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volume 22, No. 2 November 2008 President President-elect Obama Victory Tops 2008 Election Results The highlight of this year's general election in Illinois was U.S. Senator Barack Obama's election to be the 44th Presi- dent. He received over 61% of the vote in Illinois, and was the first Presidential candidate to win 3 million Illinois votes at an election. Illinois House Democrats gained 3 seats, but fell 1 short of a veto-proof majority. Senate Democrats defeated a few strong challengers to keep their veto-proof majority, but gained no Abraham Lincoln Barack Obama net seats. The House will have 70 Democratic and 48 Re- 9th-12th General Assemblies 90th-93rd General Assemblies publican members; the Senate will have 37 Democrats and 22 Republicans. Among the 10 open Illinois House seats, three had changes in InSIde thIS ISSue party control—two from Republican to Democratic and one from Democratic to Republican. The two open Senate seats stayed in the same party. Senator Debbie Halvorson won her U.S. House race and will be replaced by a Democratic appoin- tee. All but two incumbents (both House members) nominated Biographies of in the primary were re-elected. In a large upset, Democratic new house Members challenger Emily Klunk-McAsey defeated House Deputy Re- 2 publican Leader Brent Hassert by a wide margin. Democrat Keith Farnham eked out a 322-vote win over Republican Rep- Biographies of resentative Ruth Munson. The House will have 12 totally new new Senate Members members, and the Senate 3. 5 Democrats added a seat in Illinois' U.S. House delegation, 96th General Assembly for a partisan split of 12 Democrats to 7 Republicans. All 17 Senate Members incumbents who ran were re-elected. Illinois Senate Major- 6 ity Leader Debbie Halvorson won retiring Congressman Jerry Weller's seat, changing it from Republican to Democratic 96th General Assembly control. Representative Aaron Schock won retiring Congress- house Members man Ray LaHood's seat, keeping it in Republican control and 7 making him the youngest member of the 111th Congress. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin was re-elected to a 3rd term. Members not Returning to Current Office The only statewide referendum on the ballot was on whether 8 to call a constitutional convention. It needed the votes of ei- ther 60% of those voting on that question or a majority of all Abstracts of Reports Filed voters in the election, but got only about 40%. With General Assembly 9 Illinois set records this year for both registration and total vot- ers. About 700,000 people voted early in the first Presidential lincoln photo courtesy of the lincoln Collection, election in which it was offered in Illinois. Abraham lincoln Presidential library, dated 1846. ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH UNIT Biographies of new house Members Will Burns (D-26, Chicago) has bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Chicago. He most recently served as deputy chief of staff and senior advisor to Senate President Emil Jones, Jr. Previously he was the education and tax policy manager for the Metropolitan Planning Coun- cil, and the vice president of program and field offices for the Chicago Urban League. He has been active in political campaigns, including being deputy campaign manager in then-state Senator Barack Obama's bid for a U.S. House of Representatives seat in 2000, and served as campaign co- ordinator for the Illinois Democratic Party. John D. Cavaletto (R-107, Salem) has bachelor's and master's degrees from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He served as a teacher, coach, and school administrator for 37 years, completing his educational career in 2001 as the principal of Salem Community High School, and is an inductee into the Illinois Athletic Directors Hall of Fame. He has also been the director of a resident camp and day camps for children with mental or physical disabilities. Michael G. Connelly (R-48, Lisle) has a B.A. from Loyola University of Chicago and a J.D from John Marshall Law School. He has been a member of the DuPage County board since 2006, and chairs its Economic Development Committee among other positions. He served as an assistant Cook County state's attorney in 1989, and as law clerk to an Illinois Appellate Court justice in 1990-92. He has practiced law privately for 16 years, and also been a Lisle village trustee. Keith Farnham (D-43, Elgin) served in the Navy from 1964 to 1968 as an electronics technician on a guided missile destroyer. He later entered the painting business, and in 1986 founded a com- mercial and industrial painting firm that did projects throughout the U.S. and the Caribbean. A past president of the Chicago Finishing Contractors Association and chairman of its Health and Welfare Fund, he also helped found the Finishing Contractors Association (made up of union con- tractors in the U.S. and Canada), was a member of its board, and chaired its Government Relations Committee for 8 years. As part of its Labor Management Cooperation Initiative, he helped create safety training programs for supervisors at finishing contractors nationwide. More recently he has been involved in real estate development. 2 / legislative research unit Jehan Gordon (D-92, Peoria) is a graduate in speech communications of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has been on the staff of Bradley University's Small Business Develop- ment Center, and later at Illinois Central College as coordinator of retention efforts to help students succeed. She chaired Peoria's Promise which helps qualified students apply for scholarships at the College, and developed the Emerging Leaders program to connect college students with outside mentors. She is a member of the Pleasant Hill school board, and a Junior Achievement volunteer among other service activities. Kay Hatcher (R-50, Yorkville) received corporate communications training at Boston College's Carroll School of Management. She was a member of the Oswego school board from 1985 to 1991 and of the Kendall County board from 1991-1996 and 2002 to the present, and has been the president of the Kendall County Forest Preserve District since 2002. She has also been external affairs director for SBC Communications, and senior marketing director for Senior Services Asso- ciates of Crystal Lake, and has served on many local, area, or state civic, business, social service, and women's organization boards. She is the founder and owner of Reputation Management, Inc. (a media management, planning, and marketing firm). In 2004-05 she was the state president of the Illinois Federation of Republican Women, and a member of the national board of the National Federation of Republican Women. She is currently on the board of governors of Illinois Lincoln Series, which trains prospective Republican women political leaders. Emily Klunk-McAsey (D-85, Lockport) is a graduate