwest facultative business.
The construction classes account for the largest
premium volume in inland marine, and almost every insured account
undertakes a construction rehab project at some time. This session
features two experts describing exposures for rehab projects and
explaining how AAIS's Builders Risk forms help you structure coverage
for them.
David Mistick is president of Circumspex LLC,
Pittsburgh, Pa., and a well-known expert on the renovation of historic
structures who has consulted for church insurers.
Robert
Guevara is AAIS's vice president for inland marine and the principal
developer of the Inland Marine Guide and Commercial Output
Program (COP).
On Tuesday afternoon, Bob Guevara will lead a
roundtable discussion describing what he envisions for the Guide
and COP, and seeking input from participants.
The inland marine track will run concurrently
with Tuesday's regular Main Event program. Details on the regular conference program are available
online.
To register for the conference
Select the inland marine track if you want to participate in it.
Reserve your hotel
room separately, using the code "ASIASIC" for the AAIS
group rate. The hotel
deadline is March 15.
If you have questions about the Main Event, contact
Joseph Harrington, AAIS director of corporate communications, at
joeh@AAISonline.com, or by
calling 800-564-AAIS, ext. 217.
On Feb. 18, the U.S. Center for Medicare and
Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that the date for implementing
secondary payer claim reporting was being pushed back to Jan. 1,
2011, nine months after the previously scheduled implementation
date.
As of Jan. 1, U.S. insurers that write coverage for
bodily injury and medical payments will have to start reporting to
Medicare every time they pay a claim to a person enrolled in Medicare.
AAIS programs affected by the liability claim reporting mandate are:
