Robert Sallander and Joshua Gilliland spoke at ClaimsXChange in Nashville, Tennessee, on April 30, 2025. ClaimsXChange was an outstanding educational conference for insurance professionals, attorneys, and service providers.

Robert Sallander and Kim Noble, Vice President at Applied Financial Lines, spoke on Liability Insurer’s Duty and Right to Settle. The session addressed the basics of the duty to settle, what settlements are considered “reasonable,” and how to recognize good faith versus bad faith settlements. The panel had a robust discussion on the “Hammer Clauses” for insurance carriers, which give insurance companies a right to settle in specific situations.

Joshua Gilliland spoke on Preserving Evidence – The Intent to Deprive. The other speakers on the panel included James Daley from Consilio and W. Brett Mason, Esq., from Degan, Blanchard & Nash. The seminar covered the Intent to Deprive under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule Rule 37 and related case law. The session addressed the duty to preserve electronic evidence, strategies and technology for collecting electronically stored information, and the six-factor analysis to show the Intend to Deprive under Rule 37.