of the College of William and Mary, and of the Loyola University of Chicago School of Law. Before entering law school, she taught 8th grade social studies. She worked in the Will County State's Attorney's office in summers while in law school. After graduation, she joined the office as an assistant state's attorney prosecuting criminal cases. Deborah Mell (D-40, Chicago) has a B.A. in political science and history from Cornell College and has studied at the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco. She has worked as a project manager and supervisor in Chicago's largest landscaping company, and currently is employed in a catering company. She is a member of Mayor Daley's Advisory Council on Human Relations, and in 2004 was recognized for activism by the National Organization for Women. Al Riley (D-38, Olympia Fields) was appointed in 2007 to replace Representative Robin Kelly (who became Chief of Staff to the State Treasurer), and has now been elected. He has a bachelor's degree in economic geography and secondary education from Chicago State University and a mas- ter's degree in urban planning and policy analysis from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He served in the Army Reserve in 1972-78; has been an Olympia Fields trustee; and has advised the campaigns of numerous local or state officials. He has taught at various universities, including 10 years as an adjunct professor of business and public administration at Governors State University. He serves on the House Committees on Appropriations—General Services and Appropriations— Human Services; Environmental Health; Human Services; Local Government; Mass Transit; and Smart Growth & Regional Planning. legislative research unit / 3 Darlene Senger (R-96, Naperville) has a bachelor's degree in finance from Purdue University, and an MBA in finance from DePaul University. She has served on the Naperville city council since 2002, and on the Naperville Plan Commission and several other local governmental or civic boards. She is a financial advisor in the Oak Brook office of GCG Financial, Inc. (a nationwide in- surance and financial services firm based in Bannockburn), and a Naperville township Republican committeeman. André Thapedi (D-32, Chicago) is a graduate of Morehouse College and of John Marshall Law School, where he was president of the Black Law Students Association and won national mock trial and moot court competitions. He has served in the Cook County state's attorney's office and the Chicago Transit Authority's law department, and worked for 8 years in two Chicago law firms. He is now a partner in the firm of Thapedi and Thapedi, engaging principally in personal injury and business litigation. He is also a managing broker for Shore Realty; sponsors a free legal clinic in the Englewood community; and is the legal counsel to several nonprofit organizations. Mark Walker (D-66, Arlington Heights) has A.B. and M.A. degrees from Brown University. He is also a Vietnam veteran and was awarded the Bronze Star. After being a senior executive at Citibank/Citigroup, including heading worldwide credit card operations, he founded a firm that helps in the buying and selling of companies. For the last 13 years he has been a vice president for consulting at Walker Information, providing expertise to businesses worldwide. He has also been a soccer coach and member of the Arlington Heights Park District Foundation board, and has co- chaired the Northwest Suburban Veterans Advisory Council. Michael Zalewski (D-21, Chicago) is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and of the John Marshall Law School. After being an aide in the Governor's office, he served from 2004 to 2007 as an assistant Cook County state's attorney prosecuting criminal cases. He then be- came an associate in Chico & Nunes P.C., where he has handled corporate and local government matters. A Former New Member (From First Reading, December 1996) Barack Obama (D-13, Chicago) is a senior lecturer in constitutional and civil rights law at the University of Chicago Law School. He has a B.A. from Columbia University and a J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School. He was the Illinois Executive Director of Project VOTE! in 1992 and has practiced law in Chicago. He chairs the Chicago Annenberg Challenge for public school reform. He is also on the boards of the Joyce Foundation, the Wood Fund of Chicago, and the Cook County Bar Association's Community Law Project. 4 / legislative research unit Biographies of new Senate Members Tim Bivins (R-45, Dixon) was appointed in March to replace retiring Senator Todd Sieben, and has now been elected. He served for over 32 years in law enforcement, including 20 years as Lee County's sheriff. He has also been the President of the Illinois Sheriffs' Association and a member of the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission. His Senate assignments are to the Committees on State Government & Veterans Affairs (Minority Spokesperson); Agriculture & Conservation; Li- censed Activities; and Commerce & Economic Development. Dan Duffy (R-26, Lake Barrington) is a graduate of Augustana College in Rock Island. He is a co-founder and co-owner of Effective Data, a computer consulting firm specializing in electronic data interchange between companies. He also chairs the Lake and Cook County Area Action Council for Independent Businesses, and is a member of the Illinois Leadership Council for the National Federation of Independent Business. Emil Jones, III (D-14, Chicago) attended Chicago State University. He has served in various po- sitions in state government, most recently as an administrator in the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, helping small businesses get state grants and technical assistance. He is also on the advisory board of the Division Street Business Development Association. Heather Steans (D-7, Chicago) was appointed in February to replace retiring Senator Carol Ronen, and has now been elected. She has a B.A. in urban studies from Princeton and an M.A. in public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. She has been a strate- gic planner for the Chicago Public Schools; Budget Director for the Wisconsin Department of In- dustry, Labor & Human Relations; and a consultant for Ernst and Young on implementing software systems for states. Senator Steans recently chaired the board of Chicago Public Radio. Her com- mittee assignments are to the Senate Human Services, Insurance, Labor, and Local Government Committees. legislative research unit / 5 96th General Assembly Senate Members New Members (2) 23 Carole Pankau (r) 24 Kirk W. Dillard (r) District 25 Chris lauzen (r) 27 matt murphy (r) 14 emil Jones III (D) 28 John millner (r) 26 Dan Duffy (r) 29 Susan Garrett (D) 30 Terry link (D) 31 michael bond (D) Appointed to 95th General Assembly, 32 Pamela Althoff (r) elected to 96th General Assembly (2) 33 Dan Kotowski (D) 