Raymond Mastrangelo, Partner at Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass LLP, will present on dispute resolution clauses at the 2025 RAA – Re Contracts Conference in New York, July 22-24, 2025. His session will guide attendees through the arbitration,...
California’s recent wildfires have left a lasting impact on the state, with losses and legal implications continuing to unfold. On July 17, 2025, Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass LLP Partners Kristen Kish and Matthew Lasky will lead a critical...
Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass LLP Partner, Matthew Lasky, recently presented at Zurich’s 2025 Actuarial Network Meeting on Thursday, June 26. His session, California Wildfires: Insurance Impact, Coverage Issues, and What’s Next, explored...
Join us for the following panels and RSVP here to attend. Lloyd Gura: Conference Chair Matthew Lasky: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Reinsurance and Insurance Kristen Kish: Trends in the Retrospective Reinsurance Market Amy Kallal: Recent...
Costantino Suriano spoke at St. John’s University Maurice R. Greenberg School of Risk Management, Insurance, and Actuarial Science on “The Insurance Industry: Promises and Outcomes” on February 13, 2025. His presentation examined insurers’ and...
Amy Kallal will be a panelist on ARIAS•US’ Fall Conference’s “Emerging Claims & Recent Developments On High Stakes Claims” session on November 14, 2024. Mound Cotton is proud to be a sponsor of the Conference. Geared towards...
Join us for the following panels and RSVP to attend:communications@moundcotton.com Lloyd Gura: Conference Chair Matthew Lasky: Hot Topics: Managing General Agents Guyon Knight: Reinsuring PFAS: Emerging Issues in the Next, Next Asbestos Kristen Kish:...
Amy Kallal will discuss reinsurance contract recovery on ARIAS•U.S.’ webinar, “Fill In The Blanks: Considerations For Proving the Terms of Missing Contracts” on September 18 with co-panelists Randi Ellias from Aon and Jim Fitzgerald...
Ray Mastrangelo will discuss Dispute Resolution Clauses: Arbitration, Mediation and Litigation at RAA Re Contracts: The Art of Designing Reinsurance Contracts and Programs on July 23 in New York City. This session will review various dispute resolution...
Amy Kallal and Pamela Minetto will speak on the panel, Abuse Claims: The Current Landscape, during AIRROC’s Summer Membership Meeting in New York City on July 16-17. Panelists will discuss issues that often arise with abuse claims such as lost...
JOIN US FOR THE FOLLOWING PANELS AND RSVP TO ATTEND: COMMUNICATIONS@MOUNDCOTTON.COM Matthew Lasky: Hot Topics: Managing General Agents Guyon Knight: Reinsuring PFAS: Emerging Issues in the Next, Next Asbestos Kristen Kish: The Impact of Social Inflation...
Philip SIlverberg was a panelist on “What’s Old is New Again: Cyber Liability Insurance” at IADC’s 2024 Professional Liability Roundtable in Chicago on May 30. This panel will discuss the current state of risk, lessons learned, and the...
Lloyd Gura will speak on “Trending Legal Topics” at the 2024 Gen Re Claims Seminar on March 4 in Austin, Texas.
Samuel Weiss will be on the panel, “Navigating Complex Mining Losses” at PowerCon Energy and Power Conference 2024 on April 3. Since 2011, PowerCon delivers interactive educational and analytical content regarding the associated risks for...
Jeffrey Weinstein will be a panelist on “From Crisis to Coverage: Understanding the Triggers of Product Recall and Contamination Policies” at ABA’s 2024 Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee CLE Seminar in Tucson, Arizona on March 6-9, 2024. The...
Barry Temkin was a panelist on “Deceptive Investigative Techniques: Civil and Criminal Contexts,” a CLE webinar given by the New York County Lawyers Association (NYCLA) on January 9, 2024. Course Details: The Rules of Professional Conduct proclaim that...
Special Counsel Kristin Kish will be a panelist on the Education Committee’s webinar, “AI – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly,” discussing the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the insurance and reinsurance industries, how it is being used by...
