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title: Insurance Principles and Market Conditions
description: Why is it important to have insurance? What exactly does it cover and how do you get it?
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# Insurance Principles and Market Conditions

## Why is it important to have insurance? What exactly does it cover and how do you get it?

***Watch our webinar to learn from our experts on Insurance Basics for Suburban Communities***

## Our Experts:

- Mark Gittleman, President, FirstService Residential
- Alicia Smith, Insurance Manager, FirstService Residential
- Sean Kent, Sr. Vice President, FirstService Financial
- Eric Skarnes, President, Insurance Warehouse

## What We Covered:

- Association insurance and the bidding process
- Market trends
- Directors and officers liability insurance
- Cyber liability

***Bonus: Also available for download are the Q&A from the webinar and Insurance Best Practices Cut Sheet prepared by our FirstService Financial Team.***

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