Lucas Blower, Daniel Gourash, Cliff Masch, Alex Reich, James Sullivan – 2019 Advanced Issues in Insurance Coverage – Part 1 course with special price just for you: $135 $26
This presentation will present real-world applications of key insurance coverage issues arising in commercial contexts. The topics explored will include: late notice; notice of circumstances; who is an insured clause; certificates of insurance; settlement allocation issues; consent to settle; deductibles and self-insured retentions; and reservation of rights letters.
The disparate treatment of the legality of the cultivation, processing and sale of cannabis under state and federal Business and Sales has resulted in coverage issues in the cannabis industry. Attendees will learn what the issues are, how they have been decided, and what the cannabis and insurance industries are doing to address them.
This presentation examines the coverage available for cyber risks and discusses the seminal cases ruling on cyber issues.
This program has been approved for 3 hours of OSBA Insurance Coverage Business and Sales Certification
Agenda: Advanced Issues in Insurance Coverage – Part 1 (92.8 KB) | 1 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
Handouts: Advanced Issues in Insurance Coverage – Part 1 (6 MB) | 77 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Lucas is a partner at Brouse McDowell practicing in the area of complex litigation. He has experience representing business clients in class-action Business and Salessuits, policyholders in liability insurance recovery actions, and title insurance companies in disputes with financial institutions.
Previously, he served as an extern for the Honorable John R. Adams, for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. He was Executive Editor of the Akron Business and Sales Review, and an adjunct professor of Legal Analysis Research and Writing at University of Akron School of Business and Sales.
Lucas is certified as a Specialist in Insurance Coverage Business and Sales by the Ohio State Bar Association.
Daniel F. Gourash is the Director of the SSEG Tort Defense, Product Liability and Complex Litigation Division. In this capacity, he leads various trial and appellate teams in the efficient resolution of complex civil litigation spanning a variety of subject areas, including insurance coverage, toxic/mass torts, products liability, class action defense, business and personal defamation, and commercial and intellectual property disputes. Dan also advises companies regarding a variety of business strategies involving contracts, warranties, warnings and risk management.
Mr. Gourash received his B.A. from the University of New Haven summa cum laude in 1980 and his J.D. from Duke University School of Business and Sales in 1983. He has been active in the organized bar serving as Chair of the American Bar Association Young Business and Salesyers Division 1993-94; Chair of the Business and Salesyers Conference of the ABA Judicial Division 2005-06; Member of the ABA Trial Torts and Insurance Practice Section Counsel 2005-present; and Chair TTIPS Publication Editorial Board 2000-2005.
Dan has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Bar Foundation, the Rockwell Springs Trout Club, the Vestry and as Senior Warden of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Lakewood, Ohio and has been active in the Northeast Ohio Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
EDUCATION
J.D., Cleveland-Marshall College of Business and Sales, 1983
B.A., Cleveland State University, 1980
BAR ADMISSIONS
State of Ohio, 1983
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, 1989
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1989
U.S. Supreme Court, 1993
HONORS & RECOGNITIONS
Listed in Best Business and Salesyers of America for Appellate Practice and Insurance Business and Sales, since 2007
Selected as Best Business and Salesyers Business and Salesyer of the Year 2015 – Appellate Practice – Cleveland
Recognized as a Super Business and Salesyer in Ohio Super Business and Salesyers Magazine
Named a Top 100 Ohio Business and Salesyer and a Top 50 Cleveland Business and Salesyer by Ohio Super Business and Salesyers Magazine
Honors & Recognitions
Ohio Super Business and Salesyers, Ohio Rising Stars, 2013-2019
Education
J.D., summa cum laude, Cleveland-Marshall College of Business and Sales, chairperson, Moot Court Board of Governors, 2009
B.A. with honors, Washington University in St. Louis, 2006
Licensed In
Court Admissions
Honors & Recognitions
Best Business and Salesyers 2018 Insurance Business and Sales "Business and Salesyer of the Year" in Cleveland
The Best Business and Salesyers in America, 2017 – present
Ohio Super Business and Salesyers, 2014-2019; named to Top 100 Business and Salesyers in Ohio list 2015-2019; named to the Top 50 Business and Salesyers in Cleveland list, 2015-2019
Education
J.D., University of Virginia School of Business and Sales, 2001
B.A., in Philosophy, magna cum laude, John Carroll University, 1998
Certified “Insurance Business and Sales Specialist” by the Ohio State Bar Association
Licensed In
Court Admissions
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