34 Dave Syverson (r) District 35 J. bradley "brad" burzynski (r) 36 mike Jacobs (D) 7 Heather Steans (D) 37 Dale risinger (r) 45 Tim bivins (r) 38 Gary G. Dahl (r) 39 Don Harmon (D) 40 Debbie Halvorson (D)* Incumbents (55) 41 Christine radogno (r) 42 linda Holmes (D) District 43 Arthur J. "AJ" Wilhelmi (D) 44 bill brady (r) 1 Antonio "Tony" munoz (D) 46 David Koehler (D) 2 William "Willie" Delgado (D) 47 John m. Sullivan (D) 3 mattie Hunter (D) 48 randall m. "randy" Hultgren (r) 4 Kimberly A. lightford (D) 49 Deanna Demuzio (D) 5 rickey r. Hendon (D) 50 larry K. bomke (r) 6 John J. Cullerton (D) 51 Frank C. Watson (r) 8 Ira I. Silverstein (D) 52 michael Frerichs (D) 9 Jeffrey m. "Jeff" Schoenberg (D) 53 Dan rutherford (r) 10 James A. Deleo (D) 54 John o. Jones (r) 11 louis S. viverito (D) 55 Dale A. righter (r) 12 martin A. Sandoval (D) 56 William r. "bill" Haine (D) 13 Kwame raoul (D) 57 James F. Clayborne, Jr. (D) 15 James T. meeks (D) 58 David S. luechtefeld (r) 16 Jacqueline Y. "Jacqui" Collins (D) 59 Gary F. Forby (D) 17 Donne e. Trotter (D) 18 edward D. maloney (D) 19 m. maggie Crotty (D) 20 Iris Y. martinez (D) 21 Dan Cronin (r) 22 michael Noland (D) * Debbie Halvorson won a u.S. House seat 6 / legislative research unit 96th General Assembly house Members New Members (12) 14 Harry osterman (D) 15 John C. D'Amico (D) District 16 louis I. lang (D) 17 elizabeth Coulson (r) 21 michael Zalewski (D) 18 Julie Hamos (D) 26 Will burns (D) 19 Joseph m. lyons (D) 32 André Thapedi (D) 20 michael P. mcAuliffe (r) 40 Deborah mell (D) 22 michael J. madigan (D) 43 Keith Farnham (D) 23 Daniel J. "Dan" burke (D) 48 michael Connelly (r) 24 elizabeth Hernandez (D) 50 Kay Hatcher (r) 25 barbara Flynn Currie (D) 66 mark Walker (D) 27 monique D. Davis (D) 85 emily Klunk-mcAsey (D) 28 robert "bob" rita (D) 92 Jehan Gordon (D) 29 David e. miller (D) 96 Darlene Senger (r) 30 William "Will" Davis (D) 107 John D. Cavaletto (r) 31 mary e. Flowers (D) 33 marlow H. Colvin (D) 34 Constance A. "Connie" Howard (D) Appointed to 95th General Assembly, elected to 35 Kevin C. Joyce (D) 96th General Assembly (1) 36 James D. "Jim" brosnahan (D) 37 Kevin A. mcCarthy (D) District 39 maria Antonia "Toni" berrios (D) 41 robert A. "bob" biggins (r) 38 Al riley (D) 42 Sandra m. Pihos (r) 44 Fred Crespo (D) 45 Franco Coladipietro (r) Incumbents (105) 46 Dennis reboletti (r) 47 Patricia r. "Patti" bellock (r) District 49 Timothy l. Schmitz (r) 51 ed Sullivan, Jr. (r) 1 Susana A. mendoza (D) 52 mark H. beaubien, Jr. (r) 2 edward Acevedo (D) 53 Sidney H. mathias (r) 3 luis Arroyo (D) 54 Suzanne "Suzie" bassi (r) 4 Cynthia Soto (D) 55 Harry ramey, Jr. (r) 5 Kenneth "Ken" Dunkin (D) 56 Paul D. Froehlich (D) 6 esther Golar (D) 57 elaine Nekritz (D) 7 Karen A. Yarbrough (D) 58 Karen may (D) 8 laShawn K. Ford (D) 59 Kathleen A. ryg (D) 9 Arthur l. Turner (D) 60 eddie Washington (D) 10 Annazette r. Collins (D) 61 JoAnn osmond (r) 11 John A. Fritchey (D) 62 Sandy Cole (r) 12 Sara Feigenholtz (D) 63 Jack D. Franks (D) 13 Gregory Harris (D) 64 michael W. "mike" Tryon (r) legislative research unit / 7 65 rosemary mulligan (r) 93 Jil Tracy (r) 67 Charles e. "Chuck" Jefferson (D) 94 richard P. myers (r) 68 Dave Winters (r) 95 mike Fortner (r) 69 ronald A. Wait (r) 97 Jim Watson (r) 70 robert W. "bob" Pritchard (r) 98 Gary Hannig (D) 71 mike boland (D) 99 raymond Poe (r) 72 Patrick J. verschoore (D) 100 rich brauer (r) 73 David r. leitch (r) 101 robert F. Flider (D) 74 Donald L. Moffitt (R) 102 ron Stephens (r) 75 Careen m. Gordon (D) 103 Naomi D. Jakobsson (D) 76 Frank J. mautino (D) 104 William b. black (r) 77 Angelo "Skip" Saviano (r) 105 Shane Cultra (r) 78 Deborah l. Graham (D) 106 Keith P. Sommer (r) 79 lisa Dugan (D) 108 David b. reis (r) 80 George F. Scully, Jr. (D) 109 roger l. eddy (r) 81 renée Kosel (r) 110 Chapin rose (r) 82 Jim Durkin (r) 111 Dan beiser (D) 83 linda Chapa lavia (D) 112 Jay C. Hoffman (D) 84 Tom Cross (r) 113 Thomas "Tom" Holbrook (D) 86 John C. "Jack" mcGuire (D) 114 Wyvetter H. Younge (D) 87 bill mitchell (r) 115 mike bost (r) 88 Daniel P. "Dan" brady (r) 116 Dan reitz (D) 89 Jim Sacia (r) 117 John e. bradley (D) 90 Gerald l. "Jerry" mitchell (r) 118 brandon W. Phelps (D) 91 michael K. Smith (D) Members Not Returning to Current Office Senate Members Not Returning (3) House Members Not Returning (12) District District 14 emil Jones, Jr. (D), did not run 21 robert S. molaro (D), did not run 26 William e. Peterson (r), did not run 26 elga Jefferies (D), lost primary election 40 Debbie Halvorson (D), won u.S. 32 milton "milt" Patterson (D), did not run House seat 40 richard T. bradley (D), did not run 43 ruth munson (r), lost general election 48 James H. "Jim" meyer (r), did not run 50 Patricia reid lindner (r), did not run 66 Carolyn H. Krause (r), did not run 85 brent Hassert (r), lost general election 92 Aaron J. Schock (r), won u.S. House seat 96 Joe Dunn (r), did not run 107 Kurt m. Granberg (D), did not run 8 / legislative research unit for re-enrollment programs; exclud- Abstracts of Reports Required to ing re-enrolled students from a school district's dropout numbers; developing be Filed with General Assembly performance standards for re-enrolled The legislative research unit staff is required to prepare abstracts of students; and tracking re-enrolled stu- dents in the ISbe Student Information reports required to be filed with the General Assembly. Legislators may System. (H.J.r. 87 (2006); Jan. 2008, receive copies of entire reports by sending the enclosed form to the State 59 pp.) Government report Distribution Center at the Illinois State library. Ab- stracts are published quarterly. legislators who wish to receive them more Strategic Plan progress report, 2008 often may contact the executive director. Strategic plan focuses on: (1) promot- Commerce Commission security correctional center at Thom- ing literacy through such programs as Crossing Safety Improvement Pro- son (1,600 beds, occupancy expected Pre-School for All; (2) improving edu- gram: FY 2009-2013 Plan in fall 2009). (730 ILCS 5/3-5.31; cator quality through such programs Lists $139.5 million in proposed grade July 2008, 14 pp.) as principal and teacher mentoring and crossing safety improvements on lo- bilingual teacher recruitment; and (3) cal roads and streets using funding Distracted Drivers Task Force expanding data-informed school man- from Grade Crossing Protection Fund Final report, 2008 agement and support practices through (GCPF). Includes projects totaling Task Force was created to study the such programs as increased testing $28.3 million for FY 2009 and over growing problem of distracted driving data and expanded access and support $111.2 million for FYs 2010-2013. in Illinois. Task Force recommends to the interactive report card. In FY Subject to local matching funds, the following legislative action: (1) 2008, the State Board of Education Commission plans 67 grade crossing prohibiting text messaging