March 26, 2020 | 2:00 p.m. ET

This session will provide an overall economic outlook of the property/casualty insurance industry. This session will include a high-level look at industry trends and disrupters. The always-popular Robert Hartwig, Ph.D., will provide important insights that will help you manage your company’s risk.

April 2, 2020 | 2:00 p.m. ET

Busy professionals are buried under a continuing stream of useful and useless email. Without a system for getting “control of the beast,” professionals spend much of their work – and personal – time spinning their wheels. If you would like to get control of your email “beast,” you should attend this program led by Randy Dean, author of the Amazon bestseller “Taming the Email Beast.” Randy shares strategies for effective email management, organization, and prioritization that have helped thousands of business professionals regain control and sanity with their email activities Enhance your email productivity and efficiency with today by walking away with immediately usable tips and techniques.

April 20, 2020 | 2:00 p.m. ET

Having a solid foundation of reinsurance knowledge is important for all kinds of insurance professionals. During this session, Molly Fogarty will cover what reinsurance is and the various types available. She will outline key functions and how companies benefit from purchasing reinsurance. Because the landscape of reinsurance is always evolving, she will also provide a current view of the reinsurance marketplace and how it has evolved over time.

May 19, 2020 | 2:00 p.m. ET

A refresher class on reinsurance, this webinar will touch on the key elements of a reinsurance transaction. It will explain what data is required for most reinsurance placements, assess how actuaries and catastrophe modelers analyze the data and the output they produce, and review how the information is marketed to reinsurers.

July 8, 2020 | 2:00 p.m. ET

This program defines commutation and the purpose and steps to completing a commutation, including identifying targets and motivators, gathering required information, carrying out the assessment and completing the reconciliation process, and conducting negotiations.

July 30, 2020 | 2:00 p.m. ET

This session will discuss the evolution of the reinsurance market as it pertains to mutual insurance companies and will show a prospective look as to where it may go. Attendees will learn how mutual companies principally accessed and used reinsurance in the past. They will also learn about the current state of the reinsurance market for mutuals; how expansion of product and market participants has made it easier for mutuals to access reinsurance capital to support their business needs; and the ways in which reinsurers are looking to maintain relevance and support the mutual business model by developing additional products and services to augment the value their risk capital provides in the future. This session will also touch on mutual company reinsurance buying trends and how the use of enhanced data and technology has made the process of transferring risk more strategic and bespoke for individual companies.

August 13, 2020 | 2:00 p.m. ET

From equipment breakdown, employment practices liability insurance, cyber, liquor, professional, flood, and more, there are turnkey solutions to help carriers get into lines of business quickly, efficiently, and with the expertise and backing of specialty reinsurers. This session will take a high-level look at typical turnkey products. It will explore the basics of how the products work and touch on how carriers can work closely with their reinsurer of choice to collaborate on existing products and new ideas.

September 29, 2020 | 2:00 p.m. ET

This session will provide a comprehensive review of the reinsurance options available to underwriters and how they can be used most efficiently. Attendees will dive into an overview of the different types of reinsurance – proportional, excess of loss, treaty, facultative and hybrid facultative facilities. In addition to evaluating the benefits and drawbacks of each from a coverage perspective, attendees will touch on pricing considerations and how/when to use each structure to secure the optimal coverage. The discussion will also cover the different considerations that arise between property and casualty placements, terms and conditions, and price evaluation.

October 13, 2020 | 2:00 p.m. ET

The use of insurance linked securities in ceded reinsurance programs continues to expand. What began decades ago with industry loss warranties and cat bonds has grown to substantially include sidecars and collateralized reinsurance. This session will provide a high-level overview of ILS instruments and how they complement the use of traditional reinsurance. It will then discuss recent activities in the ILS market relative to catastrophe events that occurred between 2017 and 2019. Finally, it will touch on the ILS funds’ expanding appetite for non-cat risk, including short-tail liability lines, cyber risk, and run-off portfolios.

October 29, 2020 | 2:00 p.m. ET

As mutual companies work to stave off competition, many are seeking state-of-the-art cyber solutions for their personal, commercial, and farm books. Yet, without prior underwriting or claims experience, is it too risky to jump into the cyber business? Select cyber experts are now offering turnkey cyber programs to mutual carriers as “reinsured” solutions. This allows the mutual to introduce leading-edge cyber liability coverage while avoiding research and development costs, overhead, and the assumption of risk. Join this session for a practical and topical discussion of cyber risks and innovative uses of reinsurance partnerships.