Join us for the following panels and RSVP to communications@moundcotton.com – Lloyd Gura: Issues & Challenges Facing Reinsurance Legal Departments Amy Kallal: Issues in the Captive Market in 2023 and Beyond Ray Mastrangelo: The Art...
Mound Cotton is a proud sponsor of the RAA (Reinsurance Association of America)’s Re Contracts: The Art of Designing Reinsurance Contracts and Programs conference on July 25-27, 2023 in New York. Partner Ray Mastrangelo presented “Issues to...
Barry Temkin will present “Current Ethical Issues for In-House Counsel & Those Who Advise Them: Litigation Perspectives” CLE at the New York City Bar on June 21, 2023. His co-presenters are Adrienne Eason-Wheatley, Managing Counsel at Bank of...
Mound Cotton will host IRUA’s Networking Group on June 27 at our New York City office. Partner Lloyd Gura will provide an update on Sexual Abuse and Molestation Claims and the resulting insurance and reinsurance issues, including number of...
Costantino Suriano spoke on the session “Ted Talk: Claims/Practical Side of CATS” at the 2023 Insurance Regulation Conference – Insurance Industry Resilience, Post-Pandemic on May 24. Costantino’s co-presenter was Paul Aviles, SVP...
Both Barry Temkin and Kate DiGeronimo were panelists at the 2023 IBDC (Independent Broker Dealer Consortium)-RIAC Risk Management Conference, where Mound Cotton was a platinum sponsor Kate was on the panel, “Why is it important for IBDs and RIAs...
Kristen Kish was a panelist on “Hot Topic – The Future of Reinsurance Collateral” at RAA Re Basics: Demystifying Reinsurance course in New York on May 9. The Reinsurance Association of America (RAA) offers this two-day course that equips...
Partner Wendy Stein Fulton will speak on “Frenemies – Insurer v. Insurer Bad Faith” at DRI’s upcoming Insurance Bad Faith and Extra-Contractual Liability Seminar in Charlotte on June 15. As insurer versus insurer litigation is becoming...
Lloyd Gura is a panelist on “Not Your Father’s (or Mother’s) APH” at AIRROC’s Spring Membership Meeting in New York City. The panel will discuss current trends in asbestos pollution and health hazards, or APH, and emerging...
Costantino Suriano, Philip Silverberg, Jeffrey Weinstein, and Wayne Glaubinger attended the Loss Executive Association (LEA) 2023 Annual Meeting and Educational Conference in Fort Lauderdale on January 25-27. The General Session included three keynote...
Costantino Suriano discussed “Hurricane Ian Claims Considerations” on the Loss Executives Association (LEA)’s webinar. Joined by CEO Jonathon Held and building code expert Mike Rimoldi from J.S. Held, he explored the issues...
Stephanie Tippit was a copanelist in a Commercial Lines Property workshop, “What Happens When Texas Freezes? A Case Study,” exploring whether the big freeze of 2021 could happen again, at the PLRB Large Loss Conference on October 13-14th....
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Sanjit Shah spoke with Larry Bache, Merlin Law Group, at Windstorm Insurance Network’s webinar on September 14, 2022. They discussed developments in case law and legislative amendments and their effects on property damage claims. You can learn more...
The firm is sponsoring the event, now considered one of the top 5K runs in the US. Find out more information here about the Tunnel to Towers Foundation and how it pays tribute to those we lost on 9/11.
Wendy Stein Fulton was a speaker on the “Mediations: Be Prepared” panel at the 6th Annual Insurance in the Construction Industry webcast on August 25. The Seminar Group hosted this 2-day seminar to address the ever changing world of construction growth,...
Partner Wendy Stein Fulton presented “Keeping the Faith: Detecting and Avoiding Bad Faith Bear Traps” at FINS 2022 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on August 12. She taught participants how to handle and respond to a plaintiff’s demand to...
Special Counsel Andrea Fort presented the “Privacy, Confidentiality, Data Protection and Sanctions Clauses” session at Re Contracts 2022: The Art of Designing Reinsurance Contracts and Programs on July 20, 2022. Hosted by the Reinsurance...
