Background
Kathleen Creedon writes on
wrap-up strategies for IRMI.com.
Ms. Creedon's background includes 38 years of experience in the
insurance and risk management field, with the last 26 concentrated in
construction operations. She has worked almost exclusively with wrap-ups or
controlled insurance programs (CIPs) since 1997. She has set up, administered,
managed, or consulted on over 75 CIPs for commercial and residential projects.
Ms. Creedon has developed numerous training programs to teach various parties
about wrap-ups, including their feasibility, implementation, operation, and
closeout, and is a frequent speaker on the topic.
Ms. Creedon is the founder and principal of Wrap Strategies, an advisory and
DBE/SBE certified consulting firm that was started in 2001 and specializes in
all aspects of controlled insurance programs. While at Wrap Strategies, she has
provided customized services, including education and training, project/program
risk financing studies, broker and administrator RFQ/P assistance, document
design or review, program design, insurance carrier specifications, proposal
evaluation and analysis, OCIP and CCIP comparisons, program implementation
assistance, ongoing program oversight, interim or post-program auditing,
post-program analysis, process improvement analysis, litigation support, expert
witness assignments, and wrap-up administration system design assistance to
contractor, public and private project owner, agent, broker, consultant,
attorney, insurance company, and wrap-up service provider clients.
Prior to Wrap Strategies, Ms. Creedon served as vice president of Wrap
Services for Aon Risk Services, Inc., where she led a team responsible for the
sale and management of wrap-up programs. Ms. Creedon sold and managed projects
that included single site and rolling programs for multiple clients and also
managed the construction claim department. While at Aon, she was responsible
for CIP feasibility analysis, contract review, program design, program manual
composition, team assembly, safety plan review, medical management
arrangements, and service agreement negotiations. Prior to joining Aon, Ms.
Creedon served as a vice president and branch manager for Gow & Hanna West,
Inc., located in Irvine, California. In that position, she managed a branch
office of a regional commercial lines agency consisting of large construction
accounts. Her experience also includes previous positions as a marketing
manager and construction account manager.