Patrick Wraight
Patrick leads the charge at Insurance Journal’s Academy of Insurance, where he brings together his deep industry know-how and love for teaching. He kicked off his insurance career as a commercial underwriter for an MGA, focusing on niche markets like fire departments, ambulance companies, and home medical equipment dealers. It didn't take long for him to discover his knack for educating others, and soon he was designing and rolling out a new underwriter training program.
He then took his talents to one of Florida’s largest property insurers, where he grew from an underwriter trainer to a learning consultant. In this role, Patrick enjoyed the challenge of developing custom training solutions and helping clients solve their unique learning puzzles.
Patrick has written numerous articles for Insurance Journal and My New Markets and is the co-author of Risk-Proof Your Business - The Complete Guide to Smart Insurance Choices. As a sought-after speaker, he’s shared his insights multiple times at In2Risk and at various insurance industry events nationwide. He is a collector of industry designations, including CPCU, ITP, CIC, CRM, CISR, AU, and AINS—an alphabet soup that highlights his dedication to lifelong learning.
When he's not immersed in the world of insurance, Patrick loves hitting the road with his bride, spending time with his family, and helping his adult sons navigate the rollercoaster ride of adulthood.
What is Risk and Risk Management
Risk abounds in life and in business. In this session, we will examine risk, what is it and what does it mean for us? We will then take a look at how risk can be managed and decide on a process for doing just that.
CGL Master Class - Coverage C and Supplementary Payments
What happens when the injury is small enough that $5,000 or $10,000 would pay for the injured person's bill? Do they really have to file a suit against the insured to get that money? That's where coverage C comes into play. This medical payments coverage makes it possible to handle small claims without a lot of issues. When we've handled medical payments, we will examine a part of the policy that provides for money outside of the liability limits to handle other things, like defense.
Join us in session number six in our CGL Master Class.
CGL Master Class - Coverage B and Selected Exclusions
When most of us think about the CGL policy, we think about the bodily injury and property damage coverage (Coverage A), but there's more to it than that. Sometimes we forget that there is also something called personal and advertising injury that is included on the policy. Coverage B, personal and advertising injury, provides coverage for those offenses that are listed in the definition. Join us as we examine what those offenses are and several exclusions that apply to this coverage.
CGL Master Class - Coverage A and Selected Exclusions
When most of us think about the CGL policy, we usually think about bodily injury and property damage. We all understand that there's more to it than that, but that's what we immediately think about.
Join us as we take apart Coverage A in this session. We plan to look at several exclusions and look for ways to deal with those exclusions.
A Few of Our Favorite (and Least Favorite) Commercial Property Endorsements
In this conversation, Academy Director of Education, Patrick Wraight is joined by Friend of the Academy, Casey Roberts. The topic? Endorsements.
We get a look into the minds of these two insurance nerds as they discuss and debate their favorite (and least favorite) commercial property endorsements.
This is certain to be appointment viewing as they discuss endorsements and take your questions.
CGL Master Class - Additional Insured Endorsements
Your clients are signing contracts more often than you ever wanted to know. Many of those contracts come with insurance requirements. Some request indemnification. Others are asking to add the other party as an additional insured on your client's liability policies.
- What is an additional insured?
- Why would someone want to be an additional insured?
- Why would you add someone as an additional insured?
- What does it really mean to be an additional insured?
These questions and more are answered in this third session in our CGL Master Class. Join us as Academy Director of Education, Patrick Wraight digs into the additional insured.
CGL Master Class - Who is an Insured and Why Do You Care?
Is the new employee that decided to take a swing at a customer an insured on the company's CGL policy?
Is there coverage if an employee takes action to protect property and injures someone in the process?
Join us as we explore who is an insured on a CGL policy with Patrick Wraight, Director of Education for the Academy in this second installment of our CGL Master Class.
CGL Master Class - Liability Exposures
The CGL policy can be complicated. What's the difference between Coverages A, B, and C? What liability exposures are covered?
In this first session of our Commercial General Liability Master Class, we will examine the different liability exposures that a business may face and then look at how the CGL policy might respond to those exposures. Spoiler alert. Sometimes, they aren't covered and the client will need another policy.
Join us as Academy Director Patrick Wraight begins the Commercial General Liability Master Class with this session about liability exposures.
2020 ISO Commercial Auto Changes
Change happens more often than we are comfortable with. It also seems to come along just when we get used to a particular policy form. Well, in 2020 ISO released updates to the Commercial Auto program. Join us as Academy Director Patrick Wraight walks us through the changes and helps us answer the question: what's with these changes and how can I help my clients understand them?
Commercial Property Master Class - Selected Endorsements
We know that the ISO Commercial Property Policy includes an exclusion for ordinance or law. Did you also know that there is an endorsement designed to provide the coverage to fill this exclusion? Did you also know that you can endorse flood as a covered cause of loss onto the commercial property policy? Join us as Academy Director, Patrick Wraight helps us with these and other endorsements.