E&S Insurer Conference & Awards 2024 | The Insurer | 20 March 2024 | Gotham Hall, 1356 Broadway, New York, NY 10018, USA

The day culminated in an evening dedicated to recognising outstanding achievement and innovation in the industry.

The Conference will highlight key trends, opportunities and challenges that are shaping the strategy and decision making of market participants, welcoming leading E&S carriers, wholesale brokers, reinsurers, rating agencies, investors, and other key players.

In addition to keynote speeches from leading industry speakers, the event will also include interactive panel discussions and engaging Q&A sessions on the following topics:

• E&S casualty: Hard on the heels of property
• The retail-wholesale complex: Whose patch is it anyway?
• CEO panel: State of the E&S market

Panel discussions:
E&S casualty: Hard on the heels of property:
The second half of 2023 saw casualty overtake property as the topic de jour at industry conferences.
• Why casualty could be next in line to re-harden after property?
• How to underwrite against the forces of inflation, social inflation and litigation finance?
• Reinsurance tightening and the ramifications for insurers
• Reserving: 2014-2018 years look bad, but are 2019-2022 without sin?
• Emerging risks from PFAS to social media addiction
• Professional and executive liability – irrational markets?

The retail-wholesale complex: Whose patch is it anyway?
Lines between retail and wholesale channels are increasingly blurred amid growing signs that the big three retailers want to get back into the wholesale space in a meaningful way after years of capability building by the next tier. .
• Retail brokers in the wholesale space – threat or opportunity?
• How retail consolidation spawned the wholesale giants
• PE-backed retailers and the second (or third?) wave of consolidation
• Race for the prize: small business and what carriers/wholesalers must do to win
• What retail clients really want from their wholesalers
• Wholesale broker strategies for remaining relevant

CEO panel: State of the E&S market:
After another strong year of growth, the E&S market has gone past $100bn of premium volume and with a rehardening of the property and casualty market submission flow is strong. AM Best has gone positive on its outlook for the sector – are there any clouds on the horizon?
• Drivers of growth and how long they will last
• The secular shift in business to the wholesale channel
• Opportunity as admitted markets retrench from cat-prone states
• E&S market hot spots and the P&C pricing cycle
• Vesttoo fallout and the importance of counterparty security/diligence
• Specialty product and the role of the E&S market in innovation
• Evolution of the dedicated E&S Insurer
• The MGA explosion
• Securing the future: talent and technology

Join us in recognising and showcasing the sector’s best, while gaining valuable insights to help inform your decision making and strategy for the year ahead.

2024 Speakers

MODERATORS:

Marya Propis
Executive Vice President, Retail Distribution, RT Specialty

Hank Watkins
Regional Director & President, Americas, Lloyd’s

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Russ Johnston
President, P&C Commercial Lines, E&S, Specialty, Nationwide

Neil Kessler
CEO, Wholesale Division, CRC Group

Ben Sloop
COO, Amwins

CEO PANELS:

Matt Dolan
President, North America Specialty and Ironshore, Liberty Mutual

Kevin Doyle
CEO, Risk Placement Services

Liz Kramer
President, E&S Lines, Munich Re Specialty Insurance

Janet Pane
Executive Director, ELANY

Chris Sparro
CEO, North America, Sompo International Commercial P&C Insurance

PANELS:

Mia Finsness
Global Executive Underwriting Officer, Casualty, Markel

Paul Smith
Corporate Senior Vice President, Burns & Wilcox

Shannon Stefanski
Executive Vice President, RT Specialty

Wendy Houser
Chief Wholesale Officer, Markel

2024 SPONSORS

HEADLINE SPONSOR:
• Markel

SPONSOR:
• AmRisc
• AMWINS
• Burns & Wilcox
• CRC Group
• ELANY
• Iron Shore
• Navigators
• RPS
• RSUI
• Ryan Specialty
• Sompo International