A.M.BestTV: Property Casualty Insurers Association of America Conference: P/C Leaders Focus on TRIA, Growth, Regulatory Reach

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OLDWICK - OCTOBER 28, 2014 03:04 PM (EDT)
These ^A.M.BestTV episodes, on location from the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) Conference in Scottsdale, AZ, examine the top issues and concerns of U.S. property/casualty (P/C) industry executives.

The first episode explores how leaders in the P/C industry are worried about Congress' ability to resolve the federal terror insurance backstop before it expires at the end of 2014. Attendees are also exploring ways to operate in and capture more business through workplace exchanges. About the conference, David Sampson, president and chief executive officer of PCI, said: "We hope to be able to help our members deal with the really disruptive transformation that's occurring in the world right now." Some factors having a disruptive impact on insurance, Sampson said, include terrorism, technology and the sharing economy. This video program is available at: http://www.ambest.com/v.asp?v=pci11014.

The second episode looks at the challenges in finding growth in a rapidly changing market and adapting to the globalizing regulatory environment. William Donnell, president of U.S. property/casualty for Swiss Reinsurance Company, said clients are "struggling with 'How do we grow?'" given the softening market and uncertainty about where the growth might come from. This video program is available at: http://www.ambest.com/v.asp?v=pci21014.

Full-length interviews are available as well. Go to http://www.ambest.tv/pci to see new interviews throughout the conference. Interviews conducted thus far include:

• David Sampson, president and chief executive officer at Property Casualty Insurers Association of America: http://www.ambest.com/v.asp?v=sampson1014;


• Bryon Ehrhart, chief executive officer at AON Benfield Americas: http://www.ambest.com/v.asp?v=ehrhart1014;


• Robert Gutwein, vice president at Accident Support Services International: http://www.ambest.com/v.asp?v=gutwein1014;


• Nathaniel Wienecke, senior vice president at Property Casualty Insurers Association of America: http://www.ambest.com/v.asp?v=wienecke1014;


• William Donnell, president of U.S. property/casualty for Swiss Reinsurance Company: http://www.ambest.com/v.asp?v=donnell1014;


• Jim Larkin, head of property underwriting, Munich Reinsurance Americas: http://www.ambest.com/v.asp?v=larkin1014;


• John O'Brien, chief executive officer: http://www.ambest.com/v.asp?v=obrien1014;


• Randi Cigelnik, general counsel at Property Casualty Insurers Association of America: http://www.ambest.com/v.asp?v=cigelnik1014;


• Brian McCarthy, president and chief executive officer at Energi: http://www.ambest.com/v.asp?v=mccarthy1014;


• Terrence Cavanaugh, president and chief executive officer at Eric Insurance: http://www.ambest.com/v.asp?v=cavanaugh1014 and;


• Robert Restrepo, president, chairman and chief executive officer at State Auto Insurance Company: http://www.ambest.com/v.asp?v=restrepo1014.

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