Insurance Executive Forum

The Insurance Executive Forum will offer you and your colleagues the opportunity to hear the perspectives of a diverse and distinguished panel of industry executives as they discuss issues and answer questions.

29th Annual Insurance Executive Forum

The 2019 Insurance Executive Forum will be held on Wednesday | October 30, 2019 from 7:30– 11:00 AM at the Union League Club, Chicago.  View detailed flyer here.

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Topic: "Risks of a New Workforce & New Workforce Risks"

Panelists:

• Barbara Bufkin |  Executive head of Business Development at Assurant
• Luke Figora | Senior Associate Vice President , Chief Risk and Compliance Officer at Northwestern University
• Stacie Graham | General Manager and Senior Vice President National Insurance Risk Management for the Central Division at Liberty Mutual Insurance
• Andrew Liakopoulos | Principal at Deloitte Consulting LLP
• Don Ortegel Resident Managing Director at Aon

Millie Workman  | Director of Training and Education at International Risk Management Institute (IRMI) will serve as Moderator.

28th Annual Insurance Executive Forum

The 2018 Insurance Executive Forum will be held on Tuesday September 18, 2018 from 8:00 – 11:00 AM at the Union League Club, Chicago.  View detailed flyer here.

Topic: "Insuring Against Future Shock"

Panelists:

• Gary Kaplan – President of XL Catlin’s North America Construction Unit
• Blake Kuppersmith – Senior Vice President and Lead of Transactions  & SwiftRe at Swiss Re
• Mark Vila – Head of Corporate Risk & Broking for Greater Chicago and Wisconsin at Willis Towers Watson
• Liz Walker – Director of Enterprise Risk and Global Insurance for Groupon

Past Topics and Panelists

27th Annual Insurance Executive Forum

The 2017 Insurance Executive Forum was held on Wednesday, October 25, from 8:00 – 11:00 AM at the Union League Club, Chicago. View photos from the event by clicking here.

Topic: "Everything is a New Risk Now"

Panelists:

• Cynthia Beveridge – President, Aon Broking of Aon Risk Solutions
• Charles Dangelo - President & COO, Starr Insurance Holdings
• Jamie Sewell - Manager, Risk Management & Insurance of Boeing
• Tim Turner – Chairman and CEO of RT Specialty

26th Insurance Executive Forum

October 26, 2016
Union League Club
Topic: "Competition: The Name of the Game:
Panel: Mike Brennan - CEO of Wholesale, Swett & Crawford;  Rick Gulliver - President, Hub International; Craig Kliethermes - President and COO, RLI; Julie Pemberton - Director, Enterprise Risk and Insurance Management, Outerwall; Sabrina Hart - Executive Vice President, Midwest Region / Zurich North America

25th Insurance Executive Forum

October 20, 2015
Union League Club
Topic: "Emerging Technologies: The Effects on Risk"
Panel: Greg Bees - Chief Information Security Officer, COUNTRY Financial; Paul Larson - Senior Vice President, Specialty Risk Manager, Chubb Specialty Insurance; W. James Regan - Senior Vice President, FINPRO, Marsh

24th Insurance Executive Forum

October 21, 2014
Union League Club
Topic - "It's All in the Numbers"
Panel - Karen Clark – Co-founder & CEO, Karen Clark & Co.; Bryon Ehrhart – CEO, Aon Benfield Americas; Andrew Nottestad – Director of Corporate Insurance, United Airlines; Benjamin A. Walter – President and CEO, Hiscox USA; Keith Wolfe – Managing Director Head of Regional & National P&C, Swiss Re

23rd Insurance Executive Forum
October 15, 2013
Union League Club

Topic—"Strategy Matters: Responding in Uncertain Times"
Panel—Millie Workman, Moderator; Kelley Kinsella—Senior Vice President and Regional Executive Officer, ACE USA; Michael Liss—National Partner-Midwest Region, Willis North America; Richard Rabs—Chairman & CEO, RLI Corp.; Howard L. Rosen—Senior Director of Insurance Ratings, Standard & Poor's Corp.; Morris "Mo" Tooker—Executive Vice President, General Reinsurance Corp.

