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OTTAWA VALLEY ADJUSTERS ASSOCIATION UPCOMING EVENTS

FEBRUARY:

February 17, 2009

Please remember to mark you calendar for dinner with David Bertschi

Who?: David Bertshci of Bertschi Orth Smith

Why?: Because David Bertschi has generously agreed to entertain and inform one and all on the trials and tribulations of litigating a CGL claim!

When?: Tuesday February 17, 2009 at 5:30pm

Where?: Biagio's Restaurant on Richmond Rd

Members $30.00 (per person) or non members $35.00 (per person

MARCH:

March 17, 2009

Environmental Solutions Remediation Services will be the guest speaker at the OVAA's March 17/09 to be held at Biagio's Restaurant on Wellington Street. Their discussion will center on the services and issues we; as adjusters, should be aware of and examine when we retain the services of an environmental specialist for a pollution spill. The presentation is titled "The Dirt on Clean - The Key Performance Indicators for an Adjuster Handling a Hydrocarbon Spill" The items to be reviewed will be:

1/ Initial Response

2/ Site Stabilization

3/ Reserves

4/ Documentation

5/ Quantum Control

6/ Reporting

7/ File Management

8/ Long Term Liability

The presenters will be:

Mike Laberge BES, CRM, CIP

Mike is Assistant Vice President of ESRS and is currently the national business manager for the firm. Mike has a degree from The University of Waterloo in Environmental Studies; he holds a Certified Risk Managers designation and is also a member of the Chartered Insurance Professionals. He has over 23 years experience in claims including several years on the management team of a large national adjusting firm.

Bruce Campbell P.Geo.

Bruce is a new addition to the ESRS team having joined the firm as a Senior Environmental Geoscientist in December 2008 after having spent the last fifteen years employed as an environmental scientist with two national engineering firms. Bruce specializes in hydrocarbon spill remediation investigations and remediation techniques