Nancy has extensive experience representing and advising primary and excess insurers on the business and legal implications of a variety of complex coverage issues involving property and casualty and life insurance. Her experience includes representing insurers with respect to coverage disputes arising under directors and officers, professional liability, managed health care, life, aviation, fiduciary, financial institutions, crime, automobile, homeowners, and general liability policies. Nancy also has substantial experience advising clients with respect to potential coverage implications arising in the bankruptcy context. Her practice has involved representing insurers in state, bankruptcy, and federal courts across the country.
Nancy also has significant experience advising corporations and individuals in a wide range of risk management issues. Her experience includes conducting exposure and risk analysis and implementing insurance and other risk transfer mechanisms to address those exposures and risks. Nancy also regularly works with corporate boards preparing insurance program audits and reviews, drafting director/officer indemnity agreements to complement the company’s existing insurance program, identifying and addressing various insurance-related issues that arise in the road show and IPO context, and conducting insurance and indemnity due diligence for corporate transactions.
Professional & Community Involvement
- Vice President, CPCU Society
- Past Governor, CPCU Society Northeast Region
- Member, CPCU Society Coverage, Litigators, Educators and Witnesses (CLEW) Committee
- Past president, CPCU Society Boston Chapter
- Institutes/CPCU Instructor, “The Legal Environment of Risk Management and Insurance,” “Commercial Liability Risk Management and Insurance,” “Financial Services Institutions,” and “Personal Lines”
- Vice-President, Trustee, Insurance Library Association of Boston
- Co-chair, Emerging Issues Subcommittee of Insurance Coverage Litigation
Committee of the American Bar Association Litigation Section
- Vice Chair, Insurance & Indemnification Subcommittee, Business and Corporate Litigation Committee, Business Law Section of the American Bar Association
- Member, American College of Insurance and Extra Contractual Counsel
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS)
- Member, International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)
- Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
- Member, Women’s Bar Association
- Member, Boston Bar Association
Nancy has extensive experience representing and advising primary and excess insurers on the business and legal implications of a variety of complex coverage issues involving property and casualty and life insurance. Her experience includes representing insurers with respect to coverage disputes arising under directors and officers, professional liability, managed health care, life, aviation, fiduciary, financial institutions, crime, automobile, homeowners, and general liability policies. Nancy also has substantial experience advising clients with respect to potential coverage implications arising in the bankruptcy context. Her practice has involved representing insurers in state, bankruptcy, and federal courts across the country.
Nancy also has significant experience advising corporations and individuals in a wide range of risk management issues. Her experience includes conducting exposure and risk analysis and implementing insurance and other risk transfer mechanisms to address those exposures and risks. Nancy also regularly works with corporate boards preparing insurance program audits and reviews, drafting director/officer indemnity agreements to complement the company’s existing insurance program, identifying and addressing various insurance-related issues that arise in the road show and IPO context, and conducting insurance and indemnity due diligence for corporate transactions.
Professional & Community Involvement
- Vice President, CPCU Society
- Past Governor, CPCU Society Northeast Region
- Member, CPCU Society Coverage, Litigators, Educators and Witnesses (CLEW) Committee
- Past president, CPCU Society Boston Chapter
- Institutes/CPCU Instructor, “The Legal Environment of Risk Management and Insurance,” “Commercial Liability Risk Management and Insurance,” “Financial Services Institutions,” and “Personal Lines”
- Vice-President, Trustee, Insurance Library Association of Boston
- Co-chair, Emerging Issues Subcommittee of Insurance Coverage Litigation
Committee of the American Bar Association Litigation Section
- Vice Chair, Insurance & Indemnification Subcommittee, Business and Corporate Litigation Committee, Business Law Section of the American Bar Association
- Member, American College of Insurance and Extra Contractual Counsel
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS)
- Member, International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)
- Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
- Member, Women’s Bar Association
- Member, Boston Bar Association
Publications
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Co-author,
Director and Officer Liability Insurance, Annual Review of Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation, 2013 Edition ()
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Co-author,
Director and Officer Liability Insurance, Annual Review of Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation, 2012 Edition ()
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Co-author,
Navigating a Mine Field: Governmental Investigations, Cooperation, and D&O Insurance, ()
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Co-author,
Surprise! There is No Coverage for Cooperating with the SEC, BNA's Corporate Counsel Weekly ()
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Co-author,
The Supreme Court Upholds a Jury Verdict against Wyeth Based on a Failure-to-Warn Theory, Litigation Alert ()
