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Press Release:

A.M. Best, Tillinghast-Towers Perrin to Combine Expertise In
Publishing Leading Captive Insurance Directory


Conference Agenda

 


MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15
8:00-10-:00 a.m. Track 1 Captives 101: The Benchmark Course
Nicholas Dove, President, Skandia International Risk Management, Bermuda D. Hugh Rosenbaum, Principal, Tillinghast-Towers Perrin, London

Track 2 Basics of Employee Benefits for Captives Owners
John Woyke, Esq., Principal, Towers Perrin, Valhalla, NY P. Bruce Wright, Esq., Partner, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Green & MacRae, New York

10:30-10:40 a.m. Opening Remarks and Introductions
Kathryn J. McIntyre, Publisher and Editorial Director, Business Insurance, Chicago

10:40-12:00 p.m. Keynote Address: Links to the New Basics
Keynote: David Wasserman, President, Centre Solutions, New York Panelist: Michele Cournier, Director Risk Management, Alcatel, Paris Panelist: Richard M. Inserra, Assistant Treasurer, Union Carbide Corporation, Danbury, CT Moderator: Kathryn J. McIntyre, Publisher and Editorial Director, Business Insurance, Chicago

2:00-3:15 p.m. Track 1 Group Captives
George Chaffee, President, Skandia International Risk Management Ltd. (VT), Burlington Michael Ducey, Assistant Vice President and Managing Director Bermuda Operations, Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, Boston Robert S. Wilkinson, Executive Vice President for Plan Operations, Health Services Medical Corporation, A Univera Company, Baldwinsville, NY Moderator: Gaelen W. Cole, Marketing Director, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, Novato, CA

 

Track 2 The Capital Market Landscape
Joe Kavanagh, Vice President, Marsh & McLennan Securities Corporation, New York Additional panelists to be announced Moderator: Thomas Wronski, Director, Insurance & Risk Management, Fidelity Investments, Boston

3:45-5:00 p.m. Track 1 New Ways to Better Use Your Captive
James D. Cameron, Esq., Partner, Baker & McKenzie, New York Mitchell J. Cole, Principal, Towers Perrin, New York Moderator: Michael Maglaras, Principal, Michael Maglaras & Co., Stamford, CT

Track 2 Capital Markets vs. Reinsurance
John Berger, CEO, Chubb Re, Bernardsville, NJ John Kiernan, Senior Vice President, Lehman Re, New York Moderator: D. Hugh Rosenbaum, Principal, Tillinghast-Towers Perrin, London Return to top


TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16

9:00-10:15 a.m. Track 1 Rent-a-Captives and Segregated Cell Facilities
Philip J. Harvey, President, Philip J. Harvey & Company, Inc., West Chester, PA Philip J. Stevens, ARM, Vice President, Aon Group Inc., Alternative Markets Organization, Greenwich, CT William Watson, Executive Vice President, Reliance National, New York Moderator: Nicholas Dove, President, Skandia International Risk Management, Bermuda

Track 2 Improving Financial Performance
Patrick C. Jensen, FCAS, Senior Manager, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Los Angeles Jan Lommele, Principal, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Hartford, CT John M. Lummis, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd., Hamilton, Bermuda Moderator: Mitchell J. Cole, Principal, Towers Perrin, New York

10:45-12:00 p.m. Track 1 New Reinsurance Products for Captives
R. Lincoln Trimble, Vice President, Chubb Atlantic, Hamiliton, Bermuda Michael Woodroffe, President, Meadowbrook International, Hamilton, Bermuda Moderator: Robert J. Rosser, Senior Vice President, Skandia International Risk Management, Bermuda

Track 2 Expanding Captive Horizons to Employee Benefits
Nancy Bern, Senior Vice President, John Hancock, Boston Richard M. Inserra, Assistant Treasurer, Union Carbide Corporation, Danbury, CT Gary Matson, Director, Global Benefits, HJ Heinz, Pittsburgh, PA Moderator: Mitchell J. Cole, Principal, Towers Perrin, New York

1:45-3:00 p.m. Shutdowns and Windups: Has Your Captive Run Its Course?
Sanford Bragman, Vice President Risk Management, Tenet HealthSystems, Dallas, TX James M. Dineen, Principal, The Knowledge Guild, Inc., Jacksonville, FL Moderator: Robert J. Rosser, Senior Vice President, Skandia International Risk Management, Bermuda

3:30-4:45 p.m. Track 1 Using a Captive in Mergers and Acquisitions-A healtch care perspective
Corbette Doyle, Chief Executive Officer of Healthcare, Aon Healthcare Alliance, Franklin, TN C. Richard Cornelius, Vice President Insurance Services, VHA Inc., Berwyn, PA Moderator: Michael Maglaras, Principal, Michael Maglaras & Co., Stamford, CT

 

Track 2 Getting Ready for a Merger or Acquisition
Pete Senak, a property/casualty actuary with Gerling Global Financial Products Return to top


WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17

8:45-11:00 a.m. Captive Case Studies
Janet Evans, Corporate Risk Manager, Snow Summit Ski Corporation, Big Bear Lake, CA Barry Port, President, Public Utility Mutual Insurance Company, Boston Philip Thomas, Director of Risk Management, Bass, Burton on Trent, UK Moderator: D. Hugh Rosenbaum, Principal, Tillinghast-Towers Perrin, London

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