2025 Spring Regional Workshop

Co-chairs: David Attisani and Leah Spivey

Event Time: 12:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Reception 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

This Quarter Century: An Industry Appraisal of Conflict, Continuity & Change

AGENDA

I.  CROSS-MARKET ISSUES

Moderator: JP Jaillet (Choate)

Speakers:
Stefanie David (Munich Re)
Brendan McQuiggan (Chubb)

This Panel will examine and compare how a variety of issues are treated in different jurisdictions, including cession practices, arbitration practice and norms, views on aggregation, and emerging reinsurance risks.

II. COLOSSAL PROPERTY LOSSES

Moderator: David Attisani (Choate)

Speakers:

John O’Connor (Sompo)

Kiera Goral (Swiss Re)

This session will explore the most vexing issues and perils currently facing the industry, including California wildfires, Florida hurricanes, convective storms, so-called “secondary perils,” and causation/number of occurrences challenges.  In addition, this experienced panel will address traditional limitations on cat modeling and property cat claim handling practices, while advancing suggestions for innovation and improvement of these tools.  Finally, we will discuss the evolving role of reinsurance in supporting community and economic infrastructure in the wake of massive property damage and loss.

III. CYBER

Moderator: Leah Spivey (Munich Re)

Speakers:

Eileen Sorabella (Arch)
Annamaria Landaverde (Euclid Cyber)
Monique Ferraro (Hartford Steam Boiler)

The Cyber panel will address the fact there have been few disputes to date, but the LOB is fraught with opportunity for differing wording interpretations leading to conflicts between insureds, insurers and reinsurers and it may just be a matter of time before these become more commonly subject to arbitration. We will start our discussion by talking about cyber product development or a brief history of cyber insurance and reinsurance.  Then we will draw parallels between that evolution and the current state of AI and Cyber related issues.  Finally, we will wrap up by addressing catastrophic risk in cyber and various reinsurance structures and some concerns regarding same.