Skyrocketing Liability Claims and the Casualty Market

Carleen Patterson, ARM-P, CIC, CRM, FVP, National Practice Leader, Alliant Insurance Services, Inc.
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January 19 | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST

The public entity casualty market continues to be challenging – especially in jurisdictions with no tort caps or sovereign immunity protections. This session will cover the current challenges in the liability market, what is driving increased costs of liability claims and what public entities can do to positively impact their casualty program given external factors.

Attendee Takeaways:

  1. Identify key challenges in the casualty insurance market
  2. Understand the biggest contributing factors
  3. Learn what you can do to have a positive impact on your casualty program given external factors

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Presenter

Carleen Patterson, ARM-P, CIC, CRM, FVP, National Practice Leader, Alliant Insurance Services, Inc.

Carleen joined the Alliant Insurance Services team in 2020. Carleen is the national public entity and higher education practice leader. She works with higher education and public entity clients across the United States providing insurance brokerage and risk management expertise. Carleen’s expertise includes the design and negotiation of client insurance programs, evaluation and analysis of alternative risk transfer plans including captive plans, risk management evaluations and the creation of complex property risk and insurance programs. She has been in the insurance industry since 1988. Prior to Alliant, Carleen served in a similar role for a large, international broker. She has risk management, claims and insurance brokerage experience; and has spent the last 21 years specializing in self-insurance and insurance brokerage and consulting for higher education institutions as well as large public entity clients. Her expertise is in the design and implementation of large property and casualty insurance programs.

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