Associated General Contractors of America Surety/Bonding Conference (01/2026)

Amjad was recently a panelist at the 2026 AGC Surety/Bonding conference in Port Charlotte, Florida, on the following topic:

"Quakes and Aftershocks: The Impact of US Litigation and Claims Practices on the Global Insurance Community".

The 2023-2024 US LEG 3 decisions sent a shock through the builder’s risk marketplace. Many insurers are still struggling with how to define their position going forward. This session brings together an international panel comprised of coverage lawyers from the U.S. and U.K., a global insurance claim leader from Singapore and a Canadian general contractor. The panel will discuss how the US legal and claims landscape made these decisions predictable and inevitable. We’ll look at how the decisions have impacted the global marketplace and how that effect rebounds back in the US. Most importantly, the panel will examine what lessons can be learned, both abroad and domestically, to inform better underwriting and better claims resolution.

The panel included perspectives from US coverage counsel (Jeremiah Welch, SDV law), UK coverage counsel (Joanna Grant, Fenchurch Law), and a construction broker (Naresh Dade, Howden Insurance Brokers, Ltd.).

A paper prepared for the conference on this topic can be accessed here.