Biography

Jennifer Quinn Broda represents the London and Bermuda markets in connection with a broad array of coverage matters, with an emphasis on directors and officers liability, employment practices liability and professional liability. In addition, she performs auditing services for various reinsurers. Ms. Broda has assisted in the drafting of policy forms for managed care liability, management liability and employment practices liability.  

Ms. Broda also represents insurers in coverage litigation involving various lines of insurance. Her litigation work includes representing insurance companies in bad faith litigation and other extracontractual matters.

Presentations & Publications

Ms. Broda's publications include:

• Coauthor, “Move Over Subprime? Financial Institutions and Brokers Face Increasing Concerns Over Allegation of Improper Libor Manipulation,” Plus Journal, Professional Liability Underwriting Society, Volume XXV, Number 5 (May 2012).
• Coauthor, "Employers, Meet GINA," Law360 (March 2, 2011).
• "Whistle While You Work? What EPL Insurers Need to Know About the Wall Street Reform Act, and Other Recent Developments in Employment Law," Sedgwick’s Eighth Annual Hot Topics Seminar for the Bermuda Insurance Market (Hamilton, Bermuda, October 13, 2010).
• "Court Links Plaintiff’s High Blood Pressure to Heart Disease in Denying LTD Benefits Coverage," Sedgwick’s Insurance Law Update (June 2010).
• "Ninth Circuit: Insured v. Insured Exclusion Applies to Debtor in Possession in D&O Case," Sedgwick’s Insurance Law Update (August 2009).
• "Statute of Limitations Under Disability Plan Reasonable Even When Benefits Are Subsequently Terminated," Sedgwick’s Insurance Law Update (October 2008).
• Coauthor, "Auction Rate Securities: Going Once, Going Twice, Or Not Going At All? Evaluating The Latest Fallout Of The Credit Crunch," Mealey's Litigation Report: Emerging Securities Litigation (May 2008); PLUS Journal , Professional Liability Underwriting Society, Volume XXI, Number 8 (August 2008).
• Coauthor, "Auction rate securities failure implications," Insurance Day (May 2, 2008).
• "Illinois Appellate Court Rules The Meaning of 'Accident" in CGL Policy Is Ambiguous," Sedgwick’s Insurance Law Update (April 2007).
• "Insured’s Guilty Plea to Criminal Charges Does Not Preclude Insurer’s Wrongful Death Liability," Sedgwick’s Insurance Law Update (June 2005).
• "Recent Claim Trends in the Mutual Fund Industry," Directions and Outlooks -- Professional Lines Perspectives (Benfield), Issue 1, at 12-21 (July 2004) (coauthor, Eric C. Scheiner).
• "Loss of Computer Data," Sedgwick’s Insurance Law Update (January 2004).

Her presentations include:

• “The Latest Developments in the Libor Scandal and the Exposure Presented to U.S. and European Financial Institutions,” co-presented with Edward Smerdon and Chen Foley at the 4th Annual Bermuda Claims Litigation Management Seminar (Hamilton, Bermuda, December 4, 2012).
• “It's a Dog-Eat-Dog World: Exploring Jewel v. Boxer Claims and Other Exposures When Law Firms Go Bust,” Sedgwick’s Tenth Annual Hot Topics Seminar for the Bermuda Insurance Market (Hamilton, Bermuda, October 3, 2012).
• “Move Over Subprime! The Latest Developments in the Libor Scandal and the Exposure Presented to U.S. and European Financial Institutions,” (Xchanging Learn at Lunch Seminar Series, London, England, September 13, 2012).
• "Recent U.S. Supreme Court Decisions Affecting Employment Law," presented at the Bermuda International Chapter CPCU Society (Hamilton, Bermuda, May 9, 2012). 
• “Put up Your Dukes! The Winners and Losers in the Latest Round of Recently Decided U.S. Employment Cases,” Sedgwick’s Ninth Annual Hot Topics Seminar for the Bermuda Insurance Market (Hamilton, Bermuda, October 11, 2011).
• “D&O 101 and Latest Claim Trends,” co-presented with Eric Scheiner at The Bermuda Insurance Institute (Hamilton, Bermuda, April 28, 2011).
• “Whistle While You Work? What EPL Insurers Need to Know About the Wall Street Reform Act, and Other Recent Developments in Employment Law,” Sedgwick’s Eighth Annual Hot Topics Seminar for the Bermuda Insurance Market (Hamilton, Bermuda, October 13, 2010).
• “Subprime and the Credit Crunch: Understanding the Basics, the Fallout, and What to Expect Next,” co-presented at the Bermuda Insurance Institute (Hamilton, Bermuda, March 16, 2010).
• “In the Eye of the Storm: The Recent Rise in Employment Practices Claims and Things to Come,” presented at Sedgwick’s Seventh Annual Hot Topics Seminar for the Bermuda Insurance Market (Hamilton, Bermuda, October 7, 2009).
• “The Ever-Changing World of U.S. Employment Law,” co-presented at the Bermuda Insurance Institute (Hamilton, Bermuda, August 19, 2009). 
• “Recent Developments and Trends in U.S. Employment Law,” co-presented at Sedgwick’s Chicago Seminar Series (Chicago, Illinois, July 16, 2009).
• “Primer on Commercial Policies – First and Third Party Coverages,” co-presented at the offices of a Sedgwick Client (Illinois, July 9, 2009).
• “Subprime and the Credit Crunch: Understanding the Basics and the Litigation Fallout,” co-presented at the Bermuda Insurance Institute (Hamilton, Bermuda, December 17, 2008).
• “Riding The EEOC Wave: Current Trends In U.S. Employment Class Actions,” presented at Sedgwick’s 20th Annual London Insurance Seminar (London, England, September 21, 2007) and at Sedgwick’s Fifth Annual Hot Topics Seminar for the Bermuda Insurance Market (Hamilton, Bermuda, September 12, 2007).

Memberships & Honors

Ms. Broda is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, where she serves as an Investigator on the Judicial Evaluation Committee. She is also a member of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society and the Claims Management and Litigation Alliance.

While in law school, Ms. Broda was a member of the Dean's List and received CALI awards in Legal Writing I, Legal Writing II and Employment Law. In college, she was a member of the Dean's List and a Caterpillar Fellowship recipient.