Mintz Levin Attorney Nancy Adams Appointed VP of Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Society [Health & Beauty Close – Up]

Nancy D. Adams, CPCU, a Member of the Insurance/Reinsurance Group, Risk Management & Executive Protection Group, and Product Liability and Complex Tort Litigation Group of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, has been named the 2012-2013 Vice President of the international Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters (CPCU) Society.

According to a release, Adams will be President-Elect in 2013- 2014 and President of the 24,000 member CPCU Society in 2014-2015. She is the sixth woman to hold the office of Vice President and ultimately President in the organization's 68-year history.

Adams officially assumed her role as Vice President at the organization's annual meeting in Washington, D.C.September 8-11.

The CPCU Society is a membership organization of credentialed insurance professionals who promote excellence through ethical behavior and continuing education. The Society's members hold the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter designation, which requires passing eight rigorous undergraduate- and graduate-level examinations, meeting experience requirements, and agreeing to be bound by a strict code of professional ethics.

Adams previously served as Secretary of the international organization. She is also a former president of the Boston Chapter of the CPCU Society and teaches a number of CPCU courses.

According to a release, Adams has extensive experience representing and advising primary and excess insurers on the business and legal implications of a variety of complex coverage issues involving personal and commercial lines of insurance. Her experience includes representing insurers with respect to coverage disputes arising under directors and officers, professional liability, managed health care, aviation, fiduciary, financial institutions, crime, automobile, homeowners, and general liability policies. Her practice has involved representing insurers in state, bankruptcy, and federal courts across the country.

Adams is a trustee of the Insurance Library Association of Boston. She is also a co-chair of the Emerging Issues Subcommittee, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee and Litigation Section of the American Bar Association.

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