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The Insurance Council of Texas WELCOMES you to today’s workers’ compensation conference.

0BContinuing Education and Continuing Legal Education Hours

This conference has been approved for the following continuing education credit hours:

6 continuing education hours by the Texas Department of Insurance (Course No. 113475)

5.25 continuing legal education hours by the Texas State Bar (Course No. 174023839)

5.25 continuing legal education hours by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization for administrative and

workers’ compensation law (Course No. 174023839)

5.25 contact hours for certified case managers has been approved by the Commission for Case

Manager Certification (Approval No. 180003274)

Signing in and out required for adjusters, agents, CCMs and attorneys.

Conference Manual Content

■ Conference Agenda

■ Sponsor Advertisements

■ Each speaker has a section that includes their BIO, and if applicable, PowerPoint Slides Note Taker,

Handouts, Papers, and/or supplemental information

■ Information about ICT Associate Membership

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2BConference Evaluations and Continuing Education Certificates

Conference Evaluations

■ Please complete the electronic conference

evaluation that will be sent to you by e-mail

towards the end of the conference. Please share

your thoughts and provide us with your feedback.

Your comments may include what topic(s) you

found most interesting, what you liked

about the conference , what we could improve,

and what topic was the most useful to you as a

Texas workers’ compensation participant.

Your feedback will shape future ICT events.

■ Also, feel free to provide Steve Nichols with any

feedback that you may have. He can be

contacted at snichols@insurancecouncil.org.

CE/CLE Certificates

■ Be sure to sign the continuing education

record sheet when you register in the

morning and at the end of the day. TDI

regulations require adjusters and insurance

agents to attend the entire conference.

■ Attorneys need to sign the continuing legal

education sheets when arriving and depart-

ing the conference. ICT staff will record the

continuing legal education hours you earn

today on the Texas State Bar’s website.

■ ICT staff will record the continuing education

hours on Sircon’s CE Transcript for each

adjuster/agent that attends our conference.

■ ICT staff will prepare and mail certificates of

completion to insurance adjusters and insurance

agents no later than 30 days from the date of the

conference. Any person requiring that the

preparation and mailing of their certification of

completion be expedited should contact Cynthia

Haywood, at chaywood@insurancecouncil.org.

This conference manual is a Copyrighted Publication of the Insurance Council of Texas.

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AGENDA

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast -- Sponsored by CorVel

9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks – Albert Betts, Jr., Executive Director, Insurance

Council of Texas

9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Face to Face with the Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation –

Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation, Cassie Brown and Albert

Betts, Jr., Executive Director, Insurance Council of Texas

10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Networking Break

10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. The Year 2030: What’s Ahead for the Workers’ Compensation Line of Insurance –

Mark Pew, Senior VP, Product Development & Marketing, Preferred Medical

Sponsored by The Transitional Learning Center

11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Chasing the Horizon: New Rules and What You Need to Know – Jason Musick,

Partner, Burns Anderson Jury & Brenner, L.L.P.

12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Lunch -- Sponsored by Akos and Centre for Neuro Skills

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1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Panel Discussion: Peer Review Reports – The Do’s and Don’ts

Moderator: Stuart Colburn, Shareholder, Downs & Stanford PC

Panelists: James Loughlin, Partner, Stone Loughlin & Swanson LLP

Hiawatha Franks, Director, Workers’ Compensation Claims, Texas Association of School Boards

Matthew Zurek, Deputy Commissioner for Health & Safety, Texas Division of Workers’

Compensation

Daniel Morris, The Morris Law Firm, PLLC

Michael M. Albrecht, M.P., AFF., M.D.

2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Networking Break

2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. The ABCs of Diagnostic Testing – Michael M. Albrecht, M.P., AFF., M.D. and

Brandi Prejean, Thornton Biechlin Reynolds & Guerra LC

3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Panel Discussion: Traveling Claims – What You Need to Know and the Latest Case

Law

Moderator: Stuart Colburn, Shareholder, Downs & Stanford PC

Panelists: LeeAnna Gainer Mask, Shareholder Adami, Shuffield, Scheihing & Burns, P.C.

