On Thursday, May 3 and Thursday, May 17, Marsh’s Retail/Wholesale, Food & Beverage (RWFB) Practice held an interactive discussion on timely industry-related risk management issues. These discussions are intended as a forum for c-suite/senior management and risk management professionals to gain knowledge and exchange best practices with a mix of industry peers.

Each session runs approximately 30 minutes and is moderated by Gil Goetz, Managing Director, Marsh West Zone RWFB Industry Practice Leader and featured topic experts.

We Want to Conduct a Marketing Promotion – Now What?

When you think of marketing promotions, risk and insurance are not the first things that come to mind. However, marketing initiatives can affect the bottom line—positively or negatively. The benefits from a well-conceived and run promotion are obvious—increased traffic and sales.  Join us for a webcast where we will discuss promotional risk management strategies and solutions, including how to:

• leverage promotional dollars;
• have a risk transfer option for promotions; and
• increase traffic and sales, in-store and online.

Our Health Plan Costs Are Rising – Now What?

Each year employers confront balancing the rising cost of benefits with the need to attract and retain key staff.  In 2012, this will be particularly challenging as employers are faced with new cost pressures associated with health care reform requirements and evolving market dynamics.  Join us for a webcast where we will cover major cost and design trends as well as issues specific to the retail, wholesale, food, and beverage industries.  We will outline employers’ strategies for bringing health benefits costs under control such as:

• High deductible and consumer-directed plans
• Health management programs with incentives and penalties
• 20+ “best practices” that have been proven to save money while increasing employee engagement