Webcasts for Wednesday, August 22

Breakfast and Keynote Listed Live: The Next Generation CEO

8:30 am - 9:30

Hosted by: David W. Anderson, President, The Anderson Leadership Group; Contributing Editor at Listed Magazine

Session 7A: Crisis Management for the Corporate Secretary

9:45 am - 11:30 am
Any number of major corporate setbacks can damage a company’s reputation and send its stock plunging. The process used by a company to manage a crisis will determine the outcome for all affected, including employees, community and the company. We will share insights into how companies should approach putting together a crisis management plan and issues that arise as a crisis unfolds.

Topics to be covered will include:
• the foundations of reputation and brand
• the phases of a crisis • enhancing your crisis response
• crisis communications (including stakeholders)
• issues in responding to media
• being prepared through risk management

Speaker: Robert Patzelt QC, Vice President, Risk Management & General Counsel, Scotia Investments Ltd.

Session 7B: Key Considerations in Directors and Officers Liability

9:45 am - 11:30 am
This session will provide corporate secretaries with the basic understanding of D&O insurance that they require to advise and serve their Boards of Directors. Topics covered include the structure of D&O insurance programs, policy wording and ‘good practices’ in dealing with D&O insurers.

D&O insurance, together with statutory or by-law indemnities and contractual indemnities, is a cornerstone of director protection. Claims are regularly brought against corporate directors on a wide variety of legal theories. These lawsuits are expensive to defend and they expose the individual to significant reputational and personal liability risk. In the event that a claim is asserted, ‘coverage denied’ are the two words a director never wants to hear. Yet with some regularity, insurance carriers challenge coverage at the worst of all possible times, when the director needs funding immediately to prepare to defend against a regulatory, civil or sometimes even criminal action or investigation relating to the performance of his or her duties as a corporate director. This session will give you the tools you need to help protect your board of directors.

Speakers: Anne F. Barnes, Vice President, Branch Manager, Chubb Insurance Company of Canada; Albert J. Hudec, Partner, Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP; Catherine Richmond, Senior Vice President, Financial Services Group, Aon Canada