Policyholder Advocate's Insurance Coverage Playbook: Enhanced Strategies, Arguments, Techniques to Establish Coverage
Recording of a 90-minute CLE video webinar with Q&A
This CLE webinar will offer policyholder advocates better ways to think about and frame insurance coverage disputes for improved outcomes. The panel will suggest arguments, techniques, and practices that help counsel find more and better support for their policy language interpretations--sometimes in unusual places--when an insurer challenges or denies coverage.
Outline
- How to identify non-obvious policies with potential coverage
- Using the policy to bolster coverage arguments
- Using insurer-drafted materials to argue for coverage
- Rebutting insurer arguments against coverage
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key issues:
- What overlooked or unusual documents from insurers are often helpful in making the case for coverage, and can a policyholder get them when they need them?
- What are the best methods for distinguishing insurer case law?
- Should AI in any form be used to determine the meanings of words or phrases?
Faculty
Natalie DuBose
Partner
Haynes and Boone
Ms. DuBose is an insurance-recovery professional who has successfully represented a number of businesses—large... | Read More
Ms. DuBose is an insurance-recovery professional who has successfully represented a number of businesses—large and small—under all types of commercial insurance policies, including directors and officers, commercial general liability, property, errors and omissions, builder’s risk, fidelity, and cyber. She has a decade of experience helping businesses navigate complex insurance disputes. Ms. DuBose has developed a business-oriented approach to insurance recovery and a unique understanding of her clients’ goals, and actively consults with clients on cost-effective solutions to manage risk and maximize insurance recovery. She has been recognized in the Best Lawyers in America for Insurance Law every year since 2019, and has been recognized as a Rising Star in Insurance by Texas Super Lawyers. Ms. DuBose is the Chair of the Dallas Bar Association’s Tort and Insurance Practice Section, where she has served as a board member since 2016. She has chaired many ABA insurance conferences, and is a regular speaker and writer on insurance topics, including for the Texas Insurance Law Journal and the Texas Bar Advanced Insurance Law seminar.
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Greg Van Houten
Associate
Haynes and Boone
Mr. Van Houten is a high-stakes commercial litigator who focuses on representing corporate plaintiffs in... | Read More
Mr. Van Houten is a high-stakes commercial litigator who focuses on representing corporate plaintiffs in insurance-related matters. He only represents policyholders—not insurance companies. In addition to his litigation work, Mr. Van Houten advises clients during insurance renewals on optimal insurance policy wording and during M&A transactions that involve complex insurance issues.
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