Learn the essentials of employment practices liability insurance to make sure you’re covered.
This material will address the essentials of employment practices liability insurance (EPLI), both in terms of the essentials of a standard EPLI policy, as well as issues for advising employers on purchasing EPLI. This topic will cover the attributes of an EPLI policy, and the issues which companies should be aware of in assessing coverage and purchasing EPLI.Learning Objectives
- You will be able to review the historical evolution of EPLI coverage and the current state of the market.
- You will be able to discuss the range of claims covered by EPLI, and typical exclusions from coverage.
- You will be able to identify recurring issues with EPLI coverage.
- You will be able to discuss hot trends with the EPLI market.
Live Webinar Registration
ASA 1.0: This program may qualify for 1.0 continuing education hour(s) towards maintaining your ASA credential. Please retain proof of attendance in the event your CE record is audited.AK CLE 1.0: Alaska attorneys may receive 1.0 hours of continuing legal education for completing this program.
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HI CLE 1.0: This program was approved by the Hawaii State Board of Continuing Legal Education for 1.0 CLE credit hours.
IL CLE 1.0: This course was approved for a total of 1.0 hours of MCLE Credit by the Illinois MCLE Board.
MN CLE 1.0 (Pending): This program has been submitted to the Minnesota Board of Continuing Legal Education. Approval pending.
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NJ CLE 1.3: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 1.3 hours of total CLE credit.
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OH CLE 1.25 (Pending): This course has been submitted to the Supreme Court of Ohio Commission on Continuing Legal Education for 1.25 CLE hours. Approval pending.
PA CLE 1.0: This Distance Learning program has been approved by the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board for 1.0 hours of substantive law, practice and procedure CLE credit.
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VT CLE 1.0: This program has been approved by the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Board of Vermont for 1.0 hours of CLE credit.
WI CLE 1.0: This program has been approved by the Board of Bar Examiners for 1.0 hours for use toward the Wisconsin Mandatory CLE requirement.
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HR Certification Institute 1.0: This program has been pre-approved for 1.0 (General) recertification credit hours toward aPHR®, aPHRi(TM), PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi(TM), and SPHRi(TM) recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®).
SHRM 1.0: The provider is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CPSM or SHRM-SCPSM. This program is valid for 1.0 PDC(s) for the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP.
CPE 1.2 including Business Management and Organization 1.2: The provider is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. CPE Credit: Maximum Credit Hours: 1.2 each session (based on a 50 minute credit hour). You must attend at least 50 minutes to obtain credit. Field of Study: Business Management and Organization for 1.2 hours. Prerequisite: Level of Knowledge: Intermediate. Teaching Method: Seminar/Lecture. Advance Preparation: None. Delivery Method: Group Internet Based. Please refer to the information in this brochure for outline, course content and objectives. Upon completion of this course, you will receive a certificate of attendance. Final approval of a course for CPE credit belongs with each state's regulatory board.
Please note: In order to receive CPE credit for this course you MUST use the streaming audio option, as well as enable and complete the required progress checks.
OnDemand Course
This course was last revised on October 21, 2020.CA MCLE 1.5: The provider is a State Bar of California approved MCLE sponsor and this course qualifies for 1.5 CLE hours of participatory credit.
To earn each credit the provider offers through the OnDemand learning platform, you need to watch 100% of the program. Also, for certain credits you will need to fulfill additional requirements which will be displayed on the 'credits' tab when viewing the course.
This program does NOT qualify, nor meet the National Standard for NASBA accreditation.
Who should attend?
This live webinar is designed for human resource managers, attorneys, CEOs, CFOs, controllers, presidents, vice presidents, owners, and insurance professionals.Faculty
Gerald L. Maatman, Jr.Partner and Chair, Workplace Class Action Group - Duane Morris LLP
- Successfully defended the largest EEOC pattern or practice lawsuit ever prosecuted in the history of the Commission, the largest age discrimination collective action ever brought in Illinois, and the first sexual harassment class action brought by a State Attorney General in the United States
- Has written and lectured widely on all aspects of labor and employment law, including an annual, one-of-a-kind go-to research and resource guide for businesses and their corporate counsel facing complex litigation
- Graduate of Washington & Lee University and the Northwestern University School of Law, where is he adjunct professor
Partner at Surdyk & Kachoyeanos
- Over 25 years’ experience in representing clients in complex commercial disputes
- Has extensive litigation and insurance coverage experience in directors and officers, employment practices liability, and insurance companies professional liability insurance matters as well as other professional liability and general liability matters; on the insurance coverage side, he has handled virtually every major professional liability coverage and bad faith issue
- Has been lead counsel in litigated coverage cases involving issues of late notice, claims made and reported, rescission, dishonesty exclusions, personal profit exclusions, employment-related exclusions, consent to settle, insured versus insured exclusions, other insurance clauses, allocation, definition of claim, uninsurability, cooperation clauses, statutory bad faith, common law bad faith, punitive damages, and various other policy clauses
- Has drafted policies and applications for directors and officers policies, employment practice policies, errors and omissions policies; media liability policies; food borne illness policies, and reinsurance treaties
- A frequent lecturer on trial practice issues, professional liability issues and insurance coverage topics and has been a guest speaker at conferences and seminars in various cities including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Las Vegas, Chicago, New York, Orlando, London, Zurich, Munich and Tokyo and has argued insurance coverage cases before the Fifth and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeals
- Co-wrote The EPL Book: A Practical Guide To Employment Practices Liability And Insurance published in 1997; he is also co-editor of three text books published by the Professional Liability Underwriting Society in 1992 titled, Directors & Officers Liability Insurance, Professional Liability Insurance Non-Medical, and Professional Liability Insurance Medical
- Admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois, the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, the Illinois Supreme Court and is admitted in New York
- J.D. Degree, magna cum laude, The University of Illinois College of Law at Champaign-Urbana; B.S. Degree, magna cum laude, Loyola University of Chicago
