2015 Casualty Conference in New York / Thursday March 26

Attendees from 119 companies have registered to attend Advisen’s 5th Annual Casualty Insight’s Conference in New York on Thursday March 26. Risk Managers and Insurance Buyers attend free of charge. View the Companies here. Our 12 Sponsors: Aspen, Marsh, Aon, Old Republic Risk Management, Ironshore, Allied World, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, The Hartford, Zurich, Safety National, Praedicat, & Ventiv Technology

Date & Venue

Thursday, March 26, 2015 from 8am-5pm followed by a reception
Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan in New York

Register

Learn more about 2015 Casualty Insights Conference in New York.

Over 250 people have registered now, so rates will increase tonight (Monday March 9 at 5pm EST) and then rates will increase again after 400 people have registered

  • General Participation rate is $549 + tax
  • Advisen Client rate is $449 + tax
  • Full-time Risk Managers & Insurance Buyers may register at no charge

119 Companies on Registration List

  • ACE
  • Aetna
  • Aflac
  • AIG
  • Allied World
  • AmWINS
  • Aon
  • Argo Group
  • Arrow Electronics
  • Aspen
  • Atlantic Health System
  • Atlas
  • Avon Products, Inc.
  • Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance
  • Boehringer Ingelheim USA Corporation
  • Bret Advisors LLC
  • Catlin Specialty
  • Cigna
  • CIT Group, Inc.
  • Clayton Dubilier & Rice
  • Commerzbank NY Branch
  • Coventry
  • Cushman and Wakefield
  • Dover Corp.
  • DTCC
  • EMCOR Group
  • Endurance
  • Everest Reinsurance Company
  • Facultative ReSources
  • Gallo Vitucci Klar LLP
  • Gen Re
  • General Electric
  • Global Partners LP
  • Great American
  • Healthcare Solutions
  • Hill International, Inc.
  • Hill+Knowlton
  • Hiscox
  • HITT Contracting, Inc.
  • Honeywell International
  • HSBC
  • Hudson Group
  • Insurance Services Office (ISO)
  • Integro USA Inc.
  • Ironshore
  • ISN Software Corporation
  • Jordan and Jordan Insurance Group
  • JPMorgan Chase & Co.
  • Leviton Manufacturing Co.
  • Liberty Mutual
  • Lockton
  • Loews Corporation
  • L’Oreal USA
  • Maiden Re
  • Major League Baseball
  • Marsh
  • McGraw Hill Financial
  • McGriff, Seibels & Williams, Inc.
  • McLane Co.
  • MetLife, Inc.
  • Milliken & Company
  • Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group
  • Moran Towing Corporation
  • Munich Re America
  • New Jersey Resources Corporation
  • New York Life
  • Navigators Group
  • Nielsen
  • Old Republic Risk Management
  • Oliver Wyman Actuarial Consulting, Inc.
  • Origami Risk
  • Peoples United Insurance Agency
  • PepsiCo
  • Pfizer Inc
  • Praedicat
  • Pritchard Industries, Inc.
  • Prudential Real Estate Investors
  • QBE
  • Quanta Services
  • Queens College, CUNY
  • RenaissanceRe
  • Rich Products Corporation
  • Roblin Insurance Agency, Inc.
  • Roofguard
  • RSA Insurance Agency
  • RT Specialty
  • Rutgers, The State University
  • SAP
  • Safety National
  • Sherman Think Tank
  • Signature Office REIT
  • Sojitz Corporation of America
  • Spencer Educational Foundation
  • Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
  • Swiss Re
  • Swiss Re Corporate Solutions
  • Teamcraft Roofing, Inc
  • The Associated Press
  • The Bank of New York Mellon
  • The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
  • The Children’s Place
  • The Clark Estates, Inc.
  • The Hartford
  • Thomas Force Associates
  • Time Warner
  • Tipping Point Insurance
  • Tokio Marine Speciatly Insurance Company
  • Travelers
  • Trimont Real Estate Advisors, Inc.
  • USI Northeast
  • Venable LLP
  • Ventiv Technology
  • Verizon Communications
  • Volunteers of America-Greater New York
  • Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York
  • Wildlife Conservation Society
  • Willis
  • Xylem Inc.
  • Zoetis
  • Zurich

