March is Katrina/catastrophic loss month at the Insurance Law Center
Details are here in this post by Karen Yotis.
I was also on the Insurance Law Center's March 21 podcast, talking about a bunch of stuff, including the Sher and Landry cases currently before the Louisiana Supreme Court, legal blogging and Scruggs. Steve Berstler did a very good interview, these guys that have been on the radio, they have a skill that's hard to master, but sure does sound good when it's done right. You can click here to listen. (I'm a few minutes into the podcast).
Lexis also interviewed me about a whole lot of Katrina-related stuff, and I read this interview and thought it was done very well. Anytime I get to use one of my favorite metaphors -- Wile E. Coyote and his Acme rocket backpack -- and this makes it into the interview, it makes me happy. A preview of the interview is here, but the article itself is available only on the paid Lexis database. As you may know, I believe one problem with legal commentary is it is generally boring, with an off-putting pretentiousness, so I bring a different approach.
As I've mentioned, I'm on the advisory board for the ILC, so I'm not disinterested in its success. But as I have a lot of places where I could choose to spend my time, I wouldn't be doing it if I didn't believe in the product and the people behind it. Good people, people who get Web 2.0. Without good people -- people of imagination and creativity, risk-takers -- you can't have good product.
Couldn't work in a plug for ABBA? Hey, have you seen the articles about the New
FEMA? They are congratulating themselves that only 38,000 Katrina families remain in travel trailers and mobile homes.