8:00 AM
9:00 AM
Opening Remarks
Dean Maciek Nowak, Tobin College of Business, St. John’s University
9:10 AM
Keynote Address: The world is not ending: Resilient Solutions to Wind, Fire, and Climate
Roy Wright , President and Chief Executive Officer, Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety
10:05 AM
Research Review Roundtable I: Homeowners Insurance Crisis in California and Florida
Judson Boomhower , Assistant Professor, University of California San Diego | Charles Nyce , Dr. William T. Hold Associate Professor, Florida State University | Pari Sastry , Assistant Professor, Columbia University
11:05 AM
Coffee Break
11:20 AM
Panel Discussion I: Insurer Capital Supply Challenges and Opportunities
Lars Powell (Moderator), Professor, University of Alabama | Bridget Carle , Senior Vice President, Public Sector Practice, Guy Carpenter | Greg Hendrick , Chief Executive Officer, Vantage Risk Companies | Paul Martin , Vice President, State Relations at Reinsurance Association of America | Charlie Sidoti , Founder and Executive Director, Innsure
12:20 PM
Networking Lunch
12:50 PM
Luncheon Keynote Address: Insurers as the "Adult in the Room"
Matthew Kahn , Provost Professor of Economics, University of Southern California
1:45 PM
Research Review Roundtable II: Insurance Contract, Disaster Recovery, and Policy Initiatives
Francis Annan , Assistant Professor, University of California - Berkeley | Ben Collier , Associate Professor, Temple University | Jeff Czajkowski , Director of the Center for Insurance Policy Research, NAIC
2:45 PM
Coffee Break
2:55 PM
Panel Discussion II: Innovative Solutions to Bridge the Protection Gap and Build Resilience
Angela A'Zary (Moderator), Senior Vice President, Client Risk Analytics, RenaissanceRe | Stephen Bennett , Chief Scientist and Co-founder, Demex Group | Gina Hardy , Chief Executive Officer, North Carolina Joint Underwriting Association and North Carolina Insurance Underwriting Association | Samantha Medlock , FEMA Office of Resilience Strategy | Jim Steiner, COO & CFO, Neptune Flood Insurance
4:05 PM
Fireside Chat Across Sectors: How to Make Insurance Work For People Amid Growing Climate Risk
Andy Neal , Senior Managing Director, Aon | Carolyn Kousky , Associate Vice President, Economics and Policy Analysis, Environmental Defense Fund
4:50 PM
Closing Remarks
Dean Brandon Sweitzer, Greenberg School of Risk Management, St. John's University
