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Business Insurance Webinars are live online presentations by leading companies serving the risk management, employee benefits and commercial insurance communities. BI Webinars allow vendors to provide critical information about industry trends and developments, complex issues, and new tools and services to help readers be successful.
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Pollution happens. When it does, what do you do? Join XL Insurance in this complimentary webinar for discussions of real life environmental claims and how pollution insurance is helping business’ minimize their financial impact. Imagine paying $250,000 for fuel oil, or $150,000 for pool chemicals. That’s a high, but realistic price tag when oil, chemicals or other substances unexpectedly hit the ground. Pollution incidents happen to environmental and non-environmental businesses alike. And when they do, how prepared is a business to handle them? This webinar is an opportunity to learn from industry experts who will share real-life environmental claims scenarios. Participants will learn how environmental coverage addresses CGL coverage gaps, how environmental insurers help clients minimize their environmental exposures upfront and how tailored pollution coverage plays an integral part in their environmental risk management efforts. To attend this complimentary live online event, please register here.
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that between 2002 and 2012 the number of workers over age 55 will have increased nearly 50%, with the number of people in the labor force aged 65 and older growing more than three times as fast as the total labor force. ADP Insurance Services has partnered with Liberty Mutual to bring you this complimentary webinar presentation, "Improving Safety with an Aging Workforce," to acquaint you with many of the steps you can take now to address this reality within your company. Join George Brogmus, Technical Director of Ergonomics for Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, to learn about the trends of an aging workforce, the benefits of an aging workforce, and receive practical ideas in the areas of job design, controlling fall hazards, early return to work for injured workers, adaptations geared to older workers, and much more. To attend this free on-demand webinar, please register here.
Counterparty risk is significant and in the spotlight today. Assessing counterparty risk is particularly important when the counterparty is an insurance company. This 60-minute on-demand webcast explores what risk managers should be thinking about and questions they should ask to assess the financial strength of the insurers with which they entrust their organizations' assets and earnings stability. A panel of risk management experts will discuss these topics and answer questions from the audience during the interactive webcast. Join Steve Ader, Director, Financial Institutions Ratings for Standard & Poor's; Cary Crisp, Global Coordinator-Market Security, Aon Service Corporation; William J. Kelly, President, WJK Advisory L.L.C.; and Regis Coccia, Editor of Business Insurance, as they advise how risk managers can best minimize these risks. To watch this complimentary webcast, please register here.
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Many organizations are seeing significant improvement in incident reporting and incident management practices thanks to advanced risk management techniques and technology. However, the incident management requirements of many organizations are so unique that a one-size-fits-all approach no longer yields adequate loss control and safety management. In this complimentary webinar, co-sponsored by Riskonnect Inc. and featuring a case study of ActecSystems Inc., you will gain a better understanding of what enterprise-class incident management technology and service can do for your organization, and how a tailored offering that matches your unique needs can deliver more timely and accurate information, maintain control over critical incident intake, and control costs. To watch this complimentary webinar, please register.
The Mental Health Benefits Parity Act will create big compliance challenges for employers when it takes effect Jan. 1, 2010, as it ushers in a new era of equalization of benefits for mental health care and medical/surgical care. The act, signed into law as part of the 2008 economic stimulus package, amends ERISA and requires all health care plans covering 50 or more lives—including self-funded plans—to ensure benefit parity. What should employers be doing now to make sure they’re compliant in 2010? Join Edward C. Fensholt, Senior Vp and Director of Compliance Services for Lockton Benefit Group, and Rita McCaskill, Senior Consultant in the Health and Productivity practice of Watson Wyatt Worldwide, as they explore the new law and what employers must do now to be prepared. Moderated by Business Insurance Senior Editor Joanne Wojcik. Registration fee for on-demand webcast is $99. To watch on-demand event, please register here.
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Enterprise risk management is taking on increasing importance, as organizations face rising intensity in the regulatory and competitive environments in which they operate. ERM is more than compliance with a set of rules; it offers the promise of sustainable competitive advantages to those organizations that can fully implement it. What are the obstacles to embedding ERM within an enterprise? Where are the pitfalls to avoid and how can organizations overcome them? Attend this BI Online Executive ForumTM webcast devoted to helping your organization eliminate any obstacles to enterprise risk management, making your efforts more successful.
Much of the emphasis in consumer-driven health care has been on encouraging employees to take greater responsibility for their health care needs through increased cost-sharing, but there is also a wellness component to encourage employees to take better care of themselves. How can employers ensure that employees enrolled in high-deductible plans are not avoiding preventive treatment to keep their expenses low? Attend this BI Online Executive ForumTM to gain a better understanding of consumer-driven health plans and how to maximize the returns from wellness programs.
Business Insurance Editor Regis Coccia leads a panel of enterprise risk management experts in a 60-minute interactive panel discussion on the growing interest in this process, how it is being applied and what benefits it may hold for organizations. The panel explores current trends in enterprise risk management as well as ways that organizations can apply ERM techniques to successfully mitigate downside risk while maximizing business opportunities.
Consumer-driven health plans are the newest weapon in employers' arsenal in the war against runaway health care costs. Join Business Insurance Senior Editor Joanne Wojcik for an in-depth discussion of how various types of consumer driven health plans operate and whether they are helping employers save money by making employees better health care consumers, and to hear expert viewpoints during this event.
Prescription drugs have been cited as the fastest-rising component of health care spending, and employers continue to struggle with annual increases in health care benefit costs. Controlling the drug expense component can help employers continue to provide these important benefits. Join Business Insurance Editor Regis Coccia along, with our expert panel, for an in-depth discussion of what's driving prescription drug costs and how employers can rein those in, through plan designs and other innovations, and to hear expert viewpoints and ask questions during this live event.
Business Insurance Editor Regis Coccia leads a panel of experts in a discussion of devoted to exploring proposals for "A Permanent Solution to TRIA." Before the TRIA extension expires, industry leaders are pushing for new and more lasting solutions. Attend this online panel discussion to learn about some of these new concepts, hear the viewpoints of our expert panelists and ask questions during the live event.
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