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Elevate Your Expertise: Florida Insurance Coverage College CLE Seminar 2026

In the complex and ever-evolving Florida landscape of insurance coverage law, staying ahead isn’t just an advantage - it’s a necessity. The stakes are high, the precedents are shifting, and your clients and rulings depend on mastery of the latest on insurance coverage and bad faith issues. Florida Insurance Coverage College CLE Seminar 2026 has been painstakingly crafted and is destined to be the definitive annual insurance coverage and bad faith legal education seminar for Florida’s legal professionals. 

• Unmatched and Balanced Expertise: Faculty includes Florida’s most respected and experienced insurance law specialists – practitioners who represent carriers and who represent policyholders – living and breathing coverage and bad faith issues every day. 
• Hyper-Focused Florida Content: This isn’t a generic basic skills national seminar with a single Florida-specific breakout session. The entire agenda is dedicated to the unique challenges and opportunities of Florida’s ever changing legal environment when it comes insurance. From hurricane claims and property insurance litigation to third-party liability and the duty to defend and indemnify to bad faith, every topic is tailored to the cases, issues, and topics facing Florida lawyers right now. 
• Cutting-Edge Curriculum: Topics are all advanced level – diving into the most pressing issues, including recent legislative changes, landmark appellate decisions, and emerging trends in technology and coverage disputes. And, at the same time, you’ll gain practical tips to apply in your practice immediately. 
• Elite Networking: This seminar is more than just a series of lectures. It’s an exclusive gathering of the best minds in Florida insurance law. You’ll have unparalleled opportunities to network with peers, build professional relationships, and participate in engaging dialogue. 
• Accreditation and Value: This seminar is designed to provide maximum CLE credit, ensuring you meet your professional development requirements with the highest-quality content available. 

Invest in your professional growth at a CLE seminar built for Florida lawyers, by Florida lawyers. Florida Insurance Coverage College is not just another CLE course; it’s destined to be the benchmark for excellence in Florida insurance coverage and bad faith education. 

8:00 AM - 8:45 AM
Check-In / Registration

9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Welcome and Announcements
Debbie Crockett and Michael Cassel

9:20 AM - 10:20 AM
Beyond the Basics: First Party Claims in Residential and Commercial Insurance
Matthew L. Litsky, Casimir (Cass) Maliszewski, Gina Clausen Lozier

10:25 AM - 11:25 AM
Experts - Can’t Litigate With’em, Can’t Litigate Without’em: Building Credible Insurance Cases Through Expert Testimony
David Murray, Gene Murphy, Doug McIntosh, and Kristine Elkind

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Networking Break

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch

1:05 PM - 2:05 PM
Florida Bad Faith After Tort Reform: New Rules, Same Risks?
David Pettinato, Hugh Lumpkin, Bruce Aebel, and Reed Grimm

2:10 PM - 3:10 PM
Pixels & Persuasion: Mastering Visual Trial Advocacy for Success in Today’s Modern Courtrooms 
Mark Nation and Matthew Weaver

3:15 PM - 3:25 PM
Afternoon Networking Break

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Design, Risk, Reality: What Your Plans & Specs Really Mean Under a Professional Liability Policy
Jim Kaplan and Chip Merlin 

4:35 PM - 5:35 PM
Defects, Damages, and Dollars: Decoding Coverage and Allocation in Construction Disputes
Meghan Moore, Christopher Kuleba, and Ilana Olman

5:35 PM - 5:45 PM
Closing Remarks
Debbie Crockett and Michael Cassel