Insurance Conference - Both Days

Update on Insurance Topics

AGENDA:

8:15 a.m.   Greetings from PICPA Leadership

8:30 a.m.   Red Hot and Emerging Issues in Insurance Today

Charles Kingdollar - Vice President | Gen Re

Analyze developments that create new or changing exposures

Exposures not considered in the underwriting or pricing of risk

Increasing importance rating agencies are placing on emerging issues as part of their Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) audits

9:20 a.m.   Best Practices in Corporate Governance and ERM

Brian F. Lane, CPA, CISA - Partner | Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP

John M. Romano, CPA, CFE - Senior Manager | Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP

Current and emerging guidance

Leading practices for communicating with your board

Addressing regulator expectations

Recent governance breakdowns and lessons learned

10:10 a.m.   Take a Breather

10:25 a.m.   Reinsurance Update

Kathleen M. Carroll, Esq. - Managing Director | Guy Carpenter & Co. LLC

Current state of the property and casualty reinsurance market

Growing role of collateralized reinsurance

Impact of Dodd-Frank

Changes in the reinsurance regulatory landscape

11:15 a.m.   Statutory Accounting Update

Jaclyn N. Simmons - Manager | Ernst & Young LLP

Property and Casualty Statutory Accounting Update

2015 Annual Statement Instruction Update

Considerations in respect to updates

12:05 p.m.   Lunch Break

12:55 p.m.   Autonomous Vehicles: A Bumpy Road Ahead

Jerome J. Albright - Principal | KPMG

How insurers will need to respond and evolve to this significant change in the automotive insurance industry

Preparing for the era of autonomous vehicles

1:45 p.m.   GAAP & SEC Update

Michael A. Ernst, CPA - Partner | KPMG LLP

Michael W. Lammons, CPA, MBA - Partner | KPMG LLP

FASB and IASB insurance contracts project updates

NAIC update

Revenue recognition, financial instruments, and lease accounting developments

2:35 p.m.   Snacks and Chats

2:50 p.m.   Fraud and Ethics

Charles P. Elliot, CPA, CFE, CFF - Shareholder | Charles P. Elliot PC

Lloyd George Parry, Esq. - Shareholder | Davis, Parry & Tyler PC

Steps for completing a successful fraud investigation

Case study to analyze an investigation from start to prosecution  

4:30 p.m.   Happy Hour

Dec. 4

8:00 a.m.   NAIC Update

Stephen J. Johnson, CPA - Deputy Insurance Commissioner - Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department

Recent NAIC activities and what is going on in the international regulatory arena

How the new corporate governance disclosure may impact your company

Review the Federal Insurance Reinsurance Report

9:40 a.m.   Take a Breather

9:55 a.m.   Cyber Security Panel

Thomas M. Golden, CPA - Vice President of Internal Audit | MAIDEN Global Servicing Company

James Mack, CMP - Partner | EisnerAmper LLP

Jeremiah Sahlberg, CISSP, CISM - Chief Information Security Officer | Tekmark Global Solutions LLC

Lee Zeichner - President | Zeichner Risk Analytics

Risk environment in the insurance industry

Strategies and tools to assess and protect company data

10:45 a.m.   Health Care Update

C. Mitchell Goldman, Esq. - Partner, Health Law Group | Duane Morris LLP

Health insurance exchanges: What's working & what's not working

How 2016's elections may impact health insurance exchanges and COOPs

Current challenges facing health care programs that may impact health care providers

COOPs: Why are most failing?

11:35 a.m.   Lunch Break

12:25 p.m.   Federal Tax Update

Richard A. Ashley, CPA  - Insurance Tax Consultant | Richard A. Ashley CPA

Daniel S. Fraley, CPA  - Director | PwC

John J. Peel, CPA, MST  - Tax Partner | PwC

M. Andrew Prior - Managing Director | PwC

Recent tax trends and legislation

Tax law and accounting for income tax developments effecting life and property and casualty insurance professionals

Current tax policy

2:05 p.m.   Snacks and Chats

2:20 p.m.   IT Finance Hot Topics

Michael Flagiello  - Partner | WeiserMazars LLP

Jay Mistry - Senior Manager | WeiserMazars LLP

Technology tools for finance

Tax transformation and technology

Joining the automation revolution

Implications of the future of technology

Uses for Excel

3:10 p.m.   Economic Update

Gary A. Wagner, PhD  - Regional Economic Advisor | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Overview of the current economic conditions in Pennsylvania

Outlook for the national and regional economies

4:00 p.m.   See You Next Year

Basic Course Information

*Emerging Issues  

*summary of current updates

*in-depth Insurance information

*Emerging Issues in Insurance Today

* Best Practices in Corporate Governance and ERM

* Reinsurance Update

* Statutory Accounting Update

* GAAP & SEC Update