Professional Liability Committee

Mission Statement
The Professional Liability Committee’s goal is to encourage an understanding of the issues surrounding liability insurance protecting professionals from their errors and omissions in providing services. The Committee offers high-quality and current educational programs and materials for and by seasoned practitioners. It also fosters a high-level dialogue among members on relevant issues in a way designed to purposefully balance the needs, concerns, and understanding of both policyholder- and insurer-side counsel.

Contact: profliability at americancollegecoverage.org

2020-2021 Co-Chairs
Shattuck Ely
Jennifer Mathis

Past Co-Chairs

2019-2020
Suzan Charlton
Jodi McDougall

2018-2019
Ron Kammer
Suzan Charlton

2017-2018
Suzan Charlton
Ron Kammer

2016-2017
Ron Kammer
Sheri Pastor

2015-2016
Laura Foggan
Paul Langer
Robert Thavis

2014-2015
Laura Foggan
Paul Langer
Robert Thavis

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Article of the Month

American Law Institute's Restatement of the Law, Liability Insurance: Scholarship and Controversy By Lorelie S. Masters and Geoffrey B. Fehling

Published April 2021 by the University of Connecticut Insurance Law Journal on the insurance Restatement.

Member News

ACCC Fellows Recognized as Agents of Change in Insurance Law
In the “Insurance Law Trailblazer” inaugural list published by the National Law Journal

Ned Currie Receive Multiple Honors

The Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association presented Ned Currie of Currie Johnson & Myers, P.A. with the 2021 Defense Lawyer of the Year award; in 2016 the MDLA bestowed him with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Best Lawyers in America selected Ned as Mississippi’s 2021 “Lawyer of the Year” for Insurance Law. He received the same Best Lawyers distinction in 2012

U.S. District Court Grants Motion for Summary Judgement and Dismisses Target's Claim

On February 8, 2021, Meagher + Geer attorney Chuck Spevacek and his team made news heard around the insurance world when they obtained on behalf of two Chubb entities – ACE American Insurance Company and ACE Property & Casualty Insurance Company – an order from United States District Court for the District of Minnesota granting their motion for summary judgment and dismissing the claim of Target Corporation for insurance coverage for losses arising out of its 2013 data breach. Click here for more info.