22nd Insurance Executive Forum
October 16, 2012
Union League Club

Topic—"Innovation: Recognizing Opportunities and Finding Success"
Panel—Rodd Zolkos, Moderator; John Goldwater—President and CEO, Berkley Net Underwriters; Kathleen Ireland—Director of Global Risk and Insurance Management. IBM; Jonathan Michael—President & COO, RLI; Scott Wick—Executive VP and Chief Sales Officer, HUB International Midwest Limited.

21st Insurance Executive Forum
October 18, 2011
Union League Club

Topic – "Rising to the Challenge: Succeeding in the New Normal"
Panel – Millie Workman, Moderator: Hugh Burgess – CEO, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty; Kip Kelley – Managing Director, Aon Risk Solutions; Randy Nordquist – Managing Director, Swiss Re; and Sarah Pacini – Vice President of Risk Management and Insurance, Advocate Health Care.

20th Insurance Executive Forum
October 19, 2010
Union League Club

Topic – "Riding the Next Wave"
Panel – Rodd Zolkos, Moderator; Gene Bader – Director of Risk Management, Abbott Laboratories; John Beckman – Senior Vice President & Chief Risk Officer, CNA; Shaun Kelly – President & CEO, Ironshore Services, Inc.; and John Lumelleau – President & CEO, Lockton Companies.

19th Insurance Executive Forum
October 20, 2009
Union League Club

Topic – "Change: The Only Constant"
Panel – Millie Workman, Moderator: Neal Aton – President & CEO, Wells Fargo Insurance Services; Scott Beckman – Vice President of Claims, ISMIE Mutual Insurance Co.; Seraina Maag – President of Zurich Specialty Products; and Patricia Roberts – President & CEO, Genesis Underwriting Management Company.

18th Insurance Executive Forum
October 21, 2008
Union League Club

Topic– "Restructuring the Insurance Industry: Smarter, Swifter, Stronger"
Panel –Rodd Zolkos, Moderator; Daniel H. Kugler, Jr. – Assistant Treasurer, Corporate Risk Management, Snap-on Incorporated; John Lupica – President & CEO, ACE USA; Carol L. Murphy – Managing Director, Aon Risk Services; and Paul W. Springman – President, Markel Corporation

17th Insurance Executive Forum
October 23, 2007
Union League Club

Topic – "Unlocking Industry's Potential: Finding the Keys to Success"
Panel – Millicent Workman, Moderator; Jim Gault – President and COO, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Brokerage Services Division; Don Kramer – Chairman and CEO, Ariel Reinsurance Company Ltd.; Claudia Temple – Assistant Treasurer, Global Risk Management and Insurance, Kraft Foods Inc.; and Mark Willis – Executive Vice President, American International Group

16th Insurance Executive Forum
October 24, 2006
Union League Club

Topic – "What's Next: Taking Advantage of New Opportunities"
Panel – Paul Winston, Moderator; Winifred Baker, President of Lloyd's America; Bryon Ehrhart, President of Aon Re Services; Mark Hinkley, Executive Vice President of OdysseyRe; Brian Kawamoto, Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Lockton Companies; Adam Klauber, Director of Equity Research for Cochran Caronia Waller; and Susan Meltzer, Assistant Vice President of Risk Management for Aviva Canada Inc.

15th Insurance Executive Forum
October 19, 2005
Union League Club

Topic – "What New Threats does the Industry Face in 2006?"
Panel – Donna Galer, Moderator; John Berger, President and CEO of Chubb Re; Dan Carmichael, President and CEO of Ohio Casualty Corp; Arlene Corsetti, Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Willis National Healthcare; John Iten, Director in the North American Practice of Standard & Poor's Insurance Ratings; Stephen Lilienthal, Chairman & CEO of CNA; and Janice Ochenkowski, Director of Global Risk Management at Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.

