2018

Speakers Info

The content, agenda & speakers for each Advisen Insights Conference is planned by an Advisory Board that represents industry thought-leaders and influential marketplace participants. Each Advisory Board is unique for each conference event.

Advisory Board meetings and conference calls are led by Advisen’s Stacie Lilien, Event Content & Programming Manager.

Advisory Board:

• Brenda (Ballard) Austenfeld, President - National Property Practice, RT Specialty
• Laureen Coyne, Manager Risk Management, Westfield World Trade Center
• Gregg Cunningham, Executive Vice President, National Insurance Property, Liberty Mutual Insurance
• Duncan Ellis, US Property Practice Leader, Marsh
• Russ Jannetto, Vice President, Manager Operations Client Services, FM Global
• Gary Marchitello, Head of Property Broking, Willis Towers Watson [2018 Conference Chair]
• Richard Montminy, Head of Property, Zurich
• Shari Natovitz, SVP & Director of Risk Management, Silverstein Properties
• Michele Sansone, President of Property and Engineering, XL Catlin

Speakers:

• Scott Allan, Chief Risk Officer, The Related Companies
• Brenda (Ballard) Austenfeld, President – National Property Practice, RT Specialty
• Laureen Coyne, Risk and Insurance Management Consultant
• Gregg Cunningham, Executive Vice President, Liberty Mutual Insurance
• Henry R. Daar, Executive Vice President, Practice Leader, National Property Claims, Willis Towers Watson
• Chris Dougherty, Chief Underwriting Officer - Reinsurance, Director, XL Innovate
• Duncan Ellis, US Property Practice Leader, Marsh
• Norman Eng, Director of Innovation and Digital Solutions, Risk Engineering, Zurich North America
• Evan Glassman, President & CEO, New Paradigm Underwriters
• Matt Kaps, Associate Broker, Corporate Risk & Broking, Willis Towers Watson
• Guenter F. Kryszon, Head of North America Admitted Property General Insurance, AIG
• Gary Marchitello, Head of Property Broking, Willis Towers Watson
• Paul McVey, Managing Director, Marsh
• Shari Natovitz, SVP & Director of Risk Management, Silverstein Properties, Inc.
• Bob Nusslein, Head Innovative Risk Solutions Americas, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions
• Michael O'Halleran, Senior Advisor, Ryan Specialty Group
• Michael Pilla, President & CEO, Technical Risk Underwriters
• John Ravenna, Senior Vice President, Swiss Re
• Scott Richardson, Executive Vice President, Operations, Sedgwick
• Alex Schwarzkopf, CEO, Pillar Technologies
• Philip C. Silverberg, Partner, Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass LLP
• Richard Smith, VP, Manager of Operations Engineering, FM Global
• Rich Sorkin, Founder and CEO, Jupiter
• Damian Testa, Senior VP, FOJP Insurance
• John Watras, Head of Middle Market Commercial Contractors, Zurich North America Commercial Insurance