This session at PRIMA’s 2018 Annual Conference featured the following speakers: Michael P. It worth – VP & Sr. Unit Manager – Genesis Benjamin C. Eggert – Partner – Wiley Rein LLP In the last decade, wrongful imprisonment suits have proliferated in number and costs to local governments. In responding to such suits, municipalities must juggle conflicting pressures, including correcting miscarriages of justice, addressing public outrage and grasping a cross-section of emerging law regarding immunity, civil rights and insurance in order to limit the public entity’s/official’s legal exposure. In this session at the 2018 PRIMA Annual conference, wrongful imprisonment lawsuits
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This session at the 2018 PRIMA Annual Conference, Mark Sulek – Associate Director, Public Sector – Aon, presented some “do’s and don’ts” as well as helpful hints. The RFP process has a reputation for being tedious, strenuous and frustrating. With a well defined plan, an RFP process, from conception to award, can be seamless while maximizing the responses you receive. The objectives of developing a successful RFP process are proactively limiting Q&A, increase the quality of submissions, and create more objective evaluation. Begin with preemptive discussions with procurement/purchasing and follow some of these guidelines. Top 10 Do’s & Don’ts: Requirements.
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This session at PRIMA’s 2018 Annual Conference featured the following speakers: Paul Marshall – Managing Director – McGowan Active Shooter Programs Dianne Howard – Director of Risk Management – Palm Beach County School District James Kelly – Retired Police Chief – Executive VP – Life Safety Solutions James Kelly opened the session by defining the incidents and the perspective from a crisis management perspective. Each year, nearly 2 million American workers are victims of workplace violence. According to OSHA, workplace violence is the second leading cause of work-site deaths in the US. We need to make ourselves less attractive to
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This session at PRIMA’s 2018 Annual Conference featured the following speakers: Carleen C. Patterson, ARM-P, CIC, CRM – Managing Director – Public Sector – Aon Sheri Swain – Director of Enterprise Risk Management – Maricopa County Community College District Carleen and Sheri walked through a detailed explanation of Total Cost of Risk (TCOR), it’s importance, and how to optimize your programs through this method during this session at the 2018 PRIMA Annual Conference. Focusing on reducing total cost of risk (TCOR) is fundamental to supporting your organization’s operational and growth strategies. While overspending to protect against risk makes little business
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At the 2018 PRIMA Annual Conference, Kimberly George, SVP with Sedgwick, discussed the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. PTSD rarely stands on it’s own as a diagnosis. It is part of a larger issue around mental health. About one in five Americans will experience a significant mental health event this year. One in twenty-five people live with a significant mental health condition. There is over $193 billion in lost workforce productivity each year due to mental illness. Mental health is one of the top three reasons for disability across all spectrums and it is the top driver of
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This live edition of “Out Front Ideas” at PRIMA’s 2018 Annual Conference featured a panel of public entity risk managers discussing their biggest workers’ compensation challenges and how they are overcoming them. Panelists included: Mark Walls – VP of Communications and Strategic Analysis – Safety National Kimberly George – Senior VP of Corporate Development, M&A and Healthcare – Sedgwick Sarah Perry – Risk Manager – City of Columbia, MO Betty Coulter – Director of Risk Management and Insurance – University of North Carolina Chris Hills – Risk Manager – City of Kent, WA Mark Barta – Assistant Director of Risk
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In this brief session at PRIMA’s 2018 Annual Conference, Jose Peralta, ARM – Director of Public Sector Practice – Aon, highlighted the involvement of smart cities and the need of risk management to be consistently and intimately involved in the research, development, and execution of technology advancement initiatives. As urbanization in the U.S. and globally continues to grow, the strain of resources grows as well. Smart City technology describes the efficiency in identifying and delivering services and resources to communities through technology advancements. Common urban issues such as traffic congestion are being improved with advancements such as electronic car share vehicles, smart parking
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At this session at PRIMA’s 2018 Annual Conference, Chief Ken Wallentine, Senior Legal Advisor, Lexipol, led a discussion around mental illness and how police respond. Ken Wallentine is a Special Agent of the Utah Attorney General Investigation Division, where he directs the Attorney General Training Center and provides use of force training and coordinates the virtual reality force and de-escalation training program.  He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Institute for the Prevention of In-Custody death.  Wallentine also serves as Senior Legal Advisor for Lexipol, the nation’s leading provider of public safety risk management policies and resources. With
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At the 2018 PRIMA Annual Conference, Regan Rychetsky, President and CEO of Insight Workplace Solutions, LLC, discussed workplace violence. All employers should establish a policy and protocols addressing workplace violence including domestic violence. The domestic violence piece is often overlooked and is one of the most common sources for workplace violence. Employers should establish a reporting process and track incidents and all employees need to be trained. You should also establish a threat response team. Identifying threats of workplace violence needs to become part of your culture. Elements in a workplace violence policy: Policy statement Exceptions Reporting Investigation Domestic violence
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During at session at the CA-SIG Spring Forum Matt Shaff, Director – Business Development – West Region, Safety National and Tom Fitzgerald,  Director – Business Development – East Region & LPT Practice Leader, Safety National presented on Loss Portfolio Transfers(LPTs) and the benefits of a LPT for self-insurance groups. A loss portfolio transfer is a financial solution for transferring outstanding loss liabilities. Simply stated converting the self-insurance policy to a guaranteed cost policy. The benefits of a LPT include: Conversion of all known and unknown liabilities into a fixed payment, including IBNR. Streamlined process resulting in a timely turnaround. Eliminates
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