OUR STAFF
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Michael J. Glapion, ARM, CWCA Michael Glapion is a thirty-five year veteran of the insurance industry. He has held positions as a commercial property and casualty insurance underwriter; risk manager for three Fortune 250 Corporations and the largest Grain Cooperative in the USA; and has spent the past 18 years as an insurance and risk management consultant, agent and broker. He holds the Associate in Risk Management and Certified Workers' Compensation Advisor professional designations, and holds resident and non-resident insurance agent licenses in Louisiana and Minnesota. During his career Mr. Glapion has distinguished himself as an innovative leader in developing programs and solutions to manage and control risk and risk costs. In the late 1970's he pioneered the development of Return to Work Programs for occupationally injured and disabled employees. He developed premium allocation, claims reserve analysis and loss projection models in the early 1980's utilizing the personal computer, electronic spreadsheets and data base management tools. In 1987 he became a principal in a minority owned independent insurance agency, which he acquired in 1989, through which he specialized in developing insurance programs for small, women and minority owned businesses, non-profit organizations, public entities and Fortune 500 corporations. Mike has developed particular expertise in the areas of Environmental and Pollution Liability, Directors & Officers and Employment Liability, Corporate Crime, Construction Wrap-up, Workers Compensation, Sports, Gaming and Entertainment, Nonprofit and Technology exposures. Mike resides in New Orleans, LA, is a graduate of Xavier University of Louisiana ('69) and St. Augustine High School ('65). He is a Past President of the Professional Insurance Agents Association of Minnesota and the Minnesota Risk & Insurance Management Society, Inc. has served on a number of civic Boards and Committees in Minnesota and the New Orleans Blighted Housing Citizens Task Force. |
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C. Paul Breaux Paul Breaux has actively worked as a Health, Safety & Environmental professional for ten years. He was honorably discharged after serving four years in the U.S. Navy; has held positions as a Staff Medic and Safety Representative for numerous local shipbuilding firms; HSE Coordinator and HSEQ & Human Resources Manager for local logistics and supply chain management firms supporting the oil & gas industry. In early 2006 Paul joined the Gillis, Ellis & Baker, Inc. team as Manager, Safety & Loss Control. Paul has extensive safety and loss prevention consulting experience with many forms of industry. He has worked closely with federal, state and local governmental regulators such as OSHA, EPA, LaDEQ, USCG and LADoL. He has also worked closely with many major and independent oil companies, major maritime and transportation companies as well as other logistics and supply chain management firms. He has maintained high customer service through the audits of client worksites, advised on governmental regulations, provided training courses utilizing different forms of media, chaired numerous safety meetings, developed, written and maintained company policies and procedures, provided consultation on the procurement of safety and loss prevention equipment and has acted as the liaison on all workers' compensation issues. Mr. Breaux's in-depth safety training and knowledge includes, but is not limited to, Defensive Driving Instructor, First Aid/CPR/AED Instructor, Incident/Accident Investigations, Advanced Safety Audits, Behavior Based Safety, Corporate and Facility Security Officer Training and Worker's Compensation Training and Workshop. Mr. Breaux is a member of the American Society of Safety Engineers and currently serves as Treasurer for their New Orleans Chapter. He also serves on the board of the National Safety Council, South Louisiana Chapter, as an advisory member and is a member of the Gulf Coast Safety & Training Group and the Society for Human Resource Management. |
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William Guider William "Bill" Guider joined GEB's Risk Management Services Division in 2004. After graduating from Jesuit High School in 1999, he went on to successfully complete his undergraduate work at the University of Georgia with a concentration in Insurance and Risk Management. While there Bill was a member of the insurance fraternity, Gamma Iota Sigma, and the Insurance Honor Society. Since joining GEB, Mr. Guider has focused on performing quality assurance policy audits to insure the accuracy and integrity in the issuance of the policies as quoted by the underwriting companies. Bill performs audits of GEB's major clients experience modification ratings and prepares experience modification projections that are used to alert our clients of modifier changes and the impact on their workers compensation renewal costs. Mr. Guider has obtained his property and casualty producer license, is developing his own accounts and pursuing additional professional development through the Associate in Risk Management, Certified Risk Managers and Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters programs as well as pursuing a MBA at Tulane University. |
SAFETY & TRAINING COURSES
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Course Title |
Course Length/hrs.* |
Renewal |
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Accident Investigation |
5 |
As Needed |
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Basic Fire Protection |
2 |
Annually |
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Behavior Based Safety |
8 |
As Needed |
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Bloodborne Pathogens** |
2 |
Annually |
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Defensive Driving** |
4 |
Every 2 years |
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Defensive Driving – Professional Truck Driver** |
4 |
Every 2 years |
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DOT HM-126 |
5 |
Every 3 years |
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Drug & Alcohol Awareness** |
2 |
As Needed |
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Electrical Safety |
2 |
Annually |
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Ergonomics |
2 |
Annually |
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Fall Protection |
2 |
Annually |
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First Aid/CPR/AED** |
5 - 8 |
Every 2 years |
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Forklift Operations |
2 |
Every 3 years |
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Hazard Communications |
2 |
Annually |
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Hazwoper Awareness |
4 |
As Needed |
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Hazwoper Awareness (Refresher) |
2 |
Annually |
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Hearing Conservation |
2 |
Annually |
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Job Safety Analysis |
4 |
As Needed |
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Lockout/Tagout (Awareness) |
2 |
Annually |
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OSHA Annual Refresher |
8 |
Annually |
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Personal Protective Equipment |
2 |
Annually |
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Respiratory Protection (Awareness) |
2 |
Annually |
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Supervisor Safety Training |
5 |
As Needed |
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Trenching & Shoring |
2 |
As Needed |
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Maritime Security |
2 |
As Needed |
All course lengths are approximate except those designated as National Safety Council courses.
