ReFocus 2009

Below you will find presentations from various sessions at ReFocus 2009, held March 1–4, 2009, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Please note that some have multiple presentations from different authors/presenters and that some are not available.

General Session Presentations

• Keynote Presentation–Global Demographics and the Impact on Investment Opportunities
  Keynote Speaker: Richard Hokenson
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• Weathering the Perfect Storm
  Moderator: Christian Mumenthaler, Swiss Re
  Presenters: Doug French, Ernst & Young; Greg Gaskel, Standard & Poor's
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• The Final Frontier: Serving the Middle Market
  Moderator: Michael Kaster, Watson Wyatt
  Presenters: Thomas E. Henning, Assurity Life; L. John Pearson, The Baltimore Life Insurance Company; Frank Santa–Donato, LIMRA International
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• Living (But Hopefully Not Working) to 100: Capitalizing on Retirement Opportunities in a Volatile World
  Moderator: Doug French, Ernst & Young
  Presenters: James Hohmann; Chris Raham, Ernst & Young; Lawrence S. Carson, RGA
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• Lessons Learned from the Financial Crisis
  Presenter: Andrew Smith
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• I Love the Smell of Reinsurer in the Morning
  Moderator: Ronald Klein, AIG
  Presenters: Mike DeKoning, Munich Re; Donna Kinnaird, Swiss Re; Paul Rutledge, Transamerica Re; Greig Woodring, RGA
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Concurrent Session Presentations

• A1: Enterprise Risk Management for Life Insurers and Reinsurers
  Moderator: John Nigh, Towers Perrin
  Presenters: Michael Angelina, Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd.; Carl Groth, Deloitte Consulting LLP; Sim Segal, Watson Wyatt Insurance and Financial Services
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• A2: Holding Americans Accountable for Unhealthy Habits
  Moderator/Presenter: Chris Wilson, Medco Health Solutions
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• A3: Reinsurance of "Taboo" Products–Has Your Reinsurer Gone Crazy?
  Moderator: Frank O'Neill, Swiss Re
  Presenters: David Florian, Union Hamilton Re, Ltd.; Mitchell Schepps, Aon Benfield; Andrew Perkins, Gen Re LifeHealth
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• A4: Taxes without Tears
  Moderator: Susan Hotine, Scribner, Hall & Thompson, LLP
  Presenters: Dennis Allen, Dewey & LeBoeuf; Christian DesRochers, SMART Business Advisory and Consulting
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• A5: Perspectives in Medical Underwriting: Mortality, Morbidity, and Longevity
  Moderator: Kenneth Connors, Transamerica
  Presenters: Michael Clark, MD, Swiss Re; Marjorie Keymer, MD, Genworth Financial; Charlotte Lee, MD, 21st Services, LL
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• B1: International Financial Reporting Standards: When Will the U.S. Enter the 21st Century?
  Moderator: Darryl Wagner, Deloitte Consulting LLP
  Presenters: Rajiv Basu, Deloitte Consulting LLP; Henry Siegel, New York Life Insurance Co.; Darin Zimmerman, Transamerica Reinsurance
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• B2: Solutions for Affordable Health Insurance
  Moderator: David Rains, Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC
  Presenters: Al Schmitz, Milliman; Alex Zeid, Alex Zeid & Associates
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• B3: Why Can't We Increase Life Insurance Sales? The Debate between Products and Distribution
  Moderator: Timothy Pfeifer, Pfeifer Advisory LLC
  Presenters: Jay Jaffe, Actuarial Enterprises, Ltd.; Keith Waldman, Consultant to Hub International Northeast
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• B4: The Future of Reinsurance Regulation
  Moderator: Hugh T. McCormick, Dewey & LeBoeuf
  Presenters: David Gates, Generali USA; Donald B. Henderson, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP; Howard Mills, Deloitte Consulting LLP
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• B5: Automated Underwriting and Straight–Through Processing: The Present and Future of Underwriting Technology
  Moderator: Carmen Effron
  Presenters: Jym Barnes, RGA Technology Partners; Mike Keller, Farmers New World; Jim McArdle, VELOGICASM; Dirk Sack, Cumis
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• C1: When Your Assets Are Not: Investment Managers' View of the World
  Moderator: Perry Braun, Wilton Re
  Presenter: John Gilbert, GR - NEAM; Jeff Jacobs, BlackRock; Scott Minerd, Guggenheim Partners Asset Management
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• C2: Opportunities in the Voluntary Health Benefits Market
  Moderator: Andrew Perkins, Gen Re LifeHealth
  Presenters: Janet Buzil, Trustmark; David MacLean, Metropolitan Life
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• C3: Life Insurance Securitization: Dead or Just Resting?
  Moderator/Presenter: Alex Cowley, UBS
  Presenters: Ray C. Johnson, Genworth Financial; Steve Schreiber, Milliman
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• C4: Preparing Executives for a Reinsurance Dispute
  Moderator: Paige Freeman, Munich American Re
  Presenters: Gail Goering, Lovells; Denis Loring, RGA
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• C5: How Much Insurance Is Too Much? Issues in Financial Underwriting
  Moderator: Bill Moore, Swiss Re
  Presenters: Dennis Bartos, Underwriting AgencyONE; Jordan Carreira, Lincoln Financial Life; Barry Dixon, Manulife Reinsurance
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