On Thursday, May 7, Member Mark Hanna co-presented, “Inside Louisiana’s New Bad Faith Landscape: Legislative Shifts and Claims Impact,” one of three topics discussed at the Mid U.S. Legal Updates and Case Law Review Coverage & Bad Faith Webinar Series hosted by The Harmonie Group’s Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Committee.
The presentation examined recent legislative changes to Louisiana’s Bad Faith Statutes including revisions to La. R.S. 22:1892 and La. R.S. 22:1973, and their impact on claims handling. The presentation also addressed updated penalty provisions, the evolving duties of insurers and insureds, and changes affecting claims arising from catastrophic natural disasters. Other topics discussed on the webinar included the priority of coverage between competing Commercial General Liability (CGL) policies and managing third party bad faith risk in Minnesota.
Mark Hanna has more than 30 years of experience as a litigator with a practice that focuses on government and municipal liability, product liability, insurance defense litigation, and commercial/construction litigation. He is also skilled in handling toxic tort and asbestos cases. He has represented to national insurers, governmental entities, construction and commercial-related businesses, and oil and gas companies. As supported by the peer honors he has received, including Super Lawyers and New Orleans Magazine Top Lawyers, Mark has developed a reputation as one of the top attorneys in civil litigation and municipal law.
The Harmonie Group
The Harmonie Group, founded in 1992, is an invitation-only international network of elite and vetted law firms providing defense services to corporations, TPAs, insurance companies, RRGs, and captives. Each firm must meet the organization’s standards, ethics, and values before being invited to join.
The members at the initial meeting wanted to create an organization where quality members would be encouraged to introduce their quality clients to other members, to promote an exchange of ideas between clients and lawyers, and to have frank discussions concerning the lawyer/client relationship. The Group believed then, as it does now, that both clients and attorneys benefit from a better understanding of the unique circumstances and concerns facing each of them.