EXCESS,
SURPLUS LINES AND REINSURANCE
(ESLR)
About The Committee
If you practice in the areas of excess
insurance, the non-admitted market, or reinsurance, this is "the" Committee to
join. No other organization inside or outside the ABA provides its members with the
programs, publications, contacts, and information needed to stay on top of the industry
like ESLR.
ESLR's quarterly Newsletter keeps members up-to-date with the latest case law
developments, insider information on federal legislation, and practical tips on handling
complex disputed or regulatory matters involving excess insurance, surplus lines, or
reinsurance.
Our subcommittees on In-House Counsel, Excess Insurance, Excess and Surplus Lines
Insurance, and Reinsurance allow smaller groups of practitioners to develop programs and
publications geared especially for these niche practice areas. Our overall activities and
membership involvement allowed ESLR to win the TIPS Committee Award of Excellence for the
1994-95 year.
Some of the issues covered by ESLR are: the relationship between excess and primary
insurers, including questions of inter-company bad faith, drop-down liability, and
stacking of coverage; analysis and development of laws and regulations covering the
surplus lines market, broker/non-admitted company relationships, fronting arrangements,
and captive non-admitted carriers; the relationship between reinsureds and their
reinsurers, including disputes resolved by arbitration, mediation or litigation,
insolvency issues, reinsurance intermediaries and their roles, the duty of utmost good
faith, and the allocation of environmental and continuous injury claims among insurers and
reinsurers.
We invite you to join ESLR and become part of our
growing membership of in-house and practicing attorneys actively involved in this exciting
practice area.
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additional cost. However, if you are not a Section member, you must join the
Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section first.
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participation in TIPS Committees, please contact Sonia Schroeder, our Committees
Administrator at schroeders@staff.abanet.org or by phone at
312/988-6229.
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