PRIMA 2021 Webinar Series

Further your public sector risk management education without leaving the office!

This Webinar series features top presenters delivering risk knowledge right to your desktop.

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PRIMA’S 2021 RISK MANAGEMENT SERIES IS FREE FOR MEMBERS. Visit www.primacentral.org today to register for individual webinars or for the entire program.

JANUARY 19 • Cost Allocation and Public Entity Budgeting FEBRUARY 16 • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Managing the Opportunities, and Risk Associated with Positive Culture Change MARCH 24 • Trends in Self-Funded Health Insurance APRIL 21 • Tips and Insights for the New Risk Manager MAY 19 • After Action Review JUNE 29 • Property Underwriter’s Perspective on the Renewal Process JULY 21 • Effective Safety Committees: Making Them Work for You! AUGUST 18 • COVID & Litigation Against Public Health Agencies SEPTEMBER 15 • Law Enforcement Liability Issues OCTOBER 20 • Starting an Enterprise Risk Management Program from Scratch NOVEMBER 17 • Exploring the Unique Challenges Faced by Injured Workers DECEMBER 15 • Leadership and Motivation

JANUARY 19 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST

Cost Allocation and Public Entity Budgeting SPEAKER: David Parker, ARM-P, CPM, IPMA-SCP, Analyst, Enterprise Risk Management, Central Arizona Project Nothing in government has the reach of the budgetary process. A solid understanding of governmental funding principles and risk management cost allocation methods can be a powerful tool. Spotlight the importance of your program and focus decision makers upon the generators of loss. You may also be a hero who effectively defends the general fund: your elected official’s most flexible dollars.

This session begins with budgeting principles, evaluates loss funding methods and options and examines several models for allocating risk management costs.

ATTENDEE TAKEAWAYS: 1. Understand governmental funding basics under GASB 2. Evaluate GASB loss reserving and funding requirements and options 3. Learn several effective strategies for cost allocation

FEBRUARY 16 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Managing the Opportunities, and Risk Associates with Positive Culture Change SPEAKER: Margaret Spence, CEO, C. Douglas & Associates, Inc. The question every organization should ask: Why do some organizations build sustainable diversity programs and others don’t (can’t)? To move the needle from just diversity to true equity, organizations must evaluate how committed they are to equality and accountability. Lofty goals often don’t equate to sustained measurable results. This program offers a birds eye view of what it takes to build a sustained diversity program built around key performance indicators (KPIs). Attendees will learn specific steps their organizations should take to improve their diversity and inclusion initiatives—internally, externally and within the track of upward mobility all while increasing access for diverse vendors. Diversity is not just about employees—done right it is an enterprise wide initiative.

ATTENDEE TAKEAWAYS: 1. Understanding the dynamics of your organization’s diversity initiatives—who wants it, who doesn’t and how do you build a sustainable program.

2. What are the key performance indicators for successful DEI programs?

3. Ways to improve equity and commitment for everyone including vendors 4. Why risk managers must have a seat at the DEI table—if you’re not there what can happen to the organizations messaging

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MARCH 24 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST

Trends in Self-Funded Health Insurance SPEAKERS: Belva Hale, Vice President, Business Development, Sherrill Morgan Terri Evans, Vice President, Employer Advisory Services While self-funding a health insurance program is not a new concept, it is gaining in popularity as healthcare costs continue to rise. This webinar will cover concepts in selffunding, including issues to consider when evaluating a self-funded health plan and how to evaluate a plan design.

Newer “add-on” concepts to self-funding, like direct provider contracts or on-site health centers, will also be discussed.

ATTENDEE TAKEAWAYS: 1. Understanding self-funding 2. What to evaluate to determine if self-funding is right for your organization 3. Current trends in self-funding

APRIL 21 | 12:00 PM -1:00 PM EST

Tips and Insights for the New Risk Manager SPEAKERS: James Curbeam, CPCU, ARM, AIC, Director of Risk Management, Las Vegas Valley Water District Jennifer Hills, ARM-P, CRM, Director of Risk Management, King County (WA) Rodney Escobar, Director, State of Tennessee, Treasury Department, Division of Claims and Risk Management This webinar will focus on helping new risk managers establish a foundation of basic risk management philosophies and strategies. Learn how to build credibility to influence operational changes you seek with leadership.

