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MANAGING LIABILITY AND PROTECTING YOUR ASSETS. Presenters: Barry Steinberg / Kutak Rock Bob Hallenbeck / XL Group – Environmental. SEPTEMBER 27,2013 8:30 – 10:00AM . I. What should insurance do for your organization?. Control liability Limit exposures Protect financial stability
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MANAGING LIABILITY AND PROTECTING YOUR ASSETS Presenters: Barry Steinberg / Kutak Rock Bob Hallenbeck / XL Group – Environmental SEPTEMBER 27,2013 8:30 – 10:00AM
I. What should insurance do for your organization? • Control liability • Limit exposures • Protect financial stability • Provide risk management tools • Help you avoid catastrophic losses • Protect Directors and Officers
II. Who can you protect? • The LRA itself • The LRA Board • LRA employees • Tenants • Vendors • Contractors • Passers-by • Adjacent property owners
III. Which insurance policies should be considered, and what do they cover? • Property – your site and what’s on it that you own or lease • General Liability – what happens on your site • Workers Comp – what happens to workers on the site • Auto – vehicles you own and their drivers • Directors & Officers – actions taken by your Board of Directors • Errors and Omissions – actions taken by professional staff and outside consultants
IV. Are there any other insurance policies you should know about and do you acquire or require them to be obtained? • Tenants • Contractors • Subcontractors • Vendors • Architects • Engineers • Consultants • Environmental Risk – CGL Exclusion
V. What kind of environmental risk will I encounter? • Known conditions • Unknown conditions • Breach of Land use restrictions • Level of cleanup needed • Government continuing obligations • Government right of access • Adjacent property migration – to and from
VII. How can I mitigate environmental risk? • Review of government documents • ECP • Regulator concerns • Due diligence • Inadequacy of the CERCLA requirement • No intrusive testing • Petroleum is not a CERCLA hazardous substance • Obtain your own database • Insurance
VII. Government Continuing Obligations • CERCLA warranty – when does the government respond? • 330 – the OSD effort to limit it