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LIFE INSURANCE LAW COMMITTEE - Past Events

36th Annual TIPS Midwinter Symposium on Issues Relating to Life, Health & Disability Insurance, Insurance Regulation, and Employee Benefits and Reinsurance
January 14-17, 2010
Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Hotel
Bonita Springs, FL (Naples Coast)
Sponsored by the following TIPS Committees:
Life Insurance Law, Corporate Counsel, Employee Benefits, Excess, Surplus Lines and Reinsurance, Health and Disability Insurance Law, and Insurance Regulation

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35th Annual TIPS Midwinter Symposium on Life, Health & disability Insurance
Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort & Spa
January, 15-18, 2009
Bonita Springs, FL

Relating to Life, Health and Disability Insurance, Insurance Regulation, Employee Benefits and Reinsurance

TIPS proudly announces the 35th Annual Midwinter Meeting—the TIPS Midwinter Symposium on Issues and Litigation Relating to Life, Health & Disability Insurance, Insurance Regulation, Employee Benefits and Reinsurance. Please join us for outstanding CLE and networking opportunities as we head, for the first time, to the Southwestern Coast of Florida. The Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort & Spa at Bonita Springs, Florida is the fabulous home to this year’s meeting.

This year’s meeting will continue with the CLE-packed format of plenary and break-out sessions; this format allows attendees to get the most out of their CLE buck by choosing which topics best suit their needs. This year’s program maintains its emphasis on the areas of the law that have served as the foundation for this meeting’s success over the past thirty-four years. As usual, this CLE program will offer the very best opportunity to become up to date on the emerging issues having an impact on life, health & disability insurance, insurance regulation, employee benefits and reinsurance. Our speakers will provide insight from the perspective of plaintiffs, defendants, insurers, trade associations and governmental agencies. We believe that the make-up of our panels will provide CLE attendees with a unique and enlightening perspective on the topics presented

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34th Annual TIPS Midwinter Symposium on Insurance, Employment and Benefits
Ft. Lauderdale Grande
January, 17-20, 2008
Ft. Lauderdale, FL

EMERGING ISSUES AND LITIGATION RELATING TO LIFE, HEALTH AND DISABILITY INSURANCE, INSURANCE REGULATION, EMPLOYMENT LAW, ERISA AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

TIPS proudly announces the 34th Annual Midwinter Meeting, the TIPS Midwinter Symposium on Insurance, Employment and Benefits. This year’s meeting will include an outstanding program, the usual great camaraderie, and a terrific location in Ft. Lauderdale. Please join us for CLE and networking.

This year’s program maintains the meeting’s traditional focus on issues relating to life, health and disability insurance and ERISA, insurance regulation, employee benefits, and employment law. We believe that our program stands out because it brings together counsel from all sides—corporate counsel, plaintiffs’ counsel, defense counsel, trade association, and governmental and regulatory counsel—and our program will provide opportunities for discourse among counsel with different perspectives.

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What You Need to Know - The Purchase and Sale of Insurance Companies and Agencies
ABA/TIPS Annual Meeting
Friday August 10, 2007
8:30 am - 10:00 am
San Francisco, CA

TIPS Committee main sponsor: Insurance Regulation
TIPS Committee co-sponsors: Life Insurance Law, Corporate Counsel, Health & Disability Law, Law Practice Management
Program Chair: Robert M. Ferm, Hall & Evans, LLC, Denver, CO

The program will focus on issues commonly related to the acquisition, sale or merger of insurance entities. Panelists will address issues related to the transaction including valuation of the entity, expected due diligence, avoidance of D&O and E&O claims, client and regulatory expectations, and ethical considerations underlying regulator and political demands for "good corporate citizenship" as a condition of approval of the transaction.

Domestic Partner Benefits, Rights, and Responsibilities - What Every Lawyer Needs to Know
ABA/TIPS Annual Meeting
Saturday August 11, 2007
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
San Francisco, CA

TIPS Committee main sponsor: Employment Law and Litigation
TIPS Committee co-sponsors: Life Insurance Law, Employee Benefits, Corporate Counsel, Insurance Regulation, Health & Disability Law, Workers' Compensation and Employers' Liability Law, Self-Insurers and Risk Managers Program Chair: Marlene K. Heyser, Workplace Law Strategies, Newport Beach, CA

