2015

Opening Remarks

• Bill Keogh, CEO, Advisen

Welcoming Remarks from our 2015 Conference Chair

• Stephen Prymas, Vice President & Head of Hartford Financial Products, The Hartford

Keynote Address

• Lou Ann Layton, Managing Director and the PacNorth Partnership Leader, Marsh

Advisen Data West Coast Overview

Does the West Coast set the bar for the US?

• Jim Blinn, Executive Vice President, Advisen

D&O Issues

An uptick in IPO activity, fueled by the JOBS Act causes concern. A mass of FDIC failed bank litigation looms. How are these affecting the West Coast insurance industry and how can it react?

• David Bradford, President, Research & Editorial division, Advisen (Moderator)
• Thor Beveridge, Lead Underwriter of Commercial D&O, The Hartford
• Mary McCutcheon, Partner, Farella Braun & Martel LLP
• Carolyn Polikoff, Senior Vice President & Partner, Corporate & Executive Protection Practice Leader, Woodruff-Sawyer
• Brian Robbins, Partner, Robbins Arroyo

Break

EPLI

Wage & hour, can it be covered? What will the EEOC turn on next? How can employers in the state make themselves the best EPLI risk?

• Rebecca Bole, Director of Editorial Strategy & Products, Advisen (Moderator)
• Trudy Hardin, Senior Vice President, EPLI Practice Leader, Aon
• Aaron Hayes, Claims Manager, Employment Practices Liability, Beazley
• Melody Silberstein, Senior VP Human Resources, Woodruff Sawyer

California Legal Headlines

An update on key rulings and legislation in the state

• Julius Turman, Partner in Labor & Employment Practice, Reed Smith LLP

Emerging Risks

What will be keeping executive risk underwriters awake at night? We will be looking at cyber, environmental, climate change and turning rocks to see what else lurks there…

• Brenda Shelly, Managing Director, FINPRO, Marsh (Moderator)
• Will Fahey, Senior Vice President, Management Solutions Group, Zurich
• Steve Shappell, Chief Legal Officer, JLT
• Soraya Wright, Vice President – Global Risk Management & Crisis Management, The Clorox Company

Closing Remarks