SEPTEMBER 18 - 19, 2003


SPEAKERS AND THEIR TOPICS

The Financing Surety as a Performing Surety – Law and Practice

Francis J. McGrath
Liberty Bond Services
Plymouth Meeting, PA
-and-
George J. Bachrach
Adam Cizek
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston
Baltimore, MD

Don't Be Estopped – What you Should (and Should Not) Say to the Claimant
During Your Investigation of a Surety or Fidelity Bond Claim

Gary M. Case
Wolf, Horowitz, Etlinger & Case, LLC
Hartford, CT

Use of Construction Trust Fund Statutes and the Misapplication of Funds Doctrine
in Defense of Payment Bond Claims

Armen Shahinian
James D. Ferucci
Wolff & Samson PC
West Orange, NJ & New York, NY

Read the Darn Bond – Default, Declaration of Default, Cure Opportunity, Failure of Cure,
and Contract Termination as Preconditions to Performance Bond Liability

Marcha L. Rosales
Fireman's Fund Ins. Co.
Chicago, IL
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John W. Rourke
Issa K. Emeish
Jennifer K. Collins
Reinert & Rourke, PC
St. Louis, MO

Surety Beware

Raymond Patenaude
Forcon International Corp.
Brandon, FL

The Advantages of Raising the Impairment of Suretyship Doctrine

Susan D. Weinstock
St. Paul Surety
Baltimore, MD
-and-
Vivian Katsantonis
Christopher J. Brasco
Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, LLP
McLean, VA

What is Direct Loss and Related Issues Under Financial Institution Bond
and Fidelity Bond Coverages

Thomas McNeill
Theresa A. Gooley
St. Paul Companies
Baltimore, MD
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Bernard A. Reinert
Lauren D. Reeves
Renee A. Auderer
Reinert & Rourke, P.C.
St. Louis, MO


Pay Me Now or Pay Me Later – Recovery of Performance and Bond Payments
Made by the Surety from The Principal's CGL Carrier

Steven G. Schember
Ernest J. Marquart
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
Tampa, FL


Fidelity Claims: The Year in Review

Lisa A. Block
CNA Insurance
Chicago, IL
-and-
Adam P. Friedman
Wolff & Samson PC
West Orange, NJ & New York, NY

""Look Who's Bringing Home the Bacon" – How Recent Decisions Interpreting the Davis-Bacon Act Can Negatively Affect The Surety

Susan G. Kerbel
Zurich, NA
Baltimore, MD
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Michael A. Stover
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLP
Baltimore, MD

Wallowing in Ambiguous Coverages – Should Ambiguities in a Surety Bond Or Fidelity Policy
Necessarily be Construed Against the Surety or Fidelity Carrier?

Matthew Horowitz
Wolf, Horowitz, Etlinger & Case, LLC
Hartford, CT

Surety, Technology, and Intellectual Property

Curtis E. Falany
Forcon International Corp.
Brandon, FL