Mark frequently speaks on topics related to insurance law. Most recently, Mark presented on “The Greening of America: New Issues in Construction and Insurance Litigation” at the Defense Research Institute’s 2009 Annual Meeting in Chicago; “Emerging Issues Involving Employment Practices Insurance” at DRI’s Insurance Coverage and Practice Symposium in New York City in 2010; “Making Order Out of Chaos” at DRI’s Professional Liability seminar in New York City in December 2011; “How to Pick a Mediator” at the Boston Bar Association in 2011; “Hot Issues in Professional Liability Coverage” at the December 2012 Insurance Practice and Coverage Symposium in New York City; and “Professional Services Liability: Analyzing Claims” at PLRB’s Regional Adjusters Conferences in Bellingham, Washington, Minneapolis, Minnesota and Providence, Rhode Island in 2014. Mark also spoke at a webinar on “Professional Liability 101: Insurance Coverage” presented by the DRI’s Professional Liability Committee in February 2013.
Mark was a Regional Editor for the second, third and fourth editions of DRI’s Bad Faith Compendium, a 50 state survey of bad faith law, published in 2006, 2011 and 2015 and for DRI’s Unfair Claims Practices Compendium, which was published in 2007. In 2015, Mark also wrote the Virgin Islands section of the DRI’s Duty to Defend Compendium.
Mark was the Editor in Chief of DRI’s Professional Liability Compendium, a two-volume, 55-jurisdiction survey on professional liability and claims-made coverage issues that was published in November 2012. The Compendium summarizes approximately 1,750 cases. In addition to serving as Editor in Chief, Mark wrote the Introduction to the Compendium; was the Regional Editor for New England and Canada; and was the state author for Massachusetts, the United States Virgin Islands, and Guam.
A review by Randy Maniloff in the December 19, 2012 edition of “Coverage Opinions” stated, “If you are involved in any way with professional liability insurance coverage, you need to have a copy of DRI’s new … compendium of professional liability coverage issues on your desk. It’s just that simple. … Editor-in Chief Mark Cohen starts things off with a very thorough introduction. It is an excellent overview of professional liability coverage. … As for the breadth of the coverage issues addressed, and their relevance to the day-to-day situations that those handling professional liability claims encounter, the Compendium nails it. … There are no esoteric issues here that would only be of interest to a scholar. The issues are the ones those handling claims, and advising on claims, see on a regular basis.”