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The Austin Bar’s newly formed Insurance Law Section met for its inaugural CLE and bar-year kickoff event on May 29 at Hilgers House.
The event introduced the section’s leadership: Melissa Carr, partner at DuBois Bryant & Campbell, is the section chair; and Andrew Van Osselaer, associate at Haynes & Boone, is the section’s treasurer.
The event also included an insurance refresher CLE, which took place in the new Jim & Patty Arnold Conference Room and featured speakers van Osselaer, Catherine Hanna of Hanna & Plaut, and Steve Schulwolf of Schulwolf Mediation. The CLE focused on some of the most significant recent developments in insurance law, such as:
- the scope of an insurer’s duty to defend;
- how excess policies respond to claims;
- what makes a proper Stowers demand; and
the proper role the Declaratory Judgment Act has in coverage disputes.
The CLE specifically discussed Monroe Guaranty v. Bitco, Ohio Casualty v. Patterson-UTI Energy, Golden Bear Ins. v. Concrete Cowboy, and Westport Insurance Corp. v. Pennsylvania Nat. Mut.
Thank you to everyone who attended! If you would like to join the Insurance Section, annual dues are $35, and you can add it to your Austin Bar membership by visiting austinbar.org/insurance-law-section.