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Past Distinguished Speakers

The New England Claim Association honors among many others the following individuals for their contribution to the well-being of our Organization.

 
Date Past Speaker Title/Topic
February 2012  Joe Hamilton,
Joan Vorster, Collen Jordan, Steve Prunier
Mirick O'Connell/Legal Aspects in Insurance
Mirick O'Connell,
Unum
Berkshire/Guardian
November 2011  Toni Mortensen
Daniel Gerber
Nancy Hughes
Joshua Bachrach
Laura Lefebvre
ICA President
Social Media and Insurance
Functional Capacity Evaluations
Accidental Loss vs. Accidental Means
Disability Fraud
 October 2011 Steve Allen
Lisa Doherty
David Crevier, Atty
Disability Round Table
Speakers from Trustmark, Sun Life and Crevier & Ryan LLP, respectively.
 June 2011 CPAs Ernie Smith, John Hoffman, John Spatola  Nawrocki & Smith, Forensic Accounting of Insurance Claims
 May 2011 Edward C. Alvino MD, UNUM     Medical Aspects of Disability Claims
 April 2011 Kenneth Baron SSA - Social Security Disability
 February 2011 Joan Vorster, Joe Hamilton, Mirick O'Connell, Dave Layden, UNUM, Deb O'Connor, Sun Life Topic - Legal Year in Review
 November 2010 Marlon Tettleton, ICA President ICA & Workshops
 October 2010 Lori Cohen, PhD     President, Independent Claim Consultant Network - Subjective Claims
 June 2010 Scott Sperry, Kathryn Breed Disability RMS - Appeals and Beyond, Quality, Consistency & Compliance
 May 2010 Kym Martell          President, KM Associates - Fighting Fraud
 April 2010 Joan Vorster, Joe Hamilton, Topic - Legal Year in Review
Speakers from Mirick O'Connell
February 2010  Ed Warner President, Automated Management Services
Topic:  Defining Occupational Duties, Pre & Post Disability for Doctors
November 2009  Marlon Nettleton, ICA President General Session:
Workshop #1:  Motivation of Disability
Workshop #2:  Lean Six Sigma - DMAIC
Workshop #3:  Foreign Death Claims
October 2009  Dr. James Alan Fox      Professor, Northeastern University, Criminal Justice and Law, Policy and Society
Topic: Crime, Violence & Safety
October 2006 Peter M. Mirkin, MD, MBA, LLC President and Partner with Professional Disability Associates, LLC; Consulting Psychiatrist Counseling Services, Inc. Attending Psychiatrist Maine Medical Center Department of Psychiatry; Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Vermont School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry
Topic - Recognizing & Dealing with the Reality of Claim Duration
October 2006 Don Abbott, MD

Vice President of Professional Disability Associates, Inc. as well as the President of Abbott Consulting Group
Topic - Fibromyalgia & Comorbidity

June 2006 Michael Leeper, M.S. CRC Topic - Reversing Claim Decisions A Claim Perspective
May 2006 John S. Roberts President Disability RMS, Westbrook, ME
Topic - “The Current Disability Environment”
April 2006 Dr. David Fisher

Ph. D., President of PsyBar, LLC, Minneapolis, MN
Topic - Psychological and psychiatric issues related to disability assessment and case management

February 2006 Mirick, O’Connell Attorneys at Law
Topic - Legal Year In Review – Update
November 2005 Robert Dubiel
Sandy Lyall
Dr. Lisa Piechowiski
ALHC
M. EDl, LMHC, NCC, CEAP, Psychiatric Disability Cons.
Dr.
Topic - Claims based on subjective symptoms
October 2005 David Jay Coalition, exe. dir. of the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud
Topic - Fraud
June 2005 Joe Healy Topic - Accidental Death & Disability Claims
April 2005 Drew King President, JHA, Portland, Maine
Topic - "Group Disability - The Opportunity Before Us"
March 2005 Marc J. Seifer Ph.D.
Topic - Forensic Graphology
October 2004  Robert Violetta

MS, CRC, CDMS
Certified Rehab Counselor & Certified Disability Management Consultant
Topic - Vocational Applications Throughout the Claim Continuum

   Thomas P.Wickey
Dave Covino
 Supervisor, Insurance Fraud Unit, NH Ins. Dept.
Manager, Law Dept SIU, UnumProvident
Topic - Insurance Fraud Prosecution from a State Insurance Department & Ins. Carrier perspective
 
 
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Fri 04/06/2012
Sheraton Harborside Portsmouth, NH
 
 
     
 

     
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