2026 Agenda

Thursday, April 23, 2026
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM	Networking & Registration
8:45 AM - 8:50 AM	Welcome Remarks Catrin Shi, Insurance Insider
8:50 AM - 9:05 AM	Presentation: State of the market Amit Kumar, Insurance Insider US
9:05 AM - 9:25 AM	Opening Fireside Chat: Leadership in Transformation Meg Green, Insurance Insider Greg Williams, Acrisure
9:25 AM - 10:05 AM	CEO Panel Discussion: Competing for Advantage: Strategy and Scale in a Shifting P&C Market Meg Green, Insurance Insider Simon Wilson, Markel Insurance Emmanuel Clarke, Intact Insurance Daniel Hickey, Roosevelt Road Specialty David Gansberg, Arch Capital
10:05 AM - 10:45 AM	CEO Panel Discussion: Redefining the Future: AI, Innovation, and the Evolving CEO Mandate Doug McElhaney, Applied Systems Lucy Pilko, AXA XL David Govrin, SiriusPoint Dawn Miller, Lloyd's Adam Edelstein, Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies
10:45 AM - 11:10 AM	Networking coffee break
11:10 AM - 11:30 AM	Fireside Chat: Charting the E&S Revolution Ed Howkins, Artificial Michael McKenna, AXIS
11:30 AM - 12:10 PM	Panel: E&S Unleashed—Pioneering Growth and Opportunity Zachary Lerner, Troutman Pepper Locke LLP Alex Blanco, Vantage Risk Michael McKenna, AXIS Mark Maher, Jencap Group Ken Gregg, Orion180
12:10 PM - 12:30 PM	Fireside Chat: Tim Turner on Leadership, Risk, and the Future of the E&S Market Amit Kumar, Insurance Insider US Tim Turner, Ryan Specialty
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Networking Lunch
1:30 PM - 1:35 PM	ILS Breakout stream: Welcome remarks	P&C Breakout stream: Welcome remarks
1:35 PM - 1:55 PM	Opening Keynote: Inside the Allocator Mindset Ben Rubin, Stone Point Capital	Fireside chat: The New Center of Gravity in Specialty Insurance Farhin Lilywala, Insurance Insider Matthew Power, Arrowhead Specialty
1:55 PM - 2:35 PM	Panel Discussion: Cat bonds – what’s driving the ongoing momentum in bonds? Liz Bury, Insurance Insider ILS Chin Liu, Pioneer Investments Jeffrey Davis, Elementum Advisors Gina Hardy, North Carolina Insurance Underwriting Association (NCIUA); North Carolina Joint Underwriting Association (NCJUA) Edward Barton, Swiss Re	Panel discussion: The Future of Insurance Claims Grace Hanson, Elysian Tracie Thompson, Cytora Robert Romeo, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Todd Greeley, QBE North America Kristen Bessette, Zurich North America
2:35 PM - 3:15 PM	Panel Discussion: What’s Powering the Rise of Casualty & Specialty ILS? Fiona Robertson, Insurance Insider ILS Bob Forness, MultiStrat Christopher McKeown, Vantage Risk Aaron Slan, Culpeper Capital Partners Ben Canagaretna, Acrisure Re	Panel Discussion: Preparing for a Cyber Catastrophe Thorsten Schier, Insurance Insider US Vishaal “V8” Hariprasad, Resilience John Menefee, Travelers Thomas Reagan, Marsh Risk Bob Parisi, Munich Re
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon networking break	Afternoon networking break
3:45 PM - 4:05 PM	Fireside Chat Paschal Brooks, Aon Securities
3:45 PM - 4:25 PM	Panel Discussion: Dealmakers’ Playbook: M&A and Investment Trends in Insurance Steven Nigro, TAG Financial Institutions Group Antonio (Tony) Ursano, Jr., Insurance Advisory Partners Nick Zerbib, Stone Point Capital Andrew Cochran, Houlihan Lokey Todd Freed, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Paul Brockman, RiverStone International
4:05 PM - 4:45 PM	Panel Discussion: What Are the Next Steps for Cyber ILS? Liz Bury, Insurance Insider ILS Bob Parisi, Munich Re Richard Gray, Beazley Michael Millette, Hudson Structured Capital Management Damini Mago, Guy Carpenter
4:25 PM - 5:05 PM	Panel Discussion: All Weather or Fair Weather? Testing the MGA Growth Story in a Softer US Market Mladen Subasic, OIP Insurtech Miles Wuller, Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers Christopher Pesce, Arrowhead Programs Jeff Lamb, Markel Peter McMurtrie, West Monroe Doan Nguyen-Huu, Allianz Commercial
4:45 PM - 5:05 PM	Closing Fireside ILS stream Fiona Robertson, Insurance Insider ILS Frank Majors, Nephila Advisors
5:05 PM - 5:10 PM	Closing remarks Catrin Shi, Insurance Insider	Closing remarks