The legal issues surrounding domestic partnerships and same sex marriages have become increasingly significant and complex. The landmark decision by the Supreme judicial Court of Massachusetts in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, 440 Mass. 309 (2003) opened the door for same sex residents of Massachusetts to marry. Several other states and local jurisdictions have passed legislation which recognizes domestic partners through Civil Unions and Domestic Partner Registries. Additionally, a growing number of Fortune 500 companies now offer health care benefits to domestic partners. While these state and local laws give numerous rights to domestic partners, none of them confer rights to pension and related benefits regulated by federal laws. This growing divide between federal laws, such as ERISA, and state laws granting domestic partners benefits, creates increasing legal challenges. This expert panel of employment and employee benefit lawyers will address these current legal issues surrounding the benefits, rights and responsibilities of domestic partners.

33rd Annual TIPS Midwinter CLE Meeting Surf & Sand Resort
January 11-14, 2007
Laguna Beach, CA
Contact: Debra Dotson 312/988-5597

The 33rd Annual TIPS Midwinter CLE Meeting, January 11-14, 2007 is quickly approaching. This time you can get your CLE with a bit of California sun as we go west to the Surf & Sand Resort in Laguna Beach, CA. As usual, the Life Insurance Law Committee will serve as the host committee. This Midwinter Meeting promises to give you more bang for your CLE buck by providing break-out sessions in addition to the plenary programming. Topics will include class action litigation trends, litigation trends in life insurance and annuities, ERISA interpretation around the circuits, resolving pension plan issues, and the status of attacks on discretionary clauses; in addition, there will be an insurance commissioner roundtable.

A limited number of hotel rooms have been blocked for this program. To book your hotel room now at $235.00 per night, call 888/869-7569.

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Decoding ERISA and Employee Benefits: A Primer for the Non-Specialist
ABA/TIPS Annual Meeting
Friday, August 4, 2006
7:30 am – 9:00 am
Hawaii

TIPS Committee main sponsor: Health & Disability Law
TIPS Committee co-sponsors: Life Insurance Law, Corporate Counsel, Employee Benefits and Employment Law & Litigation Sections, Divisions, Forums, Special Standing Committees and Commissions co-sponsors: Labor and Employment Law Section
Program Chair: Russell Buhite, Fowler White Boggs Banker PA,Tampa, FL

This three-part program will tackle the current issues facing non-specialists in the ERISA and Employee- Benefits fields. Our seasoned experts will guide you through the basics of ERISA preemption in federal courts. Discover whether claims for insurance bad faith, unfair trade practices, promissory estoppel and other third-party claims are preempted under the current laws and what the future may hold in terms of preemption.

It’s Not Elementary, My Dear Watson: Undercover Investigations, Attorney/Client Privilege, and Other Legal and Ethical Issues
ABA/TIPS Annual Meeting
Sunday, August 6, 2006
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Hawaii

TIPS Committee main sponsor: Insurance Regulation
TIPS Committee co-sponsors: Intellectual Property Law, Business Litigation, Corporate Counsel, Life Insurance and Employment Law and Litigation Sections, Divisions, Forums, Special Standing Committees and Commissions Co-sponsors: Government and Public Sector Lawyers Division, Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Section, Intellectual Property Law Section and Center for Professional Responsibility
Program Chair: John A. Knapp,Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A., Minneapolis, MN

Are undercover investigations by lawyers ethically permissible? How does attorney/client privilege apply to fact investigations? Can ex parte communications be used in investigations? Our expert panelists, including a regulatory litigator,Assistant U.S.Attorney, former government regulator and a trial lawyer, will tackle these questions and delve into recent developments in the law and the legal ethics that shape how government, regulatory, and trial lawyers conduct fact investigations. Learn how to effectively respond to investigations from panelists that conduct investigations for their clients and those that represent parties responding to investigations.

ABA Midyear Meeting
Hyatt Regency
February 8-13 2006
Chicago, IL
Contact: Felisha A. Stewart 312/988-5672
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Emerging Issues and Practice Developments in Life, Health and Disability Insurance, ERISA and Employment Law
The Sonesta Beach Resort
January 12-15, 2006
Key Biscayne, Florida
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Top-notch CLE programs, great location, warm weather, and opportunities for networking to boot. All that and more awaits you as the 32nd Annual Midwinter Meeting returns to Key Biscayne, Florida, from January 12-15, 2006. For those who have attended in the past, you know the value and the benefits attending this program brings to your practice and professional development. For those of you who have not attended the Midwinter Meeting before, please consider it this year.