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The PMT (Pillinger Miller Tarallo) Podcasts aims to provide you with ongoing topics that affect the Civil Defense Litigation field with a focus on the Insurance Industry as well. The PMT podcast will focus on businesses and the insurance industry within New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Connecticut. In addition, the PMT Podcast will feature industry interviews and attorney discussions on topics of interests.
PMT SJU Webinar – PMT Resolving Complex and Multi Party Litigation: The Bigger They Come, The Harder They Fall
Pillinger Miller Tarallo and St. John’s Tobin Center for Executive Education, its Maurice R. Greenberg School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science proudly present Our 8th Conference Series Webinar:PMT Claims Settlement Institute: Successful Resolution Strategies™ presents, PMT Resolving Complex and Multi Party Litigation: The Bigger They Come, the Harder They FallWhile complex and multi-party (CMP) cases can prove challenging to resolve, they can also offer opportunities. CMP matters can take years or decades to resolve, so we have assembled a renowned panel of experts to help us navigate these cases and share ideas, strategies, and tools for resolution.==========Webinar Panelists=============Moderator:Thomas M. Bona, Esq., Partner – Pillinger Miller Tarallo, LLPPanelists:Jeffrey T. Miller, Esq., Executive Partner – Pillinger Miller Tarallo, LLPErnest J. Bernabei III, Esq., Managing Partner – Pillinger Miller Tarallo, LLPNeil L. Sambursky, Esq., Managing Partner – Pillinger Miller Tarallo, LLPScott E. Miller, Esq., Managing Partner – Pillinger Miller Tarallo, LLPKenneth A. Krajewski, Esq., Partner – Pillinger Miller and Tarallo, LLPJohn J. Tambascia, Esq., Partner – Pillinger Miller Tarallo, LLPS. Joseph Donahue, Esq., Partner – Block O’Toole and MurphyAnthony Coleman– Senior Vice President, Claims – Tradesman Program ManagersHon. John DiBlasi – NAM and Retired Supreme Court Justice==========Contact PMT============= To contact Pillinger Miller Tarallo, LLP, reach out to Jeffrey T. Miller, Executive Partner E-mail: jmiller@pmtlawfirm.com or Thomas M. Bona, Partner, E-mail: tbona@pmtlawfirm.com or visit https://pmtlawfirm.com or call our main number at (914) 703-6300. We are happy to discuss any legal concerns you may have.
Pillinger Miller Tarallo and St. John’s Tobin Center for Executive Education, its Maurice R. Greenberg School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science (GSRM) Proudly Presents Our 7th Conference Webinar Series:
2023 PMT Legislative Update: New Laws You Must KnowThere is always new legislation that can have dramatic effects on the insurance industry. In this webinar, we explore with a panel of experts new and proposed legislation that you must know and what the legislation means for the insurance industry.Agenda
Opening Remarks – Thomas M. Bona, Esq., Partner – Pillinger Miller Tarallo, LLP
Grieving Families Act
- It’s about time and why now?
- What are the differences between the current law and the new law?
- Opening a black hole and what are the limits to the new law?
- Who’s Crying Now – What will be the cost to the industry and policyholders?
Artificial Intelligence and the CPLR: a match Made in Heaven or Perfect Strangers? Key provisions
- Key Provisions
- Artificial Intelligence and Experts
- Is the judiciary tech savvy enough to apply the new law?
- Will juries give too much weight to AI evidence to the detriment of the real evidence?
Waiting to Erupt? Proposed Bad Faith Legislation and Unfair Settlement Practices Act in New York. What is the current bad faith law and what would the proposed laws change?
- Key Provisions
- Creating a private cause of action-time for New York to become pro policyholder?
- Can the insurance industry afford these new laws?
Moderator:
- Thomas M. Bona, Esq., Partner – Pillinger Miller Tarallo, LLP
Panelists:
- Marc H. Pillinger, Esq., Executive Partner – Pillinger Miller Tarallo, LLP
- Neil L. Sambursky, Esq., Managing Partner – Pillinger Miller Tarallo, LLP
- John J. Tambascia, Esq., Partner – Pillinger Miller Tarallo, LLP
- Kenneth A. Krajewski, Esq., Partner – Pillinger Miller Tarallo, LLP
- S. Joseph Donohue, Esq., Partner – Block O’Toole & Murphy
- Professor Albert J. Beer – St. John’s Greenberg School of Risk Management XL Chair
- Hon. John DiBlasi – NAM and Retired Supreme Court Justice
Pillinger Miller Tarallo and St. John’s Tobin Center for Executive Education, its Maurice R. Greenberg School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science (GSRM) Proudly Presents Our 5th Conference Webinar Series:
Introducing PMT Claims Settlement Institute: Successful Resolution Strategies™ PMT’s Claims Settlement Institute will feature insurance industry leaders who will examine cutting-edge topics and provide claims professionals with concepts, ideas, and techniques about successfully resolving every type of personal injury case.
