Berkley Design Professional’s BDP Risk® Learning Management System Wins Gold in 2024 Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards

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Monterey, Calif., October 28, 2024 – The BDP Risk® Learning Management System (LMS) from Berkley Design Professional, a division of Berkley Alliance Managers, a Berkley Company, has won a Brandon Hall Group Excellence Award for Learning for the sixth consecutive year. This year’s Gold Award for “Best Custom Content” recognizes Berkley Design Professional for the launch of its successful Online Broker Academy, a training platform for both new and seasoned brokers.

This highly coveted honor, which recognizes self-paced, custom-designed online courses related to workplace learning, marks the seventh Brandon Hall Group Excellence Award for the BDP Risk® Learning Management System (LMS) and the first for the Online Broker Academy.

“Our new Online Broker Academy, offered through the BDP Risk® Learning Management System, provides an easily accessible training platform to educate brokers about Berkley Design Professional and the A&E industry. From educational materials about our products and services to tools to help onboard new A&E professional liability brokers, the Online Broker Academy has created an increase in agency staff engagement,” said Candelario Lopez, Learning Management Team Lead, Berkley Design Professional.

“Broker feedback tells us that they value these resources, and as a result, we are continually adding new content on the topics of underwriting, claims, risk management and BDP Risk® to meet their training needs,” continued Lopez.

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Berkley Design Professional’s BDP Risk® Learning Management System Wins Gold in 2023 Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards

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Monterey, Calif. (December 5, 2023) – The BDP Risk® Learning Management System (LMS) from Berkley Design Professional (BDP), a division of Berkley Alliance Managers, a Berkley Company, has won a Brandon Hall Group Excellence Award for Learning for the fifth consecutive year. This year’s Gold Award for “Best Advance in Custom Content” recognizes Berkley Design Professional’s success in increasing user engagement with the addition of learning plans tailored to specific roles or topic areas.

This highly-coveted honor, which recognizes self-paced, custom-designed online courses related to workplace learning, marks the sixth Brandon Hall Group Excellence Award for the BDP Risk® Learning Management System (LMS) program.

“BDP Risk® is a state-of-the-art risk management program and LMS platform that provides policyholders with valuable educational resources to help them prevent professional liability claims, improve management practices, enhance business performance and qualify for premium rating credits,” said Diane P. Mika, senior vice president, risk management officer at Berkley Design Professional. “By adding curated learning plans based on policyholders’ interests, experience level and role, BDP Risk® enables them to complete a series of courses suited to their professional development and risk management needs.”

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BDP Risk® Delivers Mutually Assured Success

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By Diane Mika
Vice President, Director of Risk Management Education
Berkley Design Professional, a Berkley Company

At its simplest, insurance can be described as “a piece of paper and a promise.” Customers buy a
piece of paper (an insurance policy) and the insurance company promises to pay in the event there
is a claim.

It’s no secret that professional liability claims against architects and engineers can be expensive—both to the insurance company (cost of resolving claims and paying damages) and to the policyholder (paying deductibles). In addition to the hard costs of resolving a claim, design firms must also absorb the soft costs: lost staff time, lost opportunities, diminished relationships and increased future insurance premiums.

Therefore, the key to mutually assured success is mitigating claims. That’s where BDP Risk® comes in!

Our risk management education program provides relevant learning from the practitioner’s perspective coupled with the wisdom of decades of experience in the insurance industry. Based on a solid understanding of what factors and situations lead to claims against architects and engineers, our BDP Risk® training resources, materials and courses are designed to teach effective practices and strategies that can be put to immediate use to help customers avoid risk and reduce the frequency and severity of claims.

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How Can BDP Risk® Help You? Our Top 5 Concierge-Level Services

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By Candelario Lopez
Senior Learning Management Specialist
Berkley Alliance Managers, a Berkley Company

August 11, 2022

Design professionals and agents are busy people.

Fortunately, Berkley Design Professional’s Learning Management System (LMS), BDP Risk® offers several services that can save them time when they need risk or practice management advice. Here are the top five Concierge-Level services for both design professionals and brokers.

Design Professional Policyholders

1. Anytime Access and Support
Policyholders can access the BDP Risk® LMS at any time from any device! For questions, about how to do something or to start a learning path, you can contact a real person at 831.293.6254. If you prefer, you can also email [email protected] and your request will be answered promptly. You are only a phone call or email from receiving our Concierge-Level services.

2. Course Recommendations
We take the guess work out of choosing the correct course by providing recommendations to assist you in meeting your risk management or licensing requirements. Simply ask!

3. Tailored Learning Plans
We have created Learning Plans for various stages of a design professional’s career to assist you in making the correct decision and eliminating the guess work. These Learning Plans contain the courses recommended to obtain the knowledge you seek and are organized in a specific sequence to maximize effectiveness.

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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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10 Reasons Why Design Firms Should Use the BDP Risk® Learning Management System

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By Robert J. Connor, JD, CIC
Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, Berkley Alliance Managers, a Berkley Company

July 12, 2021

Design professionals are busy these days and often find it difficult to step back from their day-to-day business responsibilities to delve into the world of risk management education.

Fortunately, Berkley Design Professional has made it easy for our policyholders to find just the right risk management sessions and courses! The BDP Risk® Learning Management System (LMS), provides 24/7 online access to relevant risk and practice management content, streamlined online learning and education activity tracking and reporting.

Let’s take a look at the top ten reasons to use the BDP Risk® LMS today!

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