Join RIMS and Zurich as we spend the day helping the Child Care Resource Center (CCRC). Since 1976, CCRC's mission has been guided by the belief that our social and economic future depends on the quality of a young child's experiences. This organization promotes optimal child development and family well-being through access to quality child care, family support, economic development and community education. Volunteers will support the CCRC's Head Start program by stuffing backpacks, creating storyboards, sorting and cleaning books and put together bookcases for classrooms. For more information, visit www.RIMS.org/CommunityService or www.ccrcla.org.

In this final review for the Associate in Risk Management (ARM) 54 exam (Risk Management Principles and Practices), focus on understanding the more challenging areas of the course. Review content on identifying, analyzing and treating an organization's exposures, including hazard, operational, financial and strategic risks. To fully benefit from this session, advanced preparation by studying the course materials is recommended.

In this final review for the Associate in Risk Management (ARM) 56 exam (Risk Financing), focus on understanding the more challenging areas of the course. Review methods for retaining and transferring hazard and financial risk, including insurance, self-insurance, retrospective rating, captive insurance, reinsurance, contractual risk transfer, forwards, swaps and insurance-linked securities. To fully benefit from this session, advanced preparation by studying the course materials is recommended.

In this final review for the ERM 57 exam (Enterprise-Wide Risk Management: Developing and Implementing), focus on understanding the more challenging areas of the course. Review ERM goals, strategic risk management, the exposure spaces model, risk mapping, influence diagrams, business continuity, portfolio theory and capital investment analysis. To fully benefit from this session, advanced preparation by studying the course materials is recommended.

In this final review for the Associate in Risk Management (ARM) 55 exam (Risk Assessment and Treatment), focus on understanding the more challenging areas of the course. Review content on loss control, system safety, root cause analysis, business continuity, reputation risk, cyber risk and environmental risk. To fully benefit from this session, advanced preparation by studying the course materials is recommended.

We're shining the spotlight on you! Come celebrate Hollywood-style with fellow risk management superstars during an evening filled with festive entertainment, fine food and warm welcomes from your peers worldwide. This special RIMS '13 event will be held outdoors at L.A. Live (no paparazzi, please).

BE INSPIRED. Described as "a visionary thinker with a rare intellect," Simon Sinek teaches leaders and organizations how to inspire people. With a bold goal to help build a world in which the vast majority of people go home every day feeling fulfilled by their work, Sinek is moving to inspire people to do the things that inspire them. The author of Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action, Sinek is best known for popularizing the concept of Why – the purpose, cause or belief that drives every one of us. Sinek is fascinated by the leaders and companies that make the greatest impact in the world, those with the capacity to inspire, and has devoted his life to helping other leaders and organizations inspire action.

Step inside the industry's premier exhibit hall to visit nearly 400 companies gathered at one time, in one place, ready to showcase the latest products and services to help you do your job more effectively and efficiently.

Welcome to RIMS '13. If this is your first time attending, we know how overwhelming it can be. Give us a few minutes of your time and you'll be working the conference like a pro. You'll learn the ins-and-outs of the conference, where sessions are held, how to maximize networking opportunities and the best way to navigate the Exhibit Hall.

Who are the industry's shining stars? Recognize the achievements of your peers for their dedication to the future of risk management. Join us in honoring deserving individuals, organizations and chapters for their stellar efforts to drive success. Help us congratulate the recipient of the 2013 Harry and Dorothy Goodell Award, the Society's highest honor for outstanding lifetime achievement. Inductees into the Risk Management Hall of Fame will also be announced.

When actuaries and claims examiners discuss and compare numbers, the resulting conversation can be fascinating, from individual claim file reviews, to ultimate cost and reserve estimates, to aggregate claims data-based loss costs. Discover how the expertise and resulting analyses can impact your organization's budgeting process. Explore the reserving process from multiple points of view. And examine how actuarial loss forecasts and reserve calculations influence a risk management program.

