Diane Mika Presenting at Human Capital Management Excellence Conference

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Mutually Assured Success: How to leverage external training to manage risk, boost learner engagement and educate customers

Presented by:
Diane P. Mika, Senior Vice President, Director of Risk Management Education, Berkley Design Professional
Adam Ballhaussen, Senior Director of Customer Education and Advocacy, Docebo

Tuesday, January 31, 2023
1:15 PM to 1:45 PM

When an action or system benefits all parties involved, it’s called mutually assured success. For example, when an employee education program helps people grow their careers and equips them with the skills that their organization needs. It’s a win-win.

Berkley Design Professional—a professional liability insurance company for architects and engineers—built an extended enterprise learning program that created mutually assured success for them and their clients. Policyholders who use the LMS make fewer claims, smaller claims, and renew their policies more often. Both parties are saving time and resources on claims, payouts, and deductibles.

Even more incredibly, these tailored learning programs were so compelling and effective that making them available to prospective customers helped Berkley close more deals, going from a conversion rate of 15% to over 90%!

Join this session to learn how Berkley DP’s team built and deployed their BDP Risk®️ learning platform with Docebo and their secrets and tips for exceptional results.

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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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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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How Valuable is Berkley Design Professional’s First Claim Deductible Credit?

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

While professional liability is a real risk to all design firms and purchasing professional liability insurance is a prudent course of action, the fact is that many design firms never have a claim. Berkley Design Professional’s First Claim Deductible Credit recognizes that fact and provides policyholders with significant savings on their deductible if they meet the requirements in the policy.

The specific policy1 language is:
If the first Claim you ever report to us is made against you:

  1. Greater than 24 months after the Knowledge Date shown on the Policy Declarations, then your Deductible obligation for that Claim may be reduced by 25%, subject to a maximum reduction of $40,000; or
  2. Greater than 36 months after the Knowledge Date shown on the Policy Declarations, then your Deductible obligation for that Claim may be reduced by 50%, subject to a maximum reduction of $40,000

If more than one Deductible Credit applies, your Deductible obligation will be reduced by 50%, subject to a maximum reduction of 50%.

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