Description:
Like contractual indemnification and insurance clauses, risk management and legal departments should cooperatively function to facilitate comprehensive risk management. Consider these two departments’ mutual objective to minimize liability and losses. Guage the negative implications of the silo effect—from dampened communication and collaboration to risk management mistakes in contracts, claims handling, transactions and legal compliance.
Focus on how the typical roles and responsibilities of risk professionals and in-house and outside counsel can dovetail to avoid these pitfalls. Study the success stories and learn from the failures that illustrate what happens when risk professionals and counsel fail to take advantage of opportunities for collaboration.
Learning Objectives:
- Appreciate the perspectives of the legal department, general counsel and outside counsel.
- Enumerate strategies for working with legal counsel to optimize risk management.
- Employ success stories to build your case for a collaborative risk management and legal approach.
Speakers:
John Koch, Shareholder, Insurance Counseling and Recovery, Flaster Greenberg
Laura Hatton, Risk Manager, Burnham Holdings, Inc.
Date & Time:
Monday, May 4, 2026
2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Location:
Pennsylvania Convention Center
1101 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19107
