Patrick Cloud

Publications

"Intentional Act Exclusion," chapter in Commercial and Professional Liability Insurance Practice Handbook, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education Handbook (2014, 2019, 2023)
“Section 155 Necessitates A Separate Action on the Policy,” Illinois Defense Counsel Quarterly (2022)
“Equitable Contribution versus Equitable Subrogation: A Brief Overview,” Illinois Defense Counsel Quarterly (2021)
“An Insured Does Not Control Its Insurer,” Chicago Daily Law Bulletin (2020)
“Rise of the Machines: Cyber-Based Liability and Its Attendant Coverage Questions,” Illinois Defense Counsel Quarterly Monograph (2020)
“The Insurance Placement Liability Act After Skaperdas v. Country Casualty Insurance Company,” Illinois Defense Counsel Quarterly (2019)
“Insurer Exposure to Extracontractual Liability: An Overview,” Illinois Defense Counsel Quarterly Monograph (2018) - Download Article
“An Examination of Reasonableness Requirements for Settlements by Insureds: Central Mutual Insurance Company v. Tracy’s Treasures, Inc.,” Illinois Defense Counsel Quarterly (2018) - Download Article
“Settling Without Consent: The When and The How,” FDCC Insights, A Journal for Defense and Corporate Counsel (2016) - Download Article
"Additional Limits to the Targeted Tender Doctrine: AMCO Insurance Co. v. Cincinnati Insurance Co.," Illinois Defense Counsel Quarterly (2015) - Download Article
"Survey of Insurance Law Cases," Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel's 2013 Survey of Law (2014) - Download Article
"Unintended Consequences of Additional Insured Endorsements: Coverage for an Additional Insured Where the Claim Arose from the Named Insured's Professional Services," Illinois Defense Counsel Quarterly (2013) - Download Article
"In the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time: Defense Counsel as Ethically Challenged or Merely in a Position where Appearance of Impropriety Exists when Insurer and Insured have Conflict of Interest?" Illinois Defense Counsel Quarterly Monograph (2012) - Download Article
"Bankruptcy and Insured versus Insured Exclusions Did Not Apply to Claims by Trustee against Company Directors," IDC Defense Update, Vol. 12, No. 15 (2011) - Download Article
"Equitable Subrogation and Reimbursement Did Not Apply to a Self-Insured Municipality," IDC Defense Update, Vol. 12, No. 15 (2011) - Download Article
"Amount of Coverage for Series of Related Legal Malpractice Claims Limited to 'Each Claim' Limit of Liability," IDC Defense Update, Vol. 12, No. 15 (2011) - Download Article
"Survey of Illinois Law: Employment Law," Southern Illinois University Law Journal (2010) - Download Article

Public Speaking

“Motorized Vehicles: Liability & Coverage Issues”
PLRB Claims Conference 2023
“Passage and Development of the Insurance Placement Liability Act”
Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel Online Seminar 2019
“Darkness Falls: Exposure to Extracontractual Liability”
Heyl Royster's 33rd Annual Claims Handling Seminar 2018
“Independent Counsel and the Ethics of the Tripartite Relationship”
Insurance Coverage Institute: Downstate 2018
“Off the Field: Insurance Coverage Issues”
Heyl Royster's 32nd Annual Claims Handling Seminar 2017
“Working Through Not-So-Common Coverage Issues”
Heyl Royster's 31st Annual Claims Handling Seminar 2016
“Recent Developments in Insurance Coverage”
Heyl Royster’s 30th Annual Claims Handling Seminar 2015
“The Insurance Jungle – Navigating Your Way to Successful Results”
Moderator, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, St. Louis, Missouri 2015
“Uncertainty Piled Onto Confusion: Jury Instructions In Construction Cases After Ramirez v. FCL Builders”
IDC 2015 Statewide CLE Series, Edwardsville, Illinois 2015
“Handling Insurance Coverage Disputes”
Moderator, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Bloomington, Illinois 2014
“Insurance Coverage Update”
Heyl Royster’s 29th Annual Claims Handling Seminar 2014
“Insurance Coverage Update”
Heyl Royster’s 28th Annual Claims Handling Seminar 2013
“Insurance Coverage Update”
Heyl Royster’s 27th Annual Claims Handling Seminar 2012
“Personal Auto Policy: The Fundamentals”
PLRB/LIRB Claims Conference & Insurance Services Expo, Orlando, Florida 2012
“Insurance Coverage Update”
Heyl Royster's 26th Annual Claims Handling Seminar 2011
“Insurance Coverage Update”
Heyl Royster’s 25th Annual Claims Handling Seminar 2010
“Personal Auto Policy: The Fundamentals”
PLRB/LIRB Claims Conference & Insurance Services Expo, Nashville, TN 2011