Partner Michael Goldstein will speak about the “History of Bellefonte: Why is this so important to our industry?” at AIRROC’s Summer Membership Meeting on July 21, 2022. He will be joined by co-panelists Sean Keely, partner, Freeborn & Peters;...
Jonathan Chernow spoke at the NYSBA’s “Insurance Consent To Settle Provisions: How Neutrals Can Help Break The Stalemate” on June 27, 2022. He was joined by Diana Shafter Gliedman, Anderson Kill and Kim Hogrefe, Kim Dean Hogrefe, LLC...
Partner Barry Temkin gave a CLE for the New York City Bar, “Current Ethical Issues for In-House Counsel & Those Who Advise Them: Litigation Perspectives,” on June 21, 2022. Joined by Adrienne K. Eason-Wheatley from The Bank of New York...
Senior Counsel Jonathan Chernow, who specializes in property insurance issues involving fine art and jewelry, will be a delegate at IFASIC, the International Fine Art and Specie Insurance Conference, from May 25 through 27, in Malta. The conference will...
Partner and committee member Philip Silverberg spoke at the “Property Damage Roundtable & Discussion” for the Builder’s Risk & Construction Symposium on May 12, 2022. He was joined by co-panelists Lindsey Green Doallo, McGriff; Gary Slowick,...
Partners Lloyd Gura, Amy Kallal, Raymond Mastrangelo, and Matthew Lasky will be attending the ARIAS-U.S. Spring Conference on May 11-13 on Amelia Island, Florida. You can find out more information and register here.
Lloyd Gura was a panelist on the Reinsurance 101 session at the CLM (Claims and Litigation Management) Alliance Annual Conference in Palm Desert on March 25. With copanelists Mark DiTaranto from AXA XL, Steve Lokus from Navigators, A Brand of The...
Barry Temkin moderated a New York County Lawyers Association (NYCLA) Securities and Exchanges Committee CLE, “So You’re Interested in a Career in Securities Law,” on February 28, 2022. The webinar included a panel of securities attorneys who...
Partner Dustin Dubose will be speaking on the panel, “Business Interruption Reinstatement Claims,” at the Loss Executive Association (LEA)’s conference, “Celebrating 91 Years of Educating the Insurance Industry,” on February 3. The...
Associate Kristen Kish spoke about “Abuse/Molestation Claims” on January 26, 2022 at the AIRROC 2022 Claims Trends Webinar: Abuse and Sports Head Injuries. She presented with Nicola Aspinwall, Associate Solicitor, BLM Law, for the NextGen...
Partner Barry Temkin gave a recent CLE on “Legal Ethics on the Silver Screen: Ethics for Insurance Lawyers and Adjusters.” Using excerpts from Hollywood films, Barry’s discussion was based on hypothetical questions arising from the...
Barry Temkin and Katharine Lechleitner spoke about New York ‘s Prompt Pay Act (PPA) and how it affects construction contractors at the New York City Bar on November 2. They discussed the PPA’s legislative history, common incorrect...
Partner Costantino Suriano spoke on “Leadership Through Claims” at the Gamma Iota Sigma Executive Speaker Series at the Maurice R. Greenberg School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science (GSRM), St. John’s University, on October...
Partner Amy Kallal was a panelist on “Claims Updates: Molestation and PFAS” at AIRROC’s Legacy Transactions & Networking Forum on October 18. The panel was hosted by Marcus Doran, AIG. Her co-panelists were Sin Senh, Roux and Bill...
Partner and committee member Philip Silverberg will speak on “Legal Perspectives on Emerging Construction Risks and Perspectives on Covid-Related Issues,” at the Builder’s Risk & Construction Symposium. His copanelist is Mark Katz from...
Partner Jeffrey Weinstein presented “Adjustment/Analysis of 2020 Civil Unrest Claims” at Loss Executives Association (LEA)’s Conference, the 2021 Golf and Education Event. Targeted towards insurance claim managers and adjusters, the...
Partner Amy Kallal will be presenting – in person – “Reinsurance 101 for Claims Handlers: What You Need to Know and Why” at the 2021 CLM (Claims and Litigation Management) Alliance’s Annual Conference, on August 12, at...
