Peace of Mind: Insuring Your Crew & Captain’s Well-Being

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Join us for a panel-style presentation on the benefits of obtaining marine license & professional liability insurance for yourself or your USCG-licensed captains and crew (if you’re a company, union, or professional association).  On average, the USCG investigates more than 4,000 reportable incidents per year.  USCG or other regulatory authority investigations can result in fines, suspension and revocation hearings, and additional out of pocket legal fees or liabilities stemming from shipping casualties or vessel incidents.  Like all credentialed professionals, USCG-licensed individuals depend on their licensure to maintain their livelihood and authority to provide professional services. By obtaining professional liability and license insurance, employers demonstrate their commitment to their crew’s well-being, livelihood, and grant peace of mind.

During our webinar, we'll discuss:

• The USCG as a regulatory authority, coverages available to mariners, and USCG data related to investigations and incidents.
• How marine license insurance or additional coverages for captains and crew runs parallel to other insurances in place
• What an individual involved in an incident can expect during an investigation and how does this type of coverage safeguard them and their company at the inception of an incident
• Review of legal case studies and claim scenarios

Speakers

Chris Buseman, Vice President, 360 Coverage Pros Mariner Liability Insurance

Chris Buseman is a Vice President at 360 Coverage Pros, a subsidiary of Arthur J. Gallagher (Gallagher Affinity), and manages all Specialty Insurance Programs including the Marine License & Professional Liability Insurance Program and Marine Artisans Program. Chris has more than 15 years of professional liability insurance and license protection experience and has spoken at various industry conferences, universities, and events.

Brian Murphy, Senior Vice President, Berkley Offshore Underwriters

Brian Murphy currently serves as Senior Vice President – Head of Marine at Berkley Offshore Underwriting Managers (a Berkley company), a position he’s held for the past 13 years.  His marine insurance career spans 30 years, with an increasing focus on marine license insurance the past 15 years.  He holds a B.S. in Marine Transportation from the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, NY.
 

Raul Chacon, Partner, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

Raul Chacon is a board certified maritime and admiralty attorney. He has been practicing law for over 30 years. He has degrees in engineering and law, both from the University of Miami. Prior to his maritime practice, he served as a prosecutor in New York at the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office and then in Miami at the Miami Dade State Attorney’s Office. Since leaving public practice, he has defended various maritime interests, including the defense of licensed mariners concerning their credentials, as well as their defense in civil and criminal matters. For the last 4 years he has been the go to counsel on the Hotline that is available under the policy you will hear about today. Raul is with the law firm of Wilson Elser, a national law firm with over 1200 attorneys. He is the head of their Maritime Practice Group that covers all 50 states, the Caribbean, Central and South America, and Canada. In his spare time he teaches admiralty and maritime law at the University of Miami School of Law and serves as a coach on his daughter’s volleyball team and his son’s basketball and football teams.