Risk Management – Prevention Strategies
During this presentation, you will learn:
- Risk management: an introduction to the standard framework and strategies as they relate to insurance.
- An overview of the common hazards and risks faced by the industry, and what is driving property and liability claims.
- A review of mitigation strategies.
Please meet our speakers:
Ward Henderson, CFPS, CRM. Manager, Prevention – Training, Innovation and Communications, Prevention & Risk Services Dept., The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company.
Bio: Ward Henderson is the Training Manager in the Prevention & Risk Services department for the Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company, based in Calgary, Alberta. Beginning his insurance career in loss prevention in 1986 as a loss control inspector in Saskatchewan, he went on to build a national team of loss control professionals with a top-five Canadian insurer before joining Wawanesa in late 2018. Since then, he has played a key role in building a national team of risk consultants within the Prevention & Risk Services department.
His background is in engineering technology, and he holds a CRM (Canadian Risk Management) certificate, is a Level II Infrared Thermographer, and carries a CFPS (Certified Fire Protection Specialist) designation through the NFPA. He is also a past Canadian Registered Safety Professional and holds WETT certification.
Ward has nearly four decades of experience in the insurance loss control field, including serving as Past President of the Prairie Loss Prevention League. He has spoken to various industry-related groups and serves as an in-house resource for underwriting and brokers on insurance loss control topics in both commercial and agricultural settings.
William Kirkwood, BA, CAIB, RIBO, Commercial Marketer, Youngs Insurance Brokers Inc.
Justin Webb, CIP, Senior Business Development Representative,
The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company
Date/Time: Tuesday, May 19, 2026 - 12:00 to 12:45 p.m. EST
Registration Fees:
- Members - FREE
- Non-Members - $25.00
