Zurich`s Staffing Industry Package Policy Program
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Zurich`s Staffing Industry Package Policy Program
Zurich’s Staffing Industry Package Policy Program: The Next Generation of Staffing Insurance ZProgramsMatch Webinar Series May 24, 2012 1 Agenda • Introductions: Today’s Presenters • Industry Overview • Appetite • Coverage Highlights © Zurich American Insurance Company 2012 • Submission Requirements • Advantages of Zurich’s Program Administrator • ZProgramsMatch.com • Questions and Answers 2 Staffing Industry Insurance Program Specialist Dorothy Taylor, President and Chief Executive Officer for the Program Administrator © Zurich American Insurance Company 2012 • Dorothy has been with the Program Administrator for more than 30 years • Responsible for the development and implementation of this program, one of the most comprehensive staffing industry insurance programs in the market today • As a result of Dorothy’s leadership, the staffing industry is the PA’s sole focus 3 Staffing Industry Insurance Program Specialist Bob Thompson, Vice President for the Program Administrator • Over 20 years of experience with the program manager © Zurich American Insurance Company 2012 • Responsible for new business, broker relations and workers’ compensation • Background in sales and marketing 4 Staffing Industry Insurance Program Specialist Joe DeCarlo, Senior Vice President for the Program Administrator • 30 years of insurance industry experience © Zurich American Insurance Company 2012 • Began career as a commercial casualty underwriter • Held roles of increasing responsibility from Regional Branch Manager to Vice President, insurance agency producer to agency Principal • Has been responsible for the creation and control of insurance programs for such insurance companies as: Zurich American, CNA, AIG, Kemper and Seneca/ Crum & Foster 5 Zurich Program Specialist Mike Dantone, Program Underwriter • Serves as an underwriter within the Professional Services profit center • Joined Zurich in January 2005 © Zurich American Insurance Company 2012 • Responsible for other Professional Liability and multi-line based programs • Holds Registered Professional Liability Underwriter (RPLU) & Associate in Surplus Lines Insurance (ASLI) designations • Earned BBA Degree in Marketing from Briarcliffe College, NY • 6 Industry Overview • For the past 25 years, the staffing industry has been in the top 5 fastest growing in the nation • Staffing companies match millions of people to millions of jobs ‐ ‐ 2.58 million people are employed by staffing companies every business day Over 10 million temporary and contract employees are hired by U.S. staffing firms over the course of a year © Zurich American Insurance Company 2012 • 79% of staffing employees work full time, virtually the same as the rest of the work force • According to the most current U.S. Economic Census data available, there were about 19,000 firms in business for a year or more during 2011. Those companies operated approximately 45,000 offices • Large international firms to small start up firms • Independent firms to franchisors 7 Industry Overview (continued) • Major portion of firms are middle market • Services include: © Zurich American Insurance Company 2012 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ Pay rolling Outsourcing Consulting Vendor management services Managed Service Providers Professional Employer Organizations Various forms of consulting including human resources, risk management, and executive search • Many firms specialize in industry segments: ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ Labor Industrial White collar administrative Professional placements including, but not limited to, architects, engineers, education, financial, IT, and medical 8 Industry Overview (continued) • Industry is constantly evolving, offering broad spectrum of services beyond permanent and temporary/contract labor placements • Truly no area overlooked • Few brokers specialize in staffing, some brokers may handle one or a few staffing firms © Zurich American Insurance Company 2012 • Some brokers focus on workers’ compensation only; others on AOL • Temporary help employment is a major economic indicator • Market is wide open = great opportunity for Zurich brokers! 9 Appetite Staffing firms engaged in all staffing activities and industry types: © Zurich American Insurance Company 2012 • • • • • • Direct hire placements Temporary placements Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs) Administrative Service Organizations (ASOs) Managed Service Providers utilizing a Vendor Management System Coverage is broad enough to encompass any staffing activity not listed Connect with the Program Administrator through www.ZProgramsMatch.com 10 © Zurich American Insurance Company 2012 Coverage Offered Each coverage designed specifically for the staffing industry • Professional liability • Employment practices liability • General liability • Automobile-Owned or just Hired/Non-owned with special extension for temporary employees driving client vehicles • Abusive acts • Employee benefits liability • Stop gap liability • Crime • Umbrella liability • Property • Workers’ compensation* • Also available: D&O, Fiduciary, Cyber/security privacy liability * Workers’ compensation coverage is not available for PEOs through this program 11 Coverage Highlights • Coverage afforded for the placement activities of a staffing firm • Coverage afforded for the services the temporary employees provide to staffing firm’s clients, from clerical workers to industrial workers and professional placements – i.e. accountants, architects, engineers, attorneys, programmers, health care workers • General liability and professional liability written on an Occurrence form-defense outside the limits • General liability removes the Care Custody and