2O17 50TH ANNUAL MEETING & CONFERENCE Page 2 2O17 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Program Chair Tony JosePh JOHN REINMAN ARLENE KERN Lloyd’s (retired) Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC Munich Reinsurance America, Inc. MAY McKEVITT miKe sowa ROBERT CALINOFF Markel Global Reinsurance Aspen Re Calinoff & Katz LLP MARLIN RAMLAL Jerry waLLis CamPbeLL brown AXIS Re IRUA Odyssey Reinsurance Company DOUG RARIG MARIA SCLAFANI LAURA HERUBIN holborn Corporation The beaumont Group, inc. Mapfre Re On the IRUA’s 50th Anniversary, the IRUA launches it’s new website. This new site is easier to navigate and register on line. It also contains all the vari- ous Journal of Reinsurance archives back to 1993. More importantly, the website domain has been changed from a .com to a .org. So sign on to the new site today at www.irua.org and catch up on all the IRUA news. Page 3 2O17 50TH ANNUAL MEETING & CONFERENCE A Message from the President Mike Sowa, IRUA President Aspen Re Welcome to PGA National and the 2017 Annual Re. Arlene has been a key contributor to the IRUA Meeting and Conference on our 50th Anniversary! success and she will stand as the very first female What a milestone this is for all the current and President of your organization. past members of the IRUA. We have also invited past IRUA officers to help us celebrate along with The IRUA has had a solid 2016 and a great representatives from the RAA and BRMA. start to 2017. Our organization is focused and committed to the needs of our member Special thanks for all they do goes out to companies. As a result, we have expanded our Jerry Wallis our Executive Director and Maria Board to include more company representatives. Sclafani, CEO of the Beaumont Group and our If you don’t see someone from your Company Executive Administrator. on our Board, please feel free to recommend someone (it might just be you!) to one of our What a great location! Over the next few days, we Executive Committee Officers. have a first-class program of timely and topical sessions for you. Our thanks go out to Arlene As you can see, we have several roundtables of Kern and the Conference Program Committee industry experts as well as individual speakers on for devising and arranging the program. The highly relevant issues of the day. We have invited Conference Program Committee members can our speakers to remain for the entire program so be identified with a distinctive “Program” ribbon that conference attendees may be able to engage attached to their name badges so, if you like the them in additional Q & A during the networking program, please tell them so. Just as importantly, and social periods. if you want to see other issues addressed in future programs, please tell us. You will also have This year we are very fortunate to have another the opportunity to write your comments on your outstanding number of sponsoring companies. program evaluation which we use to identify the Their names will be prominently displayed in this topics for future sessions. Your suggestions are year’s program, on signage at each event and on always greatly appreciated. our new website at www.irua.org. This is my final meeting as President after serving So again, welcome, and enjoy the conference and for the past two years. I will continue to serve on all the opportunities for learning and networking the Board and Executive Committee as Immediate it provides. Past President. Please join me in congratulating our incoming President – Arlene Kern of Munich Mike Sowa, President 2O17 50TH ANNUAL MEETING & CONFERENCE Page 4 A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR LAW FIRM SPONSORS Throughout the course of the year, the IRUA holds various programs to include one- day seminars, workshops and networking events. These events are sponsored by law firms who graciously donate their space as well as refreshments. Without the sup- port of these IRUA partners, the IRUA would not be able to present such high-quality events at such a reasonable cost. Their support is invaluable and we wish to extend our sincere thanks to each of them. IMPORTANT NOTICE RE IRUA’S ANTI-TRUST POLICY PLEASE READ All of the IRUA’s educational and networking events are discussion of the types or products which may be conducted in accordance with the IRUA’s Anti-Trust Policy. offered and sold or the states and territories in which In essence, this Policy prohibits any and all discussions they may be sold. involving any possible insurance market boycott, coercion - future rate plans including actuarial projections. &/or intimidation. Additionally, you should not initiate nor - “fair” profit levels. participate in any of the following discussions involving, but not limited to: - developing “standards” for company operations. - price, profits, commissions