19 Confirmed Speakers so far

  • Mark Butler, President of National Insurance Operations, Liberty Mutual
  • Paul Carleton, Senior Vice President, Old Republic Risk Management
  • Anthony DeFelice, Managing Director of National Casualty, Aon
  • James Drinkwater, President of AmWINS Brokerage, AmWINS
  • Chris Flatt, Workers’ Compensation COE Leader, Marsh
  • Jerry Gallivan, Claim Manager, Business Torts Claim, Travelers
  • Debbie Goldstine, SVP Excess Casualty Practice Leader, Lockton
  • Peter Hancock, CEO, AIG
  • Michael Hudzik, Senior Vice President, Swiss Re
  • Marcos Iglesias, Vice President and Medical Director, The Hartford
  • Stephen Kempsey, Managing Director, US Casualty Practice Leader, Marsh
  • Thomas Klaus, Vice President, Willis Aerospace – Americas, Willis
  • Scott Lefkowitz, Actuarial Partner, Oliver Wyman
  • Chris Maleno, Senior VP and Division President, ACE
  • Tim McAuliffe, President of Specialty Casualty Programs, Ironshore
  • Roxanne Mitchell, EVP, Chief Casualty Officer, Aspen Insurance
  • Mark Rusas, Private Equity Leader, Willis
  • Glenn Spencer, COO, Lockton
  • Mark Walls, Vice President Communications & Strategic Analysis , Safety National

Agenda

9am – 9:05am / Opening Remarks

9:05am – 9:15am / Co-Chairman Remarks

  • Joseph Cellura, President North American Casualty, Allied World
  • Tim DeSett, Executive Vice President & Risk Practice Leader, Lockton

9:15-9:45am / Opening Keynote

  • Peter Hancock, CEO, AIG

9:45am – 10:00am / Advisen & Aspen Casualty Market Research Survey Findings

  • Roxanne Mitchell, EVP, Chief Casualty Officer, Aspen Insurance

10:00am – 10:15am / Casualty Market Metrics
Advisen’s assessment of the casualty insurance market, including current size, growth rate, and premium potential will be presented.

10:15am – 11:00am / The Risk Manager’s Perspective
A panel of risk managers will share their experiences of buying casualty insurance. We delve into the decision-making process and ask what shapes the buying decision – positive or negative – and how much capacity really exists.

  • Stephen Kempsey, Managing Director, US Casualty Practice Leader, Marsh (moderator)

11:00am – 11:15am / Morning Break

11:15am – 11:45am / Drones: The Risk from Above
They are everywhere and see everything… This speaker will discuss the commercial uses of drones, beyond package delivery and monitoring of large campuses or sites. The panel will address what exposures are triggered by those applications and how the insurance industry could respond.

  • Thomas Klaus, Vice President, Willis Aerospace – Americas, Willis

11:45am – 12:30pm / Technology’s Casualty Drivers
This panel will outline how the Internet of Things is increasingly pervading society, and with it, casualty exposures. A lot of potential losses from faulty or compromised technology (e.g. hackers sabotaging medical devices or accidents involving autonomous vehicles) may fall under liability policies. The panel will also touch on product liability exposures for increasingly complex technology components in all manner of products.

  • Michael Hudzik, Senior Vice President, Swiss Re

12:30pm-1:30pm / Conference Luncheon

1:30pm – 2:15pm / Excess and Surplus Lines

  • Debbie Goldstine, SVP Excess Casualty Practice Leader, Lockton (moderator)
  • Tim McAuliffe, President of Specialty Casualty & Programs, Ironshore
  • James Drinkwater, President of AmWINS Brokerage, AmWins

2:15pm-3:00pm / M&A Due Diligence

As the economy recovers, merger and acquisition activity picks up. However, a corporate transaction is a major upheaval for both parties and can throw up some unexpected consequences. As an underwriter, how do you ensure that due diligence is satisfactory? That no nasty surprises are lurking? What additional exposures do you need to be aware of at this time?

