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PRESENTERS

Susan Allen Pete Chandler
TMPAA BMS Re
Susan joined Target Markets in Pete joined BMS in May 2019
December 2021 with 20 years and currently serves as President
of global P&C experience. For the and Chief Executive Officer of
past 10 years she has led business BMS Re. With over 30 years of
development at major program insurance/reinsurance broking
and specialty carriers customizing and underwriting experience, Pete has worked across
solutions designed for program multiple facets of the industry’s distribution platform.
administrators, reinsurers, brokers, and service providers Prior to joining BMS, Pete was Deputy CEO of JLT Re
all based on principles of profitability and sustainability. North America and was responsible for leading their new
Prior to joining TMPAA, Susan was Head of Business business Origination Team, and was a member of their
Development at Transverse Insurance Group and IAT North American Executive Committee. Prior to which, he
Insurance Group. She also oversaw the integration of was COO of Guy Carpenter’s North American Broking
product, actuary, and IT as the VP of Product Design Operations, and then Managing Director, Western Regional
at Hanover Insurance Group. Susan strengthened her Leader of Marsh’s retail broking business. Pete held
underwriting and business acumen within both field and leadership positions in the reinsurance broking community
corporate environments at Travelers. She holds a BA in with AonBenfield, Benfield and E.W. Blanch. He began
English from the University of California Berkeley. his career as a primary lines underwriter with CIGNA
P&C in 1988 and also held underwriting positions with
General Re and Constitution Re. Pete earned his MBA in
International Marketing from Loyola Marymount University
Dan Beaudette and graduated from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo with a B.S.
NFP degree in Business Management.
Dan Beaudette is an Underwriting SVP
of NFP’s P&C MGA/MGU Divisional
Team focused on specialized program Brian Cohen
niche business. He has over 30 years
of commercial insurance industry Arden Insurance Services
experience working with a handful of Brian S. Cohen is the co-founder,
carriers in various capacities such as Chairman & CEO of Arden Insurance
CUO, President, and UW executive where he implemented/ Services, a specialty MGA that
underwrote numerous programs, reviewed many contracts/ focuses on Community Associations.
forms, and developed formal and auditable “Best Practices” He also is an operating partner with
due diligence or operating protocols. His expertise spans Altamont Capital Partners, a private
across all lines of commercial P&C business that involve equity firm based in Palo Alto, Calif.
auditing, P&L management, statutory compliance, actuarial Previously Brian served as the President & CEO of Pacific
familiarity & acumen, Enterprise Risk Management Specialty Insurance Company and its affiliated companies.
(ERM), CAT management, ISO CLM expertise, MGA/MGU He also served as President and CEO of Clear
distribution model development and extensive claims Technology, and in several senior executive roles at Farmers
analytics. He’s also underwritten a wide variety of industries Insurance Group including as its Chief Marketing Officer
including outdoor recreation, commercial auto, moving and a member of the Office of the President. Prior to joining
and storage, manufacturing, municipalities, landscapers, Farmers, Brian played a leading role in building a diversified
staffing, habitational, restaurants, mining, aviation, satellite, retail and financial services company that catered to the
and small commercial/mercantile and more. Latino market. Brian started his career as a C.P.A. and then
practiced corporate law. He earned his business degree from
the University of California, Berkeley and his law degree from
the University of Southern California.

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