while driv- received a $500,000 appropriation for improvements and 7 bridge projects. ing; (2) establishing the offenses of Strategic Plan activities. (105 ILCS Voluntary crossing closures plus Negligent Vehicular Operation, Aggra- 5/2-3.47a(b); June 2008, 13 pp.) emergency and experimental projects vated Negligent Vehicular Operation, at an estimated 900 crossings are also and Negligent Vehicular Homicide; Waivers of school code mandates, planned. Lists types of improve- (3) adopting H.J.R. 10 (2007) to direct spring 2008 ments by county. Public crossings that accident reports to indicate cell Summary chart classifies 209 requests had 130 collisions in Illinois in 2007, phone usage and the Illinois Depart- for waivers into 12 categories and lists a 14% decrease from 2006. (35 ILCS ment of Transportation report such their status: bonds (1 transmitted to 505/8(c); Apr. 2008, 8 pp. + 4 appen- statistics; (4) requiring distracted GA), Content of Evaluation Plans (5 dices) driver curriculum in driver education transmitted), driver education (2 ap- training; and (5) prohibiting cell phone proved, 31 transmitted, 1 withdrawn Corrections, Dept. of use while driving in a construction or or returned), general state aid (1 Quarterly report to the legislature, school zone. (H.J.R. 22 (2007); un- transmitted), legal school holidays (86 July 1, 2008 dated, rec'd Sept. 2008, 16 pp.) approved, 5 withdrawn or returned), As of May 31, 2008, there were limitation of administrative costs (25 45,407 inmates in all adult facilities, Education, State Board of transmitted, 1 withdrawn or returned), 0.88% lower than the 45,810 projected Re-enrolling dropouts Task Force, fi- nonresident tuition (7 transmitted), by FY 2007 data. By June 2009, the nal report 2008 parent-teacher conferences (15 trans- total adult population is expected to Task Force conducted 27 public hear- mitted, 1 withdrawn or returned), rise to 46,185. Total population in ings to discuss the high school dropout physical education (13 transmitted, adult transition centers was 1,266 (14 crisis, review dropout data from Il- 2 withdrawn or returned), school below the total capacity of 1,280). En- linois and other states, and investigate food programs (1 approved), school rollment in educational and vocational potential funding mechanisms. Task improvement/in-service training (9 programs was 9,161 (non-duplicated). Force recommends creating a re- transmitted, 1 withdrawn or returned), Ratio of security staff to inmates was enrolled Student Program; issuing an and substitute teachers (2 transmitted). 0.175. A majority of inmates (66%) annual report on re-enrolled students; Section I describes the 109 requests were double-celled, with approximate- implementing the National Governors transmitted to the General Assembly. ly 37 square feet of allocated floor Association recommendation on re- Section II describes the 89 requests space per inmate. One capital project porting high school graduation rate; approved by the State Superintendent is currently being funded: maximum advocating increased federal funding of Education. Section III describes the 11 requests withdrawn or returned. (continued on p. 10) legislative research unit / 9 Abstracts of Reports appropriations were for Illinois Works state, and private funds is targeted for ($4.606 billion), various revenue funds multi-family developments to provide Required to be Filed ($2.371 billion), and federal or trust 1,852 units for low-income families; With General Assembly funds ($161 million). New appropria- 1,074 units for low-income seniors; (continued from p. 9) tions were for 23 agencies, including: 568 units for the disabled; and 297 Transportation ($3.945 billion), Capital units for the homeless. Over $274 Section IV shows all requests submit- Development board ($898 million), million is targeted for single-family de- ted, organized by Senate and House Commerce and economic opportunity velopments to provide 2,893 units for districts. (105 ILCS 5/2-3.25g; March ($737 million), and Higher educa- low-income families; 744 units for dis- 2008, 77 pp. + executive summary) tion ($607 million). Current General abled persons; and 503 units for low- obligation bond authorization for new income seniors. Nearly $270 million Government Forecasting and Ac- projects is $16.9 billion, with $2 bil- in state and federal funds is targeted for countability, Commission on lion unissued as of march 31, 2008. residential services programs in 7 state Budget summary, FY 2008 In FY 2009, debt service from general agencies. (310 ILCS 110/15; undated, The FY 2008 operating budget as obligation bonds is expected to cost rec'd Jan. 2008, 57 pp.) passed by the General Assembly $1.16 billion, $545 million for pension totaled almost $51.2 billion, a $2.7 obligation bonds, and $279 million Human Resources, Dept. of billion increase over FY 2007. The for state-issued revenue bonds. In FY Electronic monitoring and recording Governor vetoed $463.1 million (at 2008, debt service was $1.19 billion final report, 2008 the time of publication, the General from general obligation bonds, $546 Discusses the potential benefits and Assembly had not taken action on the million for pension obligation bonds, drawbacks of using electronic monitor- vetoes). Of the total, 55% is General and $280 million for state-issued rev- ing and recording devices to prevent Revenue Funds, 34% is other state enue bonds. Describes capital projects abuse and neglect in state-operated funds, and 11% is federal funds. of agencies recommended for new ap- developmental centers and develop- The major purposes of the operating propriations. (25 IlCS 155/3(8); Feb. mental disabilities services programs. budget are human services (48.6%), 2008, 59 pp. + 10 tables + 10 charts) Recognizes complexity of the issue; education (26.4%), government ser- fiscal concerns for equipment purchase vices (10.9%), economic development Liabilities of State Employees' Group and repair; and need for clearly defined and infrastructure (7%), public safety Insurance Program, FY 2009 goals and outcome measures to ensure (5.1%), environment and business reg- Commission projects program will quality and effectiveness. (20 ILCS ulation (1.6%), and additions (0.4%). cost $2.021 billion; Department of 1705/70; Feb. 2008, 14 pp.) Current G.O. bond authorization for Healthcare and Family Services proj- new projects is $16.9 billion, with ap- ects $1.998 billion; Governor requested Human Services, Dept. of proximately $2.0 billion unissued as $1.991 billion. In FY 2009, a projected Bilingual employees, April 1, 2008 of June 30, 2007. Build Illinois bond 349,640 participants will cost an aver- The State Services Assurance Act re- authorization is $3.8 billion, with ap- age of $5,764 per year, a 5.5% increase quires each executive branch agency, proximately $472 million unissued over FY 2008. managed care plans board, and commission to report on the as of June 30, 