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File #: RES 21-321    Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
In control: President and Board of Trustees
On agenda: 12/6/2021 Final action: 12/6/2021
Title: A Resolution Authorizing the Purchase of Excess Public Entity Liability Insurance, Excess Workers' Compensation Insurance, Property Insurance, Crime Coverage, and Cyber Liability for the Village of Oak Park for Fiscal Year 2022 in an Amount Not to Exceed $649,664
Attachments: 1. Insurance Purchase Resolution, 2. 2022 Insurance Premium Summary
Submitted By
Paul L. Stephanides, Village Attorney

Reviewed By
AMZ

Agenda Item Title
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A Resolution Authorizing the Purchase of Excess Public Entity Liability Insurance, Excess Workers' Compensation Insurance, Property Insurance, Crime Coverage, and Cyber Liability for the Village of Oak Park for Fiscal Year 2022 in an Amount Not to Exceed $649,664

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Overview
Overview
The Resolution authorizes the purchase of excess insurance for amounts over the Village's self-insured retention amounts for coverage for public entity liability insurance, excess workers' compensation insurance, property insurance, crime coverage, and cyber liability for the fiscal year 2022.

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Staff Recommendation
Adopt the Resolution.

Fiscal Impact
The total cost to purchase the insurance coverage for the fiscal year 2022 is the not-to-exceed amount of $649,664 which amount is included in the 2022 Self Insured Retention Fund budget.

Background
The Village has been self-insured for liability, workers' compensation, and property claims, and crime coverage since 1977 up to the Village's retention amounts. The Village supplements its self-insurance program by purchasing insurance for amounts above its retention for these categories. The coverage amounts and deductibles for the Village's insurance remain the same in 2022 as they were in 2021. In 2015, the Village decreased its self-insurance retention amount for liability coverage from $2,000,000 to $750,000.

The total premium cost for 2022 is the not-to-exceed amount of $649,664. This amount includes the following premiums as solicited by the Village's insurance broker, Alliant/Mesirow Insurance Services: (1) public liability insurance - $392,805; (2) excess workers' compensation insurance - $113,709; (3) property and casualty - $109,242; (4) crime coverage - $5,790; and (5) cyber liability - $28,118. The premium total is $649,664. Premiums have increased in 2022 over 2021 premiums for excess liability, property, wor...

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