Marshall Gilinsky to speak on a panel at the Westchester-Fairfield-Hudson CPCU Chapter on ‘Reinsurance – Emerging Issues and Common Concerns’ on Wednesday, May 14, 2014 from 8:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

Some of the topics to be discussed are:

• Allocation under reinsurance agreements
• How will the NY Court of Appeals USF&G v. American Re case affect reinsurance?
• Is there a new reasonableness standard?
• How will this affect follow-the-fortunes & utmost-good-faith doctrines?
• Does late notice void the reinsurance contract?
• Is coverage lost when ceding company makes a wrong coverage determination?
• Clash Coverage: What is it and why is it needed?
• Resolving apportionment conflicts between reinsurers when multiple coverage applies.
• Is there bad faith exposure to reinsurers for primary carrier claim handling?
  • Are declaratory judgment actions covered by reinsurance?
  • Cat Bonds:
  • How do cat bonds work?
  • Catastrophe bond triggers
  • Why are investors interested in cat bonds?
  • Recent unusual placements
  • Insurance Linked Securities:
  • Catastrophe Derivatives/Industry Loss
  • Warranties
  • Collateralized reinsurance/retro
  • Quota Shares/Sidecars