Christopher J. Boggs
Christopher J. Boggs joined the insurance industry in 1990. He is currently the Executive Director, Big I Virtual University and former Vice President of Education for Insurance Journal's Academy of Insurance.
During his career, Boggs has authored more than 300 insurance and risk management-related articles on a wide range of topics as diverse as Credit Default Swaps, the MCS-90, and enterprise risk management. This does not include the seven “e-books” (short, one-topic books covering various insurance and risk management-related subjects) Boggs has written.
Additionally, Boggs has written and published six insurance and risk management-related books
- "The Insurance Professional's Practical Guide to Workers' Compensation: From History through Audit – Second Edition;"
- "Business Income Insurance Demystified: The Simplified Guide to Time Element Coverages – Third Edition;”
- “Property and Casualty Insurance Concepts Simplified: The Ultimate ‘How to’ Insurance Guide for Agents, Brokers, Underwriters and Adjusters;”
- “Wow! I Never Knew That! 12 of the Most Misunderstood and Misused P&C Coverages, Concepts and Exclusions;”
- “Insurance, Risk & Risk Management! The Insurance Professional’s Guide to Risk Management and Insurance;” and
- “Workers’ Compensation: How You Can Effectively Answer Your Clients 12 Most Commonly Asked Questions.”
In addition to his writing, education, and training experience, Boggs worked in many areas of insurance. He began his career with Insurance Services Office as a rating and underwriting representative. Boggs has also worked as an agent (even owning his own agency), as the loss control and claims examiner for state-owned property in his home state, as a risk management consultant, and as the quality assurance specialist (auditing underwriting files) for the Southeast region of an insurance carrier.
A graduate of Liberty University with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Boggs has obtained nine professional insurance designations: the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU), Associate in Risk Management (ARM), Associate in Loss Control Management (ALCM), Legal Principles Claims Management (LPCS), Accredited Advisor in Insurance (AAI), Associate in Premium Auditing (APA), Certified Workers’ Compensation Advisor (CWCA), Construction Risk and Insurance Specialist (CRIS) and the Associate in General Insurance (AINS).
Contracts Triple Pack
Three sessions previously conducted by the Academy of Insurance combine to give a much clearer picture of how insurance and contracts interact.
Valuation / Coinsurance Training Triple Pack
Three popular training courses about property valuation and explaining coinsurance.
Business Income: It's Easier Than You Think (5-part series)
Business income is the MOST important property coverage any insured can buy. Discover how simple the coverage really is during this five-part web series.
Understanding and Explaining Ordinance or Law Coverage
This class details the essential coverage provisions found in the two ordinance or law endorsements and demonstrates how this coverage can save your insureds (and you from an E&O perspective) hundreds of thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket expenses.
The Real Effects of Granting Additional Insured Status
Learn if naming an additional insured will reduce the limits of coverage available or in any other way negatively affect the named insured's protection.
Practical Workers' Compensation: The Experience Modification Worksheet
Learn the who, what, when, why and how of experience modification and the major question, "How are experience mods calculated?"
Practical Workers' Compensation: What You Need To Know (5-part series)
Statutes, common law, contracts and the human element combine to produce a safety net for workers injured on the job.
Practical Workers' Compensation: The Surprising Importance of Employers' Liability Protection
Employers' Liability protection is often overlooked or just plain ignored by many agents and brokers. The gaps filled by this coverage are too important to act carelessly when planning this protection.
Practical Workers' Compensation: When to Add Additional States - Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Problems
Potential coverage limit gaps or the complete loss of coverage are possible when employees work in states in which the employer has no specific location. To avoid these gaps or the loss of coverage requires recognition of the problems and knowledge of the available solutions.
Practical Workers' Compensation: Employees, Contractors and Contractual Risk
Who qualifies as an "employee?" This session dissects employee/employer relationships to avoid surprises following a loss or at audit.