Vendors - click here to download registration form and additional information as PDF file

DATE:

January 28, 2002 (Monday)

LOCATION:

Cobb Galleria
Two Galleria Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30339

COST:

(Lunch Provided)

PRE-REGISTRATION: Received by 1/16/02 ........$ 25.00 (members) $30.00 (non-members)
ON-SITE REGISTRATION: At the door: ............. $ 30.00 (members) $35.00 (non-members)
Non-member guests of GLS Members: .............. $15.00 (with coupon from newsletter)

MEETING CONTACT:

Dave Beem, Travelers, 770-521-3023

TO REGISTER:

Click here for hardcopy

Please make checks payable to "Georgia Local Section - AIHA" and mail to:
Ed Grunwald
Parsons Engineering Science
5390 Triangle Parkway, Suite 100
Norcross, GA 30092                                           Phone: 678-969-2394

Agenda

Time

Topic

Speaker

8:15 - 8:30

Welcome and Business Meeting

Dave Beem, President,
Georgia Local Section, AIHA

8:30 – 9:15

The Risk Management Process

Joe Hamilton III,
Hamilton Dorsey Alston Company

Joe will provide an overview of "business" risk management and insurance for the health and safety professional.

9:15 – 10:00

Strategies for Controlling the Cost of Workers’ Compensation Premiums --Underwriting Perspective

Pat Hopkins, President,
McGriff, Seibels & Williams of Georgia, Inc.

Pat will explain how an underwriter calculates the premium for workers’ compensation insurance and how health/safety professionals can influence the underwriting process to reduce cost and improve value to their employers.

10:00 – 10:30

Break to meet our vendor partners

10:30 – 11:15

Strategies for Controlling the Cost of Workers’ Compensation (WC) Premiums -
Claims Perspective

Todd Handelman,
Law Offices of Gardner, Willis, Sweat & Goldsmith, LLP

Claim costs drive insurance premiums. Todd will describe the key elements of effective claim management systems, and provide an update on recent regulatory and case law developments affecting WC claims.

11:15 – 12:00

Case Study in WC Premium Cost Control for a Metal Parts Company

Mark Beverwyck, CET, Risk Management Partners, LLC

Mark will provide a case study to illustrate the effect of loss/cost control strategies in a manufacturing environment, and its impact on insurance premiums.

12:00 – 1:15

Lunch

1:15 – 2:00

Basics of Liability Insurance

Andi Newman, J.D.,
Pritchard & Jerden, Inc.

Andi will describe various liability coverages and how they relate to each other (general liability, auto, professional, pollution, internet, medical malpractice, liquor, etc.)

2:00 – 2:45

Professional and Pollution Liability for Health/Safety Professionals

Chris Sweeney, Paragon Insurance Service

Do you need liability insurance? Chris will answer this question as it relates to corporate and consulting health/safety professionals. He will also discuss various sources of liability insurance and typical costs for the health/safety professions.

2:45 – 3:00

Break

3:00 – 3:45

NIOSH Response to Anthrax

Lisa Delaney,
NIOSH Hazard Evaluations and Technical Assistance Branch

Lisa will provide an overview of recent NIOSH Anthrax assessments, sampling and analytical methods used, PPE logic for protection of NIOSH and other personnel, and results from monitoring samples (if available).

3:45 – 4:30

Observations and Photos from Ground Zero -IH and Safety Issues

Timothy Jiggens, MSPH, CIH, NREMT, CDC

The World Trade Center disaster and ensuing recovery highlight the need for industrial hygienists and safety professionals in times of crisis. For a variety of reasons, this need went largely unfulfilled.  Timothy will show photos taken during the recovery phase of the disaster to illustrate IH & safety issues and facilitate discussion of the issues one should consider to prepare for a disaster response.

4:30

Drawing for Door Prizes

For further information about the meeting, please call Kevin Gara, ATC Associates, 770-427-9456
ABIH Certification Maintenance (CM) points have been applied for.