14th Insurance Executive Forum
October 20, 2004
Union League Club, Chicago

Topic – "Emerging Issues in 2005"
Panel – Paul Winston, Moderator: David Eslick – Chairman, President, and CEO of U.S.I. Holdings Corporation; Donna Galer – Executive Vice President, Zurich North America; Charles Kavitsky – President & CEO, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company; Adam Klauber – Managing Director of Cochran, Caronia & Company; John Phelan – Chairman & CEO, American Re Corporation and Sheila Small – Asst. Treasurer – Risk Management & Insurance, Verizon Communications.

13th Insurance Executive Forum
October 29, 2003
Palmer House Hilton Hotel, Chicago

Topic – "On the Road to Profitability"
Panel – Donna Galer, Moderator, executive vice president, Zurich North America; Nancy Aque, managing director, Marsh USA Inc.; Mary Gardner, director of risk management, Sears, Roebuck and Co.; Joseph Gilles, president, Wausau Insurance; Richard Napier, senior vice president, General Reinsurance; Susan Rivera, president, ACE INA Holdings and Michael Weinstein, director of research, Conning Research and Consulting.

Twelfth Insurance Executive Forum
October 15, 2002
Palmer House Hilton Hotel, Chicago

Topic – "A Year in Retrospect – Impact of 9/11 on the P&C Industry"
Panel – Paul Winston, Moderator, Editor, Business Insurance; Alice Cornish, senior equity research analyst, Prudential Securities; Tom Tizzio, senior vice chairman, AIG; Shivan Subramaniam, chairman, president and CEO of FM Global; Paul Karon, president, Benfield Blanch; Gary Prestia, senior vice president and chief underwriting officer-property lines of Converium Reinsurance (NA), Inc.; and David Mair, director, risk management and purchasing of the U.S. Olympic Committee.

Eleventh Insurance Executive Forum
October 16, 2001
Fairmont Hotel, Chicago

Topic – "The Dot.com invasion – Will E-solutions Replace Traditional Insurance Models?" The impact of e-business and technology on insurance risk transfer and risk intermediation.
Panel - Donna Galer, Moderator, North America of Zurich Financial Services Group; Michael Darviche, managing director for Marsh, Inc.'s global portal, Marsh.com; Robert V. James, Executive Vice President, Technology Solutions, CNA ; Richard K. Kerr, chairman and CEO of Insurance Data Systems and MarketScout.com ; Stacey L. Regan, Deputy Treasurer-insurance for General Electric Company; William D. Smith, President and Chief Operating Officer of Kemper Insurance Companies; Don Urbanciz, Chief Executive Officer of Insurance- Noodle.com ; Tim Wright, Chief Executive Officer for Riskclick.

Tenth Insurance Executive Forum
October 18, 2000
Fairmont Hotel, Chicago

Topic – "The Driving Forces of Change in Insurance and Financial Services"
Panel - Paul Winston, Moderator; Christopher Migel, Executive Vice President of GeneralCologne Re; Siri Gadbois, Vice President of Risk Management for Educational and Institutional Insurance Administrators, Inc.; Kenneth H. Pinkston, Vice Chairman of Willis Group Limited; William H. Bolinder, member of the Group Executive Board of Zurich Financial Services; and Cary D. McMillan, Vice President and Chief Financial and Administrative Officer of Sara Lee Corporation.

Ninth Insurance Executive Forum
October 13, 1999
Fairmont Hotel, Chicago

Topic – "Are We Fiscally Fit for the 21st Century?"
Panel - Donna Galer, Moderator; J. Patrick Gallagher, President and CEO of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.; Bernard L. Hengesbaugh, Chairman and CEO of CNA; Heidi Hutter, Chairman, President and CEO of Swiss Re America; Alan Levin, Managing Director of Standard & Poor's; Susan Meltzer, Assistant Vice President (Risk and Insurance Management) of Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada.

