MARSH

Derek Hanson, CBCP

Senior consultant, Risk Consulting Practice

In this role he is responsible for the development, management and delivery of business resiliency solutions for his clients. Derek works with clients to design, to implement and to maintain business continuity risk management by working with them to better understand the risks and the potential impacts to their organization, to quantify risk investments and to implement appropriate strategies.
Derek has assisted over fifty companies with all aspects of continuity planning including business impact analysis, strategy evaluation and selection, plan development, testing, training, plan implementation and maintenance. He has provided services to consumer industrial products, financial services, not-for-profit, pharmaceutical, technology, telecommunications, utilities, professional sports and higher education organizations and companies.

Brad Wruck, AAI, CIC, ARM

Client executive/Client manager, National Brokerage segment (Minneapolis office)

In this dual capacity, he is responsible for relationship management, client advisory and insurance program design/placement. Brad’s activities include carrier evaluation, policy/program analysis, and overall program negotiations. In addition, Brad manages Marsh team resources on behalf of his clients, as well as the oversight of industry marketing, coverage analysis, and service aspects of the client relationship.
Brad joined Marsh in 2004, carrying with him 17 years experience in the insurance industry. Of these 17 years, 15 were spent in commercial lines property, casualty, and risk management practice; with the majority of these years (11) spent in commercial lines sales and consulting with national risk management brokers.

Session Breakdown

Companies operate in a highly competitive and integrated environment where business interruption can turn into significant lost revenue, a host of fines from regulatory bodies, and loss of market confidence. A disruption anywhere within a company’s operations or along its supply chain can cause severe financial and operational impacts as illustrated by recent events including: the earthquake and tsunami in Japan; volcanic eruption in Iceland; flooding in the Midwest and Northeastern United States; and a number of more localized events. As such, companies have to consider the risks beyond the operations they directly own and control.

Due to the myriad of internal and external pressures, it is vital that companies minimize risk exposure—diminish its impact—and in the process, leverage the opportunities it often reveals. As part of this session, Marsh will present and will facilitate a dialog with participants around the components of an integrated business continuity risk management program. This includes sharing current and emerging (best) practices to help your company assess, mitigate, and transfer your risks and to build a business case for a business continuity risk management program that effectively allocates risk capital, protects organizational priorities, and ensures compliance with industry standards and regulations.