The Entrepreneurial Agent/Broker
Tomorrow’s insurance coverages, business models and risk strategies likely won’t spring from insurance company board rooms – they’re already emerging and growing in the field. Whether it’s new programs, new MGA-centered insurtech models, specialized coverages or new alliances and business models, much insurance innovation begins on the ground and takes hold before established players think to pay attention. In a special three-part cross-media series, AMBestTV and Best’s Review magazine will examine how innovative agents and brokers are reinventing insurance commerce, product development and specialized distribution.
Success Through Specialization
Panelists
Patrick G. Ryan,
Founder, Chairman & CEO,
Ryan Specialty Group
Matthew Power,
President,
One80 Intermediaries
Steve DeCarlo,
Executive Chairman,
AmWINS Group
Insurance leaders who built their careers on focused risks explain how their strategies, how they benchmark opportunities and how to identify and capture new markets.
Insurtech Drives Distribution Innovation
Panelists
Tim Attia,
Chief Executive Officer,
Slice
Philip Edmundson,
Founder and Chief Executive Officer,
Corvus Insurance
Richard McCathron
Chief Insurance Officer,
Hippo
As the insurance value chain continues to evolve, MGAs are assuming leading roles as insurance innovators, using insurtech and state-of-the-art distribution to pioneer specialized coverages. A panel of leading tech-enabled distributors examine how technology, versatility and being in an advantageous position among insurers, agents and insureds creates opportunity at all levels.
Programs That Produce
Panelists
Geof McKernan,
Founder,
NSM Insurance Group
Heidi Strommen,
President,
ProHost USA
David Springer,
Group President and Chief Operating Officer,
NIP Group
Joel Cavaness,
President,
Risk Placement Services
Identifying, launching and maintaining a successful program business is a combination of creativity, strong relationships and focusing on defined niches. A panel of veteran program business leaders explain what guides them, how to gauge insurer support, how to move into the program sector and how to assess prospective opportunities.
Wrap-Up Session: Opportunities and Risks
Panelists
Francis "Skip Hagerty",
Managing Director & Partner,
PhiloSmith
Ben Johnson,
Senior Vice President - Wholesale Executive,
Liberty Mutual Insurance
David Stegall,
Principal Consultant and Founder,
Risk Consulting & Expert Services
A panel of insurance brokerage financial, risk and distribution experts review the lessons of "The Entrepreneurial Agent/Broker" series and answer questions on growth opportunities, sector trends and assessing evolving risk.