or any other cost - suggesting a certain credit policy. components and elements. If you see or hear of any prohibited practices in any IRUA - rates or the stabilizing of rates or other terms or meeting or social event, please advise an Officer of the conditions of any products offered for sale. IRUA or the Executive Director as violations of such anti- trust laws could result in exposure to investigation &/or - underwriting criteria with an eye towards prosecution by Federal or State authorities for you, your standardizing. company and the IRUA. - matters that would adversely affect availability of Your cooperation in abiding by these restrictions is insurance or services to the public.This includes any appreciated. Note: Information not contained in this program was unavailable at the time of print. To the best of our ability we have tried to identify as many individuals as possible. Page 5 2O17 50TH ANNUAL MEETING & CONFERENCE TABLE OF CONTENTS 2017 Conference Committee Page 2 New Website irua.org Page 2 A Message from the President Page 3 A Special Thanks to Our Law Firm Sponsors Page 4 Anti-Trust Policy Page 4 2017 Upcoming Calendar of Events Page 5 IRUA Officers and Directors Page 6 Mission Statement / Vision Statement Page 7 IRUA Member Meeting & Conference Locations Page 8 2017 Spring Conference Sponsors Page 10 PGA NATIONAL IRUA Interns of the Year and First Place Scholars Essay Winners Page 12 400 AVENUE OF THE CHAMPIONS 4PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL 33480 Program Page 13 www.pgaresort.com 4 (800) 863-2819 The Speakers Page 15 IRUA’s Scholars Program Page 21 IRUA History Page 22 IRUA Past Presidents Page 32 Welcome New Member Companies Page 32 Claims Outstanding Achievement Award Page 33 The Roy G. Nelson Memorial Award for Outstanding Service Page 33 The Dr. George D. Young Award “For Professional Excellence” Page 34 Committee Participation for 2017 Page 35 SAVE THE DATE / 2018 Annual Members Meeting & Conference April 11-13, 2018 Back Cover July 11, 2017 regular section 2O17 50TH ANNUAL MEETING & CONFERENCE Page 6 Officers & Directors EXECUTIVE Committee Directors Christiane Gross Vice President Executive Committee/Directors William Bernens Munich Re America, Inc. President/Membership Committee Chair Director – Property Treaty Princeton, NJ 08543 Arch Reinsurance Company Email: [email protected] Michael C. Sowa Morristown, NJ 07962 Executive Vice President Email: [email protected] Laura Herubin & Managing Director - North America Vice President – Underwriting Aspen Re Frank Bigley Mapfre Re North America Rocky Hill, CT 06067 Underwriting Director Florham Park, NJ 07932 Markel Global Re Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Christopher Holland Vice President Campbell Brown Arlene S.Kern Assistant Vice President Vice President Axis Re Senior Vice President Odyssey Reinsurance Company New York, NY 10036 Strategic Innovation Leader Stamford, CT 06902 Email: [email protected] Munich Re America, Inc. Email: [email protected] Princeton, NJ 08543 Anthony Joseph Paul Carroll Retired from Lloyd’s America Email: [email protected] Senior Vice President Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 Markel Global Re Email: [email protected] Treasurer/Investment Committee Chair Summit, NJ 07901 Andrew L. Downing Email: [email protected] Scott Mackie Senior Vice President Property Treaty Underwriter Nick Cook XL Catlin Reinsurance JLT Re (North America), Inc. Vice President – Casualty Stamford, CT 06901 Stamford, CT 06902 Crum & Forster Wholesale E&S Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Jersey City , NJ 07302 Email: [email protected] Candice A. Magee Secretary Vice President Kevin Rentko Dwayne E. Elliott Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Vice President-Underwriting and Marketing Company of Iowa Senior Vice President – Head of General Casualty American Agricultural Insurance Company Renaissance Re US Des Moines, IA 50266 Columbus, OH 43219 Email: [email protected] New York, NY 10005 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Paul McKeon Trina Gooch Executive VP & Chief Underwriting Officer Immediate Past President Reinsurance Manager Transatlantic Reinsurance Company James A. Brost Shelter Reinsurance Company New York, NY 10005 Columbia, MO 65218 Email: [email protected] Senior Vice President Email: [email protected] Holborn Corporation Julie A. McLoughlin Eagan, MN 55121 Brian Green Senior Vice President Email: [email protected] General Counsel, R/I NA Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC Arch Capital Services, Inc. New York, NY 10036 Morristown, NJ 09762 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Marc P. Piccione Senior Vice President Beach and Associates New York,, NY 10006 Email: [email protected] Page 7 2O17