Dennis

 Dennis Slabaugh, ARM
With over 33 years of Nationally recognized risk management service and 45 years of industry experience, Mr. Slabaugh is relentless in his pursuit of delivering expertise to his clients. His claim management experience and workers’ compensation expertise is well known throughout the State of Florida by adjusters, carriers, and the legal community. He started his career with the Prudential in Cleveland Ohio in 1976. After spending 8 years in the   P & C brokerage business in Naples, he established the Corporate Risk Management department at the NCH Healthcare System in 1989. While at NCH, he led many risk reduction strategies in the medical liability area and in the self-funded workers’ compensation program. Medical liability costs and self-funded workers’ compensation costs remained at less than 50% of what they were prior to his association with NCH saving millions of dollars each year. He was an early pioneer in the Florida workers’ compensation managed care arena having assisted NCH’s workCare Managed Care Arrangement become one of the very first licensed MCA’s in the state in 1994. As a frequent speaker at Local, Regional and National conferences as well as providing dozens of training programs for businesses each year, he is always eager to share his knowledge. In addition to providing significant “value-added” services to his clients the past 15 years, he has championed several large scale Risk Consulting projects for some of the area’s most well known companies. He is recognized as an expert authority of Florida Workers’ Compensation.  Mr. Slabaugh has participated in over 750 meditations and settlement conferences resulting in significant claim cost control and has been a Certified Supreme Court County Mediator.  He earned the Associate in Risk Management (ARM) designation and also  earned the Construction Risk Insurance Specialist (CRIS) He is certified in the erection and inspection of Tube / Coupler, Frame Scaffolding and has been  a Provider of Contractor’s Licensing Board CEU’s
   
PROFESSIONAL and CIVIC AFFILIATIONS 

• Vice Chairman - Board of Directors- R.O.O.F (Residential Options of Florida)  2018-2022
• Child's Path Advisory Council 2018- Present
• East Naples Civic and Commerce Association Board of Directors 2019-2020 
 

   RIMS-Risk and Insurance Management Society  1991- Present 
      • Founder of the Southwest Florida Chapter 1991
      • President SWF Chapter 1991-92
      • RIMS Board of Directors 1993-1999
      • Member National Nominating Committee Task Force 1995
      • Member National Nominating Committee 1995-97
      • Chair- National Nominating Committee 1998-2000
      • Member National Strategic Planning Task Force 1997-98
      • Vice Chair-Communications / Internet Committee 1998-2000 

• Bonita Springs Chamber of Commerce - Chairman of The Disaster Planning Task Force 2004 
• 20th Judicial Circuit Court - Volunteer, Supreme Court Certified County Court Mediator  2001 - 2022 
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