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A.M. Best Webinar on “Reptile Hunters”: Insurers’ Defense Counsel Responds to Next Wave Plaintiff Strategies


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

OLDWICK - JULY 19, 2017 09:34 AM (EDT)
A.M. Best and Best’s Insurance Professionals & Claims Resource will host a webinar focused on the “Reptile Approach,” in which many plaintiff’s attorneys seek to persuade jurors by appealing to primitive survival instincts. This one-hour complimentary event will be on Wednesday, August 2, beginning at 2 p.m. (EDT).

Register at http://www.ambest.com/webinars/reptile17/

A panel of legal experts will discuss where the approach is being used, situations in which it is particularly effective and how insurers and their defense counsel can respond.

This webinar’s panelists include:


  • Nathan Edmonds, senior partner, Secrest Wardle;

  • Irwin Kramer, managing partner, Kramer & Connolly;

  • Lance Ewing, executive vice president of global risk management, Cotton Holdings Inc., and former president, Risk and Insurance Management Society;. and

  • Rick Woollams, property/casualty claims consultant and former president, global commercial claims, American International Group, Inc.

Best’s Insurance Professionals Managing Editor John Czuba will help moderate the discussion, along with Senior Associate Editor John Weber.

Attendees are encouraged to submit questions in advance, either during the registration process or via email to john.czuba@ambest.com. During the live event, which will be streamed in audio and video formats, questions can be sent to webinars@ambest.com.

For more information, please call (908) 439-2200, ext. 5673, or email john.czuba@ambest.com.

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