Property Insurance: Alternative Strategies & Solutions

CPE: 1 Credit Hour
Intended Audience: Geared for all cooperative types.

Join us for this 60-minute Zoom where Ross Milne, VP, Food & Agribusiness, Cottingham & Butler will provide an updated overview of the current property market and analyze the key factors shaping the landscape. The session will explore market drivers and present our outlook for 2025. But more importantly, we'll dive deeper into actionable strategies designed to help you achieve better outcomes in both the short and long term.

This webinar will not only touch on the current market conditions but also focus on alternative solutions and proactive strategies that can help you optimize your property insurance, now and into the future.

Key Takeaways:
• Understand the current state of the property marketplace.
• Identify the factors driving present and future market conditions.
• Discover strategies to improve your property insurance outcomes, both for your next renewal and long-term planning.

Presenter and Moderator Bios

Presenter: Alex Portwood, CPCU, AU, AFIS, PCQI, Risk Management Consultant, Cottingham & Butler Risk Management Practice

Alex is a Risk Management Consultant at Cottingham and Butler. He is a member of Cottingham & Butler's specialized Food and Agribusiness practice. Specialization in a specific market allows Alex to act as a true trusted adviser to his clients, based on his expertise and knowledge of the specific industries within the Food and Agribusiness sector. Establishing and maintaining close relationships with clients allows Alex to have a high level of engagement in developing best practices for risk and safety management. This ultimately helps his goal to reduce frequency and severity of claims and overall cost of insurance in the long term for the companies he partners with.

Prior to being in his current role, Alex oversaw and marketed large complex food and commercial agribusiness accounts directly with insurance carriers. He built property and casualty programs to meet specific needs and risk profiles of food and agribusiness companies.

EDUCATION:
• Bachelor Degree in Business Marketing and Sales from St. Ambrose University
• CPU- Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter
• AU- Associate in Commercial Underwriting
• AFIS- Agribusiness Farm Insurance Specialist
• PCQI- Preventive Controls Qualified Individual

Moderator: Wayne Sine, Education Director, National Society of Accountants for Cooperatives

After retiring as Tax Director for Southern States Cooperative, Wayne Sine was asked to serve as Education Director for NSAC. He has been a long-time and active member of NSAC, having served as past President of the Atlantic Chapter and past Chair of the Tax Committee. In addition to his work with NSAC, Wayne has served on the Legal, Tax, and Accounting (LTA) Committee of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, Chaired the Tax Committees for both the Virginia Chamber of Commerce and the Virginia Manufacturers Association, served on the Tax Policy Committee of the Virginia Society of CPAs, and served as past Region Vice President for the Tax Executives Institute.