Industry Expert To Address Covid-Related Public Insurance Issues

Marlene Lang
·2 min read

WEST CHESTER, PA — The municipal insurance marketplace has experienced a big shift in recent months, and Chester County is providing a venue for residents to consider current events, insurance, and business. Topics will include cyber and law enforcement liability.

The Chester County COVID-19 Business Task Force continues a series of free webinars on Thursday Aug. 13 at 3:30 p.m. This week's webinar will address how current events and societal shifts are changing the municipal insurance marketplace. More specifically, the webinar addresses how coverages will change and how claims are now handled.

The key speaker is Robert Hall, Senior Vice President and Senior Risk manager for Francis Hall Insurance Services. Francis Hall has since 1946 managed risk for municipalities in the Delaware Valley, custom-fitting risk management solutions for public entities.

Hall will cover business interruption, third party liability, crime and fidelity, law enforcement liability, and cyber liability.

"A global pandemic, political and civil unrest, changes in work and life behaviors; if there is one thing today that's certain, it’s uncertainty," said Hall.

Participants in the webinar will have the chance to ask questions after the presentation's speakers conclude.

The webinar is free, hosted by Chester County Commissioners Marian Moskowitz, Josh Maxwell and Michelle Kichline. It is backed by the County's nine chambers of commerce, and other economic, education and government leaders—all members of the COVID-19 Business Task Force and its Restore Chester County initiative.

To join the webinar Aug. 13, go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88534656238?pwd=eDFSNUFYZDBnNUpZNGJIOHkwUllOZz09.

Slides and resources from previous webinars can be found at www.restorechestercounty.org.
Through the site, businesses, organizations, and residents can navigate through these
materials and other reopening guidelines with both overall and industry-specific guidance
relating to COVID-19.

The Chester County COVID-19 Business Task Force is dedicated to developing the best practices for Chester County businesses to reopen and to restoring the county's quality of place amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

This article originally appeared on the West Chester Patch