Health Careers Manitoba

Risk

• Oversee, develop, and manage comprehensive provincial insurance and loss prevention programs.
• Support the development and negotiation of contractual agreement templates to ensure effective, consistent risk management practices.
• Provide boards of directors and senior executives effective consultation and consistent information about their risks to support informed risk management.
• Oversee and coordinate the provincial insurance program, including property, liability, and automobile insurance; ensure coverages consistent with appropriate levels for participating organizations.
• Review and assess risks covered by insurance policies across property, construction, equipment breakdown, crime, cyber, malpractice, D&O, pension trust liability, workers’ compensation, travel accident, commercial credit, kidnap and ransom, auto, aircraft, etc.
• Evaluate effectiveness of insurance policies, broker services, claims adjusters, and costs; determine appropriate insurance levels and retention strategies; support claims negotiations.
• Lead the annual renewal process for liability and property insurance coverage and coordinate risk assessment checklists.
• Collaborate with supply chain for procurement related to insurance; manage and review liability and property claims including self-insured claims below deductible levels.
• Provide annual confirmation of coverage for health professionals and staff and issue insurance confirmations for third-party requests.
• Centralize and maintain historical claims and insurance records; provide expertise and guidance to all health authorities in Manitoba.
• Analyze exposures to loss and develop and implement loss reduction strategies; advise capital planning on cost-effective construction/retrofit loss protection measures.
• Promote continuous loss control and review disaster recovery and contingency plans; coordinate staff education on risk management issues.
• Analyze contracts to ensure appropriate risk transfer; support supply chain with contracting; provide reports on coverages, claims trends, costs, and potential risks.
• Lead, coach and mentor staff; collaborate on professional development; organize work assignments; model compliance with policies and provide performance feedback.

Director – Insurance and Related Risk