Avoid the runaway jury at each stage of a claim. Discover the tools to prepare high-profile, bet-the-company litigation. Learn how to pick the right corporate representative, diffuse anger and sympathy, develop winning defense themes and define your dream juror. Learn to read potential jurors and identify pro-plaintiff jurors to keep them off your jury or minimize their influence. Discover pre-trial resources, including jury consultants, mock juries, shadow juries and social media, which can aid you in evaluating the risk of a substantial adverse jury verdict. This session is hosted by RIMS San Diego Chapter.

Are you aware of the standards, regulations, laws and best practices covering business continuity planning and critical response both within North America and around the globe? What about within your industry? Explore the important considerations and resources for business continuity planning (BCP) based on research findings by the RIMS Standards and Practices Committee. See how these results relate to enterprise risk management and the RIMS enterprise risk management maturity model.

Do insurance companies shoot themselves in the foot in coverage disputes with policyholders, or vice versa? See how insurance companies err in denying coverage for claims that they boast about covering in advertising, failing to comply with state nonrenewal and cancelation laws, and failing to disclaim promptly. See what policyholders risk with delays in notice, failing to apprise the insurer of settlement negotiations and missing coverage lapses for risks peculiar to their business. Gather positive pointers from both sides that work to everyone's advantage.

How well do you understand the coverage issues in your directors and officers (D&O) policy? Are you adequately covered on a worldwide basis? Review the significant issues in the ever-changing D&O marketplace and claims setting. Understand the D&O policy structure and key issues you need to address. Choose specific exclusions on which to focus. Consider ways to broaden coverage. Be aware of international D&O pitfalls and challenges. And how to navigate the claims process and its challenges. This session is hosted by RIMS Silicon Valley Chapter.

Many businesses affected by Superstorm Sandy were challenged to quickly recover and resume operations. There were many businesses in areas with limited power, water, and/or transportation, or whose facilities had been compromised by wind or water damage. In addition, they needed to manage employee resource issues, quantify significant property damage and interruption losses, as well as determine whether and/or how to maintain their businesses and cash flow. There were many lessons learned from this event in relation to: 1) properly preparing property insurance claims to expedite and maximize recovery; 2) determining whether business interruption, contingent business interruption, contingent time-element, or other insurance coverage applied; 3) managing operations when employees could not commute to work or required assistance; and 4) maintaining operations when transportation, power, telecommunications, and physical infrastructure was constrained. During this session, attendees will have an opportunity to explore the lessons learned, the impact the event had on risk management practices and risk transfer opportunities, and the processes and procedures that should be considered and implemented to mitigate the impacts of a similar natural or human-caused event in the future.

You face a variety of challenges when it comes to insuring intellectual and intangible property (IP) risks. Consider the patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets as well as the vast array of private data and information that your company collects, uses and stores every day. Evaluate insurance coverage for these risks. Review important judicial decisions on the scope of insurance coverage. And examine future trends and issues. This session is hosted by RIMS Los Angeles Chapter.

Know thine enemy! Understand the mystery behind loss triangles and loss development. See how they are used by underwriters to establish loss projections and by risk professionals to better communicate with management and better negotiate with insurers. Get hands-on with a case study to apply these concepts.

Explore four property insurance elements: building, business personal property, inventory and business interruption. Learn how to obtain proper values for each of these and know where to find the expertise to help with the calculations. Understand the difference between reportable value and coverage needs and how values are often misstated.

Address the challenges you face when implementing-or trying to implement-a corporate enterprise risk management (ERM) program. Hear from risk professionals who have created a converged approach to risk management, with perspectives on implementing processes that better coordinate and leverage multiple risk management activities. From traditional risk management practices to overall ERM excellence, learn from the shared experience of your peers in Latin America. Bilingual presentation (English and Spanish). This session is hosted by the Latin American Risk and Insurance Management Association (ALARYS).

