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Who Should Attend

If you are in the following industry sectors you can’t afford to miss this event:

• Insurance carriers, brokers, agents
• Managing general agents, brokers, agents
• Vendors and Technology Providers

Job title(s)/functions:

• President / CEO / Chairman / COO / Owner
• EVP / SVP / CMO
• CIO / CTO
• CFO / Controller / Treasurer
• Director / Manager Business Line
• Director Manager IT
• Vice President

Venue


Chicago Marriott Schaumburg
50 N Martingale Road
Schaumburg, Illinois 60173

Conference Agenda

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

5:30 p.m. -
Registration Opens
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Networking Reception

Thursday, October 18, 2012

7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.
Registration Opens and Continental Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall
8:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction
8:15 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Keynote Presentation: State of the Industry and How Do We Respond?
Leigh Ann Pusey, President & CEO, AMERICAN INSURANCE ASSOCIATION (AIA)
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
World View Research Report and Leadership Panel
Moderator: Carrie Burns, Editor-in-Chief, INSURANCE NETWORKING NEWS
Panelist: Laura Bennett, CEO and Co-Founder, EMBRACE PET INSURANCE
Panelist: Robin Lenna, EVP, Corporate Benefit Funding, METLIFE
Panelist: Noreen Randazzo, VP & CIO, Enterprise Solutions, THE HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Keeping Up With the Changing Distribution Network
Moderator: Marie Carr, Partner, PWC’S INSURANCE PRACTICE
Panelist: Carol Murphy, Managing Director, AON RISK SOLUTIONS’
Panelist: Belen Tokarski, Assistant VP, Technology and Agency Solutions, CNA
11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Leading Innovation Within the Organization
Liz Owens, Management Consultant, Enterprise Innovation, ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Lunch
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Business and IT Collaboration – Taking Insurers to the Next Level
Moderator: Karen Furtado, Partner, STRATEGY MEETS ACTION
Panelist: Mojgan Lefebvre, SVP and CIO, LIBERTY MUTUAL GLOBAL SPECIALTY
Panelist: Jacquline Morales, Senior Vice President, Head of Life Operations, AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Keynote Presentation: The “Customs” That Help or Hinder Your Communications and Coaching
Nancy Bleeke, President, SALES PRO INSIDER, INC.
4:15 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Networking Reception & Women in Insurance Leadership Awards Ceremony: The 2012 Women in Insurance Leadership honorees are:
Laura Bennett, CEO and Co-Founder, EMBRACE PET INSURANCE
Tricia Griffith, Claims Group President, THE PROGRESSIVE GROUP OF INSURANCE COMPANIES
Heather Lavallee, President, Employee Benefits Distribution, ING U.S. INSURANCE
Robin Lenna, EVP, Corporate Benefit Funding, METLIFE
Seraina Maag, Chief Executive, North America Property & Casualty, XL GROUP, INSURANCE
Beth Mercier, VP, Personal Lines, TRAVELERS
Jacquline Morales, SVP, Head of Life Operations, AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
Noreen Randazzo, VP and CIO, Enterprise Solutions, THE HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP
Peggy Rubin, EVP and COO, COLUMBIAN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
Mary Springberg, VP and Chief Information Officer, ALLSTATE FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY, ALLSTATE FINANCIAL