Agenda

ReFocus 2009 Schedule-at-a-Glance


Sunday, March 1, 2009
Time Description
12:00-5:00 p.m. Insurance Legends Golf Classic (immediately followed by Insurance Legends Golf Classic Reception at golf course)
4:00-7:00 p.m. Conference Registration
6:00-7:30 p.m. Welcome Reception at Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas
7:30 p.m. Dinner on your own

Monday, March 2, 2009
Time ID Track Description
7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.     Registration
7:00-8:00 a.m.     Breakfast
8:00-8:30 a.m.     State of the Industry Address
Governor Frank Keating, ACLI
8:30-10:00 a.m.     I Love the Smell of Reinsurer in the Morning: Life Reinsurance Executives Answer Your Questions
10:00-10:30 a.m.     Refreshment Break
Concurrent Sessions      
10:30-11:45 a.m. A1 Finance Enterprise Risk Management for Life Insurers and Reinsurers
10:30-11:45 a.m. A2 Health Holding Americans Accountable for Unhealthy Habits
10:30-11:45 a.m. A3 Product Reinsurance of "Taboo" Products - Has Your Reinsurer Gone Crazy?
10:30-11:45 a.m. A4 Regulatory Taxes without Tears
10:30-11:45 a.m. A5 Underwriting Perspectives in Medical Underwriting: Mortality, Morbidity, and Longevity
12:00-1:30 p.m.     Insurance Legends Awards Luncheon
1:45-2:45 p.m.     Discussion Groups
2:45-3:15 p.m.     Refreshment Break
3:15-4:30 p.m. B1 Finance International Financial Reporting Standards: When Will the U.S. Enter the 21st Century?
3:15-4:30 p.m. B2 Health Solutions for Affordable Health Insurance
3:15-4:30 p.m. B3 Product Why Can't We Increase Life Insurance Sales?  The Debate between Products and Distribution
3:15-4:30 p.m. B4 Regulatory The Future of Reinsurance Regulation
3:15-4:30 p.m. B5 Underwriting Automated Underwriting and Straight-Through Processing: The Present and Future of Underwriting Technology
5:00-6:30 p.m     Reception
6:30 p.m.     Dinner on your own

Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Time ID Track Description
7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.     Registration
7:00-8:00 a.m.     Breakfast
8:00-8:30 a.m.     See the Future First
Cecil Bykerk, SOA President
8:30-10:00 a.m.     Keynote Speaker: Richard Hokenson
10:00-10:30 a.m.     Refreshment Break
10:30 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.     Living (But Hopefully Not Working) to 100: Capitalizing on Retirement Opportunities in a Volatile World
12:00-1:30 p.m.     Luncheon and Session: Lessons Learned from the Financial Crisis
1:45-2:45 p.m.     Discussion Groups
2:45-3:15 p.m.     Refreshment Break
Concurrent Sessions      
3:15-4:30 p.m. C1 Finance When Your Assets Are Not: Investment Managers' View of the World
3:15-4:30 p.m. C2 Health Opportunities in the Voluntary Health Benefits Market
3:15-4:30 p.m. C3 Product Life Insurance Securitization: Dead or Just Resting?
3:15-4:30 p.m. C4 Regulatory Preparing Executives for a Reinsurance Dispute
3:15-4:30 p.m. C5 Underwriting How Much Insurance Is Too Much?  Issues in Financial Underwriting

5:00-6:30 p.m.

   

Reception
6:30 p.m.     Dinner on your own

Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Time Description
7:30-8:30 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30-10:00 a.m. The Final Frontier: Serving the Middle Market