It's 10:00 p.m. Do you know where your employees are? Chances are, they are on a social networking site. Facebook has more than 1 billion users worldwide. Twitter processes more than 340 million tweets per day. What is the liability for your company? Are you liable for postings made from employees' own devices? Can you legally access your employees' social media sites or base hiring and firing decisions on them? Is social media discoverable in litigation? Gather tips for drafting social media policies and explore coverage under traditional insurance products as well as specialized cyber insurance.

Businesses create more than 200 billion e-mail and other electronic communications each day in the United States alone. Every time employees hit the send button, they could be creating evidence that can be used against your company thanks to powerful search tools. See how these hot documents are not created by disgruntled employees but professionals earnestly problem-solving or trying to attain an organizational goal. Learn methods to protect your company and discover unfortunate illustrations of what can happen if you don't.

This session will address current risk and insurance challenges faced by companies in this industry. This exciting, interactive panel discussion will feature risk diversification, specifically Delta Air Lines' bold move to purchase a refinery in an effort to control fuel costs. We will also address the risks associated with new technologies, security concerns and more.

More and more domiciles are available, each touting the benefits of choosing its jurisdiction. Simultaneously, more regulatory challenges have arisen, ranging from Solvency II to Dodd-Frank to decisions from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Explore the opportunities and challenges from an independent perspective.

Join a lively roundtable discussion of current topics specific to construction risk management. Owners, developers and a variety of contractors will review and discuss: current risk transfer techniques; regulatory changes; economic issues and payment risk management; rising concerns regarding asbestos, silica, lead, mold and welding fumes; adverse contractual terms and conditions; the continuing use and impact of OCIP and CCIP programs; and other questions you bring.

Meet fellow risk professionals for private, family-owned companies at an interactive roundtable discussion on the unique aspects of risk management in closely held companies. Join us to network and share information on current risk management topics such as corporate governance, business continuity, succession planning, family offices and board presentations.

Can you bank on your insurance? Hear from a panel of highly experienced risk professionals and brokers from the financial services industry about the latest trends in the market, best practices in presenting and resolving claims, handling claims under captive insurance and reinsurance programs and the top-ten claims problems that financial services institutions have faced in the past year. Whether you are from a large or smaller financial institution, address your needs by learning from industry peers.

Join a roundtable debate on current issues related to food processing and consumer beverages, including insurance programs, broker services and fees, benchmarking safety programs, workers' compensation, crisis management, loss prevention and food safety. Take the opportunity to network with new industry contacts. This session is open to companies involved in food processing and distribution and beverage companies involved in soft drinks, wines, beer, distilled spirits, bottled water, juices, tea and coffee. This session is open to members only.

Hear panelists from some of the largest and most sophisticated healthcare firms in the country as we present our insight into medical malpractice claims data, risk management developments and the implications of national trends. Discuss how healthcare reform will affect your operations. This session is hosted by RIMS Cumberland Chapter.

Uncover the outcomes from the April 2012 mining session mandate. See how well the volunteer team of global mining experts delivered on its mission to increase the value added and offerings to the mining insurance industry by producing a sustainable mining policy form, acceptable to buyers and sellers, and a claims protocol that provides simplicity, accountability and effectiveness in the claims process.

Discuss risk management and insurance (RMI) educational curricula at the undergraduate and graduate level, as well as continuing education programs on both the national and international stage.

Workers' compensation, general liability and auto liability are just the tip of the iceberg for you as a public entity risk professional. You also face unique challenges, such as claims for civil rights violations, sewer backups and construction defects. You have to understand the political nuances of working with elected officials and be prepared to have your every move scrutinized by the general public. Discover how your peers address the biggest challenges facing public entities.

Join us for an interactive workshop to explore strategic risk management methods, tools and techniques designed to align your organization's strategy setting and execution with its risk appetite. Start with a case study approach from DePaul University's Strategic Risk Management Lab and the findings from the RIMS report, Exploring Risk Appetite and Risk Tolerance. Then, exchange ideas with your peers on ways that risk management efforts create and protect enterprise value. This session is hosted by RIMS Strategic Risk Management Development Council.

