Law & Risk Management
In today’s complex business environment, it is becoming increasingly important for property managers to know how to address legal and risk management issues. This course will provide a foundation in the basic principles of law and risk management, helping you deal with everyday legal and risk issues.
The new application-based microlessons provide a guided tutorial for the correct process of creating a deed and the legal aspects of enforcing it, tools and strategies to ensure your lease agreements are fully compliant – minimizing risks and maximizing returns, and an understanding of how to manage insurance coverage strategically, ensuring optimal protection while avoiding over-insurance pitfalls.
Upon successful completion of this course, learners will be able to:
- Discuss the issues surrounding contracting law
- Explain the legal aspects of real estate financing
- Understand environmental law and land use
- Identify potential legal liability situations
- Formulate effective loss control programs
- Understand insurance policies needed to help protect your company from potential liability claims
- Describe how underwriting for insurance affects your coverage
- Provide comprehensive employee benefit plans
- Conveying and financing real estate
- Contracts
- Property interests
- Premises liability
- Environmental law and concerns
- Employment relationships and agency
- Introduction to risk management
- Insurance company operations
- Principles of insurance and insurable risk
- General liability insurance and employee benefit plans
- Loss exposures
- Claims adjustments
- Torts
- Contracts
- Types of Owners and their Employment Relationships
- Property Interests
- Conveying and Financing Real Estate
- Leases and the Landlord-Tenant Relationship
- Environmental Law and Land Use Regulation
- Introduction to Risk management
- Insurers and Insurance Representatives
- Insurance Company Operations
- Property and Business Income Insurance
- General Liability, Automobile, and Umbrella Insurance
- Insurance for Employees and professionals
- Environmental Liability Insurance
- Handling the Claims Adjustment Process
This course is available through the following delivery options:
- Online Self-Paced
- Collaborative Virtual Learning
This course does not apply to any BOMI certificates.
This course applies to the following BOMI designation:
- RPA® – Real Property Administrator