Key Insurance Coverage Considerations for Private Equity, Hedge Funds, Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers

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The investment management industry is under greater regulatory scrutiny than ever before. Combined with the threat of cyber breaches and an increase in investor activism, it is imperative for funds, broker-dealers and investment advisers to carefully review their insurance coverage and evaluate its adequacy in the current climate. Through interactive panel discussions, this CLE course will review key coverage issues and explain the various policies and the claims and activities covered by each.

Lecturers for this Course

Ralph A. Siciliano, Esq. Paul Figliozzi Ben Zviti Marc Tauber

Lecturer Bios

Ralph A. Siciliano, Esq.

As head of the Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt's Governmental and Regulatory Investigations Practice, Ralph Siciliano represents investment advisors, private funds, broker-dealers and their associated persons, and officers and directors of publicly held companies in connection with investigations and enforcement proceedings brought by federal and state authorities and self-regulatory organizations, including the SEC, CFTC, FINRA, offices of the United States Attorney, and State Attorneys General. Having held senior enforcement positions in the New York Office of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Ralph has extensive experience dealing with federal and state regulatory agencies and self-regulatory organizations. Ralph also represents officers and directors of public companies and financial services institutions and individuals in securities-related litigations, including the defense of class actions, shareholder derivative actions and claims by bankruptcy trustees. Ralph also has served as counsel to Audit Committees and other Special Committees of the Boards of Directors of public and not-for-profit corporations in connection with corporate governance issues.

Ralph has been selected for inclusion in New York Super Lawyers for 2011-2013.

Paul Figliozzi

Paul Figliozzi is a Managing Director of Marsh Inc, in the Financial and Professional Services (FINPRO) division. Paul advises asset management clients on all aspects of management liability insurance, including counseling them with respect to the D&O insurance aspects of civil litigation and government investigations. Paul also advocates for clients in coverage disputes and litigation with their insurance carriers. Prior to joining FINPRO, Paul led the Fortune 1000 Management Liability team of a leading provider of risk management services. In addition to managing the ten member team, Paul directly assisted a number of financial institution and asset management clients negotiate their D&O liability, employment practices liability, E&O and professional liability insurance policies. Prior to Paul’s ten year brokerage career he was an Underwriting Manager at Gulf Insurance Group (a subsidiary of Citigroup) with a focus on the management liability needs of Asset Managers and Private Equity firms.

Ben Zviti

Ben Zviti joined Marsh FINPRO in 2014 as advisory and placement specialist in the Financial Institutions group. As a client advisor, Ben is responsible for day-to-day servicing of his clients’ needs and contributing in the assessment of his client’s exposures. As a placement specialist, Ben works with client advisors to formulate an appropriate and effective marketing strategy. Ben’s coverage expertise includes fidelity/crime bonds, cyber risk/liability, ERISA fidelity, ID fraud, and kidnap and ransom policies. Prior to joining Marsh in 2014, Ben served as the managing director of Travelers’ Bond & Financial Products Crime/Fidelity/First-party Cyber Claims unit where he was responsible for the business unit’s handling of fidelity/crime, cyber, ERISA, ID fraud, and kidnap and ransom claims across the country. Ben has a solid background in working with large complex financial institutions including investment banks, broker-dealers and financial services companies. Ben’s extensive claims experience lends a unique perspective to the application of the insurance products to current and trending risks and coverage issues.

Marc Tauber

Marc Tauber is Assistant Vice President and Manager of Asset Management Team. In his current role, Marc is responsible for the management and placement of all D&O and E&O business for all asset management companies within the United States. He has been with Zurich for over 4 years. Prior to Zurich, Marc was the COO, SVP and Head Trader for a number of hedge funds. Marc holds a BS in Operations Research & Industrial Engineering from the College of Engineering at Cornell University.

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Key Insurance Coverage Considerations for Private Equity, Hedge Funds, Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers

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