Re-energize after a long morning of keynote and sessions. Take advantage of this exclusive time in the Exhibit Hall to take a breather and fuel up with energy-spiked drinks and cocktails. A stop here and you'll be pumped up for the rest of the year.

You receive a customer letter demanding indemnity for your employee's injuries at its plant. The customer is responsible for the injuries, but the purchase order fine print says your company must indemnify the customer, which is also named an additional insured. What about the workers' compensation bar? Why does the customer's insurance not apply? Who will pay your retention? Can the customer access your excess policy? Delve into the answers to these questions by examining common additional insured endorsements and sample contract provisions.

All organizations struggle with the allocation of costs as they balance equity and fairness, stability and responsiveness and credibility and predictability. Discover the many shapes and sizes of cost allocation and chargeback models. Learn to tailor them to your organization's insurance program, individual business units or subgroups. Discuss implementation, communication strategies, potential pitfalls and the impact on claim costs.

Join our panel of construction professionals as we build the RIMS Center, a mythical mixed-use development, from land acquisition to ribbon cutting. Address finance and project delivery alternatives, contractual and warranty issues, surety options, environmental and professional liabilities, controlled insurance program evaluation and implementation, the development of site safety and safety incentive programs, and the engineering of a smooth project turnover. Prepare yourself for the variety of unique and consequential challenges of your organization's capital projects.

While the industry applauds the 2012 passage of the SMART Act, work is far from done. Several issues remain relating to ultimate implementation of the legislation's reforms including questions regarding safe harbor, the appeals process, and penalties for noncompliance. Risk managers will play a vital role in expressing their thoughts on potential regulations that will arise through the implementation process. This session will engage attendees in a discussion of the many issues and questions still to come with SMART Act implementation and how they can get involved in that process. This Session is hosted by RIMS.

OSHA has issued a memo that says disciplinary action against injured employees-considered a protected class-may be discriminatory. So, does your safety program penalize injured employees for late reporting or violating safety rules? Does it provide for performance incentives? Learn how to stay vigilant to ensure compliance. Shape a program that accepts claims that arise out of the course and scope of employment and is free from discrimination.

Your peers have increasingly recast themselves as enterprise risk champions by taking on greater responsibilities for enterprise risk management (ERM) practices, particularly as expectations evolved during the financial crisis. Join our panel as we discuss the findings from the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) recent surveys, additional benefits of the ISO 31000 risk management standard, and successful practices in ERM. Determine ways to implement an enterprise-wide risk management program or turn around your existing program. Learn more about governance, risk and compliance best practices, culture transformation, tools and techniques to achieve greater success in your organization. This session is hosted by RIMS Piedmont Chapter.

In a world full of economic fluctuations and corporate downsizing, manage your personal risk with an active network. Master networking skills to build the business relationships that could play a profound role in your career success. So, how do you get your network to work for you? Use social media appropriately and effectively and learn why you should "never eat alone."

In the wake of the media attention surrounding recalls of pet food, nuts, spinach, tomatoes and meat, many companies are looking to protect themselves against related claims. Hear our panel discuss the different roles and responsibilities for product recall, particularly when using products from foreign entities. Learn about claims handling under relatively new and untested product recall and contamination insurance policies. Quantify losses and determine whether coverage is possible under all-risk policies, despite contamination and governmental authority exclusions.

Now that the Supreme Court has ruled the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) constitutional, the real work begins. You need to understand the law and develop systems to ensure compliance as changes phase in each year. Assess your insurance program for adequate protection in the event of inadvertent violations or noncompliance and discover other products that might better protect your organization. Develop a new relationship with your human resources department as corporate insurance obligations overlap.

