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WORKSHOPS & PRESENT A TIONS
Monday, October 21 Attendees will:
• Learn the most common biases that are
State of Program Business Study Presentation impacting your underwriting results
2:00 PM – Trailblazer A & B • Learn the science behind the bias
Moderator: Chris Pesce, • Learn ways to mitigate the impact of bias
and make better underwriting decisions
Maritime Program Group
• Be thoroughly entertained by this fast paced
Yiana Stavrakis, Specialty Program Group and useful presentation
Amy Malanaphy, Allianz Global
Corporate & Specialty
Kris Hill, QBE Tuesday, October 22
Tyler Hamilton, Alliant Underwriting Solutions
The Compelling Case for Independent
Jim Blinn, Advisen
Actuarial Analysis
Dynamic fast paced presentation of major benchmarking
areas explored in the 2019 State of Program Business Study. 4:00 PM | Trailblazer B
The presentation will be moderated by one of your program Moderator: Greg Thompson, TM Board Member
administrator peers with a panel of experts to comment on Bob Thompson, World Wide Specialty Programs
each of the benchmarked topics.
Brian Cohen, Arden Programs
Executive Summary of the 2019 State of Program Business
Study will be made available at the presentation. John Mahoney, EverGuard Insurance Services
This workshop will provide compelling reasons why
PAs should strongly consider independent actuarial
Tuesday, October 22 analysis of their programs and demonstrate how it can
improve your operation. No actuaries will be used or
Cognitive Bias Is Impacting Your Decisions harmed during the presentation. The story will be told
and Bottom-Line by several of your program peers who have benefited
from making this investment in their business. You can
2:00 PM – Trailblazer B expect the following areas to be explored:
Art Seifert, Glatfelter Program Managers • Addressing inaccurate findings in carrier
Lindsey Tepfer, Temple University analysis and exploring where carriers are getting
their external data for development
What is cognitive bias and how does it impact our • Identify issues proactively so you control the
decision making? This workshop is an introduction to conversation
cognitive bias. Attendees will learn the evolutionary
biological origins of cognitive bias and what can be • Opportunities to improve systems/procedures
done from a common-sense approach to mitigate the based on findings
negative impact bias can have on our decision making. • Developing proprietary data to determine profit
We will review two great resources, Kahneman’s share, commission, negotiating agreements and
revolutionary Thinking Fast Thinking Slow and Michael business valuation
Lewis’s The Undoing Project. We will use real life • Finding errors in data
underwriting examples of how bias impacts decision
making and then take a quick peek at the science behind
the bias.
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