Partner Matthew Lasky and associate Alexis Stevens will co-present “Privacy, Confidentiality, Data Protection, and Sanctions Clauses” as a Hot Topic at Reinsurance Association of America (RAA)’s Re Contracts: The Art of Designing...
Raymond Mastrangelo will speak on a panel discussing “The Scope of an Arbitration Panel’s Authority” at AIRROC’s Summer Membership Meeting on July 14. Joining Raymond on the panel is Ann Field, Senior Managing Director, Head of...
Partner Barry Temkin will discuss The Ethics of the Remote Practice of Law, and ABA’s Ethics Opinion 498, at NELA/NY’s (National Employment Lawyers Association) Spring Conference on May 14. With his co-presenter, Jennifer Goldsmith at...
Partner Barry Temkin will be presenting on “Ethics Issues on Infrastructure Projects” at PLI’s virtual conference, Construction Projects and Infrastructure 2021, on May 13. Some topics he will discuss include: Making the best deal for...
Amy Kallal will moderate a webinar, “The Powers of Arbitrators in the Virtual Age and Beyond” on March 16. Hosted by ARIAS–U.S., the panelists, including Larry Greengrass from ARIAS-US and certified arbitrators Susan Grondine-Dauwer from SEG-D...
MCWG Partner Matthew Lasky will be a panelist in the ‘Hot Topic Panel – Underwriting in the Time of Covid 19’ at the Re Underwriting 2020 — Underwriting Fundamentals and Current Issues for the Reinsurance Education Institute of...
Partners Matthew Lasky and Amy Kallal will discuss updates on two key areas for AIRROC’s ‘Work From Home’ Webinars on September 29, 2020. To sign up or find out more about the webinars, “Vaping: What’s Hiding Behind the...
Partner Costantino Suriano spoke at and organized the fourth annual Loss Executive Association (LEA) seminar, held at St. John’s Maurice R. Greenberg School of Risk Management (SRM), for the school’s students. To graduate, these students must take...
Partner Barry Temkin will be speaking on March 6 at the New York State Bar Association program on “Securities Arbitration 2020: Deep Dive.” See attached brochure for more information.
Several MCWG attorneys will be attending the Loss Executives Association’s 89th Annual Meeting & Mid-Winter Educational Program in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from January 15th to the 17th. Partner Jeffrey Weinstein will be a featured speaker,...
Congratulations to our Partner Costantino Suriano for speaking about Cyber Law at the LEA 2019 Young Professionals Seminar at St. John’s University School of Risk Management on November 7, 2019. The seminar had presentations that covered: Cyber Attacks...
Congratulations to our partner, Costantino Suriano, for co-chairing a panel of industry leaders in the St. John’s University School of Risk Management annual conference, Regulatory Risk in Uncertain Times on October 23, 2019.
Our partner, Costantino Suriano, is co-chairing a panel of industry leaders in the St. John’s University School of Risk Management annual conference, Regulatory Risk in Uncertain Times on October 23, 2019, which will be held at the Yale Club in New York...
Partner Costantino Suriano will present at the Loss Executives Association’s 4th Annual Young Professionals Day on Thursday, November 7, 2019 at the St. John’s School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Sciences. Please click the link...
MCWG’s 6th Annual NYC Reinsurance Conference is on Thursday, September 19 at the New York City Bar Association. This conference, chaired by Lloyd Gura, qualifies for CE/CLE credit. The Panel Moderators this year are Ann Field, Gregg Hirsch,...
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The 2019 Annual Loss Executives Association Conference was hosted in Fort Lauderdale, Florida from January 30 to February 1, 2019.
Jonathan Chernow’s lecture, “But is it real? Addressing fakes and forgeries in the art market from an insurance coverage and risk management perspective,” addressed recent scandals in the news; how to spot forgeries and fakes before they are...
Mr. Temkin’s presentation of “The Trump Bubble: What Happens When the Longest Bull Market in U.S. History Hiccups?,” was chosen to be included in the 2019 PLDF Annual Meeting. This will take place at the W Lakeshore – Chicago, located at 644 N...