Discover the strategic planning process, including strategy setting, assumptions and communications. Understand the interrelationship between strategic objectives, strategic plans and business unit or department objectives. Dissect the components of a strategic risk management program. Learn to communicate strategic risk management progress with reports aimed at executive management and the board. This session is hosted by RIMS Enterprise Risk Management Committee.

In 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake and Thailand's severe flooding caused extensive damage that affected numerous corporations. The shutdown of many Japanese companies unveiled the risks of globalized supply chains, as factories overseas felt the effects. Since the massive earthquake, seismic insurance has been scarce in Japan, compelling organizations to install mitigation measures. Analyze the tangible-as well as hidden-impacts corporations endured following these devastating disasters and examine some of the best practices of their business continuity plans. Bilingual presentation (English and Japanese). This session is hosted by RIMS Japan Chapter.

Take the contrarian view to traditional catastrophe modeling to better understand the variables involved and optimize negotiations with underwriters. Discover the benefits and limitations of cat modeling. Learn how to mitigate and make more transparent the volatility in cat loss estimates. See how you can help the industry plan for catastrophes, predict losses and set pricing with owner-specific data and cutting-edge tools.

Slip, trip and fall lawsuits represent one of the fastest growing areas of personal injury litigation. With more than 10,000 Americans reaching retirement age-the most likely group to suffer a slip, trip and fall-each day, more incidents can be expected. The associated claims and litigation costs could reach $100 billion by the end of the decade. Gain insight into lawsuit defense strategies, the standard of care that the courts require, applicable industry standards and how they can both help and hurt you.

As a public agency risk professional, how can you break down silos, employ enterprise risk management (ERM) tools and use existing corporate culture to assess and manage risk on an enterprise-wide basis? Hear from our panelists, inspired by the springtime baseball season, about how ERM can work in a public agency environment as well as the challenges of implementation. Gather examples of ERM strategies currently in use and develop an ERM cost of risk analysis. Learn how to integrate risk management throughout your organization to improve strategic decision making in all departments.

When you need them most, will your workforce be there? It's hard to make good things happen in bad situations. When you need them most, in times of severe organizational strain, will your workforce do the right thing? Will they make good decisions? Will they make personal sacrifices? Will they go the extra mile? This session connects human capital risk and business consequences so that you can mitigate, if not prevent, operational disruptions when internal or external events arrive‒be these natural events (such as hurricanes) or unnatural events (allegations of wrongdoing, operational disruptions). Such events can cripple the organization or crystallize the character of the firm, enhancing the brand, the reputation and ensuring top-tier status as a place to work. This session is hosted by RIMS

It is challenging in any global organization to keep pace with changing rules of engagement. Moreover, the traditional career ladder is no longer the sole method for governing one's growth and development. During this session, you will learn how to facilitate your career path by re-thinking some common assumptions about career management. This session addresses some of the common challenges faced by professionals working within a fast-paced and dynamic business environment. This session is hosted by RIMS.

Consider the ramifications of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' proposed regulations for Medicare Set Aside (MSA) funds in liability cases. Keep abreast of published opinions from courts on the conflict between a statutory duty to protect Medicare's interests and the need to manage the docket. Examine the U.S. Supreme Court justices ruling and oral arguments. Prepare yourself for issues that plague even knowledgeable risk professionals, particularly self-insureds and those with high self-insured retentions. This session is hosted by RIMS Los Angeles Chapter.

It doesn't take a caped crusader to turn around your safety culture, but it's not easy to tackle sentiments of "unavoidable" injuries and safety rule job "interference." The City of Knoxville was spending more time paying workers' compensation and medical costs than preventing claims. After bold and controversial changes, the self-insured city lowered annual injury costs by $3 million. The average medical insurance cost per city employee is now 26 percent below the national average. Discover the strategies and tools that it implements to lower expenses, improve productivity and gain efficiencies.

