8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Registration & Networking Breakfast

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | Opening Keynote - Going Global: Responding to the ‘New’ Risk Environment

This opening keynote will offer expert analysis and commentary on how key stakeholders in the insurance and risk management industry are – and should be – adapting strategies to meet the new challenges facing corporate executives and their firms.
 

9:30 AM - 10:15 AM | Weather Outside is Frightful: The Current and Future State of Climate Risk

The number of extreme weather claims continue to increase as climate-related events grow in both frequency and severity. This expert panel will examine key trends in severe weather claims, and analyze how policies and risk mitigation tactics need to evolve to keep up with shifting weather patterns.
 

10:15 AM - 10:25 AM | Climate: Evolving Tech Spotlight 1

10:25 AM - 10:35 AM | Climate: Evolving Tech Spotlight 2

10:35 AM - 10:45 AM | Climate: Evolving Tech Spotlight 3

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM | Morning Networking Break

12:45 PM - 2:00 PM | Networking Lunch

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | The Autonomous Effect: Emerging Risks in Evolving Technologies

Evolving technologies, such as Generative AI and autonomous vehicles, offer more questions than answers for risk managers and insurance executives. What policy and coverage issues will emerge? What are the legal liabilities and ethical implications? As AI and autonomous technologies evolve at a rapid pace, how can risk mitigation policies keep up? This panel of experts will analyze the challenges of mitigating risks in emerging technologies, and offer strategies for minimizing exposures in an automated world.

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM | Let's Get Digital: Risks and Rewards in Digital Modernization

Insurance carriers realize that adopting new technology is crucial to staying current, improving the customer experience, and attracting new talent. But how much automation and digitalization is too much, too fast, as the risks of implementing emerging technologies are still unknown? This panel of experts will offer strategies for balancing the risks against the rewards, and provide examples of successful system changes.

Eshwar Pastapur, Vice President - Chief Information Officer, Hastings Mutual Insurance Company

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM | Underwriting for the Unknown: Predictions for Policy Creation

As the state of the insurance industry rapidly changes, and risks continue to evolve, how are policy creators and risk managers adapting? This session will explore the challenges of policy creation and risk assessment in a landscape of rapidly changing technologies and regulations.

Therese Icuss, Managing Director, Underwriting and Credit, Fidelity Investments 

4:15 PM - 4:45 PM | Closing Keynote: Navigating Risks in a Shifting Regulatory Landscape

This keynote will provide expert analysis on emerging regulatory risks and compliance challenges. The keynote will also provide strategies for the industry on how to shift mitigation tactics to minimize risks within the evolving regulatory landscape.

4:45 PM - | Close of Conference