Berkley Design Professional’s BDP Risk® Learning Management System Wins Both Gold and Silver 2021 Brandon Hall Group Awards

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Monterey, Calif. (December 15, 2021) – The BDP Risk® Learning Management System (LMS) from Berkley Design Professional (BDP), a division of Berkley Alliance Managers, a Berkley Company, has won the Brandon Hall Group Excellence Award for Learning for the third consecutive year. This year’s Silver Award within the “Best Advance in Custom Content” category reaffirmed Berkley Design Professional’s sustained results in helping design professionals improve their practices and mitigate professional liability claims.

In addition to this highly-coveted honor recognizing self-paced, custom-designed online courses related to workplace learning, the BDP Risk® LMS program also received the Brandon Hall Group 2021 Gold Award for “Best Advance in Creating an Extended Enterprise Learning Program.” The award acknowledges the organization’s successful efforts to attract and retain customers with specialized, impactful content.

“BDP Risk® is a state-of-the art risk management program and LMS platform that helps policyholders avoid professional liability claims, improve management practices, enhance business performance and qualify for premium rating credits,” said Diane P. Mika, vice president and director of risk management education at Berkley Design Professional. “As a result of these widely recognized and value-added benefits, usage of the LMS has helped us attract new clients, retain existing clients and decrease the frequency of claims.”

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Let’s Write More Express 24!

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December 9, 2021

Next time your A&E client needs professional liability insurance, think about Express 24 from Berkley Design Professional!

What’s Express 24? For qualifying firms, Express 24 is a 24-month, guaranteed premium policy with an aggregate limit that spans both policy years.* Best of all, it offers design firms substantial limits at a discounted cost!

This makes Express 24 a great solution for any design firm looking to keep their professional liability insurance and lower their cost. In short, it’s comprehensive coverage at a cost savings!

Sounds great, doesn’t it?

Now, how exactly does it work? Glad you asked! Let’s take a look at an example:

  • XYZ Architects has an Express 24 policy with limits of $1 million per claim / $3 million aggregate
  • This means they have $3 million dollars in limits to span the 24-month policy period! The maximum paid for each claim would be $1 million dollars. The total amount paid for all claims would be $3 million dollars.

To summarize, Express 24 offers an aggregate limit of no less than two times per claim. The aggregate limit spans the full 24 months. Higher policy limits at discounted prices!

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Rhonda Navarrete Joins Berkley Design Professional as an Assistant Vice President, Senior Underwriter

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Monterey, Calif. (December 1, 2021) – Rhonda Navarrete joins Berkley Design Professional, a division of Berkley Alliance Managers, a Berkley Company as an assistant vice president, senior underwriter. She is responsible for underwriting primary and excess business within the retail Architects & Engineers insurance community, building strong broker relationships and achieving profitable growth for Berkley Design Professional’s architects & engineers professional liability portfolio.

“Rhonda’s extensive experience with the design community, professional liability lines and our network of specialty insurance brokers will serve us well,” says Lawrence G. Moonan, executive vice president at Berkley Design Professional. “Rhonda is a seasoned veteran who understands our culture and the urgency we have around serving the needs of our brokers and policyholders. She will be a welcome addition to our talented underwriting team.”

Ms. Navarrete joins Berkley Design Professional with more than 20 years of experience underwriting Architects & Engineers Professional Liability Insurance. She is a licensed insurance agent in the state of California and holds the designations of Registered Professional Liability Underwriter (RPLU) and Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designations. Ms. Navarrete is based in California.

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