Arnstein & Lehr co-sponsors Chicago Insurance Forum; Melissa Bean and Optional Federal Charter proposals top agenda.CHICAGO -- The Chicago law firm of Arnstein & Lehr LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol , together with other leading providers of professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. to insurance companies, risk managers, and insureds, is co-sponsoring the 2007 Insurance Forum on Wednesday, November 14 in downtown Chicago. The forum provides insurance and risk management professionals with cutting-edge insight into trends in the insurance market from legal, corporate, and government viewpoints. A major attraction in this year's forum includes the participation of Congresswoman Melissa Bean, one of the lead sponsors of legislation to establish an optional federal charter for insurers. Speaking via satellite link from the House, Bean is expected to explain the proposal and its anticipated benefits, and will be able to entertain questions from the audience. Arnstein & Lehr Partner Mary Cannon Veed will moderate and serve as a panel member at the forum. Topics for discussion include ways businesses can use expert risk management to control their losses and insurance costs, in addition to optimizing their exposure to liability in areas such as workers' compensation workers' compensation, payment by employers for some part of the cost of injuries, or in some cases of occupational diseases, received by employees in the course of their work. , employee benefits, and product and contractual liability. Jeffrey Stolle, director of risk management for Career Education Corporation, and Dan Kugler, risk manager for Snap-on, Inc., will also serve on Ms. Veed's panel. Other speakers at the day-long event include Illinois Director of Insurance Michael McRaith, Dan Dalton, dean emeritus of the Indiana Graduate School of Business and director of the Corporate Governance Corporate Governance The relationship between all the stakeholders in a company. This includes the shareholders, directors, and management of a company, as defined by the corporate charter, bylaws, formal policy, and rule of law. Institute, Mike Koziol of the PCIAA PCIAA Property Casualty Insurers Association of America PCIAA Pennsylvania Catholic Interscholastic Athletic Association PCIAA Panama Canal International Alumni Association, Inc. , and speakers from AIG AIG addressee indicator group (US DoD) AIG American International Group, Inc AiG Answers in Genesis (religious group in defense of Scripture) AIG Artificial Intelligence Group AIG Australian Industry Group Property Casualty Group, Swiss Re Underwriters, FFG FFG Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft (German: Austrian research promotion agency) FFG Flash Flood Guidance FFG Guided Missile Frigate FFG Fall from Grace (band) FFG Fast Frigates FFG Freeware Flight Group Insurance Company, Foley & Lardner, Sidley & Austin, Sonnenschein Nath and Rosenthal, and Bingham McCutchen. For more information, and to register for this free forum, visit www.theinsuranceforum.org. Interested persons may also contact Mary Cannon Veed with Arnstein & Lehr LLP at (312) 876-7850 or mcveed@arnstein.com. |
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