ACCC
Issue 4, 2025 Winter
QUARTERLY
President’s Message Fellow members:
Steve Pate Cozen O'Connor Houston, TX
At the time I write this message, many of us have just returned from this years’ Law School Symposium, held at the University of Connecticut School of Law in Hartford, Connecticut. The Symposium started on the very day that many flights were cancelled because of the Government Shutdown. Despite this, attendance was excellent, though there are a few stories floating around about Fellows who were delayed or had flights cancelled. The attendance reflects the dedication of our members. Moreover, there were a great many law students who attended. It was, indeed, a great event. Under the able leadership of Tracy Saxe and Stephen Goldman, with the assistance of new Honorary Fellow Travis Pantin, Director of the Insurance Law Center at the UConn School of Law. It was a flawless program focusing on cutting edge issues involving Cyber Attacks in Catastrophic Losses. The Program was collegial and conversational. Mid-way through the program I realized that Tracy and Stephen had gathered the best minds in the country to speak. While
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I was impressed by the Program, the law students were “wowed.” In fact, Travis Pantin has stated that after the program “Several of them were totally convinced they should pursue a career in insurance coverage work.” This was music to my ears: of course, one of the missions of the Symposium is to interest these students in our work. The night before we had a wonderful dinner at The Mark Twain House, where each attendee was able to tour the house and explore the museum next to it. We learned of Twain’s involvement with insurance - he invested in several insurance companies in Hartford, and typical for Twain, he lost his shirt. Discussion of the Symposium provides a segue for my next subject. We are making real progress with the creation of the Journal of the American College. Under the able leadership of Michael Aylward, some eight articles by our members have been edited and submitted to student editors of the UConn Insurance Journal. Several of these young editors attended
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