The Convergence of Spitzer, The SEC and The Insurance Industry: Transparency, Disclosure and The Future Of Structured Risk Products

September 8, 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Finance Roundtable

Recent investigations rocked insurers. Brokers may stop contingent commissions, but will this fix problems? What is the insurance industry outlook? Which product lines will thrive? Learn more.

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Where:
Gleacher Center
Room 600
450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive
Chicago, Illinois

Who:
David E. Mendelsohn
Chair of Insurance and Reinsurance Transaction Practice, Co-Chair of Financial Services Practice and Partner
DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP

Robert S. Rivkin
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Litigation and Government Affairs
AON Corporation

Cost:
No Charge

Program:
5:30PM - 6:00PM: Networking and Sponsor Table Review
6:00PM - 8:00PM: Presentation and Formal Discussion
8:00PM - 8:30PM: Informal Discussion and Networking (Cash Bar)

Registration:
Register Online

Please register by September 8, 2005

Questions:
Vern Broders
312.405.0298

Event Details
The investigations of the New York Attorney General have rocked the financial services world in the past few years, especially in the insurance industry. While many large brokerages announced plans to stop the practice of contingent commissions, many argued that the practice was not to blame for the rigged bids uncovered by Spitzer. However, some may argue that the practice did address a traditional misalignment of interests in insurance between the carriers and insurance consumers.

What is the outlook for the industry in light of the new realities? What insurance product lines will thrive and which will wither? What lessons can financial services companies and other business corporations learn from the experience of insurance brokers and carriers in the last 12 months?

Join us as we get an expert view of the legal landscape surrounding the investigations and settlements and an insider's case study of the impact on one of the world's largest insurance brokers.

Speaker Profiles:

David E. Mendelsohn
Chair of Insurance and Reinsurance Transaction Practice, Co-Chair of Financial Services Practice and Partner
DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP

David E. Mendelsohn focuses his practice in the area of insurance and reinsurance transactional and regulatory matters. He has experience representing many insurers, reinsurers, brokers, and other clients on a wide variety of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, complex regulatory, and finite, structured risk and reinsurance matters. David's practice also includes counseling clients on investigations, responding to subpoenas, compliance and information management matters, such as records management and retention, contracts management, money laundering, data privacy and security, E&O risk management, and ethics.

Mendelsohn has been selected as one of America's leading insurance lawyers by Chambers and Partners, a respected English research firm, and is also listed in The International Who's Who of Insurance and Reinsurance Lawyers, 2005; Illinois Leading Lawyers, 2005; the Madison Who's Who of Executive Professionals, 2005-2006; the Best Lawyers in America, 2006; and Who's Who Legal: The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers.

Mendelsohn is frequently invited to speak on a wide variety of issues affecting the insurance and reinsurance industry and has made numerous presentations on insurance, reinsurance and commercial topics to a wide variety of audiences. A frequent author, David's articles have appeared in numerous insurance and legal publications. He is a graduate of the University College of London and the Lancaster Gate School of Law, and received his J.D. from the Chicago-Kent College of Law of the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Robert S. Rivkin
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Litigation and Government Affairs
AON Corporation

Robert S. Rivkin is a vice president of Aon Corporation and deputy general counsel for litigation and government affairs. He is responsible for all Aon litigation in the Americas as well as brokerage regulation, insurance company regulation and government relations.

Before joining Aon in February 2004, Rivkin served as general counsel of the Chicago Transit Authority, where he supervised all legal matters including public finance, contracts, labor and employment, real estate, construction, procurement and litigation from 2001 to 2004. Previously, Rivkin served as a litigation partner at the Chicago law firm Schiff Hardin & Waite, as legal policy director for the city of Chicago and as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. Rivkin also has worked at government agencies in London and Brussels, Belgium.

Rivkin clerked for Judge Joel M. Flaum of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit. He is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College and received his law degree from Stanford Law School, where he served on the law review. Rivkin is a member of the Chicago Inn of Court and the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations. He also is a fellow of Leadership Greater Chicago.