Mr. Lasky will speak about Privacy, Confidentiality, Data Protection and Sanctions Clauses, on Tuesday, July 23rd, from 3:15 to 4:15 p.m The RAA’s Re Contracts Course: The Art of Designing Reinsurance Contracts and Programs will be conducted on Tuesday,...
Costantino Suriano was a speaker on behalf of The Loss Executives Association at St. John’s University’s Best and Brightest Students, hosted by Allied World Assurance Holdings in Bermuda on March 29, 2019. For more information please visit:...
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Partner Emilie Baklan-Caplan will speak at the Perrin Conferences’ Natural Disaster Conference on April 2-3, 2019 at the Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove, Miami, FL. This one-and-a-half-day conference will feature thought leaders with varied...
Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass LLP will be hosting the IRUA/Reinsurance Networking Group Luncheon on Wednesday, January 23rd. The topic of the luncheon presentation will be “Ethics in Arbitration: Is It an Oxymoron? Arbitrator...
The program will be offering 7 hours of CLE credit, including one hour of ethics CLE. To register or get more information, visit here.
U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” has ranked law firms in 75 national practice areas and 122 metro practice areas for 2019. Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass has been named as a Tier 1 firm in the New York Metropolitan area and in Tier 2...
Gregg Hirsch moderated the panel, “The Life Deal Market,” as part of “The Art of the Runoff Deal” sessions at AIRROC’s 2018 NJ 2018 Commutations & Networking Forum on October 15, held at The Westin Jersey City...
MCWG’s 5th Annual NYC Reinsurance Conference is on Thursday, September 13 at the New York City Bar Association. This conference, chaired by Lloyd Gura, qualifies for CE/CLE credit. For more information or to register, please email...
For more information about the program, please click here. This program offers 4.0 NJ CLE credits (including 1.0 ethics/professionalism credit).
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MCWG 5th Annual NYC Reinsurance Conference will be taking place on Thursday, September 13, 2018 at the New York Bar Association. This conference is a one-day educational and networking conference for experienced industry professionals. This...
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MCWG hosted its 4th annual reinsurance conference, a one-day educational and networking conference for experienced industry professionals. This highly-regarded event is a forum designed for learning from first rate speakers on important and wide-ranging...
Partner Amy Kallal and associate Maegan McAdam presented at RAA’s 2017 Re Claims: Navigating the World of Reinsurance Protection When Loss Strikes, on the topic: “Opioid Epidemic.” For more information, please visit:...
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This article accompanied a presentation Partner Jonathan Gross gave at the Defense Research Institute’s “Insurance Coverage and Claims Institute Seminar” on April 7, 2016 in Chicago. To read the full article, please click below. The article was also...
Mr. Temkin spoke on on the topic, “Solicitation and Advertising by Corporate Lawyers.” For more information and to sign up visit this page.
Partner Costantino Suriano was a panelist on “Catastrophe Risk: Are We Ready?” at St. John’s University’s The Peter J. Tobin College of Business, School of Risk Management at the Insurance and Actuarial Science Conference, New...
Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass LLP 3rd Annual New York City Reinsurance Conference in collaboration with St. John’s University School of Risk Management, Insurance & Actuarial Science and Reactions Magazine: September 29, 2016 101 Astor Place,...
American Conference Institute 3rd National Insurance Allocation Thursday and Friday, June 23-24, 2016 The Carlton Hotel, New York, NY Mr. Greengrass spoke on the topic “The Reinsurer’s View of Allocation.” For more information, click...
American Conference Institute’s 4th Annual Advanced Forum on Captive Insurance May 2-3, 2016 The Carlton Hotel on Madison Avenue New York, NY Mr. Veach discussed the topic “Captives in Run-Off or Insolvency.” For more information and...
London Product Recall and Contamination Symposium 1 America Square 17 Crosswall London EC3N 2LB April 28, 2016 Mr. Weinstein discussed the history, current wording, trends and litigated issues involving these Crisis Management Products: Accidental...
