NASBP Virtual Seminars 2013 – A Record Breaking Year

NASBP extends a huge thank you to everyone who participated in the growing NASBP Virtual Seminar Program. At year’s end, NASBP will have held 25 NASBP Virtual Seminars with more than 4,000 listeners.

The topics covered by the NASBP Virtual Seminars offered something for everyone. Check out their titles:

• Economic Update: 2013
• Understanding the How and Why of ESOP Transactions
• Changes Affecting the Bonding and Regulation of Property Brokers and Surface Freight Forwarders
• Contractual Risk Allocation Provisions: It’s Not My Fault, But Is It My Responsibility?
• Unraveling the Knot of Trusts and Surety Indemnification
• NASBP Partners with DOT to Promote Bonding
• How Well Do You Really Know Your Contactor?
• Performance Warranties, Extended Duration Warranties, and Liquidated Damages in Construction Contracts – What are the Risks?
• Indemnitor Status:  Effectively Taking the Indemnity of Traditional & Non-Traditional Entities
• Navigating The Surety Underwriter’s Desk Book: An Invaluable New Resource for Surety Professionals
• Introduction to Key Aspects of Large Commercial Accounts
• Tribal Bonding 101 – Back to the Basics
• Recognizing, Shifting, and Mitigating the Risk of Subcontractor Default
• Accounting Standards Update: Big Changes Now, Bigger Changes Coming
• The Merits of Vehicle Leasing and Fleet Management
• Changes Affecting the Bonding and Regulation of Property Brokers and Surface Freight Forwarders – A Timely Update
• 10 Steps To Preparedness
• Engaging the Marketplace: The most critical component of your sales force.
• The Risks of Bonding Environmental Remediation Contractors
• Understanding the Pitfalls of Surety Bond Producer Professional Liability
• Understanding the New AIA Sustainable Projects Documents: What Surety Professionals Need To Know
• Drafting Contract Clauses: Considering Alternative Clauses to the Same Old, Same Old
• Bridging the Gap: The State of Bridge Building in North America
• Generations Working Together In the Workplace
• An NASBP Town Hall Conversation: Government Relations, Current & Future Issues (Since this Virtual Seminar was held December 17, 2013, the recording will be available within a few days of the live presentation.)  

For more information and to order the recording and presentation material for any of these past NASBP Virtual Seminars, click here or contact Cathrine Nelson at cnelson@nasbp.org.

2014 NASBP Virtual Seminars

NASBP has an enthusiastic group of Virtual Seminar Subscribers who have decided they never want to miss a presentation and have purchased the Subscription Series to assure that they receive recordings to every NASBP Virtual Seminar within a few days after the live event. This ensures that they and others in their office receive the information as quickly as possible. They also save about $500 over the course of the year. To purchase the Subscription Series, click here.

The NASBP 2014 calendar is filling-up quickly. Please direct any suggestions for topics for 2014 Virtual Seminars to Cathrine Nelson at cnelson@nasbp.org. The enthusiastic Virtual Seminar Editorial Board, whose members are listed below, are responsible for selecting the topics offered and by whom. Mark your calendar for these 2014 Virtual Seminars that are already scheduled and will be presented at 2 p.m. Eastern time on the days indicated below. More will be added to this 2014 NASBP Virtual Seminar schedule as speakers and topics are confirmed.

Some of the 2014 Virtual Seminars Scheduled So Far

• January 14 – 2014 Economic Update
• February 4 – Private Equity
• February 18 – Succession Planning and Valuation
• March 14 – STEP: Safety Training & Evaluation Process
• March 18 – Protecting Your Identity: Information Security Basics
• April 8 – International Surety
• May 6 – Federal Socio-Economic Policies

NASBP Virtual Seminar Editorial Board Members

Dedi Belis, Chair – Marsh & McLennan Agency/Seitlin
Matt Cashion – The Cashion Company, Inc.
Matt Curran – CNA Surety Corporation
Susan Hecker – Gallagher Construction Services
Ed Heine – Payne Financial Group, Inc.
Helen Lally – Westfield Group
Todd Loehnert – Pinnacle Surety of Kentucky
J. Spencer Miller – Schwartz Brothers Insurance Agency Inc.
Steve Nelson – SureTec Insurance Company
Dorothy O’Connor – International Fidelity Insurance Co.
Martha Perkins  – National Association of Surety Bond Producers
Ralph Pulver – Travelers Bond