SEIP 2018: Expanding The Market Agenda
Located at the Hyatt Centric Fisherman’s Wharf
Monday, June 18th, 2018 – Hyatt Centric Fisherman’s Wharf
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
REGISTRATION
Pick-up your name tag, an conference information
WELCOME RECEPTION
Join us for light appetizers, complimentary beer and wine, and say hello to new and old friends!
Tuesday, June 19th, 2018
7:00 am – 4:00 pm
REGISTRATION
Pick up your name tag, Sign in for CE & CLE, and grab your proceedings booklet or flash drive!
BREAKFAST BUFFET
Come get some warm breakfast & coffee to jump start your day!
8:00 am – 9:00 am
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Angela Dybdahl Oroian | President | Society of Environmental Insurance Professionals
2018 Emerging Trends in Environmental Insurance
Sara Brothers | Divisional Vice President | Great American Insurance Group
This session provides an overview of emerging trends in environmental insurance underwriting and claims from the carrier’s perspective. Issues to be presented will be emerging contaminants, water-borne pathogens – including Legionella, EPA initiatives and changes under the new administration, new state rules, and requirements.
9:00 am – 9:45 am
Why Pollution Buy-Backs in CGL Policies Don’t Work
Sarah Stogner | of counsel | Carver Darden Koretzky Tessier Finn Blossman & Areaux LLC
In 2017 the amount of litigated insurance coverage for contamination driven losses far exceeded the premiums charged for the environmental insurance that could have eliminated the coverage controversies all together. This session will detail how illusory insurance coverage can be when the “coverage” is buried in an exclusion
9:45 am – 10:30 am
The Current Environmental Insurance Market & Sale Opportunities in Japan
Miki Mitsunari | President and Chairman | FINEV, Inc
This session will address the current environmental insurance market in Japan, especially on brownfield revitalization market. It will also cover the relevant regulations, players, and typical transaction practices that drive the opportunities as well as barriers to penetration of insurance products.
10:45 am – 11:30 am
Environmental Insurance Claims Panel
Keith Moskowitz | Partner| DENTONS US LLP
Etienne Maumus | Senior Claims Counsel | XL Catlin
Our claims panel will address the hot topics in Pollution Insurance coverage as well as relevant case laws and technical trends applicable to the industry.
11:30 am – 12:15 pm
Minimizing Loss Costs From Mold and Bacteria in Commercial Buildings
Howard Wolf | Principal |HW3 & Standards Chairman of the IICRC
Bacteria Claims are rapidly becoming the primary source of claims activities under environmental policies. The IICRC ANSI accredited remediation and restoration protocols are the gold standard followed by the best restoration firms. The IICRC Standards for mold and water remediation are the most commonly used references in expert witness testimony.
This session will explain how the IICRC develops standards for drying and remediation and the basics of the protocols in those standards. Every environmental insurance professional needs to know about the IICRC standards.
12:15 pm – 1:00 pm
North Point Lounge
PLATED LUNCH
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm
Environmental Insurance Case Law Update
Miles Holden | Partner | Hanson Bridgett LLP
Every line of insurance experiences difference in opinion on what is covered and what is not. This presentation looks at the contemporary coverage litigation in the environmental insurance business. Environmental insurance is a dynamic industry that is constantly evolving. One of the key factors that impacts underwriting, procurement, and claims-related decisions is how courts across the country construe policy terms in the context of real-life claim scenarios and render determinations about coverage. This session will review courtopinions concerning environmental insurance-coverage disputes to provide attendees with insight into recent developments.
It Could Be Your Largest Uninsured (yet very insurable) Liability Exposure
Kenn Anderson | Senior Account Executive | AON
A risk managers guide to environmental risk management and liability insurance.
1:45 pm – 2:30 pm
Solving The Problem of Insuring Pipelines
Peter Alvey | Vice President | ROUX ASSOCIATES, INC.
Luna Bowser | Regional Manager, Environmental | Ironshore Insurance
Cindy Hunter | Senior Vice President of Specialized Risk Claims | Navigators Group Inc.
Pipelines are the safest form of transportation but are capable of producing billion-dollar pollution losses. Operators complain about the unavailability of insurance. Underwriters complain there is lack of demand for their products. This panel session will address these barriers.
Helping Insurance Applicants Through The Underwriting Process
Rebecca Gitig | Senior Vice President, Environmental Lines Aspen Insurance
How producers can help to achieve a lower underwriting “Tax” on customers. Why do underwriters ask the questions they do as well as ideas to streamline the underwriting process.
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm
North Point Lounge
Sponsored By: EDR
Afternoon Break
2:45 pm – 3:30 pm
Glyphosate Issues in California & Beyond
Dave Sadoff | Senior Professional Geologist Western Region | HETI
HETI will provide an overview of the chemical, glyphosate (the main active ingredient in Roundup™), the most widely-used herbicide in the United States agricultural sector. Real and perceived exposure risk to humans and the environment have led to concerns in California and beyond. HETI will discuss the issues surrounding glyphosate use and potential risk mitigation measures to minimize stakeholder exposures.
