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Agenda & Sessions
Sunday, October 16
2 - 6:30 p.m.: Judging for E-Fusion Awards: Business Case Presentations (open to all registrants)
7 - 8:30 p.m.: Pre-conference Networking Reception: Come and mingle with finalists in the E-Fusion Awards competition, conference exhibitors and fellow attendees. Free and open to all registrants.
Monday, October 17
Breakfast (8 a.m.)
E-Enabling Tomorrow's Brokerage (9 a.m.)
Bill Pieroni,
CIO, Aon Corp.
Bill Pieroni,
IBM's former point main, is the new CIO at Aon. It's a new age for Aon and
Pieroni, as he outlines his plans to put into action his tremendous knowledge of
technology and the insurance model.
Agents of Change (9:40 a.m.)
Rich
Agar, Global CIO, GE Insurance
Solutions
Philip Roeper, CIO
& SVP, American Re-Insurance Co.
Insurance
technologists are increasingly making it to the top, taking board seats and
sometimes even the top slot. How three technologists rose to overall leadership
positions, how they navigated a path to the top and how they use their
backgrounds to guide their organizations into new realms.
Break and exhibitor presentations (10:40 a.m.)
Rating Agency Perspective: Realizing Competitive Advantage
Through Technology (11 a.m.)
Stefan Holzberger, Rating
Division, Property/Casualty, A.M. Best Co.
Dana Mehta,
Rating Division, Life/Health, A.M. Best Co.
A.M. Best and other raters are paying increasing attention to how
organizations integrate ratings into their operations, and whether companies'
use of technology is ahead of the curve. The view from A.M. Best's analysts on
how they rate organizations, where the role of technology becomes important and
how they weight various factors.
Lunch (noon)
Ten Cutting-Edge Technologies Every Insurer Should Know (1
p.m.)
Bob Ditmore, Senior
VP, Global Technology Underwriting, St. Paul
Travelers
Craig Weber, Senior Analyst, Celent, LLC
GIS,
multi-variable underwriting, wireless communication, personalized marketing,
scanning and personal electronic records, next-generation credit scoring,
telematics, embedded information appliances, wireless communications, new forms
of encoding and real-time processing to gain advantages in communications,
underwriting, marketing and claims are remaking the industry.
Break and exhibitor presentations (2 p.m.)
Next-Generation Online (2:20 p.m.)
Mohan Nair, Executive VP, Chief Marketing Executive, The Regence Group
Alex Letts, Chief Executive, RI3K,
Ltd.
How Regence Blue Cross in health and RI3K in
reinsurance are building high-touch, flexible systems that enable end users to
coordinate their business in real time.
E-Fusion Award Finalist Judging: Execution Presentations (3 p.m. to 6 p.m., open to all registrants)
Monday Night Social (6:30 p.m.)
Tuesday, October 18
Breakfast (8 a.m.)
Winners Never Cheat ... Or Do They? (9 a.m.)
Robert W. MacDonald, President, CTW Consulting,
LLC
Robert W. "Bob" MacDonald, founder of LifeUSA and
author of a new contrarian guide to business and life, shares his experiences as
an insurance entrepreneur, manager, along with his thoughts on where the real
opportunities are hiding in insurance technology.
Regulatory Forecast (9:40 a.m.)
Jenevra Georgini,
Associate General Counsel, American International Group
Inc.
Gary Gummig, Vice President,
E-Government, Sircon Corp.
Roger Schmelzer,
Senior Vice President, State and Regulatory Affairs,
NAMIC
Stakes are getting higher, regulations grow more
complex and auditors demand access and accountability. An overview of upcoming
laws, regulations and fast-emerging liability issues guaranteed to keep
insurance technologists up at night.
Break and exhibitor presentations in lobby (10:40 a.m.)
Big Bang, Small Bucks (11 a.m.)
Piyush Singh, CIO, RLI
Scott Eisdorfer, CIO, Navigators Insurance Group
Brian
Mauck, VP, Chief Strategy Officer, American Fidelity
Assurance
Limited budgets, smaller organizations and
finite time don't have to be a handicap -- they can be an opportunity. Real-life
examples of insurers who employed creativity, resourcefulness and cleverness to
develop breakthrough technological and operational solutions.
Lunch (noon)
E-Distribution 2006 (1 p.m.)
Alan Katz, SVP Strategic Distribution, Wellpoint Inc.
Donald R. Jackson,
Chairman & CEO, JCG Group, Ltd.
Kevin McKenna, CEO, The Credo
Group
How insurers are using rich media, sponsored
search, online video, two-way interactivity and other cutting-edge approaches to
redefine the Internet experience. Hey, some are even selling a surprising amount
of coverage.
Break and exhibitor presentations (2 p.m.)
Insider's Perspective: What We've Learned, Where We're Going
(2:20 p.m.)
Paul C. Tinnirello,
Executive VP & CIO, A.M. Best Co.
Denise Holzka, Lawyer, Heidell,
Pittoni, Murphy & Bach
John Pogas,
VP, e-Commerce, Aon Corp.
John Ryan, Senior VP,
ESIS
Patricia Saporito, Insurance Industry Practice Manager, Information Builders
Inc.
E-Fusion Award Recipients Announcement (3 p.m.)
All sessions are subject to change.
