EVENT: The Other Side of Workplace Risks - Protecting Your Management Team

Description

Presentation by:

Andrew Dawson Victorian Manager, FINEX Australia

Graham Kenafacke National Manager, Work Health and Safety, Workplace Risk Practice

Graham will present on the current risk environment in the workplace health and safety space. As a former Manager Investigations and an Inspector at WorkSafe, Graham is well placed to provide a practical and “real world” view of the environment and exposures that all senior managers, directors and officers face in the current environment, with a focus on the exposures that are faced immediately following a serious incident and current trends from regulators.

D&O has traditionally been viewed as the default policy to protect senior managers and directors for claims against them arising out of workplace risks, but is this appropriate? Andrew will discuss the various insurance protections available to directors and senior management and will provide commentary on the common pitfalls and gaps in cover contained in many traditional insurance policies.

Graham Kenafacke is the National Manager – Workplace Health and Safety for Willis Workplace Risk. Graham has over 12 years’ experience in safety, having been a Senior Internal Review Officer, Manager Investigations and an Inspector at WorkSafe Victoria. Graham has extensive practical experience in dealing with the many health and safety factors faced by persons conducting undertakings, across all industry sectors and his experience offers valuable insight into the regulatory mind-set and the practical operation of WHS/OHS legislation.

Andrew Dawson is responsible for Willis’ financial and executive risks practice (“FINEX”) in Melbourne. He has significant experience in many forms of financial and executive risk protection, including Directors and Officers, Management Liability, and Statutory Liability insurances. Andrew has recently been involved in the drafting of insurance policies specifically drafted and tailored to workplace health and safety risks and has valuable expertise in the complexity of mapping these risks to insurance policies.