Agenda Overview- For Attendees

SEIP Awakens: The Environmental Insurance Forum AGENDA OVERVIEW

2016 SEIP‐ All Rights Reserved

Wednesday June 8th, 2016 5:00 ‐ 6:00pm Early Registration 6:00 ‐ 8:00pm Evening Welcome Reception ‐ Hyatt Rosemont Ballroom

Sponsored by: Berkley Specialty Underwriting Managers

Thursday June 9th, 2016

7:00‐8:15am Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:15 Welcome & Opening Remarks David Dybdahl, President American Risk Management Resources Network, LLC

8:30 The Story Behind the Creation of Environmental Insurance Joseph Boren, Executive Vice President Ironshore Insurance Services, LLC

In this presentation, we begin in 1894, when William T. Love Begins a Canal Project that is envisioned to link the Niagara River to Lake Ontario. How that site becomes property of the Hooker Chemical Company and eventually comes to be known as the Love Canal; How the Love Canal leads to the creation of the Superfund Law, which leads to the pollution exclusion and ultimately to the creation of the Environmental Insurance Industry.

9:15 Emerging Environmental Issues and Potential Impacts on Insurance Jeffrey Hunter

Partner Perkins Coie, LLP Discuss emerging areas of environmental law that could impact insurance including potential new claims and or new products. Presentation will cover:

EPA rulemaking under CERCLA 108;

Climate Change;

Reporting Requirements under Prop 65, Children Safe Product Reporting Laws;

Landfill Bans/Manufacturer Reporting Obligations under State E‐Waste Laws; and

Proposed Changes to TSCA

10:00 Mid‐ Morning Break



Thursday June 9th, 2016

10:15 Environmental Insurance: A Global Perspective

William McElroy, Global Head Environmental Aspen Insurance

Environmental matters are a truly global concern in the twenty‐first century. Bill will

discuss the global nature of environmental risks today, and the growing sensitivity to

environmental matters around the world. He will provide background information on

global market for Environmental insurance. He will discuss some of the challenges of

underwriting insurance, managing risk and transacting business in many places around

the world.

11:00 The Underwriting Process – The Role of Analytics

Mary Ann Susavidge, Chief Underwriting Officer XL/Catlin

Applications, environmental reports, contracts, purchase and sale agreements……how

do underwriters use this information? Environmental insurance is a specialized

insurance purchase. If analytics can be used for Auto insurance can they really be used

in underwriting a specialized product? Leave this session with a better understanding of

the importance of data and the value of analytics.

11:45 Lunch – Sponsored by Crum & Forster

12:30 Insurance Claim Handling and Management Panel Kim MacDonald, Head of Environmental Claims ‐ Americas

XL/Catlin

Keith Moskowitz, Co‐Lead Environmental Insurance, Litigation Practice, and Partner

Dentons Law Firm

Marlin Zechman, Environmental Claims Manager

XL/Catlin

Our Claim panel will address the following hot topics in Pollution Insurance coverage as

well as relevant case laws and technical trends applicable to each:

Coverage pitfalls such as: Voluntary Payment provisions and Late Notice Provisions Application of the Retro Active Date Defining the “claim”

Challenges in handling: Vapor Intrusion Claims Mold Claims



1:30‐2:15 Environmental Technologies: Primer on How it Works Mark Knaack, ERM, PH, MBA, Principal, Environmental Regional Practice Manager

Burns & MacDonald In this session I will address the following hot topics in regards to pollution control

technologies as well as discuss their functionality and importance to risk management.

Ground water sampling results and how to read them

Air scrubbers and how they work to reduce pollution

Landfill liners and overall success in reducing contamination of ground water

Renewables, the good and the bad

2:15 Afternoon Break

2:30 New Sources of Environmental Risk: The Expanding Need for

Environmental Insurance in the Farming and Agriculture Sector Joshua C. Bowen, Vice President Environmental Division

Crum & Forster

Discuss updates to environmental laws that impact the agricultural sector, as well as

tort reforms that protect agricultural industry. The presentation will touch upon

livestock, crop and aquaculture farming operations and the technological advances

therein. What are the impending concerns of genetically modified crops and livestock

to the environment? And what are the insurance opportunities within the agricultural

segment

3:15 Meet The Markets!! The popular “meet the markets” brings all the senior

environmental insurance underwriters together. There will be senior

underwriters manning confidential underwriting rooms where insurance

brokers can shop accounts ‐ Lloyds of London style!!

‐Appointment Reservations coming soon!

