Breakfast Meeting – October 8, 2024

Riskonomics – Improving Results with Effective Risk Management

Rick Fineman, CSP, VP of Loss Control for Berkshire Hathaway

At our October breakfast meeting, Rick Fineman will provide a high level overview of risk in the workplace and explain how to quantify risk to measure results and provide best practices to move from reacting to hazards to reducing risk by engaging employees at every level of an organization.  He will define risk and its characteristics, differentiating between organizational and individual risk and why that is important.  From there, he explains how to assess the varying degrees of risk in order to permit educated decision making, ultimately reducing the level of risk that is accepted.  This presentation is a valuable tool to use in assessing any working environment and identifying key areas to address.

Rick has worked in the safety profession for 38 years and has held various management roles over that time.  Currently the VP and GM at BHHC Insurance in San Diego, his prior roles include VP & Manager of Risk for ICW Group, Safety Director for the Port of Tacoma, Risk Manager for Research to Reality Group, and Regional VP of Underwriting and Distribution for Liberty Mutual.  Rick holds Bachelors of Science Degrees in Chemistry and in Occupational Safety and Health and has completed graduate work in toxicology.  Rick has presented at various state and national conferences, including the National Safety Council Safety Congress and The American Society of Safety.  He also sits on several advisory boards including ANSI Code committees, the MākuSafe® Wearable Technology Advisory Board, and the Board of Certified Safety Professionals test question development group.

Advance registration closes at 12:00 noon on Friday, October 4th.  Our meeting formally begins at 7:30 am.  Check-in opens at 7:00am – be sure to get there early to grab some breakfast, get situated, and have a chance to say hi to people before the meeting kicks off!