Design Professionals Learning Events (DPLE)

Continuing education courses are important for helping design professionals, and their employees, enhance their awareness of current trends and best practices and increase their knowledge across relevant industry disciplines and subject areas. Our DPLE series helps our insureds to lower insurance costs through improved risk management and by reducing the expenses associated with continuing education courses.

The DPLE series covers the basics of risk management, risk management solutions, contract review tools and detailed curricula specific to the differing responsibilities of A&E firm owners, project managers and staff. On the first Wednesday of each month, learning events are geared towards owners, executives and project managers and are focused on advanced topics in firm management, contract management and risk solutions. On the third Wednesday of each month, learning events are geared towards firm associates and new hires and are focused on basic risk management tools, contract review tools and practice management issues. Copies of the course presentations are available after each webinar. Click here to access our course resources.

Wednesday Webinar Series

• Sessions begin promptly at 2 p.m. Eastern time.
• Our Webinars are held the first and third Wednesday of each month; the first being our “hot topic”; the third, DPLE Course Curriculum.
• Premium credits for participation — You earn three (3) premium credits for an individual; for multiple participants attending a session, a maximum of nine (9) credits per firm per year for a single course.
• Continuing education credits for participants:
• AIA members — Be sure you have reported your Member Numbers to us. If they are not readily accessible, follow up with Barbara Sable, Assistant Vice President. She will report participation for all AIA members.
• Non AIA members — Go to Certificates of Participation after the webinar to obtain your certificate.

About the Presenters

Abbey Johnson Abbey Johnson is the Client Solutions Manager for RLI’s Professional Services Group. Abbey is responsible for assisting with the development of RLI’s risk management programs and developing content for RLI Design Professionals’ Learning Events. She provides webinars, contract reviews, and insurance program guidance to our insureds and brokers. Prior to joining RLI in 2016, Abbey was the Corporate Risk Manager with Parsons Brinckerhoff, a global civil engineering and professional services firm, where she was responsible for risk management, including contract reviews and the internal risk management information system, the global insurance program placement, and claims management. She began her career with Encompass Insurance in underwriting management.

Barbara Sable Barbara Sable is Assistant Vice President for RLI’s Professional Services Group. Barb is responsible for developing the content of RLI’s risk management programs and addressing the day-to-day needs of RLI’s policyholders. She provides face-to-face seminars, webinars, contract reviews, policy analysis, and insurance program guidance to our insureds and brokers. Prior to joining RLI, Barb was an equity partner in a national insurance brokerage firm, serving the needs of that firm’s largest architecture and engineering clients. Before that, she was an executive with Victor O. Schinnerer, where she was responsible for underwriting and risk management for numerous a/e firms worldwide. She began her career with CNA Insurance Companies as an actuarial and financial analyst.