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Wednesday June 8th
, 2016
5:00 ‐ 6:00pm Early Registration
6:00 ‐ 8:00pm Evening Welcome Reception ‐ Hyatt Rosemont Ballroom
Sponsored by: Berkley Specialty Underwriting Managers
Thursday June 9th, 2016
7:00‐8:15am Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:15 Welcome & Opening Remarks
David Dybdahl, President
American Risk Management Resources Network, LLC
8:30 The Story Behind the Creation of Environmental Insurance
Joseph Boren, Executive Vice President
Ironshore Insurance Services, LLC
In this presentation, we begin in 1894, when William T. Love Begins a Canal Project that
is envisioned to link the Niagara River to Lake Ontario. How that site becomes property
of the Hooker Chemical Company and eventually comes to be known as the Love
Canal; How the Love Canal leads to the creation of the Superfund Law, which leads to
the pollution exclusion and ultimately to the creation of the Environmental Insurance
Industry.
9:15 Emerging Environmental Issues and Potential Impacts on Insurance
Jeffrey Hunter
Partner Perkins Coie, LLP
Discuss emerging areas of environmental law that could impact insurance including
potential new claims and or new products. Presentation will cover:
EPA rulemaking under CERCLA 108;
Climate Change;
Reporting Requirements under Prop 65, Children Safe Product Reporting Laws;
Landfill Bans/Manufacturer Reporting Obligations under State E‐Waste Laws;
and
Proposed Changes to TSCA
10:00 Mid‐ Morning Break
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Thursday June 9th, 2016
10:15 Environmental Insurance: A Global Perspective
William McElroy, Global Head
Environmental Aspen Insurance
Environmental matters are a truly global concern in the twenty‐first century. Bill will
discuss the global nature of environmental risks today, and the growing sensitivity to
environmental matters around the world. He will provide background information on
global market for Environmental insurance. He will discuss some of the challenges of
underwriting insurance, managing risk and transacting business in many places around
the world.
11:00 The Underwriting Process – The Role of Analytics
Mary Ann Susavidge, Chief Underwriting Officer
XL/Catlin
Applications, environmental reports, contracts, purchase and sale agreements……how
do underwriters use this information? Environmental insurance is a specialized
insurance purchase. If analytics can be used for Auto insurance can they really be used
in underwriting a specialized product? Leave this session with a better understanding of
the importance of data and the value of analytics.
11:45 Lunch – Sponsored by Crum & Forster
12:30 Insurance Claim Handling and Management Panel
Kim MacDonald, Head of Environmental Claims ‐ Americas
XL/Catlin
Keith Moskowitz, Co‐Lead Environmental Insurance, Litigation Practice, and Partner
Dentons Law Firm
Marlin Zechman, Environmental Claims Manager
XL/Catlin
Our Claim panel will address the following hot topics in Pollution Insurance coverage as
well as relevant case laws and technical trends applicable to each:
Coverage pitfalls such as:
Voluntary Payment provisions and
Late Notice Provisions
Application of the Retro Active Date
Defining the “claim”
Challenges in handling:
Vapor Intrusion Claims
Mold Claims
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Friday June 10th, 2016
7:00 Continental Breakfast & Registration
8:15 Recap of Thursday & Opening Remarks
8:30 The Evolution of Environmental Risk Management and Environmental
Liability Insurance: A Primer for Risk Management Professionals
Kenneth Anderson, Senior Account Executive
Aon Risk Services Central, Inc. ‐ Greater Wisconsin
This presentation will give an overview of how environmental risk exposures have
evolved over the last 30 years and how they affect nearly every type of organization.
The presentation will also overview the environmental insurance marketplace and the
effective uses of different types of environmental insurance.
9:15 Environmental Risk Management Strategies for Lenders: The State of the
Art, Emerging Trends and Challenges to Lending Credit Risk
D. Jeffery Telego, President
Risk Management Technologies, Inc.
This presentation will focus on:
Brief history/evolution of environmental risk management in lending
Evolution of ERM tools and platforms and emerging issues
Post financial crisis and emerging developments in environmental credit
risk banking
Credit risk issues involving vapor intrusion, water resources and
stormwater management, brownfield lending, climate change
risk/adaptation etc.
Lending credit risk challenges within the energy sector, post foreclosure
due diligence, integration of the appraisal and environmental functions
Banking opportunities and challenges involving sustainability, energy
efficiency financing, GRI reporting, etc.
Environmental Forensics: A Keystone for Underwriting, Claims & Loss
Control
Joseph W. Berlin, PE, EP, CP, President
BLDI Environmental Engineers
Today, environmental forensic tools are commonly used in the legal environment
and gaining use in underwriting, claims and loss control. Well‐used, environmental
forensics can help to better develop, understand and craft an overall data
development and analysis program or, alternately, delve into detailed assessment of
specific facets of site investigations, Conceptual Site Models (CSMs), contaminant
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mass calculations, remediation programs and associated costs. Mr. Berlin will also
share some initial results of on‐going BLDI research into soil sampling practices
influence on contaminant mass calculations, closures and cost.
10:00 Break
10:15 Climate Change and The Financial Responsibility Mechanism: What
Insurance Can Do!
Lindene Paton, Independent Expert / Consultant
Risk and Financial Services
Insurance is an integral, if often overlooked, cornerstone of our lives that enables all of
us to manage risk – and is an asset which we must leverage to the maximum extent to
mitigate and manage the risks of climate change. The insurance asset is not merely a
financial one; insurance is an industry which thrives on risk and which possesses the
intellectual capital to do so. Learn in this session how certain risk management tools can
both facilitate the implementation of new business models and execution of specified
policy goals. As such, insurance is both an essential advisor and partner in helping its
customers and stakeholders take advantage of the opportunities presented by and
mitigate the risks of climate change.
11:00 The Critical Importance of Risk Management and Sustainability
Tom Eggert, Founder and Executive Director
Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council
The core concern of sustainability has been the idea of planetary boundaries and the
point at which these converge with population and economic growth. As sustainability
has grown to encompass a broader agenda, this original concern remains the principal
driver of sustainability’s emergence as a key source of risk to modern companies. These
risks may be operational (freshwater shortage, desertification, and short‐ and long‐term
climate events will create risks for price shocks and supply disruptions) or reputational
(the globalization of operations and supply chains poses enormous reputational risks to
companies identified as unwilling to adapt to this new reality). Any company not
factoring these risks, or the risks associated with complying with an increasing number
of international, national and regional program, into their planning and asset allocation,
risks being left behind.
11:45 Environmental Risk Management and Insurance: Improving the Buyers
Experience and E&O Loss Prevention
David Dybdahl, President
American Risk Management Resources Network, LLC