Hiawatha Franks, Director, Workers’ Compensation Claims, Texas Association of School Boards

Daniel Morris, The Morris Law Firm, PLLC

The Honorable Jeff Carothers, Administrative Law Judge, Texas Department of Insurance, Division

of Workers’ Compensation

4:15 p.m. Closing Remarks and Conclusion of Conference – Steve Nichols, ICT

4:30 p.m. Networking Reception – Sponsored by Burns Anderson Jury & Brenner LLP, Mentis Neuro

Health, myMatrixx and WorkCompCentral

You Are Invited to the Post Event Networking Reception

Join us after the conference for a networking reception and

catch up with old friends, make new friends, mingle with

your peers, and the speakers.

Enjoy complimentary beer, wine, and cocktails.

Be sure to try the featured hors d’oeuvres.

We look forward to seeing you at the Networking Reception.

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Thank You Sponsors

Underwriter Sponsors

Associate Sponsor

Networking Reception Sponsors

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https://www.neuroskills.com/

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As part of ICT’s continuing mission to provide

information and resources on issues of importance to

the Texas insurance market, ICT is proud to offer

webinars to better meet the insurance industry’s

educational needs.

Information about ICT’s future and past webinars

can be found here.

Featured Upcoming Webinars

HB 1774, One Year Later: Is it Working?

Wednesday, September 26, 2018 11:00 a.m. (Registration Open)

Speaker: Lee Parsley, General Counsel, Texans for Lawsuit Reform

Lee Parsley, of Texans for Lawsuit Reform, was a driving force behind the legislation in 2017 that addressed

lawsuit abuse in the insurance industry. HB 1774 went in to effect Sept 1, 2017. What has changed in the year

following? Are insurance companies seeing any changes? Is the law working as envisioned? Join us for a one-

hour webinar to find out.

Current Fraud and Other Improper Schemes In Texas Hail and Harvey Claims

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 11:00 a.m. (Registration Open)

Speaker: Steven Badger, Partner, Zelle, LLP

Attorney Steven Badger details what his legal team and insurance companies across Texas are seeing related to

fraud, and what efforts are being taken to break up those schemes.

Register Online Today

ICT’s 2019 Workers’ Compensation Seminar

Coming in the Spring of 2019 – the Insurance Council of

Texas’ Workers’ Compensation Seminar.

Keep an eye out for the announcement of the date and location

of the premier workers’ compensation seminar held in Texas.

ICT will announce the date and location of the seminar on the

Events and Education web page of our website.

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Our Accomplishments

● ICT is an opinion leader in the Texas

workers’ compensation system.

● ICT has commented on every new rule

proposed by the state’s workers’

compensation regulatory agency and

shaped the rules that have been adopted.

● ICT provides our membership with

timely analysis of new laws and rules

not available from any other source.

More information about our workers’

compensation program is available on ICT’s

website.

Learn more about ICT here.

Find Out How You Can Join ICT HERE.

Become An Associate Member of ICT Today

The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) is a multi-purpose, non-profit

trade association of property and casualty insurers writing business in Texas.

ICT's purpose is to provide a mechanism through which our members and

associate members can collectively represent their interests in the regulatory

process and stay abreast of those events that affect the business of insurance

in Texas.

Our experienced and knowledgeable staff provides a variety of services and

products that give our member companies the information and resources

they need to be successful in the Texas insurance marketplace.

ICT does not lobby, but follows the legislative process and reports to the

membership on important legislative initiatives and changes in insurance

law. We are regular participants in regulatory matters and employ an active

committee system to guide our involvement.

ICT’s Workers’ Compensation Services program provides our members and

associate members with representation before the Texas Department of

Insurance (TDI) and the TDI Division of Workers’ Compensation on

regulatory matters, timely reports on developments impacting the Texas

workers’ compensation system and information not available from any other

source.

Associate Membership Benefits

■ Your company/firm would join the collective voice of ICT's 500 plus member insurance companies and a growing number of associate members;

■ Access to ICT's "members only" website;

■ Access for an unlimited number of company/firm staff members to our newsletter, workers’ compensation news updates, other

insurance lines bulletins, and our members-only confidential

legislative report;

■ ICT’s Workers’ Compensation Committee provides our members

with a forum to discuss workers’ compensation policy issues; and ■ Free access to ICT's on-line, electronic Texas Workers' Compensation

Appeals Panel Digest and other publications.

Visit Us Online at https://www.insurancecouncil.org/.

Contact Mark Hanna, ICT’s Manager

of Public Affairs, at (512) 444-9611 to

obtain additional information about

joining ICT.

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WIFI is available in the meeting rooms and is complimentary.

The network is ATTWIFI and there’s no password needed.

This conference manual is a Copyrighted Publication of the Insurance Council of Texas.