The nation's top insurance coverage attorneys and experts convened in New York City on 24 January 2011 to discuss and debate the current and emerging trends that dominate today's insurance litigation landscape. NERA Senior Vice President and Mass Torts & Product Liability Practice Chair Lucy P. Allen joined a panel entitled "2011 & Beyond: A Look Ahead to the New Coverage and Allocation Issues In Mass Tort Litigation." Ms. Allen's presentation touched on forecasting and allocation issues in topical mass torts litigation including: pharmaceutical, environmental, lead and chemical exposure, and the effect of changing Medicare regulations. Other conference sessions focused on coverage and allocation issues in asbestos and other long-tail mass tort litigation, and featured panels on the impact the recent asbestos-related bankruptcy filings have on insurers, reinsurers, and policyholders and the evolving case law involving trigger and non-products cases.