Current Issues in Insurance Regulation 2024

Friday, April 12, 2024 | 9:00 am – 1:00 pm

 

Format: Hybrid

• Description
• Faculty
• Agenda
• CLE Credit
• Sponsors

• The 34th annual program on Current Issues in Insurance Regulation features regional and national leaders exploring topical issues of importance to the insurance industry, with opportunities for questions and interaction with the faculty. As in prior programs, we will address up-to-the-minute, cutting edge regulatory and other emerging issues affecting the insurance industry and consumers alike, with a focus on New York and national issues.

  Among the topics for this year’s program:

  • AI in Insurance
  • Insurance Industry General Counsel Panel
  • Commissioners’ Roundtable
  • Emerging Issues in Reinsurance

  Program Fee:
  $299 NYC Bar, ABA/TIPS IRC, ELANY, IFNY, LICONY Members | $399 for Nonmembers
  In-House Counsel: Free for NYC Bar Members | $349 for Nonmembers
  Government/Nonprofit/Academic/Judiciary: Free for NYC Bar Members | $199 for Nonmembers
  Members who are Law Students, Recent Law Graduates, or Newly Admitted Lawyers (admitted for the first time in any state or country 2021-2023), attend this program for free.

• Impact of Advances in AI on the Insurance Sector: Applications and Regulatory Trends

  Marion Leydier (Panel Leader)
  Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

  Medhi Ansari
  Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

  Kaitlin Asrow
  Executive Deputy Superintendent, Research and Innovation
  NYS Department of Financial Services

  Audrey Samers
  Managing Deputy General Counsel
  North America Business Lines and Global Business Innovation
  Chubb

  James Wrynn
  Senior Managing Director
  Global Insurance Services
  FTI Consulting

  Reinsurance: Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?

  Peter H. Bickford (Panel Leader)
  Independent Counselor and Arbitrator
  Legal & Dispute Resolution Services

  Florence Liu
  Chief Counsel
  Guy Carpenter, North America, a Marsh McLennan business

  Michael McRaith
  Vice Chair
  Investments & Reinsurance
  Brookfield Insurance Solutions

  Larry Schiffer
  Schiffer Law & Consulting PLLC

  A Hot Topics Discussion with Insurance Industry Counsels

  Frederic M. Garsson (Panel Leader)
  Saul Ewing

  Donna LaMagna (Panel Leader)
  Senior Legal Counsel, Global Programmes
  AXA XL, a division of AXA

  Matthew Furman
  General Counsel
  Willis Towers Watson

  Gregory S. Karawan
  Executive Vice President and General Counsel
  Genworth Financial, Inc.

  Michael P. McTigue
  SVP, General Counsel & Secretary, Legal
  Crum & Forster

  Sarah Mims
  General Counsel Insurance Americas
  AXA XL, a division of AXA

  Commissioners’ Roundtable: Highlighting Priorities for Insurance Regulators and NAIC

  Francine L. Semaya (Panel Leader)
  Legal & Insurance Regulatory Consultant

  Elizabeth Kelleher Dwyer
  Director & Superintendent of Insurance
  State of Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation

  Alice Kane
  Superintendent of Insurance of New Mexico

  Justin Zimmerman
  Acting New Jersey Commissioner, Banking and Insurance

  Planning Committee

  Francine L. Semaya – Co-Chair
  Legal & Insurance Regulatory Consultant

  Frederic M. Garsson – Co-Chair
  Saul Ewing LLP

  Leah Campbell
  Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

  Philip A. Goldstein
  Senior Counsel
  Corporate and Transactional Regulatory Practice/U.S. Insurance Law
  MetLife

  Nicholas Kourides

  Donna LaMagna
  Senior Legal Counsel, Global Programmes
  AXA XL, a division of AXA

  Marion Leydier
  Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

  Sapna Maloor
  Regulatory Counsel, NA Legal and Compliance
  Chubb

  Frederick J. Pomerantz
  Insurance Legal & Regulatory Consulting, PLLC

  Javier R. Tapia
  Legislative and Regulatory Counsel
  Government & Industry Relations
  Allstate Insurance Company

• 9:00 am – 9:15 am
  Introduction
  Sapna Maloor, Francine L. Semaya

  9:15 am – 10:05 am
  Impact of Advances in AI on the Insurance Sector: Applications and Regulatory Trends
  Panel Leader: Marion Leydier
  Panelists: Mehdi Ansari, Kaitlin Asrow, Audrey Samers, James Wrynn

  10:05 am – 10:55 am
  Reinsurance: Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
  Panel Leader: Peter Bickford
  Panelists: Florence Liu, Michael McRaith, Larry Schiffer

  10:55 am – 11:10 am
  Coffee Break

  11:10 am – 12:00 pm
  A Hot Topics Discussion with Insurance Industry General Counsels
  Panel Leaders: Frederic M. Garsson, Donna LaMagna
  Panelists: Matthew Furman, Gregory S. Karawan, Michael P. McTigue, Sarah Mims

  12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
  Commissioners’ Roundtable: Highlighting Priorities for Insurance Regulators and NAIC
  Panel Leader: Francine L. Semaya
  Panelists: Elizabeth Kelleher Dwyer, Alice Kane, Justin Zimmerman

• New York: 4.0 Professional Practice
  New Jersey: 4.2 General
  California: 4.0 General
  Pennsylvania: 3.5 General
  Connecticut: Available to Licensed Attorneys

• Co-Sponsoring Organizations:
  ABA/TIPS Insurance Regulation Committee | Christian Brito, Chair
  Excess Lines Association of New York | Eric Keller, Chairman
  Insurance Federation of New York, Inc. | Howard D. Mills, President
  Life Insurance Council of New York | Richard A. Loconte, President & CEO

  Sponsoring Association Committee:
  Insurance Law, Sapna Maloor, Chair

  Sponsorship Opportunities are Available! Please Contact:
  Yelena Balashchenko, Manager, Business Development & Sponsorships | (212) 382-6608 | ybalashchenko@nycbar.org