Steven A. Coombs

Mr. Coombs is one of the presenters for Workshop T4, ”Deconstructing the Wrap-Up Fro-Forma,” on Tuesday afternoon. He has more than 33 years of industry experience, with the past 26 years in a consulting environment. Prior to that, he was a national accounts underwriter for a large international insurance group. Risk Resources is a risk management and commercial insurance consulting firm based in Elmhurst, Illinois. Risk Resources does not sell insurance and provides consulting services on a fee-for-service basis. Common projects include risk management and insurance audits, insurance requests for proposals/proposal management, wrap-up feasibility reviews, agent/broker/administrator selection, risk financing studies, and litigation support and testimony.

Mr. Coombs has been involved in scores of projects insured by wrap-up and project-specific programs while representing owners, developers, design teams, construction managers, and general contractors. He has extensive knowledge and experience regarding various aspects of construction insurance. He is a coauthor of The Builders Risk Book, published by International Risk Management Institute, Inc. He is also a former president of the Society of Risk Management Consultants.

Mr. Coombs is a graduate of Western Michigan University with a bachelor of business administration. He also holds an M.A. from DePaul University with a concentration in risk management and insurance. He has earned the Associate in Risk Management (ARM) certificate from the Insurance Institute of America and received the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation.