Best's Insurance Law Podcast

Attorneys Daniel Santaniello and Paul Jones from the law firm of Luks, Santaniello, Perez, Petrillo and Gold in Florida discuss a recent landmark case involving the liability of rental car companies when accidents cause injuries or death.

Attorneys Jeff Eden and Lloyd Bernstein from the law firm of Bullivant Houser Bailey PC in Portland, Oregon discuss a Supreme Court ruling in a medical malpractice case and the impact on tort cap protections for public entities.

Attorney Daniel Raab from the law firm Daniel W. Raab, P.A. in Miami, Florida discusses the importance of an airboat case in Florida waters and its impact on insurers.

Attorneys Maria Abate and Amy Koltnow from the law firm of Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Karlinsky & Abate, P.A. in Florida discuss an important Supreme Court decision favoring major insurance companies.

Attorneys Mark Goodman and Michael Trier from the law firm of Lord, Bissell & Brook LLP in Chicago, Illinois discuss recent state and federal efforts to reform the regulation and taxation of the surplus lines insurance market.

Attorneys Fred Karlinsky and Rachel LeBlanc from the law firm of Colodny Fass Talenfeld Karlinsky Abate in Florida discuss June's Supreme Court decision in the credit-scoring cases involving Safeco and Geico and the impact on Florida and other states.

Attorneys Steve Kunzman and Tina Bombaci from the law firm of DiFrancesco, Bateman, Coley, Yospin, Kunzman, Davis & Lehrer, P.C. in Warren, New Jersey discuss a landmark decision in a New Jersey automobile case.

Attorneys Bob Smith and Dana Fleming from the law firm of Nelson, Kinder, Mosseau & Saturley in Boston, MA discuss how the April Virginia Tech incident has impacted legal issues and the defense of educational institutions.

Kirk Nahra of Wiley Rein, Washington, D.C. discusses the impact of identity theft on the insurance industry.

Joe Coughlin and John Gurley of Lord, Bissell and Brook LLP in Chicago discuss the recent government effort to repeal the federal antitrust exemption in the McCarran-Ferguson Act and the impact this could have on the insurance industry.

Attorney David Burstein of the Toronto, Ontario-based law firm of Lang Michener discusses auto coverage issues for U.S. motorists traveling in Canada.

Attorneys Dan Martinez of Callahan & Martinez, and Kevin Frye of Anderson, Crawley & Burke discuss the technology, practices and new regulations surrounding electronic discovery. E-mail, databases, deleted files and more are all subject to discovery, and insurance attorneys are struggling to keep pace.

Attorneys Russ Melton of Foley & Mansfield and Joe Gerber of Cozen O'Connor discuss the special needs of responding to industrial and other large disasters such as fires, chemical exposures and explosions.

Attorneys Gregory Victor and Joe Miele of Adorno Yoss focus on the anticoncurrent cause clause in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the implications of decisions in Mississippi and Louisiana and how this impacts other states such as Florida.

Attorneys Kelly Simpkins and David Rossmiller discuss the ramifications of the verdict in Broussard vs. State Farm, in which jurors ordered State Farm to pay $2.5 million in punitive damages