February 7, 2019 PacNW CPCU Luncheon

Please join us for our monthly Pacific Northwest CPCU Chapter luncheon on Thursday, February  7th at Peerspace in the Wells Fargo building in Seattle.

Speakers: Paul Rosner, J.D., CPCU, Soha & Lang and Dan Thenell, Partner, Thenell Law Group

Topic: Come join us to hear guest speakers Paul Rosner & Dan Thenell present Keodalah v. Allstate: Insurance Professionals Beware

On March 26, 2018, Division One of the Washington Court of Appeals held in Keodalah v. Allstate Ins. Co., 3 Wn. App. 2d 31, 413 P.3d 1059, review granted, 191 Wn.2d 1004 (2018) that an individual insurance adjuster, as distinct from the employing insurer, may be liable for common law bad faith and violation of the Washington Consumer Protection Act (“CPA”). This decision impacts Washington (and out of state) agents, brokers, attorneys, and claims handlers.

• Chapter Members: Free
• Chapter Candidate Members: Free
• Non-Members: $35.00
• Credits available 1 Hr  CE: 623805 CLE: 1094989

Paul earned the designation of Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) from the American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters in 2008. Since then, he has been an active member both locally and nationally. He served as President of the Pacific Northwest Chapter from 2012 through 2014 and currently serves as a local chapter officer and on the governing committee of the CPCU Society’s Coverage, Litigators, Educators, & Witnesses (CLEW) Interest Group.

Paul is also an active member of the Claims & Litigation Management Alliance (CLM). In 2011, Paul was selected to be one of CLM’s State Chairs for Washington. He has also served as CLM’s Washington State Education Director. In 2010 and 2012, he was named a Rising Star in the area of Insurance Coverage by Washington Law & Politics Magazine.

Paul is a frequent author and lecturer on insurance coverage and bad faith issues including chapter co-author for the Washington Motor Vehicle Accident Insurance Deskbook 2008 supplement, and co-author of the Oregon and Washington chapters of “Insurance Bad Faith-2010, A Compendium of State Law.” He is a regular contributor to the Around the Nation column of Claims Management Magazine. His lectures include presentations to attorneys and insurance professionals.

When not practicing law Paul enjoys spending time with his family, running, hiking, camping, and mountain biking.

Dan Thenell’s practice focuses on representing insurers in the investigation and litigation of Special
Investigation Unit (SIU) claims and first and third party coverage claims. Within his areas of practice, Dan is experienced in the bad faith and claim coverage issues inherent in first party SIU investigations and litigation.

Before creating Thenell Law Group, Dan was a partner at a large litigation defense firm in Portland. Prior to that, Dan represented cities and counties in civil rights and employment cases. Dan also worked for six years as a Washington County Deputy District Attorney, where he prosecuted more than 60 jury trials and numerous court trials. Dan specialized in the prosecution of large-scale identity theft and fraud crimes. He has also trained law enforcement officers in report writing, search and seizure and domestic violence.

Dan regularly defends Oregon and Washington insurers against coverage and extra contractual allegations. In 2011, Dan tried three fraud cases to verdicts in Oregon state courts, receiving defense verdicts for each of his clients. Dan has also tried cases involving coverage and extra contractual claims in Oregon and Washington state courts and the US District Court for Oregon.

While a state prosecutor Dan jointly coordinated a two year investigation into the fraudulent issuance of thousands of Oregon Driver licenses to out-of-state residents with the Oregon Department of Justice Criminal Investigation Division. Dan also prosecuted large identity theft and fraud rings. One of Dan’s proudest achievements was being cross-designated as an Assistant United States Attorney for prosecution of gun possession crimes by convicted felons. 

Dan co-drafted Senate Bill 464 creating a new crime of Aggravated Identity Theft. He gives regular presentations to insurers on investigation and defense of arson and fraud claims, spoliation of evidence, cause and origin investigation, and the handling of first party insurance claims. Dan also conducts training on bad faith litigation in Washington in light of the Insurance Fair Conduct Act.