Eighth Insurance Executive Forum
October 8, 1998
Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Chicago

Topic – "Insuring All Your Risks in One Basket - Integrated (Multiyear/Multiline) Products: Prospects for the Future"
Panel - Kathryn McIntyre, Moderator; John G. Gantz, Jr., Executive Vice President of Swiss Re America; E. Randall Clouser, Executive Vice President of Zurich-American Insurance Group; Bryon Ehrhart, Executive Vice President of Aon Re Services; Tobey J. Russ, President of AIG's Risk Finance Division; Jeffrey Sandburg, Director of Risk Management for Morton International, Inc.

Seventh Insurance Executive Forum
October 14, 1997
Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Chicago

Topic – "Securitization of Insurance Risks: Myths and Realities"
Panel - Donna Galer, Moderator; Kevin R. Callahan, President and CEO of Aon Capital Markets, Inc.; Andrew J. Kaiser, Head of Insurance Products Group at Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Scott A. Levine, President and CEO of Zurich Centre ReSource; Jonathan E. Michael, President and CEO of RLI Corporation; Richard L. Sandor, Chairperson of the Board of Hedge Financial Products, Inc.

Sixth Insurance Executive Forum
October 29, 1996
Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Chicago

Topic – "Restructuring the Insurance Industry: Mergers, Acquisitions, and Divestitures"
Panel - Kathryn McIntyre, Moderator; Jay Brown, Jr., Chairman, President and CEO of Talagen Holdings, Inc.; Philip Engel, President of CNA; Patrick Gallagher, Jr., President and CEO of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.; Joanne Stone Morrissey, President and COO of Firemark Group.

Fifth Insurance Executive Forum
November 7, 1995
Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Chicago

Topic – "Strategic Partnerships and the Future of Distribution Systems"
Panel - George Flanigan, Moderator; Dinos Iordanou, President and CEO of Zurich-American Insurance Group; Richard A. Riley, President of Rollins Hudig Hall; Richard E. Smith, Executive Vice President and COO of Zurich Reinsurance; Siri Gadbois, Vice President of Risk Management for Educational and Institutional Insurance Administrators, Inc.

Fourth Insurance Executive Forum
November 15, 1994
Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Chicago

Topic – "International Insurance Issues and Trade Agreements"
Panel - George Flanigan, Moderator; Thomas Hite, President of Zurich International; Teresa Pahl, Executive Vice President of Rollins Hudig Hall International; William L. Mather, Risk Management Director for Gillette Co.; Stewart H. Steffey Jr., President and CEO of Liberty International Holdings, Inc.

Third Insurance Executive Forum
November 17, 1993
Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Chicago

Topic – "Issues and Answers"
Panel – Joyce Culbert, insurance analyst for The Chicago Corporation; Dennis Chookaszian, Chairman of the Board and CEO of CNA; Ronald Jacks, Partner of Mayer, Brown, and Platt Law Firm.

Second Insurance Executive Forum
October 21, 1992
Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Chicago

Topic – "An Industry in Need of Understanding"
Speaker – Gerald Isom, President and CEO of Transamerica Insurance Group
Panel – Kathryn McIntyre, Business Insurance; Rebecca Gilman, Risk Manager of Centel Corp.; John Snyder, Vice President of A.M. Best Co.

First Insurance Executive Forum
October 29, 1991
Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Chicago

Topic - "The Insurance Industry in the 90's – A Balancing Act"
Speaker - Roxani M. Gillespie, former Insurance Commissioner of the State of California

2018 Insurance Executive Forum Breakfast

2018 Insurance Executive Forum Panelists

2017 Insurance Executive Forum Photo Album

2017 Student and Alumni Forum Attendees

2015 Student Executive Forum Attendees
(left to right):

Courtney Guzzino

Allison Slater

Danielle Engelke

Paiton Florey

Dylan Smalley

Adam Beach

Michael Del Zoppo

Jake Morris

 

 
2014 Student Executive Forum Attendees
(left to right):

Ryan Ward

Gene Baerwolf

Brianna Gatto

Lindsay Hirschauer

Tanner Schultz

Ryan Fitzpatrick

Travis Ahrens

 

 
2013 Executive Forum Panel
(left to right): 

Morris "Mo" Tucker

Millie Workman

Richard Rabs

Kelley Kinsella

Michael Liss

Howard Rosen