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The AAIS Main Event April 20-22 ● Ponte Vedra Inn & Club, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
George Dale added to Dale, who won eight consecutive terms, was the nation's longest serving insurance commissioner before being defeated in a party primary in 2007. His overview of political issues affecting insurance underwriting will serve as a lead-in to a panel of four company CEOs, described below. Keynote Speaker
Dubbed the "Prophet of Boom" by Wired magazine, Cox authors the Dallas Fed's annual essays on living standards and the expanding global economy. Cox's observations on the progress in Americans' level of material well-being receive extensive coverage in major publications, and he is a frequent guest on national media, including CNN, the Voice of America, National Public Radio, and ABC programs hosted by John Stossel. Other Outside Speakers Hazardous Imports and Products Liability
Josh Greenbaum is a member of the commercial litigation practice group of Cozen O'Connor, one of the nation's leading insurance defense firms. Greenbaum, who worked seven years in claims for three carriers, will discuss what the firm has learned as it defends companies involved in imports-related products liability litigation. The Growth and Evolution of Rating Variables
Jeff Kucera, a consulting actuary from
EMB America, will describe what leading companies are doing in this regard
and what all companies Underwriting E-commerce Insurance
No one knows better how to analyze those exposures, underwrite them, and implement effective loss control than Robert Parisi, Marsh USA's national practice leader for network risk, technology and telecommunications. Before joining Marsh, Parisi was chief underwriting officer for e-business risk solutions for AIG. Catastrophe Modeling
Robert Healy has been with the EQECAT catastrophe modeling service since its inception in 1994, and has played a major role in developing it into one of the leading catastrophe risk modeling and consulting firms. Healy, now senior vice president of ABS Consulting, which owns EQECAT, will describe the evolution of catastrophe modeling and point out the possibilities and challenges that lie ahead.
AAIS Update This year’s presentation on AAIS product research and development will focus on three themes that follow upon topics presented by other conference speakers.
Roundtable Discussions Additional time is being allotted to this year’s roundtable discussions, which will provide attendees with more detailed information on the topics presented in the AAIS Update, and give them a chance to discuss these developments with new AAIS staff members. Attendees can select from among four roundtables:
Other AAIS staff members who will be at the conference and in the roundtable discussions include: Greg Jaynes, director of actuarial services; CEO Panel A panel of company CEOs will address political and economic issues that impact companies’ pricing and underwriting decisions. Among the panelists will be:
AAIS Chairman James Sullivan, president and CEO of Co-Operative Ins. Cos., Middlebury, Vt., will moderate the panel. For more information, contact Joe Harrington at
joeh@AAISonline.com
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Schedule in brief
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George
Dale, who served more than 30 years as insurance commissioner of Mississippi,
will speak on political issues affecting property/casualty insurers in
an appearance recently added to our Main Event lineup.
From
toys to pharmaceuticals to pet food, products of all kinds have been in
the headlines for hazardous substances that have originated overseas.
Where does the chain of products liability lead when injury results from
these substances? What responsibility do local distributors and retailers--and
their insurers--have when the origin of these hazards cannot be identified
or accessed? 
Insurers
are engaged in a high-stakes competition to identify and develop new variables
for determining the level of risk posed by different individuals, households,
and organizations. Carriers that can utilize some form of predictive modeling
based on these variables will be positioned to survive. Carriers that
cannot do that will find themselves adversely selected against. 
Insurance
coverage for electronic information and business operations entails a
unique combination of property and liability exposures different from
those facing traditional tangible property. 
It's been more than 15 years since Hurricane Andrew, and
the catastrophe modeling practices embraced after that event have matured
through refinements in data and modeling techniques in the wake of subsequent
disasters. 
The
2008 Main Event expands upon 
Sunday
evening