EECMA 2025 Conference Agenda
Conference highlights include:
5:30 - 6:30 PM
Cocktail hour
- Compliments of our Sponsors
6:30 – 7:30 PM
Welcome Dinner
8:00 – 8:30 AM
Breakfast
- Compliments of our Sponsors
8:30 – 8:35 AM
Welcome
- Kathleen Olear, Berkley Specialty Excess, EECMA President
8:35 – 9:15 AM
Nuclear Verdicts, Social Inflation, and Litigation Funding
- Mark Behrens, Shook Hardy & Bacon
9:20– 9:50 AM
PFAS State of the Union, What To Expect after the next Strategic Roadmap
- Taryn McKnight, PFAS Practice Leader, Eurofins
- John Gardella, Attorney, CMBG3 Law
- Dr. Frank Pagone, Senior Manager, RHP Risk Management Inc.
- Micheal C. Nines, Technical Consultant, Manko Gold Katcher Fox LLP
9:55 . – 10:25 AM
Controlling Costs and Limiting Liabilities from PFAS Remediation of Soil and
Groundwater
- Alana Miller, Regenesis
- Scott Green, First Environment
10:25 – 10:40 AM
Break
10:40 – 11:20 AM
AI Capabilities and Impacts on Environmental Insurance
- Victoria Spina, Vertex
- Kate Leisch, VP Env. Claims, Ascot
- Robin Kelliher, USI Insurance Services
- Ted Mavraganis, Ascot
11:25 – 12:05 PM
From Underwriting to Reinsurance: The Risk Lifecycle
- Hillary Ladov, MGC Law
- Amanda Lyons, Senior Managing Director, US Casualty, Aon
- Laura Wisotzkey, Environmental Senior Production Specialist, AVP, Liberty
Mutual Insurance
12:05– 1:05 PM
Lunch
1:05 – 1:45 PM
The Rising Tide of Methamphetamine, Fentanyl and Cannabis-Related Insurance
Claims: Navigating regulations, Liability and Remediation Challenges
- Jennene Lyda, Consultant, Antea Group -Certified Industrial Hygienist
- Nicholas J. Tatro, Partner, Foley, Baron, Metzger & Juip, PLLC
- Marlin Zechman,Claims Manager, AXA XL
1:50 – 2:30 PM
The Reemergence of Natural Resource Damage Claims
- Robert F. Walsh, White and Williams, LLP
- Chase Gerbig, PhD, Pe-MA, MI, Principal Engineer, Roux Associates
- Anthony Gentile, P.G., Bowhead Specialty
2:30 – 2:45 PM
Afternoon Break sponsored by Berkley Specialty Excess
2:45 – 3:45 PM
Ethical Decision-Making in Environmental Contamination Cases (ETHICS)
- Eleanor Barr, Barr Mediation
- Matthew Harvey, Clyde & Co.
- Erin Poppler, Edwin Gallagher Huie
- Stephen Richardson, GSI
- Trish Shippee, Great American Insurance Company
3:50 – 4:30 PM
Who’s in the Driver’s Seat? Insurer Control of the Defense and Settlement of
Emerging Risk Claims
- Gabe Darwick, White and Williams
- Amy Fitzpatrick CoAction Insurance Group
4:35 – 5:15 PM
2024-2025 Coverage Update
- Laura Foggan, Crowell and Mooring
5:15 – 6:15 PM
Cocktail Networking Reception
- Compliments of our Sponsors
8:00 – 8:30 AM
Breakfast
- Compliments of our Sponsors
8:30 – 8:35 AM
Welcome
8:35 – 9:15 AM
Legionnaires’ Disease: Current Challenges in Prevention, Outbreak Management,
Risk Mitigation and Litigation
- Michael Shalhoub, Esq., Partner, Goldberg Segalla, LLP
- David Krause, PhD, MSPH, CIH, FAIHA
- Greg Dunn, Beazley
9:20 – 10:00 AM
Products Pollution Claims: Managing and Insuring the Risks
- Brian Margolis, Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan, LLP
- Julie Wiss, Iron Shore
- Mike McClure, HETI
- M. Claire Juliana, AON
10:00 – 10:15 AM
Break
10:15 – 10:55 AM
Lessons Learned from the “Panic” Created by Prior Emerging Toxic Torts
- Majda Rabah, Roux Associates
- Nicholas Rigano, Esq.
- Greg Gaines, JD , Roux
- Glynnis Priester, USI
11:00 – 11:40 AM
Engineered Stone and Rising Silicosis Claims among Fabrication Workers
- Jacob Persky, Principal at RHP Management
- Mark Sayre, Partner at Foley & Mansfield
- Leo Donatucci, Great American Insurance Company
11:45 – 12:25 PM
Sea Level Rise and Contaminated Sites
- Thomas Storrer, Langsam, Stevens, Silver, Hollaender LLP
- Anthony Provost, Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender, LLP
- Lisa Jawor, Axis Capital
12:25 - 12:30 PM