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.
Paying the Bills After the Storm
What's harder on a business? The roof blows off (or burns off) or the lost income for the three months it takes to replace it?
Cash is the life of a business and when there's a property loss, the business often can't operate properly to generate income. That's where Business Income coverage comes in. Join us as Patrick Wraight brings us a session on the basics of Business Income coverage.
5 Reasons "Your Work" Isn't Covered
The exclusions on the CGL coverage form can be confusing, especially when you consider that sometimes it looks like there are exclusions for things that should be covered. Join us as Academy Director Patrick Wraight makes sense out of several exclusions that apply to the work that your clients are doing and the products that they are selling.
The Sinking Florida Property Insurance Market: A Panel Discussion
Patrick Wraight, Academy Director, is bringing together four experts to discuss Florida, what happened in property insurance in 2022, what might happen in 23, and what it may mean for the rest of the country.
CGL Master Class - The 7 Part Series
Our CGL Master Class is a seven-part class that takes participants through the details of liability exposures and the CGL policy. Each class is designed to build on the others, giving you a full understanding of the CGL policy.
This class is designed for those who want to know more about commercial general liability and are willing to take some time to learn about it.
Join us as Patrick Wraight, Academy Director of Education, brings his insurance experience to bear to help you become more confident in understanding and applying the CGL policy.
Commercial Property Master Class - The 8 Part Series
Our Commercial Property Master Class is an eight-part class that takes participants through the details of property underwriting and commercial property policies. Each class is designed to build on the others, giving you a full understanding of the Commercial Property policy.
This class is designed for those who want to know more about commercial property and are willing to take some time to learn about it.
Join us as Patrick Wraight, Academy Director of Education, brings his insurance experience to bear to help you become more confident in understanding and applying the commercial property policy.
2022 ISO Homeowners' Program Updates
It's been over a decade since the last revision of the ISO Homeowners' program. Join us as Academy Director, Patrick Wraight brings us the details of this update.
Ways to Finance Risk
In this fourth session of our Risk Management Basics series, we discuss how an organization can finance the risks that they take on. This step in the Risk Management Cycle is critical because an organization that has decided to take on certain risks must understand the risk brings a potential financial consequence. Those financial consequences must be planned for and funded. Join us as Patrick discussed risk financing.
Ways to Control Risk
In this series, we're taking a high-level look at risk management. In just a few sessions, we will give you a primer on risk management. It won't make you a risk manager, but it is designed to open the discussion about risk, risk management, the place the insurance plays in the process, and how you can better serve your clients.
This session is focused on some of the ways that you can help businesses to control the risks that they face. Join us as Patrick discusses ways to control risks.
How to Identify Risk
In this series, we're taking a high-level look at risk management. In just a few sessions, we will give you a primer on risk management. It won't make you a risk manager, but it is designed to open the discussion about risk, risk management, the place the insurance plays in the process, and how you can better serve your clients.
This session is focused on some of the ways that you can help people to identify the risks that they face. Join us as Patrick discusses ways to identify risks.
CGL Master Class - Policy Limits and Selected Endorsements
In this final session of our CGL Master Class, we will look at how the limits on the CGL policy get used. It may seem straightforward, but when you consider that there are six limits and a loss might touch three of them at once, it begins to get a little complicated. After that, we'll deal with several endorsements that you need to be introduced to because one of your clients might come to you with them on their policy. You need to know how they change the policy and if you need to try and get the endorsement removed.