2007. No increases (Hmo and oAP) account for 56.6% staffing of bilingual employees. As have been authorized since January of projected costs; Quality Care Health of April 1, 2008, the Department of 2004. The FY 2008 appropriation for Plan 31.5%; and dental care, life insur- Human Services had 1,081 bilingual the State Employee Group Insurance ance, vision care, and other charges employees in 45 divisions. languages Program is $1.9 billion, up 5.2% over 11.9%. Payment cycle for both pre- spoken were: Spanish (647 employ- FY 2007. The FY 2008 budget was ferred and non-preferred providers is ees); manual Communication (399); enacted by one omnibus appropriation, 20 days. (25 IlCS 155/4(b)(2); mar. braille (24); Polish (4); Chinese (3); P.A. 95-348. As of October 1, 2007, 2008, 14 pp. + 3 appendices) russian (2); Serbo-Croatian (1); and the budget implementation bill (S.B. not listed (1). lists names; division, 783) had not been enacted. (25 ILCS Housing Development Authority section, and unit numbers; position 155/3(12); Dec. 2007, 147 pp.) Housing plan, 2008 titles; working titles; and languages State must coordinate resources to ad- spoken. (5 IlCS 382/3-20; Apr. 2008, Legislative capital plan analysis, dress special needs; preserve, plan, 31 pp.) FY 2009 and target development; develop sus- Governor's capital budget proposal tainable homeownership; and provide for FY 2009 included $7.137 billion in leadership for housing plan expansion. new appropriations and $6.406 billion For FY 2008, $435 million in federal, in reappropriations. Proposed new 10 / legislative research unit Institutional services for disabled chil- or double-celled (41%), with approxi- State Universities Retirement dren report mately 80 square feet of actual living System Describes status of children through area each. No capital projects are Minority- or female-owned investment age 17 with developmental disabilities being currently funded. (730 ILCS managers, FY 2008 or mental or emotional disorders who 5/3-5-3.1; Jan. 2008, 9 pp.) As of June 30, 2008, 21 of SURS' 41 are receiving DHS-funded institutional investment management firms (51.2%) care. In FY 2007, nearly 9,700 youth School Leader Task Force are minority- or female-owned firms. with developmental disabilities re- Report, 2008 They managed $1.97 billion (13.4%) ceived services from DHS. Of these, The Task Force met six times from of the total investment portfolio of 9,250 (96%) received care in their October 2007 through January 2008 $14.64 billion — a 13% decrease from own homes or small group homes, and to develop steps to improve school the $2.27 billion managed in 2007. 428 (4%) received care in large insti- leadership and the overall performance Explains SURS' method of selecting tutional settings; 152 received care of Illinois schools. The task force investment managers and includes in private child care institutions; and identified "three primary instruments" affirmative action reports of emerg- 275 received care in pediatric private that would promote positive change: ing businesses and others providing skilled nursing facilities. During FY (1) adopt state policies that set high investment services to SURS. (40 2007, 37,600 youth with mental illness standards for school leadership certifi- ILCS 5/1-109.1; Aug. 2008, 14 pp. + were served by 151 community mental cation; (2) form partnerships between appendices) health agencies; of these, 12,579 had school districts and institutions of Severe Emotional Disturbance (SED). higher education to support principal Transportation, Dept. of Although most SED youth receive preparation and development; and Diesel emissions annual report, nonresidential care through com- (3) refocus preparation programs to FY 2008 munity agencies, 276 received care include rigorous assessments for aspir- Department of Transportation diesel in child care institutions. (20 ILCS ing principals. (H.J.R. 66 (2007); Feb. testing program operates in 9 counties 1305/10-55; March 2008, 13 pp.) 2008, 36 pp.) and 3 townships with 53 public and 39 private official testing stations. De- Investment, State Board of School Wellness Policy Task Force partment tested 4,531 vehicles, pass- Report on emerging money managers, School wellness policies, Jan. 2008 ing 4,377 and failing 35. One vehicle FY 2008 Purpose was to evaluate the effective- failed the inspection more than once. In FY 2004 the Board implemented ness of school wellness policies by (525 ILCS 5/13-102.1; June 2008, 1 a policy requiring that 5% of assets reviewing a sample size of five to ten p.) (currently $571 million) be allocated school districts. Survey asked ques- to emerging managers. Over $788 mil- tions based on policy implementation, Workforce Investment Board lion, 6.9% of the Board's total assets, nutrition guidelines and education, Measuring progress: Benchmarking are managed by emerging managers. physical education and activity, envi- workforce development in Illinois, Minority broker/dealer commissions ronment, and staff wellness. 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I have several hostas that were burned due to the extreme heat (98-100 degrees) for several days which is highly unusual for Michigan at the beginning of July. We also had to have a tree cut down in the front yard which increased the sun exposure immensely. My question is this. Is it Ok to cut them all the way to the ground right now and will they come back for the rest of the summer?
many will tell you its a good way to spread virus ...
but if you are just talking about some ho hum run of the mill.. grandmas had these in the yard for a century.. you probably havent introduced and virus to your yard.. so it MIGHT NOT be an issue .... just do it ... [though it would be godo for you to learn enough to ID virus.. before you start .. i think there is a tutorial at the hosta library. ???]
the problem is.. that right now.. a healthy plant is storing energy.. to come up in spring.. if yours reflush.. your are using energy now.. and that can mean.. that they might be a bit smaller next year.. if they cant add energy with the new leaves....
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And at this point, the House and Senate are on recess.
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Seventy-nine percent of Americans surveyed for the latest NBC News Poll say that President Obama should seek congressional approval before taking any military action. According to NBC: "nearly seven-in-10 Democrats and 90 percent of Republicans say the president should be required to receive congressional approval before taking any action."
More than 150 members of the House and Senate have formally expressed the same view: calling in letters to the White House for a debate and for a vote on whether to go forward with a military intervention.
"There is no greater decision for a country to make than the decision to go to war," argues Congressman John Garamendi, D-California...
