Annual Spring Conference:

2-Day Virtual EventMarch 17-18, 2021

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Join PAMIC for the virtual Annual Spring Conference in 2021! On March 17th-18th, the Education Committee is hosting a 2-part virtual educational experience. Earn CE credits while attending sessions from your desk. Content will cover a variety of topics in the industry.

 PA CE and CPE credits available!

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Educational Agenda:

Wednesday March 17th:

10:00am - 11:00am: The P/C Industry in PA and the Mid-Atlantic: Statistics and Outlook

Bob Farnam, Managing Director & Senior Research Analyst, Boenning & Scattergood

Tony Latini, Managing Director, Boenning & Scattergood

This presentation will provide an industry review of 2020 from a statistical and performance point of view, with a particular focus on mutual companies in the mid-Atlantic region.  The presentation will also provide an outlook on key themes and issues affecting the P/C industry in 2021 and beyond. 

11:00am - 11:15am: Mid-Morning Break

11:15am - 12:15pm: Corporate Transactions in the Mutual World

 Jeff Waldron, Griffin Financial Group

Jeff will be speaking on the topic of corporate transactions.  His presentation will give a perspective on the state of the market for M&A activity as well as corporate restructuring.  Additionally, Jeff will provide insight into the future financial, operational, and regulatory pressures that insurers are likely to face and the options that are available to address those pressures.

12:15pm - 1:00pm: Lunch Break

1:00pm - 2:00pm: Emerging Issues in Thunderstorm and Hurricane Perils

 James Waller, Research Meteorologist, Guy Carpenter

The session will focus on emerging issues in both the severe thunderstorm and hurricane perils. Discussion topics will include recent events in context, the 2020 hurricane season, emerging trends, with treatment of uncertainties and modeling issues. Resilience measures will also be discussed, toward reduction of impacts from extreme events. 

2:00pm - 2:15pm: Afternoon Break

2:15pm - 3:15pm: What You Need to Know about Peril of Severe Convective Storm and Hurricane and Wildfire when using Catastrophe Models

Andrew Siffert, CCRMP, Vice President & Senior Meteorologist, BMS Re

Over the past three decades, catastrophe models have become the means by which risk from weather-related disasters is understood and managed. Some might say they set the price of overall risk.   However, with any model, there are strengths and weaknesses and simple ways to validate the model performance which will be attempted in this session.  

Learning Objectives:

• How catastrophe models work?
• How are they built?
• What challenges are inherent in modeling perils like-named storms, severe weather, and wildfire?
• How well do they perform?

Thursday March 18th:

10:00am - 11:00am: Covid-19 BI update: Where We’ve Been, Where We’re Going

Scott Rybny, Esq., Morgan & Akins

It has been a little over one year since state and federal governments locked down much of their economies. As insurers with single year suit limitations brief a sigh of relief, those with two year suit limitations continue to hold their breadth as the trial court decisions in both Pennsylvania and across the country will wind their way through the appellate court system. Will the appellate courts uphold the decisions of their lower court counter-parts or will they take a different bath? Tune in to find out…

11:15am - 12:15pm: Cyber Risk and Cyber Insurance: One Step Ahead of the Evolving Threat

James Hajjar, Assistant Vice President & Product Manager, Lead Cyber at Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance 

The pace of the cyber insurance market only seems to be accelerating.  Evolving threats like ransomware and the risk of a cyber catastrophe have shifted the market from price to value while carriers consider their next move. 

In this presentation, we will provide:  an overview of the recent dynamics in the cyber insurance space, insight into the shifting exposure, a discussion of the looming threat of a cyber catastrophe, an overview of available insurance coverages, tips on what a small business can do to minimize their cyber exposure, and insight into the future of cyber insurance including the emerging personal lines space. 

12:15pm - 1:00pm: Lunch Break

1:00pm - 2:00pm: Emerging Issues in the Property/Casualty Insurance Industry- Charlie Kingdollar  

Emerging issues has cost the Property/Casualty insurance industry hundreds of billions of dollars in unexpected claims. Today insurers and reinsurers are facing a plethora of emerging issues. In this presentation we’ll cover the growth spurt in billion dollar plus emerging issues and focus on violence and E-cigarettes/vaping. Charlie will also touch on several additional emerging issues that are additional billion dollar plus contenders. 

Charlie Kingdollar is now retired, but for nearly 40 years he built his career as the Vice President & Emerging Issues Officer at Gen Re, becoming the go-to futurist for the insurance industry. He is a celebrated keynote speaker and has spoken at almost all U.S. major insurance industry conferences in the U.S. Outside of the U.S., he has given various emerging issues presentations in 14 countries. While at Gen Re, he authored hundreds of client publications and blogs on a wide variety of emerging issues, many translated into multiple languages for the international market. He has had articles published by, and has been quoted in, various insurance industry publications. Kingdollar continues to post emerging issues information regularly on LinkedIn.

2:00pm - 2:15pm: Afternoon Break

2:15pm - 3:45pm:  A Post COVID-19 Workforce: Challenges & Opportunities Ahead

Mary Fong, Esq., Advisors Law Group, LLP

Caroline Thorpe, Enquiron

This session will focus on a variety of transitional challenges related to a post COVID workforce, including:

• Vaccinations (requirements, exemptions, etc)
• Equity and safety of existing employees required to work at the office while others may continue to work remotely, voluntary return to the office, or a hybrid model
  

•  How to handle multi-state offices where state vaccination programs differ on priorities
• Who and When employees should return to in-office work
• Technologies to help track COVID compliance
• Post COVID/Quarantine workforce issues:

3:45pm - 4:00pm:  Afternoon Break

4:00pm - 4:45pm: A Post COVID-19 Workforce: Challenges & Opportunities Ahead: CEO Panel Discussion

Moderator: Doug Dvorak, Enquiron

Participants:

Dave Gautsche, President & CEO, Goodville Mutual Insurance Company

Dan DeArment, President & CEO, Friends Cove Mutual Insurance Company 

Jeff Haner, VP, Marketing, Britecore

Pricing

Member rates:

• Wednesday morning sessions only: $50
• Wednesday afternoon sessions only: $50
• Wednesday all day: $75
• Thursday morning sessions only: $50
• Thursday afternoon sessions only: $50
• Thursday all day: $75
• Full Conference Rate (both days): $125

• Wednesday morning sessions only: $75
• Wednesday afternoon sessions only: $75
• Wednesday all day: $100
• Thursday morning sessions only: $75
• Thursday afternoon sessions only: $75
• Thursday all day: $100
• Full Conference Rate (both days): $150

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Questions?

Contact our Director of Events and Education, Andrea Stroble at astroble@pamic.org or call 717-303-0197.