Media Advisory: In Focus Seminar

WHAT: 2018 In Focus Seminar: “Taking Root: Insurtech in P&C Insurance” Live Stream Event
Hosted by the Casualty Actuarial Society and Canadian Institute of Actuaries

WHO: Members of the press are welcome to attend the live stream and are asked to register in advance with Kate Niswander, CAS marketing and communications manager, at 703-276-3100 or kniswander@casact.org.

WHERE: Streaming remotely from Toronto, Ontario.

WHEN: October 15, 2018. Please note all times are Eastern.

WHY: Live stream sessions from the 2018 In Focus Seminar: “Taking Root: Insurtech in P&C Insurance” to stay current with industry developments on emerging areas such as robotics and insurtech.

Five educational sessions will be available for live streaming on Monday, October 15. Sessions will include:

Insurance Disruption Case Studies-How to Innovate and Get Solutions to Market (General Session)
[8:30 A.M – 10:00 A.M.]

This general session will review what is happening in the insurtech space and feature case studies of innovative insurtech integration into insurance success. Learn how insurance disrupters have met changing policyholder needs and how to create an innovative product like a disruptor.

Speakers:

Mylene Labelle, FCAS, Principal Eckler, Ltd.

Sheri Scott, FCAS, Principal Consulting Actuary, Milliman

Richard McCathron, Head of Insurance, Hippo Insurance

Cyber Risk Modeling: Strengths and Opportunities

[10:15 A.M. – 11:30 A.M.]

This panel will discuss the state of cyber risk modeling from the view of modeling firms as well as model users. The panel will cover the threat landscape, data and regulation, modeling challenges, and the state of market acceptance and usage.

Panelists:

Vinu Kuriakose, FCAS, CPCU, Director and Actuary, The Hartford

Donald Mango, FCAS, Principal, Innovensure Advisory Solutions, and Adjunct Lecturer, Actuarial Science, Columbia University

Joshua Pyle, FCAS, Actuarial Director, CyberCube

Eduard Alpin, FCAS, Lead Cyber Actuary, Verisk Analytics

Rachel Abramovitz, FCAS, Executive Vice-President, Willis Re

Insurance Reimagined: How Insurance Buying Habits and Digital Disruptions are Changing the Way Insurers Do Business

[1:00 P.M. – 2:15 P.M.]

This session will provide the results of recent surveys into the buying habits and needs of U.S. and Canadian small and middle-market insurance customers.

Panelists:

Fiona So, ACAS, Actuarial Consultant, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions

Kelli Broin, FCAS, Vice-President, Product, CoverHound

Koah Kalson-Ray, Manager, Deloitte

Mukul Ahuja, Financial Services Leader, Omnia, Deloitte’s Artificial intelligence Practice, Deloitte

Linking Sophisticated Real-Time Pricing with Insurtech Distribution
[2:30 P.M – 3:45 P.M.]

A case study-based session looking at how companies link real-time pricing sophistication (including the deployment of machine learning) into distribution-focused insurtech.

Speaker:

Wayne Berner, FCAS, Vice-President, Commercial Lines Product Management, State Auto Insurance Group

David Ovenden, Global Director, Pricing Product Claims and Underwriter, Willis Towers Watson

Insurtech and Innovation: Why Is It Important to Your Company? (General Session)
[4:00 P.M. – 5:30 P.M.]
This session will focus on how the use of insurtech and other new business solutions can help a company improve service in many different areas.

Panelists:

Robert Curry, FCAS, Assistant Vice President and Regulatory Actuary, Government Relations, ISO

James Gillard, Managing Director, Criteria, Research and Analytics, A.M. Best

Veronique Grenon, FCAS, Managing Director, Global Chief Innovation and Product Development Officer, Guy Carpenter