Every day you deal with bodily injury claims resulting from vehicle collisions, slips and falls, product use and industrial accidents. In some cases, you find yourself asking: "How could those injuries result from that accident?" See how science can determine the true cause of injury so you can recognize when bodily injury causation should be questioned. Explore how a biomechanical engineering analysis can determine causation and whether an injury mechanism present in an event could have caused it.

In March 2013, risk management experts from around the world met in the United States to complete the draft of ISO 31004, the implementation guide to ISO 31000. Dissect the structure and contents of this newest risk management standard. Review key concepts and discuss what comes next.

Risk professionals and general counsel view the world differently. But by educating the lawyers of your organization, you can smooth a path to greater cooperation, understanding and efficiency.

In 2006, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in Kvaerner Metals v. Commercial Union Insurance Co., held that damage to the insured's work or product caused by faulty workmanship does not constitute an occurrence under a commercial general liability (CGL) policy. Recently, courts have expanded this to include third-party property damage caused by negligent design or construction. Once confined to the construction industry, the no occurrence argument has expanded. What can you do when you can no longer count on your CGL policy to cover third-party property damage?

Since the credit crisis of 2008/2009, many companies are acutely aware of credit risks and how deeply these risks impact the U.S. economy and in turn, their own operations. Explore how the use of credit insurance has enabled many companies to manage these risks. Two companies who have been long-time users of this product provide their views and why they continue to purchase the program through various economic cycles and how the product complements their financial goals. The largest credit insurer in the world also provides their thoughts on what they look for in structuring programs and why the product continues to grow so strongly in the U.S. market.

Don't gamble with your insurance. Spend time with casino industry risk professionals and brokers as they discuss the insurance issues that the casino industry faces. Hear about trends in the insurance market, learn how the market affects the purchase of insurance for casinos and analyze issues that arise for both tribal and commercial casinos in buying insurance and handling claims.

Join your colleagues in a discussion of topics relevant to energy industry professionals, including: the evolution of exposures and related insurance for shale fracking; the current state of contractual indemnities, anti-indemnity statutes and insurance options; and industry, insurer and government responses, post-Macondo. Participate in a roundtable discussion of current issues that affect your operations. This session is hosted by RIMS Houston Chapter.

As an entertainment risk professional, you face many challenges while balancing the need for creativity with risk mitigation. Join your colleagues as we discuss intellectual property risk management and entertainment safety with regard to live events stage rigging. This session is hosted by RIMS Los Angeles Chapter.

Join our roundtable discussion highlighting various perspectives on enterprise risk management (ERM), including methodology, strengths and weaknesses and collaboration opportunities. Benefit from experience-based lessons on how to collaborate (or not). Understand the potential areas of strength and conflict in collaboration among disciplines and how it can result in a more robust and value-focused ERM framework.

Join industry peers for an informative discussion on a variety of current risk management issues pertinent to the commercial real estate industry. Gain insight into key topics, including our industry's unique perils, terrorism and other crises. Learn about pre-loss issues to maximize the insurance response to a crisis and recovery. Identify the pitfalls inherent in the business interruption component of property claims. And hear from an enterprise risk management (ERM) champion about overcoming the hurdles and reaping the benefits of an ERM program in the real estate industry. This session is hosted by RIMS Piedmont Chapter.

Join risk professionals from leading restaurant companies, national and regional, as we discuss current issues affecting our industry. Our environment is constantly changing and influences how we manage risk. Disaster planning, new regulations, certificate management, Medicare reporting, social media, board and strategic plan initiatives, safety, security and claims: how do we manage all these issues? Explore suggestions to make some of your decisions easier. Participate in the annual claims benchmarking survey in advance and compare your company's results to others in your category and the industry. This session is closed to the press.

