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September 18 – 19, 2011
Gaylord National Hotel - National Harbor, MD
Co-Located with IASA’s Executive EDGE Conference
CONFERENCE AGENDA
Keynote Insight: Responding to Change
The insurance industry’s economic outlook is as varied as who you ask. Join
us to receive one version of the truth from acclaimed economics and risk
management veterans who will describe how the current state of world affairs
might impact managing risk across all lines of business in 2011 and beyond.
Lindene Patton, Chief Climate Product Officer, ZURICH FINANCIAL SERVICES
Dr. Mary Weiss, Deaver Professor, Risk, Insurance & Healthcare Management,
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
Women in Insurance Leadership World View Report
Be the first to learn the “world view” of females in insurance leadership,
as Insurance Networking News releases the results of exhaustive research
that focuses on how women in insurance management are adapting and
responding to an ever-evolving marketplace.
Pat Speer, Editor-in-Chief, INSURANCE NETWORKING NEWS
Reality Check: A Look from the Outside In
A Panel of high-ranking women from organizations that serve the insurance
industry reflect on the WIL World View Report results, and offer their own
candid impressions of the various factors that influence women’s leadership
efforts.
Panelists: Randi Ellias, Co-Founder, WOMEN IN REINSURANCE
Carol Ann O’Dea, Executive Vice President, Chief Claims Officer, AXIS
REINSURANCE COMPANY
Professor Mary Quist-Newins, MBA, CLU, ChFC, CFP, Asst. Professor, State
Farm Chair, WOMEN AND FINANCIAL SERVICES AT THE AMERICAN COLLEGE
A Look from Inside Out: Consumerism and Insurance - New
Strategies and Tactics for the Changing Face of the Consumer
The current market crisis is having a large impact on the P&C and life
insurance industry as consumer spending declines, behavior shifts and
individuals become more skeptical about financial organizations. This
presentation will overview the current-day shifts among consumers and the
short- and long-term impact on the insurance industry, as well as how future
market, technology, and attitudinal changes may radically force insurers to
adopt new business models and practices.
Kimberly Harris-Ferrante, VP, Distinguished Analyst, GARTNER
Understanding the Market’s Opportunities/Pitfalls
To respond to the demand for growth, insurers need to identify, engage
and retain optimum pockets of new business. Social media is one of many
technologies that enable insurers and their channels to successfully reach and
embrace customers of ALL ages. How else can it be used (ethically), and how
can we avert a social media disaster when done wrong?
Temie Seibert, Executive Director, INSURANCE MARKETING &
COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION
Connecting the Promise with Delivery
This interactive session applies the popular “creating linkage between
business and IT” objective from last year’s WIL Forum to one of the industry’s
greatest internal challenges: how to make the right IT investment decisions
and deliver on those decisions’ promise for the enterprise. Find out from
seasoned female insurance executives how to set priorities, establish a project
management office and determine project champions.
Moderator: Deborah Smallwood, Founder, STRATEGY MEETS ACTION
Panelist: Kellee Irwin, Vice President, Personal Insurance, ICBC
Strategic Adaptive Thinking: Staying Relevant At a
Time of Uncertainty
Panel of past Women in Insurance Leadership executive honorees share their
personal stories of struggle and achievement and offer tips on how to achieve
and maintain a defensible leadership position that fosters growth for both you
and your organization.
Moderator: Carrie Burns, Editor, INSURANCE NETWORKING NEWS
Finding our Voice
Women in leadership are adept at recognizing and developing their
inner strengths, but finding our voice when it’s time to apply it to growth
opportunities can be a real challenge. A nationally recognized insurance
“teacher” and one of her mentees describe what it takes to establish yourself
as a person of power and influence within your organization.
Cathy Ellwood, Sr. Director, Corporate Development & Strategy, NATIONWIDE
The Evolving Distribution Relationship
Many emerging technologies now influence how insurers “go to market.”
How are these technologies impacting the insurers’ distribution network
and its ability to drive business? The relationship between insurers and
the stakeholders in their intermediary channels has never been more
transformative—and never more important. An insurer, agent and broker
discuss the issues, as well as tips to create win-win opportunities.
Moderator: Laura Dunne, VIP, Finance, ALLSTATE/ENCOMPASS INSURANCE
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