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.

Robert Hartwig, Ph.D.

Director, Center for Risk & Uncertainty Management
University of South Carolina

This session will focus on digital transformation and the working relationship between enterprise digital roles and claims. The session will provide actionable tips on how organizations can ensure that planning, strategic alignment, and project execution are managed for digital success. Strategic roadmaps, design thinking, and communication tips will also be covered during this session.

Matt Schwartz

Associate Vice President of Digital Strategy
Shelter Mutual Insurance Company

Richard Mitten

Director of Claims Technology and Expansion
Shelter Mutual Insurance Company

This presentation discusses a key issue being discussed by insurance boards of directors. It is well documented that there is a shortage of qualified, experienced insurance professionals. It is also without dispute that the number of billion-dollar weather events has risen from 2.9 in the 1980s to 22 in 2020 alone. These macro-economic forces will significantly impact carriers’ strategies and investments in 2022 and going into 2023. This presentation will talk about how technology can help fill the upcoming hole by fundamentally redesigning the way carriers have balanced the workforce load for decades.

Timothy D. Christ

Senior Solutions Engineer – Safekeep
CCC Intelligent Solutions, Inc.

Chelsea Midlarsky

President
Insure National

Lance Ondrej

Executive Vice President and Chief Claims Officer
Germania Farm Mutual Insurance Association

Susanna Gotsch

Senior Director, Industry Analyst
CCC Intelligent Solutions, Inc.

There may not be a more -complicated topic than cybersecurity. You think you're secure, but are you really protected from ever-growing cybersecurity threats? How about your partners and agents? During this session, we will talk about cybersecurity risks, why insurers are being targeted, and what carriers can do to be more secure.

Brett Anderson

Chief Technology Officer
Agraria Insurance Company & Farmers Union Service Association

This session will provide a macro view of the insurance and reinsurance markets, including recent trends and hot topics, direction on pricing, and adjustments to contract wordings, all with a focus on the impact to mutual and regional insurance companies.

Jessica Arbittier

Managing Director
Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC

Clifford Rich

Managing Director
Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC

This session will share key trends as well as challenges and opportunities for liability, motor, and workers’ compensation coverages. Topics will include social inflation, loss/claims trends, strategic themes, and portfolio management.

Jennifer Stevens

Senior Vice Presidents
Swiss Re

Rebecca Bredehoeft

Senior Vice President - Portfolio Manager US Motor
Swiss Re

This presentation focuses on current legislative, administrative, and judicial developments in the area of state and local taxation impacting insurance groups. Discussion will also include general discussion of recent trends and events that create potential tax issues (i.e., remote workforces). The audience is encouraged to participate by sharing experiences and asking "burning questions" on issues they are seeing at their companies.

Michael Palm

Managing Director
Forvis

Melissa Gasior

Director
Forvis

The dynamic nature of today’s businesses, as spotlighted by the pandemic, means risks might be changing at a pace insurers may not realize. To monitor the relevant changes for a line of business and collect the appropriate data across various geographies and segments would require a significant time investment. How can insurers keep track of these changes efficiently? This session will review how two carriers validate and enrich information to get accurate, near-real-time profiles of the relevant risks in their books of business.

Leandro DalleMulle

General Manager — North America
Planck