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Recent Developments in Directors and Officers Insurance Coverage, Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law ()
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Delaware Court Ruling May Impact Charter-Provided Advancement Rights to Officers and Directors, Corporate Governance Advisory ()
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When Two Worlds Collide: Understanding D&O Coverage in the Bankruptcy Setting, Insurance Coverage Law ()
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Author,
The Subprime Mortgage Crisis and D&O Insurance, The Insurance Coverage Law Bulletin ()
Speaking Engagements
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Speaker,
M&A: A Continuing Conundrum for Coverage,
9th Annual National Directors & Officers Insurance ExecuSummit,
Uncasville, CT
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Panelist,
Getting Tough Deals Done: Lessons Learned,
Mintz Levin, Boston, MA
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Panelist,
Lifecycle of a Business Part II: Land Use/Permitting, Insurance Considerations & Business Financing,
Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston, MA
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Moderator,
Cloud Cover: Insuring Technology/Cyberliability Risks,
Women in Insurance Networking: A Networking and CLE Workshop,
ABA, Washington, DC
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Panelist,
Current Issues in D&O Coverage: Changes in the Coverage Landscape,
National Institute on Internal Corporate Investigations and Forum for In-House Counsel 2012,
American Bar Association, San Francisco, CA
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Moderator,
SEC Cyber Security Guidelines: A New Basis for D&O Exposure?,
National Directors & Officers Insurance ExecuSummit ,
Uncasville, CT
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Panelist,
The 2012 Annual Review of Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation,
ABA Business Law Spring Meeting,
American Bar Association, Las Vegas, NV
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Co-chair,
Corporate Counseling and Litigation Indemnification and Insurance,
ABA Business Law Spring Meeting,
American Bar Association, Las Vegas, NV
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Speaker,
In the Government’s Crosshairs? Governmental Investigations and Your D&O Coverage,
PLUS International Conference 2011,
Professional Liability Underwriting Society, San Diego, CA
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Speaker,
Nuts & Bolts of Directors & Officers Insurance Coverage,
San Diego County Bar Association, San Diego, CA
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Speaker,
A Roll of the Dice: The 10 Most Confusing and Least Understood Policy Provisions,
CPCU Annual Meeting,
Professional Association for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters, Las Vegas, NV
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Moderator,
Who's Following You? Social Media and Its Impact on EPL, Professional Liability and Med Mal Liability,
Who's Following You? Social Media and Its Impact on EPL, Professional Liability and Med Mal Liabilit,
Professional Liability Underwriting Society of New England, Boston, MA
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Speaker,
Review of Key D&O Regulatory Issues,
National Directors & Officers Liability Insurance ExecuSummit, Uncasville, CT
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Speaker,
Your Captive: Vacuumed Up by Electrolux?”,
Lemos vs. Electrolux — Should We Be Worried?,
Integro Insurance Brokers Healthcare Roundtable, Boston, MA
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Moderator,
Faulty Workmanship: Exclusion Exception Change Implications,
CPCU, Webinar
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Speaker,
What’s New with Side-A and Excess Coverage: How to Ensure Your Policies Work as Intended,
Summit on D&O Liability,
American Conference Institute, New York, NY
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Moderator,
A Worldwide Risk Insured: Kidnap, Ransom & Extortion in the Age of Globalization,
PLUS, Boston, MA
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Moderator,
The Nuts and Bolts of Contractual Liability Exposures and Coverages,
CPCU Society, Webinar
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Panelist,
Excess Insurance Disputes and D&O Claims Resolution,
D&O Liability,
American Conference Institute
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Panelist,
What’s Happening in Your Neighborhood—Condominium, Co-Op and Homeowner Associations,
CPCU Society Annual Meeting
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Speaker,
D&O Liability Insurance: Coverages and Current Issues,
The Power of Interest Groups ,
New York Chapter of the CPCU Society, New York, NY
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Speaker,
Moving Through Economic Uncertainty: What Are the Implications for Your D&O Program?,
Mintz Levin and Aon Risk Services, Boston, MA
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Speaker,
Failing Financial Institutions: Impact of Insolvency on Coverage, Claims and Costs,
Advanced Forum on Financial Institutions Insurance,
American Conference Institute, New York, NY
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Speaker,
D&O Liability Insurance: Emerging Claims and Coverage Issues,
Capital I Day ,
Washington, D.C. Chapter of the Professional Association for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter
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Speaker,
D&O, EPL, Fiduciary, Cyber and Crime Insurance in the Wake of the Wall Street Crisis and Federal Bailout,
State of the Management Liability Market,
Boston Bar Association, Boston, MA
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Panelist,
Subprime & The Credit Crisis: Exmploring Potential Liability for Directors, Officers, and Their Insurers,
The Subprime Mortgage Crisis Summit,
IQPC
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