Construction Defect Risk Management and Insurance Agenda

Day 1 Tuesday Agenda (Short breaks will occur at intervals throughout the day)

7:00 a.m. Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:00 a.m. Anatomy of a Construction Defect Claim

• Potential legal liability issues
• Current coverage issues

9:00 a.m. Construction Defect Coverage Triggers and Policy Implications

• Insurance policy requirements

10:00 a.m. Round One, The Underlying Case

11:00 a.m. Risk Transfer Myths and Disappearing Coverage

• Builders Risk Insurance
• Commercial General Liability Insurance
• Additional insured issues

Noon Networking Luncheon

1:00 p.m. Role of Professional Liability Insurance

• Architects and Engineers practice policies
• Project specific

2:00 p.m. Alternative Dispute Resolution; Separate Recovery Actions

3:10 p.m. Quality Assurance Programs; Structuring and Performance of Wrap-Ups in Construction Defect Claims

• Advantages with respect to construction defect claims
• Disadvantages with respect to construction defect claims
• Types of construction

5:00 p.m. Networking Cocktail Reception

6:00 p.m. Adjourn

Day 2—Wednesday Agenda

7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast

8:00 a.m. Non-Insurance Risk Mitigation Strategies

• Land acquisition
• Entity structuring
• Risk transfer in design and construction contracts
• Quality control programs during the design and construction phases
• Protective provisions in consumer sales agreements, CC&R's and HOA governance documents

9:00 a.m. Current Judicial Trends on Construction Defect and the Insurance Industry’s Response

10:00 a.m. Case Study

11:30 a.m. Adjourn