Sales Techniques in Mergers & Acquisitions
Brad Maurer | Environmental Risk Management and Insurance Consultant |ARMR.Network,LLC
Environmental insurance in a merger or acquisition context can protect many. From buyers, sellers, PRPs, lenders and government entities, there can be several stakeholders in a transaction – each with their own interests and all with the common goal of completing the transaction. This session will explore the varying interests of multiple parties and how to represent them in a merger or acquisition environmental insurance placement.
3:30 pm – 4:15 pm
Wholesale Broker Round Table
David Dybdahl | President ARMR.Network,LLC
Greg Schilz | Executive Vice President JLT Specialty USA
Kenn Anderson | Senior Account Executive AON
Brad Maurer | Environmental Risk Management and Insurance Consultant |ARMR.Network,LLC
Stacy Brown | President and CEO Freberg Environmental Inc.
4:15 pm- 5:00 pm
Insuring Tomorrow: Engaging and Retaining Millennials in the Insurance Industry
Tony Cañas | Chief Motivational Officer | InsNerds.com
Insurance is going through a talent crisis as the Baby Boomers retire and Millennials and Gen Zers join the industry in droves. Learn how to engage younger insurance professionals from top rated speaker and best selling author Tony Cañas, CPCU, MBA in his engaging, fun and interactive session.
Networking Reception
The Grotto (Replaced Fisherman’s No 9)
located .2 miles from the Hyatt Centric
2847 Taylor St, San Francisco, CA 94133
Wednesday, June 20th, 2018
7:00 am – 12:00 pm
REGISTRATION
Pick up your name tag, Sign in for CE & CLE, and grab your proceedings booklet or flash drive!
BREAKFAST BUFFET
Come get some warm breakfast & coffee to jump start your day!
8:00 am – 9:00 am
Opening Remarks
Angela Dybdahl Oroian | President | Society of Environmental Insurance Professionals
Analytics, Probability, and Accuracy
Chip D’Angelo | Founder & CEO |WCD Group
he current process and procedures for risk engineering and environmental Due Diligence are outdated. While technology has advanced n the environmental site investigation, remote sensing and remedial technology industry, the risk analysis area has been neglected. While this session will review current and outdated procedures wit will present new technology, applications, analytics and unique tools to assess environmental risk, perfect due diligence, establish probability of an outcome, set the end point, establish adequate & appropriate insurance limits, compute accurate allocations and resolve claims.
9:00 am – 9:45 am
Global Risks Impacting The Market
Marcel Ricciardelli | Senior Vice President | Allied World Assurance
9:45 am – 10:30 am
Claims and Insurance Coverage Issues Arising From Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
Peter Mintzer|Partner | Selman Breitman LP
Liz Brockman | Partner | Selman Breitman LP
This session will cover current environmental regulatory challenges facing CAFO and Ag operators at the state and federal level; as well as address key current damage and nuisance claims being asserted against operators; and will address predominant coverage issues facing policyholders and carriers in this area.
Morning Break
10:45 am – 11:30 am
LENDING: How Environmental Risk Plays into the Credit Risk Decision Making
Jeff Telego | President | Risk Management Technologies & RTM Communications, Inc.
Julie Kilgore | President | Wasatch Environmental
- Brief history and application of how risk management tools bracket and transfer environmental risk
- Best practices, guidance and challenges to minimizing environmental risk to financial institutions
- Underwriting criteria, trends and emerging issues for banks addressing/avoiding environmental risk throughout the loan life cycle
11:30 am – 12:15 pm
Using Predictive Analytics to Determine Levels of Environmental Risk and the Potential Insurance Solutions
Greg Schilz | Executive Vice President – JLT Specialty USA
Zain Iqbal | Assistant Vice President – JLT Specialty USA
- Brief history and application of how risk management tools bracket and transfer environmental risk
- Best practices, guidance and challenges to minimizing environmental risk to financial institutions
- Underwriting criteria, trends and emerging issues for banks addressing/avoiding environmental risk throughout the loan life cycle
12:15 pm – 1:00 pm
Cost Allocations Between Coverage Years For Environmental Legacy Claims- Today and In the Future
The availability of environmental insurance could be a game changer.
David Dybdahl | President of ARMR.Network, LLC
Sheila Mulrennan | Owner Insurance Archeology Group
John E. DeLascio | Partner Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
This session will address insurance claim allocations between policy years, beginning with the techniques used to document historical insurance coverage and present new theories on cost allocation when an insurance buyer is voluntarily self-insured for environmental risks. The existence of true environmental insurance has the potential to swing billions of dollars of legacy GL loss reserves off the books insurance companies, while at the same time compelling self-insured companies to reexamine the value proposition of environmental insurance.
Lunch – On- The- Go