Webinar
Preventing winter freeze losses: Strategies to protect properties
0.5 minutes read
Published 12/29/2025
Winter freezes can lead to costly water damage losses caused by frozen pipes, power outages, frozen dampers, and other system failures. This session, featuring speaker J. Brett Carruthers, overviews how to identify areas of vulnerability and implement prescriptive preventive measures. This session also highlights how IoT sensor technology can monitor critical zones and provide real-time alerts when power is lost, temperatures drop, or water is detected. Strengthen your loss prevention efforts and protect your operations from winter-related risks.
Takeaways:
- Spot Vulnerabilities: Identify common cold-weather risks like frozen pipes, power outages, and ventilation failures that lead to costly water damage.
- Prevent and Protect: Explore prescriptive measures and IoT sensor solutions to monitor critical areas and send real-time alerts when temperatures drop or water is detected.
- Boost Program Effectiveness: Gain lessons learned and best practices to maximize IoT sensor performance and strengthen your loss prevention strategy.
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About the speaker
J. Brett Carruthers, ASP, CSP
Senior Vice President, Risk Management – Wright Public Entity
Director of Risk Management, New York Schools Insurance Reciprocal
J. Brett Carruthers, ASP, CSP, is the Senior Vice President, Risk Management for Wright Public Entity. Brett counsels school administrators in methodologies to mitigate risk in education exposures and operations. He is an innovative thought leader and solutionist in school risk management.
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About the moderator
Maurice Marvi
Property Loss Control Expert
Munich Re Specialty – North America
Maurice Marvi is the Property Loss Control Expert at Munich Re Specialty – North America. He has held Loss Control and Risk Engineering positions at Chubb, Ace, HSB Professional Loss Control, The Insurance Services Office and Travelers Insurance Company. Maurice has served on several NFPA Technical Committees and is an NFPA Certified Fire Protection Specialist. He holds a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.
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