Advisen Webinar: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Webinar

Exactly how extensive are the insurance ramifications of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster and spill in the Gulf of Mexico now considered to be the largest offshore oil spill in US history? While BP has set up a $20 billion fund to cover certain costs, the final impact on the insurance industry is just beginning to unfold. Advisen hosted a dynamic free one hour webinar July 23rd discussing these issues. Our assembled panel of experts explored this disaster and how its impact is radiating throughout the insurance industry.

PANEL
We assembled a heavyweight panel of insurance and law luminaries:

Stuart Smith, a Partner at New Orleans-based Smith Stag and author of OilSpillAction blog and "a much-loathed legal heavy-weight in the world of Big Oil."
John O'Brien, President of the Environmental product line at Ironshore
Curtis Porterfield, a Partner in the Insurance Recovery practice at Howrey
Tom Schruben, an independent environmental consultant,
Dave Bradford, EVP and head of Advisen's Research & Editorial teams.

ADVISEN'S LARGE LOSS DATA

Advisen tracks significant lawsuits filed against companies and their directors and officers in its Master Significant Case and Action database (MSCAd). MSCAd is the most complete and accurate database of such lawsuits, consisting of more than 49,000 events and over $3.7 trillion in aggregate losses. Man made disaster cases in MSCAd represent more than $458 billion in aggregate losses.

Click on the following link to view a Business Interruption Insurance Claim Checklist from the Insurance Recovery attorneys at Howrey's. This Checklist is for use with Business Interruption claims and is aimed at facilitating approaching potential coverage for lost profits and other related coverage claims.