Conference Agenda
Thursday, October 16, 2008
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Greetings and Meeting Objectives
Formal welcome and informal remarks
- Why we are here/define PA/BI for today's meeting
- Introductions - what speakers will talk about
- Brief synopsis of day - open format
Pat Speer
Editor-in-Chief
Insurance Networking News
8:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Business Analytics: an Insurance Industry Overview
Mark Gorman presents the latest INN/Gorman insurance business analytics research results
Matt Josefowicz presents Novarica's latest business intelligence research results
Presenters:
Mark Gorman
Principal
Mark B. Gorman & Assoc., LLC
Matthew Josefowicz
Director, Insurance
Novarica
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Break
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Round Table Discussions - Which fits where?
Attendees discuss the value of various business analytics approaches to a variety of functional areas.
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Round Table Discussion Report Out - What Did We Learn?
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Enterprise Performance Management Trends
Learn about the current trends that are driving insurers, re-insurers, and producers to adopt enterprise performance management (PM) and why PM has become a necessity. The session will also discuss mitigating risk through effective management and analysis of risk information
Craig Bedell
Director, Global Insurance Services
Cognos, an IBM Company
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
Networking Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Insurer Panel: Business Analytics - Real World Insight on Improving Your Organization's Analytic Agility
Moderator:
Pat Speer
Editor-in-Chief
Insurance Networking News
Panelists:
Roger Hartmuller
Director of Information Services Group
Allstate Insurance
John Savage
Vice President, Strategic Risk Analysis
AIG
Murli Buluswar
Vice President, Insight & Innovation
Farmers Insurance
Andrea Marks
Exec Director, Health Intelligence
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Insurer & Vendor Panel - What Works, What Doesn't - Implementation & Deployment Tips and Best Practices
Moderator:
Matthew Josefowicz
Director, Insurance
Novarica
Panelists:
Sanjeev Singh
AVP, Business Analytics & Services
American Enterprise Group, Inc.
Paul Friedmann
Divisional Senior Vice President
Great American Insurance Company
David West
Sr. Vice President, Marketing
Valen Technologies, Inc.
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Break
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Predictive Analytics - An Enterprisewide Solution
A soft market and uncertain economy are having a major effect on the global insurance industry. Learn how insurance companies are leveraging existing technologies in predictive analytics to improve their operational inefficiencies, in such areas as claims, underwriting and marketing to reduce expenses and increase market share.
Panelists:
Joel Appelbaum
Chief Analytics Officer
Zurich
Eric Webster
Vice President, Marketing
State Farm
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM
Vendor Panel: The Future of Analytics Technology
What's on the Horizon - the latest emerging capabilities in gaining actionable insight from your data, whether structured, unstructured, derived or hybrid.
Moderator:
Mark Gorman
Principal
Mark B. Gorman & Assoc., LLC
Panelists:
Marty Ellingworth
President
ISO Innovative Analytics
Roosevelt Mosley, Jr.
Principal and Consultant
Pinnacle Actuarial Resources, Inc.
Gaurav Verma
Director, Information Management Strategies, Financial Services
SAS
David West
Sr. Vice President, Marketing
Valen Technologies, Inc.
5:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Wrap Up and Next Steps/Closing Remarks/Call to Action
Mark Gorman
Principal
Mark B. Gorman & Assoc., LLC