Agenda and Panelists
- Opening Remarks Thomas M. Bona, Esq.,Partner – Pillinger Miller Tarallo, LLP
- Professor Albert Beer, keynote remarks “Why Insurance Companies Ignore the Claims Function At Their Own Risk”
- Jeffrey Miller, PMT – “5 Mistakes Plaintiffs Make When Settling Cases”
- Jeffrey Block, Block O’Toole & Murphy – “5 Mistakes Defendants Make When Settling Cases”
- John P. DiBlasi, NAM – “5 Mistakes Every Attorney Makes during Mediation”
You Can View Introducing PMT Claims Settlement Institute Successful Resolution Strategies™ on YouTube by ClickingHERE
Agenda
- Introducing the Results of the 2021 PMT SJU Claims Settlement Survey
- Did the Reopening the Courts Make a Difference in Resolving Cases?
- Did the Backlog in the Courts Result in More Settlements?
- Factors that Affected Settlements
- The Elephants in the Room –Nuclear Verdicts/Runaway Verdicts/Social inflation
- Remember the Future - NY Pecuniary Damage Law and Spillover Effect
- Closing Remarks
Panelists:
Jeffrey D. Schulman, Executive Partner – Pillinger Miller Tarallo
John J. Tambascia, Partner – Pillinger Miller Tarallo
Jack Jennings, Professor – St. John’s Greenberg School of Risk Management
Nancy Kalinoglu, Risk Manager – City Underwriting Agency
Samantha A. Jacey, Assistant Vice President Liability Claims – GNY
S. Joseph Donahue, Partner – Block O’Toole & Murphy
You Can View Introducing PMT Claims Settlement Institute Successful Resolution Strategies™ on YouTube by Clicking HERE
The PMT (Pillinger Miller Tarallo, LLP) podcast “Risk Matters” examines thought provoking insurance and Risk Management topics by interviewing leaders in the insurance industry. Our host is Jeffrey D. Schulman. Jeff Schulman is the managing partner of Pillinger Miller Tarallo’s upstate New York offices in Syracuse and Buffalo. He is highly experienced in construction, environmental, risk transfer and transportation.
Our guest is Nancy Kalinoglu. Nancy is the Director of Risk Management and Claims for City Underwriting Agency specializing in labor law and construction. Before that Nancy was the insurance manager at Lend Lease and before that she was AVP of Aon.
Nancy also helped start the charity Alexander's Angels. The mission of Alexander's Angels is to further awareness of the contributions & needs of individuals with Down syndrome and to raise funds for advocacy, service and research organizations. If you would like to help please visit https://www.alexandersangels.org/, email alexandersangels321@gmail.com or call (516) 361-7263.
To contact Pillinger Miller Tarallo, LLP, reach out to Jeffrey D. Schulman, Executive Partner E-mail: jschulman@pmtlawfirm.com or Thomas M. Bona, Partner, E-mail: tbona@pmtlawfirm.com or visit https://pmtlawfirm.com or call our main number at (914) 703-6300. We are happy to discuss any legal concerns you may have.
You can view this podcast interview on YouTube click here > https://youtu.be/Mza7wtO8aEA
The PMT (Pillinger Miller Tarallo, LLP) podcast “Risk Matters” will examine thought provoking insurance and Risk Management topics by interviewing leaders in the insurance industry. Our host for today’s podcast is Thomas M. Bona, Esq. He is a partner Pillinger Miller Tarallo’s Elmsford, New York office.
Our two guests today are Scott E. Miller, Esq. and Kenneth A. Krajewski. Our topic is handling construction defect claims and complex litigation in New York State
Scott E. Miller Esq. is the Managing partner of the PMT’s office in New York. He is the lead attorney of PMT’s construction defect and complex litigation practice area. Scott has been involved in construction defect claims for over 30 years and has defended some of the most serious and complicated cases in New York.
Kenneth A. Krajewski Esq. is a partner PMT’s Buffalo office. He devotes a substantial amount of his practice to construction defect and complex litigation. Ken is well known in the western New York area and has litigated some of upstate New York's most complicated and serious cases.
