Bankruptcy and Insurance Law Manual (Third Edition)

by Susan N. K. Gummow

Overview

The Bankruptcy and Insurance Law Manual, Third Edition covers the basics of insurance law for the bankruptcy professional, as well as bankruptcy principles for the insurance professional. The Manual distinguishes claims in an insurance sense from those under the Bankruptcy Code, and describes the duties of both the insurer and the insured under insurance law. Updated to include new chapters on automotive bankruptcies, insurer's standing and environmental issues in bankruptcy, the Manual also contains a glossary of key bankruptcy and insurance law terms.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014366144
Publisher:	American Bankruptcy Institute
Publication date:	05/25/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	226
Sales rank:	756,839
File size:	347 KB

About the Author

Susan N.K. Gummow is an attorney in Chicago, Illinois, where she handles business-related matters including bankruptcy, business litigation and insurance law. Combining her bankruptcy experience with her knowledge of insurance coverage and litigation, she has developed a unique practice of representing insurance companies in bankruptcy-related matters. Ms. Gummow has provided counsel to insurance companies, financial institutions, SIPC and other general creditors. She is a frequent speaker before insurance and insolvency industry groups on bankruptcy-related insurance issues and is often called upon by insurance companies to present in-house CLE seminars focusing on specific areas of interest such as director and officer liability and mass tort/asbestos bankruptcies. Ms. Gummow received her B.B.A. from Baylor University and her J.D. from Louisiana State University. She also attended the Université de Provence Aix-Marseilles in Aix-en-Provence, France, where she studied international law and constitutional law under the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist. Following graduation from law school, Ms. Gummow served as a judicial law clerk for U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Henley A. Hunter.