Background Checks and EPLI Compliance

From the 2013 Professional Risk Symposium session “Think Like a Thief,” moderator Frank J. Scheckton, Jr. (Great American Insurance Group) and panelists DM Studler (SDC CPAs, LLC) and Brian J. O’Neill (AIG Property Casualty) discuss how conducting background checks for Fidelity/Crime coverage can impact EPLI policies.

PLUS members can view this entire session in the multimedia library on the PLUS website.

2013 Conference Sponsorships Available

Planning for the 2013 PLUS International Conference is well underway. This year’s theme, Uncharted Waters of Emerging Risk: Knowledge is Power focuses on the vital and critical information that everyone in our industry needs to know in order to succeed in the dynamic and quickly-changing professional liability market. As a loyal PLUS Blog reader we invite your organization to sponsor this industry-leading event, November 4-6 in Orlando, Florida. Sponsorship of the PLUS Conference will place your company as a leading organization in front of approximately 2,000 industry leaders and professionals.

The PLUS Conference has a reputation for attracting the premier business, thought and world leaders, and this year’s roster of keynote speakers continues that tradition. Speakers scheduled to appear include:
– Dr. Madeleine K. Albright, Secretary of State (1997-2001), Chair, Albright Stonebridge Group and Albright Capital Management LLC and best-selling author
– Jeb Bush, 43rd Governor of the State of Florida
– Anna Maria Chavez, Chief Executive Officer, Girl Scouts of the USA
– William Cohen, Distinguished Statesman, Secretary of Defense (1997-2001) and CEO, The Cohen Group
– Stephen J. Dubner, Journalist, Radio and TV Personality, Award-winning author and co-author of the International bestsellers, Freakonomics and Superfreakonomics
– Ambassador Karen Hughes, Worldwide Vice Chair of Burson-Marsteller
– Dr. Erwann Michel-Kerjan, Managing Director, Risk Management and Decision Process Center, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
– Alfred W. Zollar, former General Manager, IBM Tivoli Software

The 2013 PLUS Conference sponsorship booklet is available here and on the PLUS website. Confirmed sponsors will be listed in all promotional materials for the International Conference over the coming months. I encourage you to discuss the sponsorship opportunity with your colleagues and consider submitting your sponsorship commitment as soon as possible to take advantage of all the marketing opportunities.

If you or your colleagues have any questions about sponsorship opportunities please feel free to e-mail me. You may also contact Kim Rocha with PLUS at 800.845.0778.

Sincerely,

Christopher Duca
2013 Conference Chairman

Healthcare Institutions Acquiring Physician Practices

From the 2013 Medical PL Symposium session “Institutions Acquiring Physician Practices: Deja Vu All Over Again?” panelist Margaret J. Davino, Esq. (Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP) looks at why such acquisitions failed in the 1990s.

PLUS members can view this entire session in the multimedia library on the PLUS website.

Session panelists not featured in this clip: Hugh B. Jago (ALTERRA USA) and moderator Robin A. Maley, R.N., MPH (MCIC Vermont, Inc.)