Connecticut Conference of Independent Colleges
Second Annual Risk Management Seminar
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Alumni Hall
Quinnipiac University
8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Agenda

• 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Registration
• 9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. - Welcome and Introductions - Alumni Hall - Judy Greiman, President, CCIC
• 9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. - "Risk Management Resources" - Alumni Hall, Peter LeMay, Assistant Risk Manager Loss Control and Facilities, Yale University. Part one will include Materials and Resources available to assist with Risk Management in an overall sense and real world applications in a university environment. There will be a review of the resources available.
• 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. - Breakout Sessions
• 11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Lunch - Alumni Hall
• 12:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. - Breakout Sessions
• 2:15p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Networking Reception with Sponsors - Refreshments - Alumni Hall

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• Risk Management Resources: Who, What, Where, How?

Session I - Workers' Compensation Claims Management...Does it make cents? - SC 207
Rick Poirier, Assistant Vice President, Risk Management Services Division, R.C. Knox & Company; Scott Anderson, CPCU, ARM, AIC, CIC, Vice President Manager of Claim Administration, R.C. Knox & Company; James A. D'Errico, APA, CIC, Asst. Vice President Manager, Audit Administration, R.C. Knox & Company;

Session one will explore how aggressive claim and injury management reduces actual dollar payout, lower reserves, and will discuss the direct connection to your experience modification factor, "the mod". This session will take the "mystery out of mods" and provide specific guidance about what you can do to better understand the number. Prompt reporting, loss run review, effective insurance carrier communications, understanding the mod worksheet, and the role of the NCCI will be highlighted. Questions and discussion strongly encouraged.

Session II - Business Interruption/Property Valuation/Emergency Preparedness and Business Continuity - BC-129
Sharon Pisko, CPA, Partner Dempsey, Myers & Company LLP; Karen M. Henricksen, CPA, CFE, Dempsey, Myers & Company LLP; Joe Bracchitta, Agility Recovery Solutions; Pandemic Issues - Sean Murphy, Vice President Marsh Risk Consulting, N.Y. and Steve Toffolon ARM CBCP Sr. Vice President, Risk Consultant Practice, Marsh

Session two will cover: The basics of Business Interruption (BI), hypothetical claims, BI values explained, Values vs. Exposures.

Catastrophes occur every day. The specter of terrorism and campus violence, coupled with age-old threats such as fire, earthquake, hurricane, flood, and other natural, man-made, or technological disasters, mean the dangers facing faculty, student, facilities and operations are greater than they have ever been. To mitigate these threats, Colleges and Universities must be able to detect threats and determine effective protective actions making best use of internal resources, as well as external emergency services. Are you ready? Failure to develop and maintain adequate emergency response and business continuity plans can result in civil liability or damage to property and injuries to occupants and the surrounding community. Even more importantly, failure to prepare for an emergency can prove crippling, if not fatal, to your educational institution.

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• Business Interruption - Values & Exposures

Session III - Legal and Insurance Basics of Contracts - TH 217
Beth Carmichael, CPCU, Risk Manager for Five Colleges, Inc.

Why do we need indemnity agreements in contracts? Requests for proof of insurance? What is an additional insured and why do we care? Gain a better understanding of the importance of contracts for all institutional transactions with third parties. Learn what are the most important risk management elements to include when drafting an agreement or reviewing one that is provided by the contracting party, what can be negotiated, and what shouldn't be.

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• Risk Management Contract Basics
• Making the Deal
• Indemnity Agreements
• "ABC" Contract Clauses

Session IV - D & O and Educators/Legal Liability and Employment Practices - TH 232
Attorney Aaron S. Bayer, Partner, Wiggin & Dana; Hal Smullen, Executive V.P. & COO, R.C. Knox & Co.

Session four will cover current issues in non-profit governance as well as D&O insurance issues. Topics to be covered include: the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on non-profit organizations, conflict of interest policies, whistleblower protection, document retention/destruction policies, Audit Committee requirements, and IRS requirements concerning executive compensation, trustees' conflicting interest transactions, limits on liability and indemnification of trustees, the D&O insurance marketplace, maximizing the underwriting of such policies, responding to D&O claims, and positioning your institution so that it can best avoid such claims.

Session V - Student Life Issues/Alcohol Education/Clubs on Campus - TH 317
Kim Nimmo, United Educators; Rick Poirier, Risk Control Consultant, R.C. Knox; Brandon Busteed, Founder and CEO of Outside the Classroom; Monique R. Drucker, Associate Dean of Student Affairs, Quinnipiac University

This session will address risk management strategies in dealing with the threat of high-risk drinking and primary prevention programs to entire populations of students. Learn how you can do this through examples provided by fellow CT institutions implementing AlcoholEdu - a Population-Level Prevention course to all incoming first-year students. Learn everything from the prevention theory, risk management rationale, efficacy research, and practical implementation tips.

Session VI - International Study/Travel Abroad/Kidnaps and Ransom- SC 207
Lisa M. Zanotelli, Executive Director, Special Contingency Risks (SCR); Derek A. Rogers, Divisional Director, SCR; Paul Mills, Security Consultant, Prevention Division SCR; Teresa Koster, Koster Insurance Agency

Session six includes: A look at the importance of proper health insurance for students traveling abroad, including discussions on the coverage that student health insurance plans provide, supplemental/alternative programs, and specific items students studying abroad need to be aware of.

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• The Importance of Student Health Insurance While Studying Abroad
• Security Risk Management Presentation

Session VII - Employee Benefits Liability: Administrative, Fidelity, and Fiduciary Risks
Room BC 129- Sonya M. Hope, CPCU, ARM, Area Vice President Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management, Inc. William Granahan, CIC,LIA,CMC, Area Executive Vice President, Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services, Inc.

This session will provide an overview of employee benefit exposures including ERISA and HIPAA issues. It will outline fiduciary responsibilities and effective risk management techniques. We will seek to demystify the confusion that often surrounds fiduciary, fidelity ("crime") and employee benefit liability policies.