"For that reason, the President has the responsibility to seek authorization from our nation's elected leaders before initiating military action. Our leaders in Congress have a similar responsibility to the American people to demand this constitutionally-required authority and to evaluate any potential US military intervention abroad. The past decade has amply demonstrated the folly of military commitments poorly conceived. Our brave men and women in uniform deserve better. The American people deserve a full explanation of the situation, the pending action, the strategic goal, and the potential outcomes."
Garamendi this week joined Congressman Walter Jones Jr., R-North Carolina, is penning a bipartisan letter specifically asking President Obama to seek congressional authorization before launching any military intervention into the Syrian conflict.
"As stated in the War Powers Resolution of 1973, absent a Congressional declaration of war or authorization for the use of military force, the President as Commander-in-Chief has constitutional power to engage the US armed forces in hostilities only in the case of a national emergency created by an attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces," reads the letter. "As none of these criteria have been met, we believe it is Congress's right and responsibility to be fully briefed on any potential plans to engage in military action in Syria, to assess whether such an intervention is in the national security interest of the United States and our allies, and to withhold or grant authorization for the use of military force based on this assessment."
Another letter, authored by Congressman Scott Rigell, R-Virginia, and signed by 116 members (98 Republicans and 18 Democrats) declares that "engaging our military in Syria when no direct threat to the United States exists and without prior congressional authorization would violate the separation of powers that is clearly delineated in the Constitution."
Rigell has been one of the House's most consistent critics of undeclared wars since his election in 2010 to represent a district with a large population of current and retired military personnel. And he is particularly pointed when it comes to the prospects of an assault on Syria, arguing that "Congress is not a potted plant in this process, and President Obama should call us back into emergency session before authorizing the use of any military force. We stand ready to share the burden of decisions made regarding US involvement."
Rigell asserts that "proactive consultation with Congress and explicit, definitive authorization" is necessary. And like Garamendi and Jones, he rejects the premise that the president has the authority under the War Powers Resolution to intervene militarily in Syria as a response to the government's reported use of chemical weapons against civilians.
The congressman told CQ Roll Call that, because a US intervention would have as its purpose a "humanitarian objective," the War Powers Resolution does not apply. In the absence of an authorization from Congress, presidents are supposed to be able to initiate warfare only in a national emergency associated with a foreign attack on the United States. In the absence of a "national emergency," the Armed Forces Committee member explained to the Capitol Hill paper, if the president proposes to intervene in Syria, "then, indeed, prior to -- prior to! -- not after the fact, he needs to call Congress into session."
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Other Democrats are stepping up to raise concerns about the rush to war.
Congressman Lee, the California Democrat who cast a lonely vote against the blanket authorization of the use of force after the September 11, 2001, has obtained 54 signers for her own letter asking the president to "seek an affirmative decision of Congress prior to committing any U.S. military engagement to this complex crisis," and is more specific than most members in stating her opposition to intervention. Among the signers so far are Congressional Black Caucus chair Martha Fudge, D-Ohio, and the co-chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Minnesota Democrat Keith Ellison and Arizona Democrat Raul Grijalva, as well as key House Democrats such as Jan Schakowsky of Illinois and John Lewis of Georgia.
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The Netherlands' former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Rafael van der Vaart has been ruled out of the World Cup after suffering a thigh injury, Sky Sports has reported.
The 31-year-old was hurt during training and will not be included in the final 23 of Coach Louis van Gaal, according to a statement on the Dutch team's website. "Rafael van der Vaart will miss the World Cup in Brazil," the statement confirmed.
"The Holland international has a calf strain in his right leg. Louis van Gaal has therefore decided not to include him in the final selection."
Van der Vaart has 109 international caps and is the captain of the Oranje. He joins fellow midfielder Kevin Strootman on the sidelines for the tournament after the Roma man was injured in March.
The Netherlands play Spain in their opening group game, a repeat of the 2010 final that saw La Roja victorious through an Andres Iniesta goal. Chile and Australia make up the rest of Group B.
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Republican Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted says he's found another 145 people who are registered to vote but shouldn't be, because they are not U.S. citizens.
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Boris Johnson has pledged that London will remain a "safe haven" for Jews.
Addressing a Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony at City Hall, the Mayor said: "In the wake of the horrific attacks in Paris, and as we face an increased threat to our security, it is more important than ever that we stand strong in our beliefs of tolerance and freedom of speech."
When Boris Johnson met Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai in London, the talk was of building trade ties, improving public transport and bicycles.
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Community groups met London's deputy mayor to discuss antisemitic hate crime at demonstrations and on social media.
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Transport for London's refusal to accept a series of advertisements in support of Israel has been raised with Mayor of London Boris Johnson.
The Zionist Federation said a £12,000 campaign planned for London Underground comparing Hamas to other terrorist groups including IS had been shelved last week because TfL found the adverts "too controversial".
London Mayor Boris Johnson said he reacted to the rise in antisemitism in the capital this summer with "horror and condemnation".
He made the comments in response to questions from London Assembly members at City Hall on Wednesday.
London mayor Boris Johnson likes to project the image of a bumbling figure waffling on about wiff-waff and piffle.
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London Mayor Boris Johnson has intervened in a row over the sponsorship of a major cable car project which appeared to discriminate against Israel.
Mr Johnson ordered Transport for London commissioner Sir Peter Hendy and the Emirates airline to remove a clause in the contract for the Emirates Air Line, as the cable car crossing the Thames in east London is known.
London Mayor Boris Johnson has intervened in a row over a controversial sponsorship deal between Transport for London and Emirates airline for the Thames cable car.
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Scrambling for Cover
School districts have been forming insurance purchasing pools for decades to trim their premium rates, and the trend is accelerating as they face financial pressure from hobbled state and municipal budgets, new state laws and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Even though the trend is accelerating, pooling faces a number of challenges. For example, some rural districts' attempts to create or join a pool may be frustrated by carrier-imposed size requirements.
Scott R. Baldwin, managing director of the public sector practice, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., said some "big carriers" that dominate the health care insurance market in rural areas decline to insure small- and mid-size districts that could benefit from joining or forming purchasing pools.
A district that joins a pool may not be able to find coverage in its region, even with the same carrier that covered it on a stand-alone basis. Most carriers will fully insure a school district with as few as 20 employees on a stand-alone basis.
"It may not be in the best financial interest of insurance companies to participate in coalition planning," Baldwin said. It makes financial sense for the districts, however, especially those with proper stop-loss coverage and adequate funding. But once a district joins a pool, a carrier may drop its coverage — and all of the other districts in that pool.