Attendees will also learn how data can assist with understanding where to improve operations and the importance of establishing internal/external professional relationships with risk management.

ATTENDEE TAKEAWAYS: 1. Knowing the importance of establishing a basic foundation 2. Knowing how to build credibility to influence operational changes for your organizations 3. Understanding the importance of data to discovering the underlining causes of loss and creating programs to improve operations that cause losses 4. Knowing the importance of professional relationships 5. The benefits of an enterprise-wide risk management program, in good times and in bad

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MAY 19 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST

After Action Review SPEAKER: Steve O’Konek, Emergency Management Coordinator, Linn County (IA) Emergency Management Agency This presentation will focus on the Derecho event that struck Linn County, Iowa, on August 10, 2020. The entire county was struck with 140 MPH winds that devastated the community. This presentation will provide an overview and short timeline of the events leading up to the Derecho event, the effects of the storm on the community and complications of such a widespread, unplanned event. Also provided will be lessons learned and things to consider should your community be affected in a similar way.

ATTENDEE TAKEAWAYS: 1. Key issues related to the response 2. Ways to be better prepared 3. Lessons learned

JUNE 29 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST

Property Underwriter’s Perspective on the Renewal Process SPEAKERS: Tom Keel, MPA, ARM, CSHO, Account Executive, National Public Entity Practice Group, McGriff John Palm III, ARM, Account Executive, National Public Entity Practice Group, McGriff The U.S. commercial property and casualty (P&C) market continues to harden due to several unique and interrelated challenges. The P&C market has traditionally been cyclical.

Hard markets have generally been represented by rising premiums and reduced capacity while soft markets usually see a longer period of falling rates and expanding capacity.

Communication is key with both the insured and insurers, so that realistic budgets can be presented with multiple options. This webinar will provide information on the property insurance renewal process from the property underwriter’s perspective to assist public entity risk managers with budget planning and renewal preparations.

ATTENDEE TAKEAWAYS: 1. Current market trends 2. Contributing causes of the hardening market 3. How to prepare for the renewal process 4. How to highlight your organization to the underwriters for a favorable renewal

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JULY 21 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST

AUGUST 18 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST

Effective Safety Committees: Making Them Work for You!

COVID & Litigation Against Public Health Agencies

SPEAKER: Christopher H. Kittleson, ARM, CPSI, Director of Loss Control Technical Services, Preferred Governmental Insurance Trust

SPEAKERS: Dan Lowndes, Risk Manager, Dane County (WI) Remzy Bitar, Partner, Arenz, Molter, Macy, Riffle, Larson & Bitar Gregory Kruse, Assistant City Attorney, City of Milwaukee (WI)

The presentation will provide an overview of how conducting an effective safety committee can help to reduce accidents and incidents. Reducing the frequency and severity of accidents and incidents provides for a safer workplace as well as mitigates liability respectively, resulting in the potential to lower insurance costs.

COVID-19 is a severe acute respiratory illness that spreads through direct, indirect or close contact with infected people. Public health agencies found various ways to assess the number of cases, the ability of the healthcare system to respond to cases and the ability to prevent future cases.

Simultaneously, the plaintiffs’ bar attempted various ways to stop public health agencies’ efforts, from an injunction based upon an alleged violation of an administrative procedures act to Section 1983 actions alleging violations of the First, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. This presentation will examine the state of such litigation from the defense perspective.

