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Webinar Recording Now Available: Cybersecurity Survival Guide from Expert IT, Cyber, and Claims Panel

… ARe) designations by the Institutes. Vin Caracciolo Managing Director of Claims & Coverage Advocacy, EPIC Vincent is the Managing Director of Claims and Coverage Advocacy with EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants and is based in the New York City office. He provides coverage, brokerage and claims advocacy services to the firm’s clients. Vincent’s concentration at EPIC focuses on the Directors & Officers Liability, Errors & Omissions, Fidelity, Fiduciary, Private Equity, Financial Institutions, Employment Practices Liability and Cyber/Privacy Liability lines of business. Vincent joined EPIC in August 2016. Since 1991, Vincent’s experience has spanned that of a practicing attorney, a professional …

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EPIC Adds William Schoenbach as Managing Principal

EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants announced today that William Schoenbach is joining its growing Financial Services business. Schoenbach brings a wealth of knowledge to his role, where he will focus on providing risk management and transactional risk services in the financial services sector. This includes family offices, private equity firms, hedge funds, business development companies, venture capitalists, special purpose acquisition companies, REITS, and centers of influence in the mergers and acquisition space. His experience in the Alternative Asset Management industry will bring added value to EPIC and its clients. Additionally, Schoenbach will originate and manage key relationships. “We are thrilled that …

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Urgent Care – Too Much of a Good Thing?

… design requires the member to seek standard settings of care as opposed to visiting the urgent care for a follow-up visit. Additionally, employers should discuss with their carriers what negotiation strategies they are implementing to reduce the cost of urgent care contracts. And of course, communication is key. These alternative settings, while cheaper than the ER, are not cheap. Members should be made aware – particularly those in high-deductible plans – that it’s not necessarily the most efficient setting, even if it beats the ER. Our private market healthcare system will always find new opportunities to drive more …

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EPIC Welcomes John Prentis and Larry Bowlus to Executive Risk and Cyber Practice

… team leader within the same group, specializing in D&O and management liability insurance programs for public and private companies. Both bring a breadth of experience across industry groups, with deep experience handling executive risks for technology, life science companies and financial institutions, among many others in the public and private sectors. “We are extremely pleased to welcome John and Larry to EPIC,” said Steve Denton, EPIC CEO. “Their experience serving large publicly traded clients and deep expertise in the technology sector fits perfectly with our deep resources currently deployed in the large account risk management sector. In fact, they …

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Education

… Our focus is creating strategies that provide coverage for school property, children, teachers, course of construction, and active assailant threats. We work hand in hand with you to develop the best plans and programs, and are here to help manage incidents, should they occur. Our Education Practice serves Charter Schools, Private Schools, Public Schools, and Universities. Connect with Sales Your Partner Through It All Our Approach Our One Link concept means we are both client and market facing. We achieve differentiated results by coupling our intimate knowledge of school success, risk appetite, reputational risk, and defined goals with direct market …

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EPIC Named to Inc. 5000 List

… of EPIC. “Our people are the strength of our performance and the reason for our success. We also appreciate the loyalty of our amazing clients. Despite the unforeseen challenges the pandemic has thrust upon us all, our unique culture, strong performance, growth and innovation will continue in the months and years ahead.” Companies that made this year’s list achieved an incredible three-year average growth of more than 500 percent, and a median rate of 165 percent. EPIC is proud to continue its rank among the most successful private companies in America. View Us on the Inc. 5000 List

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Flight to Quality

… law would be beneficial for the country (hint: it varied based upon your economic and employment position), as a young actuarial healthcare consultant, I was looking at the 30-year+ career ahead of me and wondering if this would change everything – perhaps jeopardizing my livelihood should employers mass exit the private health insurance markets. In reality, just the opposite took hold. The confusion and complexity that overcame the market created the greatest opportunity for healthcare consultants since the HMO wave of the mid-90s. Employers were desperate to receive honest, unbiased analyses of pay-or-play cost modeling. Not to …

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Covering Coronavirus: Risk Considerations Volume 1, Issue 10

… (Families First Coronavirus Response Act), lawsuits from employees alleging employers have violated the provisions of that Act are beginning to emerge. In a recent example of a developing case, Jones v. Eastern Airlines, an employee alleges that her supervisor became hostile when she requested two hours of paid time off per day to care for her son, an allowance that is provided through the FFCRA. Instead of receiving the time off, the employee was fired. The FFCRA mandates that private employers with less than 500 employees as well as public sector employers, provide time off to workers who are …

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