BerkleyMed is excited to team with Optima to support the CHI program.  As a first year sponsor we are excited to bring our risk financing and risk mitigation expertise to the program.  BerkleyMed is a member company of W. R. Berkley Corporation, a well-capitalized insurance holding company.  With a core business focus on the hospital professional liability market, we provide lead excess and reinsurance policies to healthcare organizations throughout the country. 

From the first interaction, our team takes a consultative approach with Optima and strives to understand the organization's strategic objectives, risk appetite, and financial position.  Once our team has developed a clear understanding of the organization's needs, they work with Optima to build customized risk financing alternatives. Based on their identified needs, lead clients receive the support of a dedicated ValueLink™ Team that includes specialists from all facets of the insurance industry, including actuarial, strategic analytics, clinical risk management, underwriting, and claims management.  This team works together to develop risk mitigation service strategies that focus on professional liability and patient safety, which includes identifying loss drivers and preventing losses from occurring.  Our service strategy does not end with the policy year.  We look beyond the present to understand your organization's future goals so we can strategically plan program and service options to help your organization realize them. For more information, visit Berkleymed.com

One of the world's leading reinsurance brokers, Willis Re is known for its world-class analytics capabilities, which it combines with its reinsurance expertise in a seamless, integrated offering that can help clients increase the value of their businesses. Willis Re serves the risk management and risk transfer needs of a diverse, global client base that includes all of the world's top insurance and reinsurance carriers as well as member owned mutual and risk retention groups. Willis Re’s global team of experts offers services and advice that can help clients make better reinsurance decisions and negotiate optimum terms. For more information, visit willisre.com

Andrada & Associates PC represents hospitals, physicians, and other healthcare providers in medical malpractice actions.  It also represents hospitals in wrongful termination, staff privilege, and other types of civil litigation. Additionally, the firm provides general counseling to hospitals and physician groups. For more information, visit andradalaw.com

Beecher Carlson is proud to have served as CHI’s captive manager in the State of Hawaii for nearly 20 years. Beecher Carlson is a large account risk management broker that delivers expertise by industry focus and product specialization. As a pioneer in the alternative risk industry and as one of the world’s largest captive managers, our captive management and consulting practice has been recognized by Captive Review magazine for our innovative approach to captive management, excellence in customer care, and twice as Captive Manager of the Year. For more information, visit beechercarlson.com

Brobeck, West, Borges, Rosa & Douville LLP enjoys an outstanding reputation in the Southern California legal community. While the firm has grown to accommodate the needs of clients, its attorneys and support staff remain committed to providing early evaluation and resolution of claims in the best interests of its clients. Brobeck, West, Borges, Rosa & Douville LLP has continued its reputation for success in handling large and complex multiparty and high exposure damage and injury cases. For more information, visit bwbrdlawfirm.com

Char Hamilton Yoshida & Shimomoto (“CHYS”) is the leading legal service provider of captive insurance legal services in Hawaii. CHYS represents clients from vast array of industries, many of which are Fortune and Global 500 companies, as well as risk retention groups in the healthcare provider trade. CHYS has been and remains remarkably active in the captive industry ever since its involvement in licensing the first captive in Hawaii in 1987.  With nearly 50 years of collective experience, CHYS attorneys are active in authoring articles and lecturing on a wide variety of captive insurance topics within and outside the United States. For more information, visit charhamilton.com

 Davis-Grass was established in 1989 and has been engaged in the exclusive representation of healthcare providers for nearly 30 years.  The firm has offices in Ontario and San Diego, and represents clients throughout all counties in  Southern California. For more information, visit www.davis-grass.com

Doyle Schafer McMahon is proud to sponsor the 2017 CHI/Optima Owners Retreat. For more information, visit dsmllp.com

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 Hall Prangle and Schoonveld (HPS) has a nationwide practice (including offices in northern and southern California and Nevada) focussing on defending hospitals, physicians, nurses, and other healthcare providers in virtually every field of medicine, often in matters involving catastrophic loss. HPS also provides healthcare counseling and support for issues related to medical products and devices, EMTALA, physician credentialing and privileges, class actions, employment discrimination and other related areas of medical practice and regulation. Given this expertise and varied practice HPS stands ready to assist with any legal needs a medical facility may face. For more information, visit hpslaw.com

Horvitz & Levy LLP is the largest firm in the nation dedicated to civil appeals and consulting at trial in anticipation of an appeal.  With an outstanding track record of success spanning more than a half-century, our experience in handling appeals in California and the Ninth Circuit is unparalleled.  Appellate litigation is not like trial litigation. The rules are different, the courts are different, and the process is different. To maximize your chances of success on appeal, you need attorneys with a deep understanding of appellate practice and procedure, bringing to bear refined expertise and fresh perspectives, both in briefing and at oral argument. Horvitz & Levy is that law firm. For more information, visit horvitzlevy.com

Kennaday Leavitt Owensby focuses on health care, labor and employment law.  We offer solutions that are practical, efficient and results oriented. Our attorneys’ decades of experience, combined with our collaborative work environment, provide high-quality representation on the cutting edge of these evolving fields of law. Our highly skilled litigators represent Fortune 500 companies and small businesses alike in employment related disputes, including discrimination claims, wage and hour actions, and whistleblower retaliation claims.  We use our experience to counsel our clients, providing practical advice regarding best practices, reasonable accommodation and the interactive process, dealing with government regulators and many others.  For more information, please visit kennadayleavitt.com

Since its founding in Stockton in 1946, the Kroloff firm has been a strong litigation force in the courthouses of Northern California. Since our earliest days, we have represented hospitals and healthcare providers in malpractice litigation. This remains a core component of our diversified law practice. We also provide advice and counselling to clients in multiple areas affecting the healthcare industry.

