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The 2008 E-Fusion Conference Speakers and Presentations
Please note, the speakers and topics featured below are subject to change.
Topic: Welcome to the 2008 E-Fusion Conference
Speakers: Paul Tinnirello, EVP & CIO, A.M. Best Company
Lee McDonald, GVP, Communications, A.M. Best Company
The introduction to the conference will feature information about the E-Fusion Award finalists, highlights to watch for and pre-show survey results.
Topic: Redefining the Economic Value of IT
Speaker: Steve Landberg, Managing Director, Claymore Partners LLC
As the economy struggles, insurers are investing their money more prudently. Learn how IT professionals are delivering new strategic and economic value to their organizations. Hear the latest trends in effective insurance project management and how staff, vendors or outsourcing can be used most effectively.
Topic: Technology-Based Underwriting
Speakers: Barry Rabkin, Sr. Research Analyst, Financial Insights
Karen Clark, Karen Clark & Co.
Insurers are using technology to provide new forms of auto and homeowners' underwriting. Hear how GPS monitoring systems, advanced mapping analysis and other technology help companies customize rates and compete for customers. Discover the best uses of spatial information, what works and how technology will affect the future of underwriting.
Topic: Value Centric E-Commerce
Speakers: John Pogas, Vice President, E-Commerce, Aon Corp.
Jaimie Pickles, President, Canal Partner LLC
Selling insurance is unlike selling anything else, and the best new e-commerce practices reflect that. We'll discuss how marketing employs, pushes and trumps technology to better the online insurance-shopping experience. See where outside vendors fit in and how an insurer can make certain that e-commerce initiatives continue to reinforce the brand.
Topic: The Payback of the Information Dashboard
Speaker: Pay Saporito, Insurance Solutions Director, Business Objects, an SAP Company
The benefits of strict information management are huge, but so are the risks. Becoming too dependent on simplistic information can be limiting. Learn how insurers are refining their information-collection and management systems to build internal guidance systems that boost productivity.
Topic: Is the Web Out of Control?
Speaker: Mike Wise, Ideastar, van Aartrijk Group
Social networking, instant communications, blogging: They're all important but huge threats to corporate security and consistent delivery of strategy. Managed poorly, these technologies can become strains on productivity. Hear how companies use communication technology to their advantage and reach customers they might never have otherwise.
Topic: Building a Knowledge-Based Insurance Organization
Speaker: Britta Schatz, Director of Applications Development, Penn National Insurance
Insurers are automating processes and storing all the data they can, but knowledge escapes retention with each major retirement. We'll explore the ways organizations are building smarter workforces and how savvy technologists are educating themselves and their teams for 21st-century competition.
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