8:00a.m. – 9:00a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00a.m. – 9:15a.m.
Opening Remarks and Introduction

9:15a.m. – 10:30a.m.
The Basic Allocation Methodologies

• Fundamental allocation methodologies, including the “all sums” methodology and the various pro rata approaches
  
• Horizontal and vertical exhaustion
  
• What are the approaches? How do they work?
  
• Policy language supporting the approaches
  
• Equities and other arguments supporting different methodologies
  
• Breakdown of decisional law
  
• Trends of decisions
  
• Perspectives from the policyholder and insurer points of view
  
• Collapsing vs. non-collapsing coverage blocks
  

10:30a.m.-10:45a.m. BREAK

10:45a.m. – 12:00p.m.
Examining Cutting Edge Allocation Issues: Exploring Various Hot Topics in Allocation, Including:

• Multi-year policies
  
• Stub periods and extensions
  
• Impact of insurance “unavailability”
  
• Different lines of coverage
  
• Number of occurrences
  
• Defense vs. indemnity from the policyholder and insurer points of view
  

12:00p.m. – 1:00p.m. Luncheon

1:00p.m. – 2:30p.m.
Emerging Issues and Important Developments

• Global warming and climate change claims
  
• Nanotechnology claims
  
• Policyholder bankruptcies
  
• Allocation modeling and cost evaluation
  
• Impact of tort reform, inactive dockets and legislation
  

2:30p.m. – 3:30p.m.
Reallocation Among Settled and Non-Settled Insurers

• Coverage settlements
  
• Contribution and subrogation claims, theories and defenses
  
• Types of “other insurance clauses” and how they interact
  
• Impact of insurer settlements and settlement credits
  
• Impact of policyholder indemnity
  

3:30p.m. – 3:45p.m. BREAK

3:45p.m. – 5:15p.m.
Allocation Issues Presented by the Cession: Exploring Allocation Issues in the Context of Reinsurance Cessions from the Perspectives of Ceding Companies, Reinsurers and Experienced Umpires, Including:

• Bases upon which the allocation was made
• Impact of select provisions in reinsurance treaties and facultative certificates
  
• Aggregation and loss occurrence issues
  
• Impact of follow the fortunes, settlement and form principles
  
• Reinsurance red flags
  
• Effective arbitration strategies and techniques
  

5:15p.m. – 5:30p.m. Recap

• Placing themes in context
  
• Identifying trends
  
• Question and answer session