Control exclusion 12 Coverage Highlights • Designated per project limit of liability • Blanket additional insured • Primary and noncontributory • Waiver of Subrogation • Clients are insured on the Employment Practices Liability (EPLI) • EPLI includes wrongful business environment coverage 13 Coverage Highlights • Crime coverage for 1st and 3rd party trade secrets and dishonest acts • True world wide coverage • Umbrella policy occurrence coverage, includes casualty business Expense first dollar limit of $250,000 • Umbrella can be written over: Commercial Auto, General Liability, Professional Liability, Employee Benefits Liability, Employers’ Liability , and Employment Practices Liability Ineligible risks: • Temporary placement of physicians and dentists 14 Coverage Highlights Coverage Limits • Underlying up to $10,000,000 available • Umbrella $10,000,000 and higher limits available Geography: • Nationwide – all states, including District of Columbia All non-auditable policies All admitted policies 15 Submission Requirements All lines – (other than workers’ compensation): • Zurich staffing service application (other carrier’s application is acceptable) • 3 years currently valued loss runs • Employee manual may be required Workers’ compensation • Accord application • 3 to 5 years currently valued loss runs Visit www.ZProgramsMatch.com to request contact from the Program Administrator 16 Benefits of Insuring with Zurich’s Program Administrator • Industry specialist – staffing is our only business, sole focus for almost 50 years • In the 1960’s, our founder developed the first policies for the industry; those products became the first program © Zurich American Insurance Company 2012 • Industry expertise – no one knows the staffing industry better than we do • No one has written more policies or worked with more staffing firms • Actuarial analysis is an important part of our review, analyzing loss experience with the intent not to exclude coverage, but understand what happened, why it happened, provide guidance and recommendations on loss prevention and control 17 Benefits of Insuring with Zurich’s Program Administrator • Our business is to help brokers obtain and retain staffing clients, going beyond simply offering a quote or the lowest premium © Zurich American Insurance Company 2012 • Our role is to find solutions • Our alliance with Zurich is based on that – to provide solutions to the staffing industry, allowing one carrier to underwrite the multiple services and industries provided by a staffing firm 18 Benefits of Insuring with Zurich • Zurich is the powerhouse provider of insurance to the Temporary Staffing industry • Over 50 years of experience • Enhanced package policy offering • One of the largest writers of program business in the United States • Superior claims handling: © Zurich American Insurance Company 2012 ‐ ‐ 24/7 claims reporting capabilities Access to experienced defense counsel • Zurich in North America and its member companies, have received an AM Best A+ XV (stable) rating* * Rating as of May 15, 2012. 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For more about the program, or to submit a risk, click on Contact This Program Administrator 22 © Zurich American Insurance Company 2012 ZProgramsMatch Education Center 23 Archived Webinars © Zurich American Insurance Company 2012 Make sure to check out past ZProgramsMatch Webinars at www.ZProgramsMatch.com: • • • • • • • • • Captive solutions Contract litigation insurance Day Spa, Tattoo Studio, Salon Environmental transport Golf and country club Last Mile Delivery Lawyers’ professional liability Logging and Crane contractors Moving and storage • • • • • • • • Program insurance overview Risk engineering Roofing contractors Security guards, private investigators, alarm installers Spill Response System Temporary staffing Travel agent and tour operator US Longshore & harbor workers’ compensation 24 © Zurich American Insurance Company 2012 ZProgramsMatch Forum 25 © Zurich American Insurance Company 2012 Online Video, “The Contest” 26 © Zurich American Insurance Company 2012 Questions 27 Contacts and Resources • Visit www.ZProgramsMatch.com for information about Zurich’s Programs and to request contact from PAs/GAs. © Zurich American Insurance Company 2012 • For general inquiries or feedback about the ZProgramsMatch site, contact us at: [email protected]. Please do not utilize this email box for business submissions. • For suggestions for Webinar topics or if you have difficulty in getting a response from a Program Administrator, contact us at: [email protected] 28 © Zurich American Insurance Company 2012 Thank you for attending! 29 Disclaimers © Zurich American Insurance Company 2012 This is intended as a general description of certain types of insurance and services available to qualified customers through the companies of Zurich in North America. The policy is the contract that specifically and fully describes the coverage. The description of the policy provisions gives a broad overview of coverages and does not revise or amend the policy. Insurance coverages underwritten by individual member companies of Zurich in North America, including Zurich American Insurance Company. Certain coverages are not available in all states. Some coverages may be written on a non-admitted basis through licensed surplus lines brokers. Risk engineering services in the United States are provided by Zurich Services Corporation. ZProgramsMatch.com is a Zurich in North America sponsored Web site that serves as a tool for agents to seek a program administrator who may have an appetite for such risks. Zurich does not guarantee any particular outcome nor guarantee that each and every such risk will be placed or accepted by the participating program administrator. Coverages may not be available in all states. 30 31 © Zurich American Insurance Company 2012