ATTENDEE TAKEAWAYS: 1. Learn how to bring management and employees together on safety to obtain management “buy in” 2. Provide an avenue for employees to bring up safety concerns/liability exposures 3. Assist in the education of all employees regarding safety and health issues and standards 4. Improve the culture of safety with your organization

ATTENDEE TAKEAWAYS: 1. Recognize that all rights are subject to reasonable conditions essential to the health and safety of the community 2. Evaluate a public health agency’s exercise of its emergency authority during a public health crisis to limit such right using the framework developed in year 1905 by the U.S. Supreme Court

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SEPTEMBER 15 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST

Law Enforcement Liability Issues SPEAKERS: Robert Lowe, First Vice President, Public Entity Group, Alliant Insurance Services Courtney Ramirez, First Vice President, Public Entity Group, Alliant Insurance Services Shawn Kraatz, First Vice President, Public Entity Group, Alliant Insurance Services A detailed review on how policing tactics and nuclear jury verdicts are adversely impacting public entities across the country. Between civil unrest and a rise in large settlements, the market is reacting to increased severity and reducing capacity for municipalities. This session will provide examples of what has been occurring, how many tort laws are being ignored by juries and what possible recourse municipalities have to protect themselves.

ATTENDEE TAKEAWAYS: 1. Current attitude toward police liability from the insurance market 2. Review on how to protect your entity as best you can 3. Innovative risk management solutions that are available without breaking your budget

OCTOBER 20 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST

Starting an Enterprise Risk Management Program from Scratch SPEAKERS: Scott Wightman, ARM-E, Area Executive Vice President, Arthur J. Gallagher Alan Hansen, District Director, Risk Management & Chief Risk Officer, Broward College Beginning an enterprise risk management (ERM) program from the ground up is a reasonably straight-forward process, but as with any human endeavor can create lessons learned along the way. This session will walk participants through various methods and strategies for implementation, and then tell the story of how Broward College was able to launch their successful program.

We will consider the limited resources in any public entity today and how they pulled together multiple disciplines into one cohesive effort, making it a truly enterprise-wide venture to support the institution’s resilience, resource allocation decisions, strengthen stakeholder confidence and embolden innovation.

ATTENDEE TAKEAWAYS: 1. Description of various ERM implementation models and strategies 2. Show participants how ERM fits within an organization’s governance and how to sell it internally 3. Offer a real-world example of how an entity implemented ERM using multi-department collaboration

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NOVEMBER 17 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST

Exploring the Unique Challenges Faced

by Injured Workers SPEAKERS: Alice Wells, CWCL, AIC, Director of TPA Operations, Johns Eastern Silvia Sacalis, BS, PharmD, Vice President, Clinical Services, Healthesystems When a worker is injured in the workplace, that individual faces a number of challenges on the road to recovery, not the least of which is their mental health. Increasingly, employees have been shown to bear the burden of a generally negative view toward injured workers from multiple stakeholders, including providers, employers and claims professionals. This stigma puts the already fragile injured worker in an even worse mental state and includes feelings of guilt, regret and wrong-doing. This session will explore the challenges faced by the injured worker and the need for all stakeholders to be aware of it and work together to share information and treat the employee with compassion and empathy. We will also delve into the need for an empathetic and holistic approach to claims management.

DECEMBER 15 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST

Leadership and Motivation SPEAKER: Dean Coughenour, ARM, Director of Risk Management, City of Flagstaff (AZ) What motivates you to lead? How do you inspire others to perform their best? What is the essence of leadership? Take this unique journey of discovery. The presentation will utilize extensive video clips to provoke thought and the discussion will leave you with inspirational ideas of how to lead.

ATTENDEE TAKEAWAYS: 1. Attendees will engage in interactive discussion on the keys of effective leadership 2. Gain insight into how to engage and motivate ourselves and others 3. A different perspective on life’s experience and what it teaches 4. Consider a new perspective on the essence of leadership

ATTENDEE TAKEAWAYS: 1. Realize we all play a part in minimizing the stigma felt by injured workers 2. Work toward a solution where we are all part of an injured worker’s recovery 3. Address the mental and physical well-being of injured workers

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