In these turbulent economic times, the science of shopping is evolving, forcing retailers to reinvent their companies in response to trends and customer preferences and sometimes leading to nontraditional exposures. At the same time, total cost of risk (TCOR) calculations must be continuously improved as risks grow in magnitude, complexity and scrutiny on a global scale. Regulatory improvements and deterioration also affect jurisdictional decisions for new store locations as well as risk control and placement strategies. Examine these major components of emerging risk and the analytics to measure them.

Leverage the current trends and practices of the ever-evolving risk management practice from around the globe. Compare the key findings of the Federation of European Risk Management Associations' Risk Management Benchmarking Survey 2012, the Asia-Pacific Benchmark Survey and the RIMS Benchmark Survey. Analyze the complexity and maturity of international risk management practices.

Workers' compensation and liability issues can raise more questions than answers on college campuses. Stay on top of their constantly evolving nature. Hear from a panel of college and university risk professionals about the biggest workers' compensation issues they face and the experience-based solutions that address them. Discuss medical costs, dealing with third-party administrators, opioid drug use and abuse, exposures outside the United States and the impact of the economy on risk management operations. Further discussions will delve into other risk issues such as general liability and property risk topics.

This lively discussion on emerging risks will cut across technologies and address hardware, personal electronics, software and services, communications, and digital media risks. We'll explore key concerns and best practices for handling E&O, cyber and cloud claims, as well as the increasing complexity of contingent business interruption exposures. We'll also look at emerging risk modeling and analytics to optimize risk transfer, management spend and ROI. This highly interactive session will then move into breakout groups focused on key risk areas. This session is closed to Press.

Address the ever-changing needs of the transportation industry: increasing workers' compensation losses, cargo claims, auto and general liability law suits and constant changes in state and federal regulations. Discover post-injury counseling methods for transportation carriers and their application to reduce workers' compensation costs and increase return-to-work rates. See how you can apply exercise and conditioning and weight-loss programs to reduce stress, maintain an older driving force and become more competitive.

Insurance companies and their clients do not always see eye-to-eye, especially when it comes to claims. Adding a client-engaged law firm in the mix makes this three-way wrestling match often adversarial. Look at the claims process through the lens of the carrier, the risk professional and the law firm. Examine the statute of limitations, reservation of rights letters, attorney-client privilege, rights in and out of the policy and settlement theories. Take a ringside seat to claims litigation avoidance.

Examine a case study of a Fortune 500 company that has held a captive insurance company for 25 years. A recent investigation assessed whether the captive was still delivering an economic value to the parent company. Explore the results of that study, including the risk management, tax, domicile, regulatory, capitalization and collateral issues.

What does compliance look like? Is it a myth or an achievable dream? Learn to build a compliance strategy with key data points and decision-making criteria. Compare your efforts to what your peers are doing around the world.

Examine perspectives on enterprise risk management (ERM) from academic and practical circles. Learn what is going on not only in classrooms at leading universities but also in the field. And discover what leadership at your company wants from your ERM program. The session is hosted by Spencer Educational Foundation.

Green construction and renovation involves managing both immediate- and long-term risks to businesses that may not recognize and embrace the notion of sustainable development. Tackle the nuts-and-bolts of how LEED, model codes and other standards address sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources and indoor environmental quality. Discover the possible errors and omissions pitfalls for your green construction company.

Employers are scrambling to implement health care reform regulations by the end of 2013. At that point, employers must be fully compliant with the Affordable Coverage Act (aka "Obamacare"). But several aspects of the law are only now being defined by the Department of Health and Human Services, including the minimum essential benefits employers must cover, which employees must be covered, health care exchanges, etc. These legal changes will significantly impact the cost, structure and availability of workers compensation insurance and other employee benefits in the second half of 2013 and into 2014. This session will review key aspects of the ACA and how they will impact employee benefits and workers compensation insurance.

When is a primary or excess policy exhausted, forcing the coverage above it to respond? The highest state and federal court dockets attest to the growth of this concern for insurance companies and policyholders. Examine whether the policyholder can contribute to the payment of the underlying limits without sacrificing the coverage above the settling carrier's layer. See how insurance companies favor a strict rule on excess coverage. Also consider dispute settlements with policyholders, reinsurance and a combination of payments by the policyholder and settling carriers to satisfy the payment of underlying limits.

