• The Pennsylvania Insurance Department’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic
• New legislation related to guaranty funds and credit for reinsurance
• Insurance innovation and the role of the PID
• Diversity in insurance

Michael Humphreys 
Chief of Staff
Pennsylvania Insurance Department

• The Affordable Care Act and what's new in 2020
• Value-based payment systems
• Telemedicine

R. Christopher Raphaely, JD
Chair, Health Law
Cozen O'Connor

• Crisis management communication with executives
• Communicating with the public about the crisis
• Bringing the crisis claim to closure

Speakers

Jason Rogers
Senior Vice President
Gallagher Affinity

Kahlil Williams
Associate
Ballard Spahr LLP

Brian Courtney, RPLU, AAI
Vice President
The Safegard Group Inc.

Rebecca Devine
Co-founder and Principal
Maven Communications

Moderator

Frederick J. Kohm Jr., CPA 
Partner, Forensic Advisory Services
Grant Thornton LLP

• What can happen when corporate governance fails and powerful individuals are permitted to act in self-interest
• How corporate governance has changed over the past 30 years
• The costs and benefits of governance reform
• How we shape behavior besides what is written in the corporate charter

Tim Swift, PhD
Professor, Director of the Pedro Arrupe S.J. Center for Business Ethics
St. Joseph's University

• Long duration insurance contracts
• Change in international insurance accounting standards
• Noninsurance GAAP updates
• CECL and leases – relevance for larger vs. smaller companies

Michael A. Ernst, CPA
Partner, Audit
KPMG LLP

Paul C. R. Dayton, CPA
Senior Manager, Audit
KPMG LLP

Pixi C. Sofian, CPA
Director, Accounting Advisory Services
KPMG LLP

Michael W. Lammons
Partner, Accounting Advisory Services
KPMG LLP

Patrick A. Klinger, CPA
Manager, Audit
KPMG LLP

J. Eric Crossett, CPA
Senior Manager, Audit
KPMG LLP

Brian J. Ferentz
Senior Manager, Audit
KPMG LLP

Laura S. Gray
Principal, Actuarial Advisory
KPMG LLP

• Providing the five-phased approach to building an anti-fraud program
• Case studies that share experiences in insurance and reinsurance

Frederick J. Kohm Jr., CPA
Partner, Forensic Advisory Services
Grant Thornton LLP

Mary Bohrer
Forensic Advisory Senior Associate
Grant Thornton LLP

• Underwriting, adjusting cyber claims
• How do we run our business with the potential of ransomware?

Simon P. Oddy, FCA, CFE, MCIArb
Partner
Baker Tilly

Bernard Regan, MSc, MBCS
Principal
Baker Tilly

• System implementations
• Clients updating to cloud, transferring of information
• Converting from legacy systems, agile project management

Jonathan Stomberger, CCM
Principal
MAZARS USA LLP

John Rowe, CPA, CIA
Director
MAZARS USA LLP

Michael Flagiello
CFO of Global Operations and IT
Chubb

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John Cristiano
Partner
Grant Thornton LLP

Gregory Nelson
Managing Director
Tag Financial Institutions Group LLC

• Highlight of the actions taken by the NAIC in 2020 including the temporary relief from certain statutory accounting, reporting, and risk-based capital requirements for 2020 provided in response to the COVID-19 pandemic; the use of expanded bond designations in each of the risk-based capital formulas for 2020 year-end reporting; and the formation of a special committee to engage with stakeholders on issues related to race, diversity and inclusion in the insurance sector
• Current updates to statutory accounting and reporting guidance
• Regulatory capital developments
• Implications of NAIC initiatives

J.D. Stadler
Senior Manager
EY LLP

• How innovation will change how CPAs do their work
• Working with data you receive from clients now
• Capabilies needed of auditors in the future
• Getting started with Excel

Rich Lanza
Managing Director, Audit Innovation
Grant Thornton LLP

• Overview of key insights around the recent elections and how potential tax policy changes may impact your business
• A tax legislative update including a discussion of recent developments in tax law and accounting for income taxes that may be changing the landscape of life and property and casualty insurance companies
• Insight into the significant changes the insurance sector is preparing themselves for in the years to come

Moderator

John J. Peel, CPA
Partner
PwC

Panel

M. Andrew Prior
Managing Director
PwC

Timothy Peacock, CPA
Partner
PwC

Raheem Spivey, CPA
PwC

Jennifer M. Crothers
VP, Corporate Tax
Radian Group Inc.

• What's new in fall 2020
• Reinsurance
• An actuarial update

Christopher Nyce
Principal
KPMG LLP

Ian Sterling, FCAS, MAAA
Managing Director
KPMG LLP

Description TBD

Henry B. Smith
Director, Co-Chief Investment Officer
The Haverford Trust Company