BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:66a11dd4bc19470efa6eacaf539553963 CATEGORIES:Events SUMMARY:Joint NYACT - NYSSIU Virtual Summer Conference DESCRIPTION:
Registration
Deadline 7/12/2021 at noon
D
ue to the health concerns for our members and attendees, it was decided to
hold this event as a virtual event.
8:
30am – 8:40am
Intro from NYACT &
amp; NYSSIU
Nichole Sori
ano, NYACT Chair
James Egner, NYSSIU President
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8:40am – 9:00am
NY
Legislative Update
John
Hubert, FCLS, CIFI & AIC, SIU Major Case Manager, Nationwide Insurance<
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What is the current state of the Legislative environment post Covid-19.
John Hubert is a graduate of Saint Bonaventure University. He has been in the insuran
ce industry for over 32 years, holding various Claims and SIU positions. Cu
rrently, he is the Northeast SIU Major Case Manager for Nationwide Insuranc
e, leading a team of consultants who specialize in complex organized fraud
investigations. He also has experience dealing in matters involving toxic t
ort and surplus lines. Prior to joining Nationwide, he was with State Farm
Insurance for 17 years. He holds designations as a CIFI, FCLS and AIC. He’s
also actively pursuing an AIDA designation. John is also a board member wi
th the NY IASIU chapter, and on the Legislative Committee with IASIU.<
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9:00am – 10:00am
Th
e Dirty Truth About Biohazard Fraud & What You Should Know About Water
Remediation Scams
Timothy W. Tapply, Esq., Partner, Br
and & Tapply, LLC
This training focuses on identifying the fraud and developing a
n investigation plan to combat exorbitant invoices and the aggressive behav
ioral tactics used by biohazard remediation companies. The second half of t
his training will discuss scams perpetrated by water remediation companies
to enhance the damages and increase the value of their cost including highe
r fees for the Public Adjuster.
Timothy Tapply has litigation experience in civil insurance defense and in the military
criminal arena. As a principal of Brand & Tapply, LLC Mr. Tapply spearh
eads numerous investigations nationally from slip and falls to comprehensiv
e multi-party schemes to defraud insurers. Mr. Tapply held the rank of Capt
ain in the United States Marine Corps, where he served as Defense Counsel a
nd Senior Defense Counsel in San Diego, California and was awarded the West
ern Region Marine Corps Defense Counsel of the Year. Mr. Tapply received hi
s Bachelor’s Degree from St. Lawrence University and graduated from Albany
Law School, cum laude. He was the Founder and President of the Albany Law S
chool Veteran’s Remembrance Organization. Mr. Tapply is licensed to practic
e law in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and New York and is also admitted to
the bar of the United States District Court for the District of Massachuset
ts.
10:00am – 10:10am
Break
10:10am – 11:10am
Auto Fraud Trends Including Tow Truck and Rent
al Fraud
Tom McCourt, Sp
ecial Agent, NICB North East Region
This presentation will review a multitude of fraud trends including Body
Shop Rental Vehicles, Out of State Temporary License Tags, Predator Tow Tr
ucks, High End Vehicle Thefts; Key Fobs left in vehicles, Reporting vehicle
s stolen after being in accidents, Catalytic Converter Thefts, and Staged V
ehicle Accidents.
NI
CB Special Agent Tom McCourt has been a Special Agent with NICB 14 years. He has worked in the
NY Major Medical Task Force and is currently a Blended Agent working on mu
ltiple types of insurance Fraud cases. Prior to NICB Tom was a paramedic with the NYC EMS and the FDNY
Emergency Services Bureau retiring as an EMS Captain. While working for th
e FDNY he was also an investigator in the Bureau of Investigations & Tr
ials.
11:10am – 12:10pm
COVID-19’s Compounding of Compounding Cream Fraud: Increased Oppo
rtunities for Telemedicine Fraud
Roy A. Mura, Esq., Mura Law Group & Joanne F.
Dagostino, Director-SIU, QA & Compliance, Plymouth Rock Management Com
pany
Roy Mura
is the founder and managing member of the Mura Law Group, headquartered in Buffalo, New York. He is a graduate of University o
f Buffalo School of Law and a linguistics degree graduate of SUNY at Bingha
mton. The author of the widely read and award-winning Coverage Counsel blo
g (nycoveragecounsel.blogspot.com), he has successfully litigated and tried
numerous insurance fraud and coverage cases for insurers through trial and
appeal in New York.
Joanne Dagostino has been actively involved in the S IU community for over 30 years, with experience in all claim and underwriti ng disciplines. She is a past President of the NJ Vehicle Theft Investigato rs, Fellow with the CLM and has presented at numerous SIU conferences inclu ding IFM, IASIU and NJSIA. Joanne is currently Director of SIU with Plymou th Rock Assurance, a new entrant to the NY insurance market. She is looking forward to more active involvement in the NY SIU community.
*Agenda subject to change.
Your Certificate of Attendance will reflect however you input your information so please use proper sentence case when completing r egistration (ie: Jane Smith, ABC Insurance Company).