A third-party administrator (TPA) is often engaged to handle self-insured casualty claims, but viewed as only an outside vendor. See how you can transform the TPA relationship into a partnership that maximizes effectiveness and cost-efficiency. Maintain that value through methods- including the use of technology-that continuously monitor the TPA's performance.

Explore the unique areas of data and cyber risk management from two distinct perspectives: document management and management of personally identifiable information (PII). As part of an overall enterprise risk management approach to data management, recognize the importance of aligning different organizational interests to create data management protocols. Examine approaches to PII management, including ways to deal with technology-linked unauthorized disclosure. Discuss sound data management policies and the role of insurance in loss mitigation.

If your organization has crime exposures, you need to understand occupational fraud and the methods proven to mitigate it. Explore the many facets of occupational fraud management: statistical analysis, including industry and department breakdowns; the role of corporate culture; the fraud triangle; whistleblower solutions; background screening; due diligence investigations; vendor fraud; and remote location fraud.

Delve into the world of competing international risk consulting options: bundled and unbundled risk assessment, risk mapping and risk mitigation. Hear about the challenges to the future of field engineering and the strategic vision of global multi-perils account risk consulting.

The Good: California's new executive medical director has prioritized evaluating and updating the official medical fee and treatment utilization schedules and improving the qualified medical evaluator process. The Not-So-Bad: A public self-insurance pool's process for temporary and permanent return to work minimizes exposure to Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) and Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) violations and claims costs. The Ugly: Opioids inappropriately prescribed for long-term treatment of work injuries has led to an explosion in testing costs. Examine case studies that highlight monitoring, drug abuse prevention and cost savings with tapering and cessation programs. This session is hosted by RIMS Orange County Chapter.

Take a break from the excitement of the conference and relax over lunch in the Exhibit Hall. Even though you're inside, you'll feel good California vibes that are sure to leave you in great spirits for the rest of the day. Take advantage of this exclusive time in the hall to see the exhibitors on your list.

With increased enforcement of admitted insurance regulations in Latin America, you need to be aware of the compliance requirements and the potential risks of relying on global nonadmitted insurance where it is prohibited. Explore the challenges of implementing a multinational insurance program that complies with different countries' regulations. Bilingual presentation (English and Spanish).

Survey the scope of the problem and explore the range of tools-and their development and implementation-to contain pharmaceutical costs for workers' compensation. Follow the step-by-step process: key intervention, physician review of the claimant's medical file and drug utilization history and peer-to-peer conferencing between the reviewing and prescribing physicians. Examine the structure and process as well as successful outcomes, understand the roles of each stakeholder and review implementation guidelines for this program.

See how the scope and mission of risk management continue to change as a result of regulatory, economic and geopolitical trends. Explore the results of the 10th annual RIMS/Marsh Excellence in Risk Management Survey as it examines current, key trends in risk management as identified by members of the profession. Join the discussion about the drivers of risk management and its relation to overall business strategy for the twenty-first century.

Effective claims management has become a sophisticated process that draws upon vast expertise. Consider: data analysis, accident investigation, managed care, return to work, subrogation, alternative dispute resolution, structured settlements and Medicare compliance. See how evolving technology improves your decision-making capabilities in this environment. Explore ways to better integrate claims resources and achieve faster reporting. Learn to translate claims management fundamentals to any major line of coverage. And keep abreast of emerging claims issues that affect your organization.

Travel through the state of global risks in 2013 and peer into the years beyond. Discuss threats that may arise from political, social and security environments in the markets in which you operate. Understand medical risks by region and identify gaps between the perception and reality of health risks. Incorporate practical strategies to effectively manage risk, protect your people and influence strategic business opportunities at your organization.