July Private Duty Lunch Chat: Insurance Claims - The Unlucky Number Seven (Zoom)

Description

We invite you to join HCAF for this informative chat about hot topics affecting the Private Duty home care sector. As a benefit of membership, these monthly online programs are offered at no cost to Private Care & Medicaid Specialty members.

Topic: Insurance Claims - The Unlucky Number Seven

Every home care agency faces risk—but understanding the most common claims can help you better protect your business.

Join us for "The Unlucky Number Seven," where we'll explore the seven most common insurance claims we've encountered over the past 15 years of working with home care agencies. Through real-world claim scenarios, we'll discuss how insurance coverage responds, identify common gaps and exposures, and share practical strategies to help agency owners reduce their risk.

Whether you're looking to strengthen your risk management practices or gain a better understanding of your insurance coverage, this session will provide actionable insights to help safeguard your agency, your caregivers, and your bottom line.

Meet the Speakers

Gary Kalina | Senior Commercial Insurance Specialist, Inszone

As a Commercial Insurance professional, Gary Kalina is charged with providing his clients, and prospective clients, with a full-service solution to risk transfer, risk financing and insurance placements. Gary’s philosophy is that a commercial insurance program is not a commodity that can be simplified into solely a “market price”. Instead, his goal is to work with his company partners to affect his customer’s bottom lines. 

When he does take a break from work, Gary enjoys living in the northern suburbs of Chicago with his wife and two daughters.

Dennis Powers | Senior Commercial Insurance Specialist, Inszone

Dennis Powers is a Senior Commercial Insurance Specialist at Inszone Insurance Services, joining Inszone in December 2021 after the merger with Lamb, Little & Co.  Dennis began his career as a private investigator over 29 years ago, specializing in investigating fraudulent insurance claims against employers. He then (prior to becoming an insurance agent) spent over 10 years working as a multi-line claims adjuster with a primary focus on workers compensation claims.

Dennis is a graduate of Western Illinois with a degree in Criminal Justice. In addition, he has attained his Associate in Risk Management (ARM), Associate in Claims (AIC), is a Senior Claims Law Associate (SCLA) and a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU).

Dennis is currently working with small to middle market businesses and has specialized in the design, marketing, and implementation of a client-oriented insurance program.  He also provides an expertise in applying the appropriate resources to help his clients contain cost by managing their exposure to risk.  His clients include manufacturers, social service agencies, residential cleaners, contractors, and other companies.

He lives with his wife, Jill, in Mount Prospect, IL and they have one child, AJ, who is a student at Ole Miss.  In his off time, Dennis enjoys golfing, going to concerts and is a movie fan, specifically the scary ones.

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