2015

Transactional Insurance Insights Forum - New York

April 15, 2015
8:00 am – 12:00 pm GMT

St. John’s University School of Risk Management
101 Astor Place
New York, NY, 10003
USA

Agenda

TimeSession
8:15 am - 9:15 am

Registration, Breakfast & Networking

9:15 am - 9:30 am

Introduction & Opening Remarks

  • Maureen Furlong Weber, Director of the School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science (SRM), The Peter J. Tobin College of Business at St. John’s University
9:30 am - 9:45 am

M&A trends and issues

What to expect in 2015 and beyond.

  • David Bradford, President – Research & Editorial Division, Advisen
9:45 am - 10:30 am

Getting the Deal Done

A Focus on Due Diligence. This session will address the M&A due diligence process, the issues that may arise, and some of the contractual provisions that traditionally have been used to address those issues.

  • Matthew Heinz, Managing Director, National Practice Leader – Transactional Liability, Aon Transaction Solutions (Moderator)
  • Neil Krauter, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Krauter & Company
  • Patrick Ryan, Assistant Vice President, North American Mergers & Acquisitions Practice, Allied World
  • Christopher Tutoki, Partner, M&A Transaction Services, Deloitte
  • Joseph Verdesca, Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
10:30 am - 11:15 am

Transactional Insurance Products

Insurance products are increasingly used to facilitate M&A transactions. This session will explain how products such as representations & Warranties insurance, contingent liability insurance, and tax indemnity insurance work, as well as the current state of the transaction insurance market and its potential for growth.

  • Steven Boughal, Vice President and Chief Underwriting Officer, The Hartford (Moderator)
  • Jay Rittberg, SVP and Americas M&A Manager, AIG
  • Craig Schioppo, Managing Director, Marsh
  • Deborah McBrearty, Transaction Risk Insurance Manager, HCC Global
  • Howard Spilko, Partner & Co-Chair, Corporate Dept., Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Closing Remarks

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