2023: Continued Navigation of the Complexities of the Insurance Marketplace: ideas and options for your organization

As we wrap up 2022, we continue to navigate a period of great volatility and uncertainty.  Join us as we hear from expert leaders from FM Global, Zurich and others as we discuss the realities of today’s challenging landscape, provide an update on current insurance market trends, loss prevention and identify key considerations for the path forward.  What continues as a firming insurance market, has become even more challenged as a result of the convergence of factors ranging from increasing loss frequency and severity, to a reduction of capital, heightened focus on profitability and pending Business Interruption, supply chain and valuation challenges, and new nuclear verdict concerns. We will discuss the impact of these circumstances reflected in the hardening insurance market across the board, and including Cyber!

In addition, this panel discussion will discuss key considerations around evaluating risk and setting realistic expectations for the current market conditions and potential impact on budget.

This course is approved by the Washington Office of Insurance Commissioner for 1 hour of CE credit. (CE Course Number: 628585)

Our Presenters:

• Travis Ferguson, Senior Account Manager – FM Global
  Travis Ferguson is a Senior Account Manager in the Seattle branch office of FM Global. His role is to lead the client service team and partner with the Account Engineer to ensure FM Global products and services are delivered appropriately to serve our clients. Key underwriting responsibilities including pricing, terms/conditions, drafting of the insurance policy, renewal negotiations and placement of all locally compliant policies globally. Travis has over 11 years of experience in the property insurance industry and is committed to profitable and stable partnerships between FM Global and our mutual policyholders.Travis joined the company as a Field Engineer in the Seattle office in Jan 2009. Prior to joining FM Global, Travis worked for seven years as a Process Engineer in the semiconductor industry at Micron Technology in Boise, Idaho. Travis held multiple roles there including shift process engineer on the fab floor, ownership of different wet process toolsets and finally yield management lead in the Fab 1/3 Wet Process Engineering department.Travis is a graduate of Washington State University, Pullman, Wash., USA, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering.

• Joann Gomez, Division Vice President, Risk Management – Liberty Mutual
  Joann is responsible for the management and performance of Large Account Casualty operation in California, Pacific Northwest and Mountain States for Liberty Mutual.  She leads a team of experienced underwriters to collaborate with Agents & Brokers and provide solutions to complex clients.  Her team is responsible for workers compensation, general liability and automobile coverage and alternative risk structures helping large clients to embrace today and prepare for tomorrow.Prior to this, Joann was the regional vice president leading Liberty’s Middle Market team in the Southern California and Mountain Region.  She was responsible for the underwriting and underwriting support operation and overall underwriting profit & growth on property and causality lines. Joann joined Liberty Mutual as part of the underwriting foundation program in 1998 after graduating from University of California, Berkeley with dual Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Sciences of Industrial Society.  During the time with Liberty, she completed her Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) profession designation in 2003 and earned the Executive Master of Business Administration from St. Mary’s College in 2007.

• Gara Lander, Cyber Teams – Chubb
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• Christian Jewett, West Region Manager for Financial Lines – Zurich
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• Moderator: Anthony Spacciante, Senior Risk Manager – Starbucks
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Pricing:

• RIMS WA Chapter Member: Free
• Non-Members: $25.00