Committee Chairs

Board Year 2019-2020

ADR Committee
adrcommittee at americancollegecoverage.org
Marialuisa Gallozzi
Gerry Albrecht

Annual Conference Committee
annualconference at americancollegecoverage.org
Co-Chairs:
Angela Elbert
Robert Kole
Vice Chairs:
Spence Taylor
John Bonnie

CGL/Excess Liability Insurance
cglexcessliability at americancollegecoverage.org
Rhonda Tobin
John Vishneski

Communications Committee
communications at americancollegecoverage.org
Linda Bondi Morrison
Jim Cooper
Christine Haskett

Cyber Insurance and Computer Crime
cybertech at americancollegecoverage.org
John Buchanan
John Sinnott

D&O and Management Liability
DandOmanagement at americancollegecoverage.org
Michael Manire
Seth Lamden

Emerging Risks
emergingrisk at americancollegecoverage.org
Mary Borja
Steve Palley

Extracontractual and Bad-Faith Claims Litigation Committee
extracontandbadfaith at americancollegecoverage.org
David Anderson
Robert Allen

First-Party Insurance Committee
firstparty at americancollegecoverage.org
Rick Hammond
Hugh Lumpkin
Stephen Goldman

Law School Symposium Committee
symposium at americancollegecoverage.org
Doug McIntosh
Hugh Lumpkin
Marialuisa Gallozzi

Membership Committee
membership at americancollegecoverage.org
Lisa Pake
Koorosh Talieh

Nominating Committee
nominating at americancollegecoverage.org
Mary McCutcheon

Outreach Committee
outreachcommittee at americancollegecoverage.org
Andy Downs
Marty Pentz

Professional Liability Committee
profliability at americancollegecoverage.org
Suzan Charlton
Jodi McDougall

Professionalism and Ethics Committee
professionalethics at americancollegecoverage.org
Neil Posner
John Bonnie

Regional Meetings Committee
regionalmeetings at americancollegecoverage.org
Tyler Gerking
Scott Godes
Tamara Wolfson

Quick Links

Article of the Month

The new Bermuda Triangle: Arbitration of Coverage Disputes Under the Bermuda Form
By Lorelie S. Masters, Michael S. Levine, and Latosha M. Ellis

The commercial insurance programs of many multinational and US businesses include “Bermuda Form” policies, a unique policy form developed in Bermuda in the mid-1980s that provides for arbitration of disputes, usually in London under the substantive law of New York. Click here for the full article.

Member News

Zale Files it Appellant’s Brief in its Dallas D&O Coverage Action Involving Delaware Securities Appraisal Action.

Between the Zale action in Dallas (which the insurers won on summary judgment) and the Solera Holdings action in Delaware (which the policyholder won the first ruling), a number of Fellows are involved in this high-stakes litigation involving significant money. Click here to read more.

Lawless featured in Law.com/Texas Lawyer for Lifetime Achievements

Mark Lawless is credited with helping to establish the policyholder insurance bar in Texas at a time when insurance cost recovery work was routinely sent to lawyers in New York and other large northern cities. Click here to read more.