The 2023 Builder’s Risk & Construction Symposium will provide an in-depth discussion of the many issues associated with insuring large, complex construction projects. The program serves to highlight and share the myriad concerns and complexities inherent in insuring construction projects, and to incubate ideas that will improve the underwriting and claim process.
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Registration & Breakfast
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM | Opening Remarks & Legal Disclaimer
Presented by Jason Behrer of Starr Indemnity & Liability
9:15 AM – 9:45 AM | Keynote Speaker – Economic Issues Affecting the Construction Industry
Ken Simonson, Chief Economist of The Associated General Contractors of America
9:45 AM – 10:30AM | What is DSU?
Presenters include: Mark Katz of Ryan Specialty | Jonathon Held of J.S. Held | Matthew Lotfey of RT Specialty | Eugene Choi of HDI Global
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM | BREAK
11:00 AM – 12:35 PM | Break Out Sessions Part I
Participants will break out into 5 Cohorts and rotate through each of the 5 sessions included below.
- Property Damage: General Conditions and Extended General Conditions
- Presenters include: Michael Pignataro of Marsh | Al Sica of ALS Group | Henry Densham of CCi, a Rimkus Company
- Property Damage: Extra Expenses, Inefficiency and Other Critical Costs
- Presenters include: Lei Huang of Chubb | Andrew Hennemuth of J.S. Held | Eric Davis of AON
- Delay Start Up: Prospective v. Retrospective Delay Analysis
- Presenters include: Phil Silverberg of Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass | Matt Ponzi of Foran Glennon | David Beck of Clark Construction
- Delay Start Up: Coverage Under Delay: Soft Costs
- Presenters include: Matt Wagner of Zurich | Mark Playle of Howden Specialty | Steve Leeming of Lockton | Will Stromeyer of Starr Technical Risks
- Delay Start Up: Period of Indemnity v. Period of Delay
- Presenters include: Patrick Harrington of Marsh | Lisa Morris of MDD | Vincent Zegers of Westchester, a Chubb Company
12:35 PM – 1:50 PM | Lunch
1:50 PM – 3:25 PM | Break Out Sessions Part II
Participants will break out into 5 Cohorts and rotate through each of the 5 sessions included below.
- Property Damage: General Conditions and Extended General Conditions
- Presenters include: Michael Pignataro of Marsh | Al Sica of ALS Group | Henry Densham of CCi, a Rimkus Company
- Property Damage: Extra Expenses, Inefficiency and Other Critical Costs
- Presenters include: Lei Huang of Chubb | Andrew Hennemuth of J.S. Held | Eric Davis of AON
- Delay Start Up: Prospective v. Retrospective Delay Analysis
- Presenters include: Phil Silverberg of Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass | Matt Ponzi of Foran Glennon | David Beck of Clark Construction
- Delay Start Up: Coverage Under Delay: Soft Costs
- Presenters include: Matt Wagner of Zurich | Mark Playle of Howden Specialty | Steve Leeming of Lockton | Will Stromeyer of Starr Technical Risks
- Delay Start Up: Period of Indemnity v. Period of Delay
- Presenters include: Patrick Harrington of Marsh | Lisa Morris of MDD | Vincent Zegers of Westchester, a Chubb Company
3:25PM – 3:50 PM | BREAK
3:50 PM – 4:35 PM | Break Out Sessions Final Part
Participants will break out into 5 Cohorts and rotate through each of the 5 sessions included below.
- Property Damage: General Conditions and Extended General Conditions
- Presenters include: Michael Pignataro of Marsh | Al Sica of ALS Group | Henry Densham of CCi, a Rimkus Company
- Property Damage: Extra Expenses, Inefficiency and Other Critical Costs
- Presenters include: Lei Huang of Chubb | Andrew Hennemuth of J.S. Held | Eric Davis of AON
- Delay Start Up: Prospective v. Retrospective Delay Analysis
- Presenters include: Phil Silverberg of Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass | Matt Ponzi of Foran Glennon | David Beck of Clark Construction
- Delay Start Up: Coverage Under Delay: Soft Costs
- Presenters include: Matt Wagner of Zurich | Mark Playle of Howden Specialty | Steve Leeming of Lockton | Will Stromeyer of Starr Technical Risks
- Delay Start Up: Period of Indemnity v. Period of Delay
- Presenters include: Patrick Harrington of Marsh | Lisa Morris of MDD | Vincent Zegers of Westchester, a Chubb Company
4:4oPM – 5:00 PM | Capstone
Jonathon Held of J.S. Held and Anthony “Nino” Scariano of Sedgwick
5:00pm – 6:00pm | Cocktail Reception