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• 2026 Committee Registration

  • Start
    August 13, 2025
  • End
    October 29, 2026
  • Location
    Online

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  PAMIC Committee Registration

  Committee volunteering is an opportunity for PAMIC members to get involved in offering ideas to help PAMIC grow. To host valuable educational seminars throughout the year, PAMIC relies on a dedicated core of volunteer members. Committee members are involved in the planning and execution of events based on their chosen committee. Thank you to those that serve our organization!

  
  

  Register to Volunteer on a Committee

  

  Why Should I Become a Committee Volunteer?

  
  

  • No prior experience is needed to serve on the PAMIC committees, all age/management levels.

  • Volunteers make our events a success.

  • Showcase your industry specific ideas on your chosen committee.

  • No prior volunteer experience is needed to join these committees.

  Committee Details

  Members can volunteer to serve on the following industry specific committees: 

  Claims Committee:

  Provide quality educational seminars; provide forums on claims questions. Research and disseminate relevant claims related information to the PAMIC membership.  The Claims committee  participates with planning the Claims Summit in April along with PAMIC staff 

  Convention Committee:

  Assist PAMIC’s Director of Education in planning the Annual Convention including speaker/education selection, conference structure, and participation by other state trade associations.  The Convention takes place in August along with PAMIC staff .

  Education Committee:

  Maintain and enhance the quality and profitability of PAMIC educational activities. Promote visibility of, and attendance at, all PAMIC educational activities. Coordinate all PAMIC educational activities to assure full coverage of all relevant topics and to reduce any unneeded duplication of topics. The Education committee participates with planning the Spring Conference in March and the Leadership Symposium in June along with PAMIC staff .  

  Financial Management Committee:

  Plan and produce a quality educational seminar and, in coordination with the Education Committee, provide roundtables and other forums as needed on financial management, accounting, financial reporting, tax and investment functions of company operations. Serve as a resource for financial management questions and alert association to emerging issues in financial management.  The Financial Management committee participates with planning the Financial Management Seminar in September along with PAMIC staff.

  Government Affairs Committee:

  Closely monitor insurance legislative and regulator and judicial developments and assess their impact on PAMIC membership. Respond appropriately to the issues. Assist in the development and maintenance of government affairs communications program with membership and foster and promote direct member communication.

  IT Committee:

  To provide educational support and to foster exchange of information, ideas, and emerging issues relating to information systems technology and methodology as applicable to the insurance industry.  The IT and Underwriting & Loss Prevention committees will merge in the summer to plan for Fall Conference in October along with PAMIC staff.

   Underwriting & Loss Prevention Committee:

  Provide quality educational seminars; roundtables, and forums designed to enhance professional skills in underwriting, loss control and related fields. Research and disseminate emerging underwriting/loss control techniques, issues and problems. The IT and Underwriting & Loss Prevention committees will merge in the summer to plan the Fall Conference in October along with PAMIC staff.

  Young Professional Committee:

  This committee is comprised of members ages 40 and under.  This committee assists the staff with creating networking opportunities for young industry professionals and to bring fresh perspective to PAMIC along with PAMIC staff.

  

  Questions?

  For more information on becoming a committee member, please contact Cindy Warren at cwarren@pamic.org. We appreciate the efforts of our volunteers and look forward to another great year of valuable seminars.

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• 2025 Fall Conference: Attendee Registration

  • Start
    October 29, 2025
  •  
    5:00 PM
  • End
    October 30, 2025
  •  
    4:30 PM
  • Location
    Hilton Harrisburg

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  2025 Fall Conference

  October 29 - 30, 2025
  Hilton Harrisburg

  This overnight education and networking event will kick off on Wednesday, October 29^th with  an evening welcome reception.  We'll then move on to a day full of education on the 30^th for BOTH the InsurTech and Underwriting sides of our industry. 

  Expect combined general sessions, as well as break-out sessions dedicated to each topic. We look forward to seeing you there!

  Earn  CE Credits for attending!

  Please note this is only Pennsylvania Licenses.

  
  

  Register  Sponsor

  
  

  

  Agenda

  Wednesday, October 29

  5:00 - 6:30 pm - Welcome Reception

  
  

  Thursday, October 30 

  8:00 - 8:45 am - Breakfast & Registration

  8:45 - 9:00 am - Welcome & Opening Remarks

  
  

  9:00 am - 9:45 am - Talk for 5: Underwriting & IT Pain Point Discussion

  Moderator: Peter Kraynak, Insurance 724;  Insights from: Farmers & Mechanics Insurance, Brethren Mutual, and other Mutuals

  Hear about the challenges and obstacles your peers at other mutuals are facing. This interactive session will help you find connecting points for lessons learned and new ways of doing things related to critical Underwriting and IT issues you face.
  

  9:45 - 10:30 am - Cybersecurity Breaches: Steps for Prevention & How to Respond When the Worst Happens

  BJ Gardner, Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company
  

  Learn about the essential steps other companies are taking for protecting their company’s sensitive data without needing a massive security budget. Figure out more about what makes sense as preventative measures and about how incident response plans look for mutual companies like yours for a potential breach.
  

  10:30 - 10:45 am - Break

  10:45 - 11:30 am - Weather Impacts & Related Data Approaches for Underwriting

  Kieran Bhatia, Guy Carpenter

  
  

  Learn about how to leverage data, technology, and tools to better weather-related decisions, protecting your company's bottom line.
  

  11:30 am - 12:45 pm - Lunch

  
  

  12:45 - 1:30 pm - A Day in the Life of an Underwriter: Modernizing Workflow

  Eric Barger, Farmers & Mechanics Insurance

  Learn about workflow-focused approaches for small carriers looking to modernize the underwriter experience to boost efficiency and effectiveness.
  

  1:30 - 1:45 pm - Break

  
  

  1:45 - 2:30 pm - AI Transforming the Industry & the Penn National Insurance Journey

  Jonathan Hershey and Jim Weller, Penn National Insurance
  

  Get an overview of the use of Artificial Intelligence in an insurance carrier, hearing about the journey with its challenges and successes at Penn National Insurance.
  

  2:30 - 2:45 pm - Break with Refreshments

  
  

  2:45 - 3:30 pm - Collaborating for Rating Success: Underwriting & IT Together!

  Chris Gearhart, Millville Mutual

  Dive into a case study on how underwriters and IT teams can effectively partner to design, test, and deploy solutions for examples of real life underwriting needs.

  
  

  3:30 - 4:15 pm - Agent Experience Panel

  Paul Hadzor, Gladfelter

  Hear directly from the "Mom and Pop" independent agents on how things look from their perspective. Learn about their small business reality in relationship with small mutual insurer carriers with the current challenges and needs for success including those with technology and workflow.
  

  4:15 - 4:30 pm - Closing Remarks

  

  Room Reservations

  The discounted room rate has expiried.

  

  Thank you to our Sponsors:   

  

  Questions?

  Contact our Director of Events and Education, Cindy Warren at cwarren@pamic.org.

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  Cancellation Policy

  Refunds will be provided if written notice of cancellation is submitted on or before Tuesday, October 21, 2025.  Beginning October 22^nd, a credit will be provided for any cancellation. 

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