Commercial marine seminars have been scheduled March 22 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. and Sept. 12 in Tampa by LIG Educational and Consulting Services, of St. Petersburg, Fla., an insurance wholesaler specializing in all lines of commercial marine insurance and other select classes of business.
The Fort Lauderdale Marine Contractor’s Workshop will offer six hours continuing education credit. The course provides a wealth of information on a variety of topics including: CGL, protection and indemnity, forms comparison, inclusion/exclusion of crew, equipment, dock and pier coverages and limitations, CCC issues with ship repairers, wharfingers, terminal operators and stevedores legal liability. Additionally, the typical policy structure in the Collision and Towers Liability Form is discussed with examples provided of how to avoid potential E&O claims by properly structuring this form. Included also is a discussion of longshore and maritime exposures.
The Sept. 12 commercial marine seminars in Tampa will feature a three-hour course on Navigating Marine Workers’ Compensation, and a three-hour course on Navigating Commercial Marine Liabilities. Both courses qualify for continuing education.
The workers’ compensation course is an expansive discussion of the Longshore and Harborworkers Act, maritime employers liability, Merchant Marine Act (The Jones Act), protection and indemnity and all forms of marine exposure for employees. The class also discusses how to properly identify these various exposures, the recommended coverages for them, plus how they fit into a risk management program of businesses with maritime exposures.
The commercial marine liabilities seminar covers third-party liabilities, such as commercial general liability and major exclusions and limitations in non-marine forms. Other topics include: protection and indemnity coverage; major exclusions; a comparison of forms in common use; crew coverage; care, custody, and control liability; wharfingers; terminal operators; stevedores legal liability; common endorsements; umbrellas; and bumbershoots.
Tuition costs $125 per day, which includes a workbook, continental breakfast from 8:30 to 9 a.m., the first session from 9 a.m. to noon, lunch from noon to 1 p.m., the second session is from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., and coffee breaks.
The March 22 seminar will be held at the Sheraton Fort Lauderdale Airport Hotel, 1825 Griffin Road, Dania Beach, FL 33004, (954) 920-3500.
The Sept. 12 seminar will be held at the Double Tree Hotel, Westshore Airport, 4500 West Cypress St., Tampa, FL 33067, (813) 998-2251.
More information about the seminars and registration information is available at www.LIGECS.com., or (727) 578-2800.
Topics Commercial Lines
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