National Safety Council certified courses
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Safety Meeting Videos |
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Accident Investigation for Everyone – 22 Minutes |
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A very informative video that teaches your employees how to properly conduct an accident investigation. Everyone plays a role; it’s a team effort: employees, management and the investigators must all understand their roles and responsibilities. |
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I Chose To Look The Other Way – 12 Minutes |
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Based on the popular safety poem of the same name by Don Merrell, this powerful program shows how “speaking up” about unsafe acts can save lives and help to develop a positive safety culture. |
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What Would You Say– 16 Minutes |
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This video illustrates how to effectively communicate with our co-workers when we see them behaving unsafely. It focuses on several key communication techniques when talking to a co-worker about a safety issue. |
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Safety’s Most Wanted – 16 Minutes |
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This video discusses the 3 major safety issues facing employees in the workplace: Complacency, Uncorrected Hazards & Short Cuts. The video personifies the 3 issues and conducts interviews with each of them. This video is set around the theme of “America’s Most Wanted.” |
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In The Line Of Fire– 14 Minutes |
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This hazard recognition program discusses many workplace hazards and outlines general principles that can help employees prevent putting themselves In The Line of Fire! |
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Diana’s Last Message– 10 Minutes |
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This video details Princess Diana’s car crash and dramatically drives home the point that safety belts and air bags save lives. |
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What’s Driving You?– 10 Minutes |
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This video helps drivers recognize the signs of aggressive driving in themselves and others. |
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Tough Targets – 11 Minutes |
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Backing is the cause of a disproportionate number of collisions. This video offers practical safety information to help eliminate backing collisions. |
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Get Real Jack – 13 Minutes |
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A poignant look at a truck driver who faces his drug addiction after almost killing a pedestrian and losing his family and friends. |
Miscellaneous Safety Items |
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Accident Information Kits(Includes disposable camera, pen and accident form) |
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Driver Qualification File (Includes all new hire forms as well as all DoT required forms) |
The business world we live in today is no longer a simple place. Technology and advances in medicine; biomedical therapies, robotics manufacturing processes; and demands for increased productivity and profitability have contributed to an environment where risk is accepted as a normal cost of doing business.
As we accept more risks to improve our quality of life, enhance productivity and develop new products, how those risks are managed and controlled take on greater importance. To meet the demands created by increased risk, Risk Management emerged as a business management discipline.
The basic goal of Risk Management is to protect corporate assets and profits by reducing the potential for loss before it occurs. While initially applied to managing insurance costs, the discipline today has been broadened to include the identification, quantification and management of risks from an enterprise-wide perspective.
Insurance may be the first way or the last way individuals seek to handle risk; but rarely is it the best way of handling risk. Risk management is an all-encompassing approach to handling risk by identifying, analyzing, controlling and financing risk, and seeking the most efficient methods for doing so. Effectively done, risk management whether through planning pre-loss activities, preparing the organization for losses, or executing post-loss activities, offers a thorough and efficient approach to address the expenses of potential losses facing organizations.
The Risk Management Services Division of Gillis, Ellis & Baker, Inc. provides consultative risk management, safety and loss control services to public and private corporations, governmental entities, educational institutions, healthcare providers and nonprofit organizations. This Division assists our clients and prospective clients in formulating, developing and adopting risk management programs that meet the needs of their corporations or organizations. Our staff has over 40 years of uniquely qualified hands-on practical risk management experience in industries as diverse as agriculture, banking, construction, healthcare, manufacturing, maritime, biomedical and high technology equipment and transportation, ready to respond to the risk management and insurance challenges of your business.
The Process
Risk Identification: The process of identifying an organization's human, financial, legal, material, and environmental exposures to loss.
Risk Analysis and Evaluation: The process of measuring exposures to project the potential frequency and severity of future losses.
Risk Elimination or Reduction: The techniques and strategies used to eliminate or avoid exposures to loss; reduce the potential for a loss to occur; or control cost should a loss occur.
Risk Finance: The method by which the cost associated with exposure to losses is funded or transferred (self-insurance, insurance or non-insurance).
Risk Management & Administration
Safety & Loss Control
These services are representative of the broad range of Risk Management Services available through Gillis, Ellis & Baker, Inc. and can be tailored to the specific needs of our clients.