"It may not be in the best financial interest of insurance companies to participate in coalition planning." — Scott R. Baldwin, managing director, public sector practice, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
The cutoff for health care coverage, Baldwin said, is at about 150 covered lives for pools. At 150 and above, most major carriers are willing to provide stop loss, PPO network access and claim administration services to pools. Not all states permit joint purchasing agreements, and those that do impose stiff regulations on their operation, Baldwin said.
Another challenge for school districts is that changing carriers can be challenging.
Mobility between carriers can be somewhat restricted for California school districts, even those that are fairly large, said Deb Mangels, senior vice president of employee benefits and founding principal of ABD Insurance and Financial Services. Due to industry-standard marketing and underwriting guidelines, a school district can be "handcuffed" to the giant managed care consortium Kaiser Permanente.
This reflects a combination of demographics and logistics. A significant number of public employees residing in the heavily populated regions of California receive health care from Kaiser through the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS). But Mangels said underwriting data for small- to mid-sized pools is hard to come by.
"Getting claims data out of Kaiser for groups under 5,000 is nearly impossible," Mangels said, and without good information on a group's claims experience, prospective carriers are unable to project future claims costs either as a stand-alone district or as part of a pool.
With more than 1,000 school districts and more than 144,000 teachers in California, plus their families and more than 250,000 eligible retirees, health care programs and associated costs are a "huge" issue, Mangels said.
Cadillac Tax Driving Change
The ACA imposes yet another challenge for school districts. The High-Cost Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage Excise Tax provision of the ACA — the "Cadillac tax" — pressures public school teachers to shoulder more of the costs of their historically generous health care benefits.
When it takes effect in 2018, the Cadillac tax will impose a 40 percent levy on individual health plans above $10,200 for individuals and $27,500 for family coverage, with both employer and worker contributions included. The tax applies to both insured and self-funded plans.
Mangels sees preparing school districts and unions for the ramifications of the Cadillac tax as an essential part of the broker's role. Education of union reps is particularly important.
"If they aren't comfortable with information we provide, they won't communicate it to their members accurately," Mangels said.
John Abraham, director of worker benefits and capital strategies for the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), said the quality of health care plans has not diminished among unionized school districts, but notes "a big push" among employers to higher deductible plans because doing so helps them avoid the Cadillac tax.
However, fewer than 5 percent to 10 percent of teachers currently choose that option. Most older, experienced teachers with families opt for traditional HMOs and PPOs.
"Benefits have eroded to the extent that teachers contribute more to premiums and pay higher deductions." — Mike Nault, executive director, human resources, Oshkosh Area School District
Where states have been aggressive in reforming benefit packages for schoolteachers, the results have been mixed.
Three and a half years after the passage of Act 10 in Wisconsin, the Oshkosh Area School District struggles to maintain teachers' health care benefits and give them pay raises that at least keep up with cost of living increases.
"Benefits have eroded to the extent that teachers contribute more to premiums and pay higher deductions," said Mike Nault, executive director of human resources, Oshkosh Area School District.
The law requires state employees to pay at least 12.6 percent of the average cost of annual premiums, and it requires changes in plan design to reduce current premiums by 5 percent. Wisconsin is considering switching from its HMO model to self-insurance.
The passage of Act 10 also requries districts to go to bid for health care insurance, rather than specifying carriers. "The competition made the carriers sharpen their pencils," Nault said. "We get a fairly decent product at a lower price."
Although many teachers are reconciled to paying more of their health care insurance costs, many are pushing back at what they perceive as an assault on their benefits, pay and general respect.
Sandi Fisher, a 5th grade teacher at a public school in the depressed Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, said she can't make an appointment with some of her medical providers because they've opted out of her Keystone HMO plan.
Still, she said, "no one's complaining about making contributions. It's everything else they're taking away." The district doesn't reliably provide classroom supplies, such as paper. And it wants teachers to give back up to 13 percent of their salaries to the district in addition to taking the cuts in benefits.
"No one's complaining about making contributions. It's everything else they're taking away." —Sandi Fisher, teacher, School District of Philadelphia
Relations between the School District of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers are so acrimonious that the district's School Reform Commission voted last fall to cancel the union contract and impose new health care terms on the union. In a victory for the union, the Pennsylvania
Commonwealth Court ruled on Jan. 22 that the district may not restructure the collective bargaining agreement between the teachers union and the school district, sending the warring parties back to the negotiating table.
The discord in the Philadelphia system is "indicative of what's going on in the country," although that is magnified by the large size of the metropolitan school district, said Baldwin.
Cost-Cutting Strategies
For school districts that use substitute teachers, their hours present a challenge under the ACA.
Historically, said Dr. Frank Vail, director of insurance services, South Carolina School Boards Association, substitute teachers didn't get benefits, but under the ACA, they do if they work enough hours to be considered full-time workers.
"The problem is how to track and keep records," he said, since several recordkeeping formulas apply.
"Some districts have contracted out substitute teaching to companies like Kelly so they don't have to deal with it."
Others, said Abraham of the AFT, have cut teachers' hours to avoid the mandate to offer insurance to full-time employees. "That wasn't the intention of the mandate. Where employers don't work with us on ways to mitigate the impact of the employer mandate, it's a mess."
Wellness programs are a more welcome cost-cutting strategy, both for health care, and worker's compensation insurance and claims, which are a school district's biggest insurance cost, according to Michael McHugh, area senior executive vice president, public and nonprofit division, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
For example, many Wisconsin districts have implemented health risk assessments and introduced on-site or near-site clinics, a convenient, lower-cost form of health care.
Wisconsin's Act 10 requires health risk assessments aimed at participant wellness and collection of data related to assessing the quality and effectiveness of health care providers.
Daniel Wolak, president, Union Labor Life Insurance, sees a trend to freestanding, on-site clinics staffed by full-time doctors and nurses, such as the ones in Wisconsin.
"These clinics act as gatekeeper," he said, directing teachers to pricier specialists only when necessary. They also free up the teachers' own doctors to spend more time with their patients when they make office visits.
The push for wellness, however, introduces privacy concerns, Abraham said.
"Individuals worry when employers ask about their health status. They ask, 'Will I get fired because I'm using health care benefits? Will my premium go up?' "
And then there are administrative decisions: Penalties or incentives? An additional $50 on premiums for employees who don't do the health screens or a $50 gift card for those who do?
"All districts want to take care of their kids' teachers. … There's no one-size-fits-all solution." — Norman Reisman, retired benefits consultant, multiemployer funds
Insurance companies, working with school districts, unions or coalitions, can adjust plan design to trim premium costs, said Norman Reisman, a recently retired benefits consultant with more than 40 years of health care insurance experience in multiemployer funds. Pharmacy benefits are "the fastest-growing chunk of health care spend," he said.
