2001 CAS Spring Meeting Set for Miami Beach

by Sandra C. Santomenno

While Florida had difficulty in counting its votes for president of the United States, rest assured you can count on a very interesting CAS 2001 Spring meeting, to be held May 6-9 at the Fontainebleau Hilton in Miami Beach.

Featured speaker Mike Jensen, NBC News's Emmy Award-winning chief financial correspondent, has reported on every major economic event in the last three decades from the energy crisis in the '70s to corporate downsizing in the '90s. He has a knack for making finance and business easy to understand, clearly linking their impact on you, your business, and your industry.

Four general sessions are planned for the spring meeting. One general session, "Enterprise Risk Management: Panacea or Paradigm," will explore how organizations are beginning to look toward the process of coordinating their risk management through a centralized unit and some of the hurdles they may encounter through this process. A second general session, "CATS—A Worldwide Focus," will discuss various scientific studies that underlie many of the catastrophe models in use by companies in the industry. "Expert Systems, Technology and Fraud" will center on developments and systems used to uncover costly fraudulent activity affecting the insurance industry. Finally, "Regulation—EU v. the Rest of the World" will compare the varying regulatory environments encountered as companies increase their global presence.

Planned concurrent session topics include an update on Lloyds, insuring new and unique exposures, allocation of capital, an update on securitization, the flight of capital offshore, credit enhancement project financing, an update on workers compensation state funds, the impact of the Frankel case on regulation, the state of personal auto insurance, diversity in the actuarial profession, developments in homeowners insurance, and many others. Limited attendance workshops focusing on developing general business skills will also be offered.

On Tuesday evening, members and guests are invited to join us for a buffet dinner and entertainment at the Fontainebleau Hilton. More detailed information on the CAS 2001 Spring Meeting will soon be mailed to members.