MANAGING LIABILITY AND PROTECTING YOUR ASSETS Presenters: Barry Steinberg / Kutak Rock Bob Hallenbeck / XL Group – Environmental SEPTEMBER 27,2013 8:30 – 10:00AM
2013 ADC BASE REDEVELOPMENT FORUM | PAGE 3 3 I. What should insurance do for your organization? Control liability Limit exposures Protect financial stability Provide risk management tools Help you avoid catastrophic losses Protect Directors and Officers
2013 ADC BASE REDEVELOPMENT FORUM | PAGE 4 4 II. Who can you protect? The LRA itself The LRA Board LRA employees Tenants Vendors Contractors Passers-by Adjacent property owners
2013 ADC BASE REDEVELOPMENT FORUM | PAGE 5 5 III. Which insurance policies should be considered, and what do they cover? Property – your site and what’s on it that you own or lease General Liability – what happens on your site Workers Comp – what happens to workers on the site Auto – vehicles you own and their drivers Directors & Officers – actions taken by your Board of Directors Errors and Omissions – actions taken by professional staff and outside consultants
2013 ADC BASE REDEVELOPMENT FORUM | PAGE 6 6 IV. Are there any other insurance policies you should know about and do you acquire or require them to be obtained? Tenants Contractors Subcontractors Vendors Architects Engineers Consultants Environmental Risk – CGL Exclusion
2013 ADC BASE REDEVELOPMENT FORUM | PAGE 7 7 V. What kind of environmental risk will I encounter? Known conditions Unknown conditions Breach of Land use restrictions Level of cleanup needed Government continuing obligations Government right of access Adjacent property migration – to and from
2013 ADC BASE REDEVELOPMENT FORUM | PAGE 8 8 VII. How can I mitigate environmental risk? Review of government documents ECP Regulator concerns Due diligence Inadequacy of the CERCLA requirement No intrusive testing Petroleum is not a CERCLA hazardous substance Obtain your own database Insurance
2013 ADC BASE REDEVELOPMENT FORUM | PAGE 9 9 VII. Government Continuing Obligations CERCLA warranty – when does the government respond? 330 – the OSD effort to limit it