4:00 KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Kenneth Berger, President Berkley Specialty Underwriting Managers

4:45 Closing Remarks

5:00 ‐ 7:00pm Networking Reception‐ Hyatt Rosemont Ballroom

Sponsored By: XL Catlin



Friday June 10th, 2016

7:00 Continental Breakfast & Registration

8:15 Recap of Thursday & Opening Remarks

8:30 The Evolution of Environmental Risk Management and Environmental

Liability Insurance: A Primer for Risk Management Professionals Kenneth Anderson, Senior Account Executive

Aon Risk Services Central, Inc. ‐ Greater Wisconsin

This presentation will give an overview of how environmental risk exposures have

evolved over the last 30 years and how they affect nearly every type of organization.

The presentation will also overview the environmental insurance marketplace and the

effective uses of different types of environmental insurance.

9:15 Environmental Risk Management Strategies for Lenders: The State of the

Art, Emerging Trends and Challenges to Lending Credit Risk D. Jeffery Telego, President

Risk Management Technologies, Inc.

This presentation will focus on: Brief history/evolution of environmental risk management in lending Evolution of ERM tools and platforms and emerging issues Post financial crisis and emerging developments in environmental credit

risk banking Credit risk issues involving vapor intrusion, water resources and

stormwater management, brownfield lending, climate change risk/adaptation etc.

Lending credit risk challenges within the energy sector, post foreclosure due diligence, integration of the appraisal and environmental functions

Banking opportunities and challenges involving sustainability, energy efficiency financing, GRI reporting, etc.

Environmental Forensics: A Keystone for Underwriting, Claims & Loss

Control Joseph W. Berlin, PE, EP, CP, President

BLDI Environmental Engineers

Today, environmental forensic tools are commonly used in the legal environment and gaining use in underwriting, claims and loss control. Well‐used, environmental forensics can help to better develop, understand and craft an overall data development and analysis program or, alternately, delve into detailed assessment of specific facets of site investigations, Conceptual Site Models (CSMs), contaminant



mass calculations, remediation programs and associated costs. Mr. Berlin will also share some initial results of on‐going BLDI research into soil sampling practices influence on contaminant mass calculations, closures and cost.

10:00 Break

10:15 Climate Change and The Financial Responsibility Mechanism: What

Insurance Can Do! Lindene Paton, Independent Expert / Consultant

Risk and Financial Services

Insurance is an integral, if often overlooked, cornerstone of our lives that enables all of

us to manage risk – and is an asset which we must leverage to the maximum extent to

mitigate and manage the risks of climate change. The insurance asset is not merely a

financial one; insurance is an industry which thrives on risk and which possesses the

intellectual capital to do so. Learn in this session how certain risk management tools can

both facilitate the implementation of new business models and execution of specified

policy goals. As such, insurance is both an essential advisor and partner in helping its

customers and stakeholders take advantage of the opportunities presented by and

mitigate the risks of climate change.

11:00 The Critical Importance of Risk Management and Sustainability Tom Eggert, Founder and Executive Director

Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council

The core concern of sustainability has been the idea of planetary boundaries and the

point at which these converge with population and economic growth. As sustainability

has grown to encompass a broader agenda, this original concern remains the principal

driver of sustainability’s emergence as a key source of risk to modern companies. These

risks may be operational (freshwater shortage, desertification, and short‐ and long‐term

climate events will create risks for price shocks and supply disruptions) or reputational

(the globalization of operations and supply chains poses enormous reputational risks to

companies identified as unwilling to adapt to this new reality). Any company not

factoring these risks, or the risks associated with complying with an increasing number

of international, national and regional program, into their planning and asset allocation,

risks being left behind.

11:45 Environmental Risk Management and Insurance: Improving the Buyers

Experience and E&O Loss Prevention David Dybdahl, President

American Risk Management Resources Network, LLC



Only about 1% of the insurance buyers who need Environmental Insurance actually have

it in place today. The poor performance of the product line can be attributed to the

product distribution channels.

What are the best practices to improve the customers buying experience with the

environmental insurance product line, and what are the key factors in preventing Errors

and Omissions in the placement of environmental insurance policies? The biggest E&O

loss exposure for insurance agents and brokers is unintentionally and needlessly

uninsured clients for contamination related losses. This session will review

The best practices to avoid disappointed clients and avoiding errors and omissions loss

exposures. Attendees will benefit from the insights gained from the sale of thousands of

environmental insurance policies and from expert witness work in over a billion dollars

of litigated environmental damage claims.

12:30 Quick Closing Remarks

12:35 Boxed Lunch provided for Lunch on the Go



Thank you to our sponsors!

www.armr.net

www.berkleysum.com

www.XLCatlin.Com

www.cfins.com

www.capspecialty.com

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