2008 IRES Career Development Seminar (CDS)
Consumer Services
Jack Chaskey
I'm From the Government and I'm Here to Help
NAIC tools and campaigns | Consumer Publications | Best Practices at the DOI | Insure U | Fight Fake Insurance | Portal Applications | Consumer Alerts | Consumer Information Source (CIS). Target Audience: All Lines
Sharing the Baby: In Search of a Joint Regulatory Scheme for Senior Health Markets
Medicare private plans — regulation, and enforcement. A panel discussion with CMS, state regulators and industry reps. Target Audience: Life, Accident & Health, Enforcement, and Market Conduct
Analyze That: What's in your complaints? Complaint Data Analysis-Trending
How states analyze complaint data. How complaints are reviewed in market conduct exams. NAIC systems and processes used with CDS (Complaint Data System) and CIS (Consumer Information Source). Target Audience: All Lines, Consumer Services & Complaints and Market Conduct
There Oughta Be a Law: Consumer Services Roundtable
Bring your questions, problems, complaints, and ideas. Target Audience: All Lines, Regulators & Industry
Enforcement & Compliance
Betty M. Bates & Hazel W. Mosby
Are Viatical Settlements Really Vital, Valuable and Settling?
How viatical settlements affect the insurance industry. Possible fraudulent activity will be addressed from the perspective of all parties involved. Target Audience: Life
Binding Arbitration: Knowing Your Rights — and Wrongs?
The advantages and disadvantages of insurance policies that have binding arbitration provisions. Do consumers understand their rights or their loss of rights? Target Audience: All Lines
SERFF on the MOVE?
More insurance departments are mandating SERFF. Is SERFF the answer to uniformity? Has SERFF improved the filing of forms? Target Audience: All Lines
When a Rose is Not a Rose: Insurance Products in Disguise
Innovation in the marketplace is on the rise and greatly encouraged. Some insurance products are not being sold as insurance. Should these products meet regulatory standards? Target Audience: All Lines
Financial
Donald Carbone
Corporate Governance: Evaluating Management
Reviewing corporate governance: Risk identification, control objectives, and the need to document your assessment. Target Audience: All Lines
Risk Focused Exams for the Small Companies
How to examine smaller companies that do not have to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act or the new model audit rule. Target Audience: All Lines
Reinsurance: Is Cash Still King?
A look at the various credit for reinsurance proposals that have been proposed. The NAIC’s RSRD, New York’s, Florida’s and the Federal proposal (HR 1065). Target Audience: All Lines
Financial Section Roundtable
A chance to ask all your questions about the new risk-focused exam process. Target Audience: All Lines, Regulator & Industry
Life & Health
Jim Mealer
Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?
The readability of forms used by regulators and the insurance industry. Target Audience: Life & Health
Unauthorized Insurance — What is Unauthorized Insurance and how can we regulate it?
A candid discussion of what is Unauthorized (unlicensed) Insurance. How can we detect it and how can we regulate it? Target Audience: Life & Health
Putting Together the Pieces
Working with NAIC Standardized Data Request (SDRs). This is a best practices approach for using SDR to target exam or investigative issues for a life and health carrier. Target Audience: Life & Health
The Hidden Cost of Health Insurance
Accident and Health insurance and the hidden costs of major medical and consumer driven health plans. Target Audience: Life & Health
Market Regulation
Anne Marie Narcini
MCM Designation Mini Session
Join Paul Heacock of Human Dynamics for a sneak peak at topics covered in the new IRES Market Conduct Management (MCM) designation program course. If you would like to know more about this exciting new designation, be sure to attend this session. Lots of interaction and audience participation. Target Audience: All Lines
Building a Better Mouse Trap — An update on Automated Market Regulation Tools
NAIC staff and seasoned market regulators will review NAIC and state tools for market analysis, including baseline scoring; Level 1 and Level 2 Market Analysis; MITS and methods for trending. Plus: Enhancements that make good tools even better. Target Audience: All Lines
Searching for Mr. and Ms. Right — Company Exam Coordinators and EIC's
Hear industry and regulator views on the "ideal" EIC and company exam coordinator. Ideas will be shared on how companies and regulators can address each other's needs — before, during and after an exam — to complete the work on time and within budget. Target Audience: All Lines
Market Regulation Roundtable
This open forum roundtable will include a panel of regulators and industry compliance personnel discussing current market regulation hot topics and answering your questions. This is your opportunity to bring your market regulation questions to the table. Target Audience: All Lines
Regulatory Compliance
Ron Kotowski & David G. Kenepp
The Market Conduct Annual Statement — An Insurer Perspective
The Market Conduct Annual Statement has expanded to 29 states in 2008! What challenges have insurers encountered with the MCAS and what are some tips on making this item less painful and more productive. Target Audience: Property & Casualty and Life & Health
Market Analysis — The Track Record Thus Far
Market Analysis was intended to reduce the volume of Market Conduct exams. Hear what insurers have found in terms of the volume and types of exams. Target Audience: Property & Casualty and Life & Health
What is "MCM" All About
Hear from a panel of key regulators and industry personnel about what they think of IRES's new Market Conduct Management course. Will it be of benefit to regulators? Will it be of benefit to the industry and what can you expect to get out of it? Target Audience: All Lines
Get Your Questions Answered Here!
You set the agenda for this open forum. This is your opportunity to have a panel of key regulators and industry personnel answer your questions about the market conduct process and other compliance issues. No question for this panel will be too dumb or irrelevant. Target Audience: All Lines
Property & Casualty
Eric C. Nordman
The Evolution of Risk Purchasing and Risk Retention Groups
Risk retention groups and risk purchasing groups. Plus: The legislative history behind the Liability Risk Retention Act and changes on the horizon. We'll discuss the current regulatory framework, changes in corporate governance standards, and financial reporting standards now under consideration. Target Audience: Property & Casualty
Hey Doc, Can You Spare Some Data?
Medical liability marketplaces and NAIC's efforts to develop a model law on medical malpractice data reporting. Reports by the NAIC and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) involving the inability to acquire adequate data to study market failures. The challenges of obtaining data from certain med mal insurance providers. Target Audience: Property & Casualty
Nat CAT: An Animal of a Different Color
Management of natural disasters and acts of terrorism. Plus: The recent extension of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act. Target Audience: Property & Casualty
Who Ya’ Gonna Call When Ya' Can't Get Coverage? Guess I Better Call E&S
An overview of the markets served by excess and surplus lines carriers, including a discussion of current issues facing E&S carriers and how states regulate E&S carriers and brokers. Target Audience: Property & Casualty
Closing Joint Sessions
Is It Hot Enuff For Ya? A Look at Climate Change and its Impact on the Insurance Community
Explore the science behind climate change and how it will affect insurance risks. A panel will discuss the innovative solutions to emerging business risks. Also: The debate about insurer disclosure. Target Audience: All Lines, Regulator & Industry
Suitability — A Conundrum for Enforcement and Compliance
The regulatory issues surrounding suitability determinations. The NAIC Suitability Model, supervisory agreements, IMSA's suitability clearinghouse, and more. Target Audience: Consumer Services, Life & Health, Enforcement & Compliance, and Market Regulation; Regulator & Industry.
NAIC Capitol Hill Update
Panelists will discuss the NAIC's latest national initiatives, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, National Insurance Act, and more. Target Audience: All Lines, Regulator & Industry
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