Risk Management Symposium

PROGRAM CANCELLED

Risk Management Symposium

Sponsored by IMCI

September 24 | 1:00 pm to 5:30 pm

4.5 CE credits pending approval

Forest History Society | 2925 Academy Road | Durham, NC

AIA Members/AIAT Partners (Sponsors): $49 | AIA Member with Assoc. AIA Designation $29

Non Members $69

The presentation will focus on best practice management for architects learned through a series of scenarios and claims case studies highlighting the responsibility architects have for the health, safety, and welfare of others. This will be represented through the following topics: Client Selection, Contract issues, Professional Liability Insurance and Claim Reporting, and Project Management (Documentation & Communication both internal and external).

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Describe and explain what types of claims are being brought against design professionals in courtrooms across North Carolina and provide practical claim avoidance strategies
2. Attendees will recognize risky clients, project, and behaviors that lead to claims and balance project concerns, relating to health, safety and welfare, code compliance, and insurability concerns and exposures common to design professionals
3. Attendees will explore strategies and challenges presented by various contracting methods
4. Attendees will be presented with case studies and scenarios in order to sharpen and improve decision making by design professionals during construction phase services.

PRESENTED BY:

Jason Herndon

Jason Herndon is a partner in the Raleigh office of Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, where he focuses his practice primarily on construction law.  His clients include a diverse group of construction industry participants, including design professionals, public utilities, regional and national contractors, and public and private project owners.  Jason is a frequent speaker on construction law topics, and has been recognized for his construction law work by numerous industry publications including Woodward/White’s The Best Lawyers in America, Benchmark Litigation, North Carolina Super Lawyers, and Business North Carolina Magazine’s “Legal Elite.”  In 2019, the Triangle Business Journal selected Jason as one of its “40 Under 40” Leadership Award recipients.  He received his B.S. in Political Science, summa cum laude, from Appalachian State University, and his Juris Doctor, with highest honors, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law.

Roseanne DeBellis

Roseanne DeBellis is the Divisional Assistant Vice President at Great American Insurance Group. In her role as Divisional AVP, Roseanne is the lead on Design Professional Claims and also provides risk management services to agents and insureds. Prior to joining Great American, Roseanne served as a Claims Manager and Director of Risk Management for the Architects and Engineers Claims at Navigators Insurance Company. Roseanne has more than 14 years of professional liability experience and has previously held other senior claims management positions at both HCC Specialty, a subsidiary of Tokio Marine HCC, and Beazley Insurance Company. She began her career in private practice, defending design professionals against errors and omission claims arising from complex construction projects.  

Roseanne received her J.D. from Pace University School of Law and graduated with a B.A. in political science from the State University of New York at Albany. She is a licensed attorney admitted to practice law in the states of New York and Connecticut. In addition, she holds adjuster licenses in various jurisdictions.

Stephen Agnew

Stephen is an equity partner at IMCI.  He is an expert on risk management issues affecting design firms and has 15 years of industry experience.  He comes from a family of engineers with his father and grandfather both being mechanical engineers which gives him a unique perspective on the design industry.  He received his B.S.B.A in Risk Management & Insurance and in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and in 2002, he also studied International Business at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark.  He is a licensed property and casualty agent as well as a Certified Insurance Counselor.