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Workshops
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Tuesday, July 31st — 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM |
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#301 - Facultative Marketplace Strategies |
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Understanding the
needs/motivation of the buyer
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The value of
relationships
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Distribution: Broker
versus direct
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Impact of new market
capacity
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| Daniel Soller,
Senior Vice President - Branch Manager - Swiss Re
America Corp. |
| Randi Glazer,
Vice President & Director of Client Development -
Catlin US |
| Rich
DiClemente, President & CEO - THB Intermediaries, Inc. |
| Eunice Adler,
Senior Vice President & Property Branch Manager - Guy
Carpenter & Company, LLC |
| Tom Muller,
Senior Vice President & Manager for Property Facultative - XL
Re |
| Moderator: Edward Howard, Vice President - Chubb Commercial
Insurance |
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#701 - Will the Last U.S. Reinsurer Please Stand
Up |
• The U.S. reinsurer perspective: Why
does it still make sense to stay in the U.S.?
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• The established U.S. reinsurer
redomiciling to Bermuda
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• The class of 2001/2005 in Bermuda
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• Lloyds perspective: What is
London doing that the U.S. is not?
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• Security Requirements
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Stephen A.
Velotti, Senior Vice President, US Property Reinsurance
Underwriting - Ariel Reinsurance LTD
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Moderator: Alex J. Fox,
Vice President - ReSource Intermediaries, Inc.
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Tuesday, July 31st — 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM |
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#202 - Price
Monitoring from an Insurer and Reinsurer's Perspectives
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Current methods used to measure price changes by
primaries
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Refined methods for measuring price changes
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Benefits to both reinsurers and primaries from more
rigorous price measurements
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Actuarial, underwriting, and broker perspectives on
current and refined methods
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| Nick Pascall,
Casualty Underwriter - Catlin Group |
| Kelly
Edmunds, Senior Consultant - Dion Durrell & Associates |
| Moderator: Stephen Meyer, Senior Vice President - Max
Bermuda
Ltd. |
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| Tuesday,
July 31st — 12:45
PM to 1:45 PM |
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#703 - Trends in Reinsurance |
• Understanding trends in pricing and
competition from a claims, underwriting and actuarial
perspective
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• The impact of record financial results
on reinsurance company strategy going forward
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• Reinsurance broker perspective on the
current market
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• Open forum discussion on emerging
issues and trends
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| James W.
Larkin, Chief Actuarial Officer - Broker Market - Munich Re
America, Inc. |
Brian Alvers,
FCAS, MAAA ,Senior Vice President - Aon Re Global
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John
Slusarski, FCAS, MAAA, Senior Manager - Deloitte Consulting,
LLP
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Moderator: Kevin M. Bingham, ACAS, MAAA, Principal -
Deloitte Consulting, LLP
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#203 - Fac Reinsurance: Arbitrage, Crutch or Value
Added? |
• Underwriting discipline
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• Net vs gross
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• Buyer/seller motivation
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Glenn Carter,
SVP-Direct Facultative - Munich Re America
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John Dalton,
Vice President - Swiss Re America
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Moderator: Kevin Davidson, President Direct
Facultative - Munich Re America
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| Tuesday,
July 31st — 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM |
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#304 - Treaty Reinsurance Purchasing 101: Essential
Elements for Insurers, Brokers, and Reinsurers |
• Key considerations in determining your
reinsurance needs
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• Factors to consider in establishing
retention levels
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• Selecting the markets and products to
achieve your goals
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• Gaining traction through negotiating
the terms and conditions of the treaty
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Melissa Emmendorfer, Vice President & Team Leader,
Casualty Treaty - XL Re America Inc. |
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Joseph W. Mawhinney, Vice President & Chief Actuary -
Princeton Insurance Company |
| Scott Strenge,
Senior Vice President - Benfield, Inc. |
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Moderator: Robert E. White, Jr. President -
First Professionals Insurance Company, Inc.
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| Wednesday,
August 1st — 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
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#205 - Reinsurance Today - New Partnerships/New
Challenges |
• 2008 reinsurance market - Midyear
outlook
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• Alternative risk transfer/Reinsurance
- Partners for profit
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• Risk retention groups (RRG) - New form
of liability protection
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• Backed up by reinsurance
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• RRGs outperform traditional insurers
in Med Mal
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Joseph Petrelli, President - Demotech, Inc. |
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Richard B. Lord, FCAS, MAAA, Principal & Consulting
Actuary - Milliman, Inc. |
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Moderator: Sanford D. Elsass, President and CEO -
Uni-Ter Group
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#305 - Reinsurance Risk
Transfer Practices |
• The accounting perspective: What are
the key accounting rules for reinsurance
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• The legal perspective: What legal
disclosures must now take place?
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• The actuarial perspective: How can
risk transfer be justified? What happens if it is not?
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Kevin J. Walsh, Partner - Lord Bissell & Brook LLP
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Nancy Watkins, Principal, Consulting Actuary - Milliman
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Moderator: Elizabeth Kernan, Senior Vice President -
ReSource Intermediaries Inc.
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| Wednesday,
August 1st — 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM |
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#606 - How an Expanding Primary Company Uses
Reinsurance |
• How to brand a new company
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• How to get accepted by 50 state
regulators
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• How to get CAT placements
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• How to maintain underwriting integrity
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Ronald Boyd, President/CEO - Midwest Family Mutual
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Moderator: Joseph Morrello, Eastern Region
Underwriting Manager - Beazley Insurance Company
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