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Understanding Today’s Coverage Risks and Nuclear Exposures: An Insurance Symposium

September 25, 2025 8:00 am EST FBT Cincinnati Office

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Frost Brown Todd, in partnership with the Carl H. Lindner III Center of Insurance and Risk Management at the University of Cincinnati, invite you to our Insurance Symposium on Thursday, September 25th. This informative event will bring together industry leaders, insurance economists and legal professionals to discuss many of today’s pressing insurance challenges.

Sessions will cover key coverage decisions for 2024-2025, emerging bad faith litigation trends, and strategies to minimize exposure. Attendees will gain insights into nuclear verdicts, the use of artificial intelligence, and the broader impact of litigation on the insurance industry. A panel of industry executives, a keynote presentation on the psychology of risk, and discussions on changing the narrative for judges and juries will provide valuable takeaways. The day concludes with a networking cocktail reception to connect with peers and industry thought leaders.

CLE and CE credit approval pending.

Panels & Topics

Registration & Coffee will begin at 8:00 am Lunch will be provided at 12:15 pm. Networking Reception will begin at 4:30 pm.

Hot Topics in Coverage Litigation | 9:00 – 10:00 am

Turning the Corner: Taking Exception to Four-Corners and Eight-Corners Standards – Dean Brackenridge, Frost Brown Todd

Declaratory Judgments: A Sword and a Shield – Kendrick Wells, Frost Brown Todd

Now or Never: Handling Time Limit Demands – Elise McQuain, Frost Brown Todd

Top 10 Coverage Decisions 2024-2025 | 10:00 – 10:30 am

David Walulik, Frost Brown Todd

Exploring the Surge: Factors Behind Nuclear Verdicts | 10:45 – 11:15 am

Dr. Steve Wood, Courtroom Sciences, Inc.

Jeremiah Byrne, Frost Brown Todd

Insurance Industry Under Siege: Response to Nuclear Verdicts | 11:15 am – 12:15 pm

Teresa Cracas, Exec. VP and Chief Risk Officer, The Cincinnati Insurance Companies

Aaron Latto, Sr. VP for Corporate Claims, Great American Insurance Group

Nikos Scordis, Professor, St. John’s University

Keynote Presentation | 12:45 - 1:15 pm

Psychological Fault Lines: Risk Perception and the Rise of Nuclear Verdicts in Insurance

Ann Hofmann, Great American Insurance Group Chairholder, Lindner College of Business at the University of Cincinnati & Academic Director, Lindner Center for Insurance and Risk Management

Enhancing Your Case: Expert Witness Strategies for Bad Faith Success | 1:15 - 1:45 pm

J. Rudy Martin, Expert Witness & Consultant

Institutional Bad Faith | 1:45 - 2:15 pm

Tom Chaseman, Assistant General Counsel for Claims, AIG

What Happens When YOU Are Deposed? How It Impacts the Entire Case | 2:30 - 3:00 pm

Todd E. Betanzos, Litigation Consultant

Strategic Advantage: Leveraging Mock Juries & Focus Groups | 3:00 - 3:30 pm

Dr. Steve Wood, Courtroom Sciences, Inc.

Minimizing Exposure Through Litigation Strategy | 3:30 - 4:30 pm

How Jurors Perceive Artificial Intelligence – Chris Johnson, Frost Brown Todd

You Need Appellate Counsel Sooner Than You Think – Griffin Sumner, Frost Brown Todd

The World Without Insurance – Chris Burnside, Frost Brown Todd

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