Peter A. Marshall
Managing Principal, Media Insurance Services, Epic Insurance Brokers
About Speaker
Peter joined EPIC in August of 2021, after 16 years in the insurance industry. He creates and overseas Production and E&O insurance programs, as well as risk management protocols for some of the world’s leading film, television, and new media production companies, that have included many Oscar, Emmy, and Golden Globe Award nominated and winning shows. Peter oversees Management Liability protection, including Cyber and Tech, Political Violence & Risk, and KR&E coverage for these companies as well. He created a Lloyd’s of London-backed Hurricane program in 2006 that has insured dozens of projects in Louisiana since Katrina, and on behalf of the government of Puerto Rico for films and television produced there. In the partially self-insured space, Peter works closely with captive insurance management firms and capital markets that support captives. Currently, Peter overseas underwriting and claims for a captive he designed for an investment bank in the U.K. which offers coverage solely to the shows in which the bank invests. This captive is backed by an A.M. Best “A” rated insurer (Financial Rating of XII) and insures for extra expense caused by COVID-related shutdowns of film and TV productions, directly filling in for the exclusions found in all production insurance portfolios offered by the entertainment carriers. Before coming to insurance and risk advisory, Peter produced feature films and long-form television. During 15 years of experience in the film industry based in Los Angeles, he was the Senior Vice President of Film Production at Lionsgate, SVP and Head of Television Production at Trimark Pictures, and served as an executive at several prominent independents and studio-based production companies where he oversaw production of many lauded and successful feature, cable, and network television films. Peter graduated Cum Laude with a B.A. from Yale College, and an M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama. He is a licensed Property and Casualty broker in New York, California, Georgia, Virginia, Louisiana, and Florida.