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Executive Liability for Private and Non-Profit Businesses. Executive Liability for Private and Non-Profit Businesses. Moderator: Chris Christian, CIC, RPLU, Vice President, Senior Broker, US Risk Financial Services, Inc. Panelists:
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Executive Liability for Private and Non-Profit Businesses Chicago, IL ~ March 18 & 19, 2010
Executive Liability for Private and Non-Profit Businesses Moderator: Chris Christian, CIC, RPLU, Vice President, Senior Broker, US Risk Financial Services, Inc. Panelists: Angela Cox, RPLU, Regional Undewriting Manager, Monitor Liability Managers, Inc. J. Glenn Dockery, Executive Vice President, Willis HRH Executive Risks Richard Gibson, Esq., MBA, President, Premier Professional LiabilityServices LLC Haralyn Isaac, JD, Vice President, Claims, Great American Insurance Company
Introduction • Economic Stresses • Claims up • Budget pressure • Evolution
The Need for Management Liability Coverage • Increasing – • Claims • Regulation • Financial Stresses • Reluctance to buy coverage
Economic Pressures • Increased exposure to employment-practices claims • Effects of reduction in force actions • Financing issues • Financing options limited • Investors • Reductions in funding for non-profits
Underwriting and Coverage Issues • Capacity • Emerging issues • Impact of the credit crisis • Debt and bankruptcy • Global exposures • Additional coverages provided
Summary • Economic pressures increasing need for coverage • Insureds’ financial distress discourages purchase of insurance • Capacity and expansion of coverages will come home to roost