Reclaiming the Insurance Mandate for the C-Suite
Upcoming Dates:
- Sept. 18, 2026: UH Main Campus | Register
Time: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Cost: $950
Course Description
This one-day course empowers executives to transition insurance from an expense item to a strategic asset, optimize broker performance and accountability, and align the risk transfer program with corporate objectives.
Who Should Attend
Chief Risk Officers, Chief Operating Officers, General Counsel, Board Members with risk oversight responsibility, and Operational VPs with direct responsibility for the Corporate Risk Management Program.
Learning Objectives
- Transition your team’s focus from "Buying Policies" to "Optimizing Enterprise Protection."
- Establish clear expectations so that your broker becomes strategic consultant instead of a transactional vendor.
- Design a "Scalable Program" that evolves as your company grows organically and through M&A activity.
- Learn how an executive-led "Risk Story" can differentiate your firm to obtain preferential terms, pricing, and deductibles.
- Leave with a Strategic Mandate to reset expectations with your risk team and brokers on Monday morning.
Agenda
- The Strategic Inventory: Identifying "Commodity" traps in your current program.
- The Economics of Risk: Mastering TCOR.
- The Broker Mandate: Transitioning brokers from vendors to high-accountability advisors.
- Design Thinking: Reimagining program architecture for resilience and ROI.
- Commanding the Market: Leveraging the executive narrative to win preferential terms.
- The Oversight Roadmap: Establishing a governance framework.
Instructor
Nick Kapatos
Professor of Practice
Contact:
713-743-4755
ngkapatos@bauer.uh.edu