Educational Sessions & Descriptions
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Monday, May 18, 2009
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| 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. | Welcome Reception |
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
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| 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. | Networking Breakfast
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| 8:30 a.m. to 8:35 a.m. | Welcome Remarks
Speaker:
Armando Baez SIIA President
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| 8:35 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. |
General Session # 1: The Economy's Impact on Employers Today
The economy has not been a source of optimism for most businesses in recent months. The questions most self-insured employers are asking is what's ahead on the economic front, how will it impact business operations, and what steps can be taken to ensure organizational success. This session provides a rare and unique opportunity to hear the answers to these and other questions from top authorities within the Federal Reserve Bank. This session will review the latest in terms of key economic indicators, trends, and anecdotal stories and project their likely impact on employers for the remainder of 2009 and beyond.
Speaker:
David E. Altig
Economist & Senior Vice President of Research Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
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| 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. | General Session # 2: Managing the Media
An organization's reputation or a company's brand can take years to build and only moments to destroy. Given the significant focus placed on reputational risk today, risk managers must learn how to manage the media. This session will describe how to effectively interact with the media, how the media goes about preparing a story, what steps should be taken before and after a crisis, and examples of both effective and ineffective media interactions as they relate to risk management.
Speakers:
Regis Coccia
Editor Business Insurance David P. Prosperi
Vice President, Global Public Relations
Aon Corporation |
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| 10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. | Networking Break
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| 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. | General Session # 3: Alternative Risk Market Panel Discussion
Investment income, economic recession and depressed stock prices have created significant challenges for insurance companies and Reinsurers. Senior Executives will discuss their market outlook for Excess Workers’ Compensation, Fronting and Reinsurance and the impact on self insured, captive and RRG alternatives. Karl J. Amidon
Senior Vice President
Aon Benfield
John Csik, CPA
Senior Vice President of Finance
Safety National Casualty Corporation
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| 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. | Luncheon
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| 1:15 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. | Breakout Session A: Tax Time
This session is not an update for the professional tax preparer but instead is an overview of federal income taxes for members and board members of Self Insurance Funds. This session will detail how taxable income is determined and how this differs from book income. The corresponding deferred taxes created will be discussed that so that the "Deferred Tax Asset" on the balance sheet on many Funds can be understood. The presentation will also include discussions on how some Funds minimize taxable income, what a "private letter ruling" is and what it is not and finally a brief presentation on FIN 48 "Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes.”
Speaker:
Keith C. Tagman, CPA, MBA
Partner
Shores, Tagman, Butler & Co., P.A.
Breakout Session B: Using Intelligence to Control Claims Cost
How do you set up and manage a statewide medical network? This session will consider controlling medical cost, setting disability duration guidelines, establishing provider profiles, and maintaining provider relations, among other topics.
Speaker:
Brian S. Downs
Vice President, Quality & Provider Relations
Workers Compensation Trust
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| 2:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. | Networking Break
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| 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. | Breakout Session C: Surviving with Predictive Analytics
In today’s tough economic environment, self insurance can represent an effective way to save money and focus internal attention on reducing risk. While the commercial insurance industry has been a solid and enduring industry, even the biggest and most stable carriers are struggling. The keys to success in both commercial insurance and self insurance remain the same; sound underwriting / reserving, effective claims management, and exceptional loss control. For years the most advanced and sophisticated companies across many industries have used predictive analytics as a competitive advantage. Understanding the risk that are covered, pricing / reserving for them appropriately, and implementing broad corporate counter-measures are critical in maintaining a competitive and sustainable cost structure. The focus has shifted toward survival and attention is actually predicting potential losses. The “pot of gold” is implementing countermeasures to prevent the loss from ever occurring. Case studies that demonstrate how the application of predictive analytics can make you more competitive (and sustainable) will be presented. Speakers:
Richard Vlasimsky
Co-founder
Valen Technologies, Inc
Samuel M. Wilkes
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
FleetRisk Advisors, Inc.
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Breakout Session D: Contract Mismanagement Between Employers and Their Workers’ Compensation Service Providers: How to Break the Cycle of Misaligned Incentives
Self Insured employers and their Workers’ Compensation Service Providers have found themselves in a sticky situation. Workers’ compensation service providers are finding that employers are squeezing down on fixed fees. As a result, the service providers are sometimes responding in less than desirable ways to deal with their business challenges. This session will focus on how to fix the problem and establish a method that aligns the incentives for all parties.
Speaker:
Frank Pennachio
Senior Consultant and Trainer
Injury Management Partners, LLC
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3:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. |
Networking Break |
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3:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. |
Breakout Session E: Current Actuarial Issues Involving Self-Insurance Some states have begun to require self-insureds to reserve for loss at higher confidence levels. What is a confidence level and how does it work? This session will discuss confidence levels and other current actuarial topics in terms that individuals not necessarily familiar with actuarial principles can understand.
Speaker:
J. Edward Costner, ACAS, MAAA
President
Casualty Actuarial Consultants, Inc.
Breakout Session F: SIG Problems - SIG Solutions
A panel of industry experts will provide insight and cutting edge solutions on a variety of real problems faced by SIG’s (Self Insured Workers’ Compensation Groups). Issues will include premium growth, collateral, potential conversion for multistate/multiline exposures, tax issues, adverse regulations and economic factors. We will also address some of the Public Relations strategies that have been deployed by SIG’s dealing with SIG insolvencies in their state.
Speakers:
Richard Goff
Managing Member
The Taft Companies
Steven F. Luebbert, ARM, ALCM, CIC
Executive Vice President of Business Development
Safety National Casualty Corporation
Christopher R. Mason, Esq.
Chief Operating Officer
USATPA, Inc.
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| 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. | Networking Reception
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
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| 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. | Networking Breakfast |
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| 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. | General Session # 4: Leading By Example for Better Self-Insured Programs
Self Insurance requires leadership, especially in these current times. Managing self insured risks is fast paced and exciting. Lance J. Ewing, Vice President of Risk Management for Harrah's Entertainment Inc., will turn over some hidden cards to provide a peek into the fascinating world of risk management and self insured leadership. He will provide key leadership takeaways with stories of risks gained and lost. Come out for a fun and intriguing presentation.
Speaker:
Lance J. Ewing
Vice President, Risk Management Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. |
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| 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. | General Session # 5: Marketing Magic: Achieving Workers' Compensation Success
Most risk managers agree that the more educated employees are about workers' compensation, the more effective their programs will be. As a result, marketing and communication are among the most important skills a risk manager can develop today. In order to maximize success, risk managers must promote their programs and strategies with the same professionalism and enthusiasm that marketing managers promote products and services. This session is designed to look at prove marketing and advertising strategies and how they can be employed to maximize the effectiveness of any workers' compensation program.
Speaker:
Bill Wright
Corporate Risk Manager Central Parking Corporation |
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| 10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. | Networking Break
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| 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. |
Conference Roundtable
A moderated roundtable discussion forum designed to encourage an informal exchange of ideas and information of interest to those involved with self-insured workers' compensation programs.
Moderator:
Christopher R. Mason Esq.
Chief Operating Officer
USATPA, Inc.
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| 12:00 noon | Conference Concludes |