Plans can save money by encouraging the use of generics and incenting mail order instead of retail prescriptions. These small moves save "a lot" of money. Plans can also require greater member contributions and tighten up eligibility requirements, Reisman said.
"All districts want to take care of their kids' teachers," Reisman said, but federal and state laws, the prevailing culture and the district's financial health all play a role.
"There's no one-size-fits-all solution," he said.
Pollution Liability
Filling the E-Waste Insurance Gap
The technology industry cultivates a popular impression of itself as "clean," with products packaged in spotless white boxes, but the manufacture — and ultimate disposal — of these products is far from clean and carries considerable risk.
For example, older circuit boards contain lead, tin, cadmium and mercury, which are regulated as hazardous waste and can cause contamination when released, said Bill McElroy, senior vice president, Liberty International Underwriters. Such contamination is difficult and expensive to remediate.
"We insure our clients against the risk that they make their neighbors sick or contaminate the environment," he said.
Most e-waste recycling is about getting valuable rare earth minerals out of electronics for reuse in new products.
Less-valuable plastic components and metals are also recovered and recycled, but the unusable waste is landfilled or incinerated, a process that may release gasses into the air or toxins into groundwater.
E-waste recyclers often believe their general liability policies cover any accidental releases, only to find out too late that their total pollution exclusion leaves them liable — and pollution claims tend to be very high-ticket incidents.
"I wouldn't recommend anyone in the waste management business not have pollution insurance," McElroy said.
Elizabeth Bannister, managing director, Marsh, suggested that electronics recyclers look hard at the language in their general liability coverage. The standard coverage is likely to include a pollution exclusion that includes "materials to be recycled, reconditioned or reclaimed."
If that is the situation, she said, such recyclers should consider filling the gap with affirmative coverage for pollution liability.
Recyclers may not understand that insurers define their products as "pollutants" or "hazardous materials," since the EPA and other regulatory bodies use different definitions, said Ross Fields, manager of the e-waste insurance program at Leavitt Group.
But since recyclers' business is the waste stream, nearly everything they touch is a "pollutant," and the insurance industry considers their "product" to be a pollutant until it reaches its final point of destruction or reuse, he said.
These semantic nuances have big implications for potential liability.
The provision in a general liability policy covering "products and completed operations" would not cover bodily injury or property damage arising out of their product: pollution. A company in electronics recycling needs products pollution liability, experts said.
It's also important for producers of materials to make sure their downstream e-waste recyclers have environmental liability coverage, said Matthew Pateidl, vice president, environmental risk, Lockton.
"Vet your vendors," he said.
Rating Insurance Partners
Report Examines Risk Manager Satisfaction
Risk professionals who focus on enterprise risk management (ERM) are less satisfied with their insurance partners than non-ERM risk professionals, according to new research.
The 2014 Commercial Insurance Report — Special Report Snapshot is the first annual customer satisfaction survey conducted by the Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) and J.D. Power. The full report is due to be released in February.
Overall, risk professionals at large businesses were most satisfied with their brokers (854 on a 1,000-point scale), followed by satisfaction with property insurers at 821, auto at 811, and workers' compensation at 746.
Risk professionals at small businesses ranked satisfaction with insurance at 783.
As for ERM versus non-ERM professionals, the survey found that risk professionals with ERM responsibility scored workers' compensation the weakest at 541 on a 1,000-point scale. That was 238 points lower than their counterparts without ERM responsibility.
Risk professionals with ERM responsibilities also ranked brokers (at 828 points) 56 points lower than their counterparts without ERM responsibility.
Of the nearly 1,000 risk professionals who participated in the study, 40 percent have at least some ERM responsibilities.
That's an unexpectedly high number, said Carol Fox, RIMS director of strategic and enterprise risk and the report's co-author.
More Than Transactions
As senior leadership begins to accept the benefits of enterprise risk management, the relationship between the risk professional and the company's brokers and insurers assumes more than a simple transactional role, she said.
"ERMs are charged with coming up with ideas and solutions for risks that may not be insurable," she said. "This is where insurers and brokers can help."
For example, she said, the World Economic Forum recognizes water shortage as a global risk. The insurance partner of a business that depends on a plentiful water supply, such as a pharmaceutical or beverage company, could provide scenarios and analytics to help risk professionals and their organizations understand the risks.
"If a water shortage is anticipated within the strategic horizon, maybe 10 to 15 years, the broker or an engineer on the insurer's team could help the company's risk professional make plans."
In one case, she said, a pharmaceutical company located on a body of salt water built a desalination plant. "The broker can provide those analytics and make recommendations."
The different findings from survey findings from risk professionals with and without ERM responsibilities suggest that insurers and brokers are not meeting the more strategic and complex responsibilities of ERM professionals, said Timothy Bebout, commercial insurance practice leader at J.D. Power, who also co-wrote the report.
"If the brokers or insurers aren't involved in the strategic discussions about, say, new locations or staffing, they won't have a holistic view of their customers' needs," he said.
Fox also noted that there was a "significant delta" in customer satisfaction between broker-only relationships and triangular relationships that also includes the insurer.
Client Interaction
The survey found that overall satisfaction fell by 100 points when a property insurance representative, such as an engineer or underwriter, was not involved during both a service interaction or claims process.
"Large commercial buyers really want to get in front of the underwriter to build a trusting relationship," Fox said. "They want to work directly with the insurer's engineers and claims adjusters — and that takes face-to-face meetings.
Clients also want direct meetings with brokers, she said. Overall satisfaction declined by 73 points among clients that didn't have at least two in-person interactions, the report found.
Bebout said that interaction between the risk professional and insurer was the second-rated factor driving overall customer satisfaction across coverage lines.
The highest rated factor driving satisfaction in property lines was program offerings, while claims drove satisfaction in the workers' comp line. For auto, it was price that satisfied the most risk professionals.
The study measured separate satisfaction scores for insurers and brokers, which were then weighted by importance and aggregated into composite scores, said Colleen Cairns, manager, insurance industry analytics, J.D. Power.
Insurers were scored on five factors: interaction; program offerings; price; billing and payment; and claims.
Brokers were scored on four factors: ease of contacting; reasonableness of fees; advice and guidance in selecting program offerings; and timeliness of resolving contact.
Respondents were employed by companies with $100 million or more in annual revenue that purchased a commercial property, workers' compensation, or auto policy with a profiled insurer or broker.


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