  • Paul Carleton, Senior Vice President, Old Republic Risk Management
  • Mark Rusas, Private Equity Leader, Willis

3:00pm-3:15pm / Afternoon Break

3:15pm – 4:00pm / Cyber Insurance and Casualty
As cyber threats continue to pervade the commercial world, there is increasing overlap between cover offered under standalone cyber policies and general liability. Did the Sony decision effectively close the door on cyber coverage through a CGL policy, or are there still avenues to find coverage? What about other liability policies? This panel will look at the clash of the two covers and explore incidents where casualty insurers are contractually offering cyber cover under GL policies as well as other types of casualty policies.

  • Jerry Gallivan, Claim Manager, Business Torts Claim, Travelers

4:00pm – 5:00pm / The View from the Top

  • Anthony DeFelice, Managing Director of National Casualty, Aon (moderator)
  • Mark Butler, President of National Insurance Operations, Liberty Mutual
  • Chris Maleno, Senior VP and Division President, ACE
  • Glenn Spencer, COO, Lockton

5:00pm – 6:15pm / Closing Remarks & Reception

Breakout Workshops

11:15am – 12:30pm / Coverage Matters
With a focus on general liability, excess liability, this extended workshop will dive into specific coverage issues, with a mixture of panel session and individual speakers. Taking examples from real claims, speakers will discuss coverage design developments and highlight some inadequacies (including the named insured construction). It will address customer budgeting constraints and ask how money-saving decisions can have a longer-term impact on cover when a claim hits. This session will also identify trends defining products liability.

1:30pm – 3:00pm / Workers’ Compensation
Back to profitability? Workers’ Compensation (WC) is a key casualty product and a bellwether for economic health. This workshop session will combine individual speakers and panel sessions to get under the skin of the key developments in WC in the past year. What are the developing trends in workplace accident frequency? How has inflation paid a part in claims? Is Big Data transforming underwriting and claims management for WC? Will healthcare reform have an impact on WC profitability? Is the line of business profitable – if so, what implications does that have for buyers? Are there regional or industry hotspots for claims?

  • Chris Flatt, Workers’ Compensation COE Leader, Marsh
  • Dr. Marcos Iglesias, Vice President and Medical Director, The Hartford
  • Scott Lefkowitz, Actuarial Partner, Oliver Wyman
  • Mark Walls, Vice President Communications & Strategic Analysis, Safety National

14 Conference Advisory Board Members

  • Tracey Ant, Senior Vice President, Field Sales & Execution, The Hartford
  • Paul Carleton, Senior Vice President, Old Republic Risk Management
  • Joe Cellura, President of North American Casualty, Allied World [2015 Conference Co-Chairman]
  • Tony DeFelice, Managing Director of National Casualty, Aon
  • Tim DeSett, Executive Vice President & Risk Practice Leader, Lockton Companies [2015 Conference Co-Chairman]
  • Russell Johnston, President, Casualty Americas, AIG Property Casualty
  • Stephen Kempsey, Managing Director, US Casualty Practice Leader, Marsh
  • Kelly O’Shea, Director of Risk Management, Xylem
  • Joe Peiser, Executive Vice President, Willis North America
  • Bob Rheel, EVP, US Head of Property & Casualty, Aspen Insurance
  • Bryan Tedford, Executive Vice President, ACE
  • Mark Walls, Vice President Communications & Strategic Analysis, Safety National
  • Debra Weiser, President, Excess Casualty, Travelers
  • Brian Winters, EVP – Global Corporate Casualty, Zurich North America

12 Sponsors

  • Aspen
  • Marsh
  • Aon
  • Old Republic Risk Management
  • Ironshore
  • Allied World
  • Swiss Re Corporate Solutions
  • The Hartford
  • Zurich
  • Safety National
  • Praedicat
  • Ventiv Technology

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