Our other litigation focus for the healthcare industry is the growing and troublesome field of employment litigation. We successfully resolve cases including alleged wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, and wage and hour class actions. For more information, visit kroloff.com

Founded in 1965, La Follette, Johnson, DeHaas, Fesler & Ames is a statewide litigation firm of 55 attorneys specializing in defense of healthcare providers. The Firm serves clients all over Northern and Southern California, including San Diego, through its five offices. La Follette, Johnson represents many hospitals in Northern California is major exposure medical negligence cases. The state's largest insurers, self-insured entities, and healthcare organizations call upon La Follette, Johnson to defend their most serious claims. For more information, visit LJDFA.com

Established in 1979, Lewis Brisbois is a national, full-service law firm with more than 1,100 attorneys and offices in 41 cities and 26 states. Our national practice is sophisticated, multi-faceted, and well-versed in current legal trends, while our individual state practices provide vast resources and knowledge of procedural and legal nuances. For more information, visit Lewisbrisbois.com

Managing assets for insurance companies has been our sole focus for over 23 years. Customized Enterprise Risk balanced solutions in fixed, equity, and alternative strategies built upon your company's unique financial and operational considerations. Added expertise and services in ALM, asset allocation determination, Investment Policy Statement development, Interest Rate Sensitivity analysis, scenario stress testing, A.M. Best support, and Schedule D reporting capabilities. For more information, visit madisonscottsdale.com

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Murphy, Campbell, Alliston & Quinn is a Sacramento-based law firm renown in matters of insurance coverage advice and litigation, civil appeals and writs, trial representation in such matters as real estate, construction, business disputes, contract disputes, professional liability, intellectual property and personal injury. We also provide business consultation, entity formation and estate planning services. Clients include cities, counties, JPAs, insurance pools, law enforcement agencies and claims companies. For more information, visit murphycampbell.com

At Pleiss Casey Sitar & Ross we are dedicated to providing the health and long term care industry with personalized and specialized litigation defense services which meet the highest standards of integrity and unequivocal excellence. We strive to create partnerships with care providers which proactively protect the integrity of their services and reputation in the community from outside forces who engage in unfair litigation. Our goal as leaders in litigation defense is to educate and empower our clients as we work together to contain litigation risk across the entire spectrum of healthcare providers. We strongly believe that not only is it important that you – our client – feel that your case is our most important case, but that you are our most important client! For more information, visit pcsrlaw.com

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SMTZG is a law firm which specializes in defending health care professionals and entities in medical malpractice and elder abuse cases. We also handle administrative matters involving the Medical Board, BRN, CDPH, and Board of Pharmacy investigations and administrative proceedings. For more information, visit smtlaw.com

We are a law firm of trial attorneys who practice in numerous complex areas. We specialize in complex medical and professional litigation with a diverse practice that encompasses many aspects of the insurance industry. We handle cases throughout California and Nevada, in state and federal courts, at both the trial and appellate levels. We pride ourselves as being a firm of enormous depth with experienced, dedicated trial attorneys serving our client's broad litigation needs. For more information, visit szs.com

UBS Institutional Consulting delivers insightful advice to help institutions of virtually every type—mission-based organizations, government agencies and corporations—help preserve and grow their assets. Our disciplined consulting process is backed by the capital strength and resources of one of the world's leading wealth management firms. And our dedicated Consultants build collaborative and long-term personal relationships with clients. In all, it's a powerful combination of experience, hands-on guidance and the resources of a global financial leader to help you accomplish your organization's goals. For more information, visit www.ubs.com

Wilke Fleury is one of Sacramento’s longest standing law firms. For over 90 years, the firm has served businesses, governmental entities and individuals by providing comprehensive legal services while maintaining the highest standards of integrity and client service. The firm’s lawyers represent decades of experience and expertise in litigation; healthcare; government relations and political law; construction; employment; bankruptcy; business transactions, including sales and mergers; real estate; tax; estate planning and professional liability defense. Our historical perspective, local connections and exceptional experience have resulted in a track record of remarkably effective solutions for our clients. For more information, visit wilkefleury.com

Founded in 1997 by David Wood, Kevin Smith, Stephen Henning and Daniel Berman, WSHB is one of the fastest growing law firms in the United States. WSHB currently employs over 200 attorneys in 21 offices in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Washington. With active practices in professional liability, employment, commercial, medical malpractice and healthcare, construction, environmental, real estate, transportation, subrogation, toxic tort and intellectual property litigation, WSHB has tried over 900 cases to verdict and is internationally recognized for an exceptionally high rate of success. For more information, visit wshblaw.com