After Nuclear Verdicts: Time to Exit the Fallout Shelter and Try Cases
Although nuclear verdicts are real and frightening, we will examine whether this is the insurance industry’s biggest threat or the steady upward creep of monetary verdicts that juries are now delivering. Our panel of insurance stakeholders will analyze the trends and reasons why jury verdicts are seemingly always increasing and offer suggestions on how to resolve cases fairly for all parties.
Pillinger Miller Tarallo and St. John’s Tobin Center for Executive Education and its Greenberg School of Risk Management Proudly Present Our 4th Conference Series Webinar. This is an excerpt from our webinar on Tuesday, March 29, 2022.
Webinar Panelists Moderator: Thomas M. Bona, Esq., Partner – Pillinger Miller Tarallo, LLP
Jeffrey T. Miller, Esq., Executive Managing Partner – Pillinger Miller Tarallo, LLP
Jeffrey D. Schulman, Esq., Executive Managing Partner – Pillinger Miller Tarallo, LLP
Ernest J. Bernabei III, Esq., Managing Partner – Pillinger Miller Tarallo, LLP
Jeffrey Block, Esq., Partner – Block O’Toole & Murphy
Anthony Coleman, Senior Vice President, Claims – Tradesman Program Managers
Professor Jack Jennings – St. John’s Greenberg School of Risk Management
Professor Albert J. Beer – St. John’s Greenberg School of Risk Management XL Chair
Agenda **2:00 pm
Opening Remarks**
Thomas M. Bona, Esq., Partner – Pillinger Miller Tarallo, LLP
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
- How much of a threat to the insurance industry are nuclear verdicts, runaway verdicts, and social inflation?
- Were nuclear verdicts an accident waiting to happen, or should we have anticipated this?
- Is it reasonable to prepare every accident case as a potential nuclear case, and will insurance companies pay for it?
- How can companies and insureds protect themselves?
- Are verdicts like home prices that never seem to go down?
- Does the focus on nuclear verdicts obscure and distract from resolving cases?
- Is the insurance industry helping create runaway and nuclear verdicts by failing to settle cases aggressively, and is it still true that the best case is settled?
https://pmtlawfirm.com/after-nuclear-verdicts-time-to-exit-the-fallout-shelter-and-try-cases/
It is easy to think that when you open the doors to a law firm, such as Pillinger Miller Tarallo, LLP, with over 100 attorneys and ten officers, that it was always that way. But, nothing could be farther from the truth. PMT had humble beginnings, and to grow PMT to the firm it is today has taken consistent, daily hard work and successful execution at every level.
A key driver to the exciting growth of PMT is Jeffrey D. Schulman. Jeff is an Executive Partner and the Managing Partner of the firm’s upstate Syracuse, New York and Buffalo, New York offices. Jeff opened PMT’s first satellite office in Syracuse 13 years ago and is a part of the significant expansion in upstate New York. Listen to the podcast or watch on YouTube and hear Jeff share his career, insights, and vision for PMT.
The PMT (Pillinger Miller Tarallo, LLP) podcast “Risk Matters” will examine thought provoking insurance and Risk Management topics by interviewing leaders in the insurance industry. Our host for today’s podcast is Jeffrey D. Schulman, Esq.. He is the managing partner Pillinger Miller Tarallo’s Upstate New York offices in Syracuse and Buffalo, NY. He is highly experienced in construction, environmental, risk transfer and transportation matters among other areas.
Our guest today is Frank McLaughlin JD, CPCU, ARM. Frank is Senior Managing Director for the Liability Claims & National Property Claims for BITCO Construction Group (BITCO Construction Group (formerly Old Republic Contractors Insurance Group). He has over 20 years in claims and leadership positions.
The PMT (Pillinger Miller Tarallo) Podcasts aims to provide you with ongoing topics that affect the Civil Defense Litigation field with a focus on the Insurance Industry as well. The PMT podcast will focus on businesses and the insurance industry within New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Connecticut. In addition, the PMT Podcast will feature industry interviews and attorney discussions on topics of interests.
S01 E01: This podcast is an Interview with Marc H. Pillinger, Esq.. Mr. Pillinger is a practicing attorney for over 35 years. He is one of the three founders of Pillinger Miller Tarallo, LLP and he is a tireless mentor and educator. Marc has vast experience and expertise in complex, multi‑party litigation, Labor Law, Products Liability, lead and environmental cases. He is a lecturer for the New York State Bar Association, N.Y.S. Academy of Trial Lawyers, Environmental Committee of CLM, numerous insurance carriers and brokers and the Insurance Society of Philadelphia. Marc is former trustee of the Board of Education of the Ardsley Union Free School District.
Media Contact: Thomas M. Bona, Esq., tbona@pmtlawfirm.com | (914) 703-6300 | pmtlawfirm.com