About The Event

Transforming your insurance business has become a need of the hour!

New situations and scenarios have allowed insurance companies to break conventional barriers and start thinking differently to transform their businesses. The surge of InsurTech has opened up new business models, strategies, and cutting-edge technologies to leap onto the next step in your digital transformation journey.

Creating and delivering value in insurance has drastically changed, and the global pandemic only accelerated that change. All of the leading insurance companies have started to reimagine their businesses, both internally and externally, to meet the changing needs of their customers. These days, the only way to lead the market is by accelerating technology & digital transformations that can meet the needs of a world in crisis.

As insurance leaders have already ignited a new and different future—one predicated on technology, we, at Altaworld, constantly starve to create an alternate ecosystem built on technology innovations, digital transformation, and end-to-end connections.

To keep pace with the competition, insurance companies need to transform at a rapid speed. Not sure, how you can travel this transformation journey? Join our Insurance Tech & Innovation Conference on June 12 - 13, 2024 inviting 30+ insurance technology experts to share their latest strategies, insights, solutions, and innovations to drive your insurance transformation journey!

Meet decision-makers from across the entire insurance value chain, with 200+ leaders from technology, innovation, data, analytics more.

Key Highlights

New world, new customers, new solutions – Better customer experiences, Customer Engagement Models, Chatbots/Conversational Bots, Omni-Channel Support
Digital Insurance Disruption - Leverage technologies such as analytics, blockchain and cloud
AI/ML, IOT and Big Data in insurance
Process Transformation – RPA, Legacy modernization, automated compliance and more
Claims Transformation Roadmap & Virtual Claims Handling

Who Should Attend

The event will witness the perfect blend of leadership across the insurance sector who are looking to gain insights and wish to stay ahead in their digital transformation journey.

The attendee mix will observe CIOs, CTOs, CEOs, VP, Directors, Heads, and managers from the insurance domain including Brokers/agents, Retail agents, Claim Adjusters, Underwriters, Actuaries and more..

Speakers 2024

Speaker acquisition is ongoing! If you wish to participate as a speaker for the event, write to us on marketing@altaworld.tech

Thomas Holzheu
Chief Economist Americas
Swiss Re

Mark Rieder
Head of Innovation
NFP

Lauren Finnis
North America Proposition Leader
Commercial Lines
WTW

Tim Dillahunt
VP of Underwriting Operations & Strategy
The Hanover Insurance Group

Lisa Wardlaw
EVP, Chief Digital Strategy & Transformation Officer
Ex Munich Re

Rhonda Marcucci
Vice President, Innovation
Gallagher

David T. Vanelek
SVP, Chief Legal & Compliance Officer,
Richmond International

Dan Bodnar
Chief Information & Technology Officer
Skyward Specialty Insurance

Harry Stock
Vice President, Safety Services
Protective Insurance

Paige Stiefel
Chief Underwriting Officer
MIC Global

Kendall Churchwell
Senior Data Scientist
Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company

Sidd Tumkur
SVP Data Strategy, Operations & Manager,
Pure Insurance

Awais Farooq
Senior Vice President, Strategy & Transformation
Crawford & Company

Andrew Johnston
Global Head of Insurtech
Gallagher Re

Speakers 2023

Jennifer Wilson
SVP, Cyber Claims Leader
Newfront

Erik Jarrin Peters
Head Specialy & Affinity Risk
Barents Re

Christina Villena
Vice President-Risk Solutions
The Hanover Insurance Group

Vinita Jajware-Beatty

President
Toronto Insurance Women's Association (TIWA)

Tracey Sharis
President, GRS North America Programs
Liberty Mutual Insurance | Ironshore

Megan Duty
Vice President
Puritan Life

Bobbie Shrivastav
Co-Founder & COO
Benekiva

John Standish
Co-Founder, Chief Innovation, and Compliance Officer
Charlee.ai

Dr. Jaap de Vries
Staff VP & Principal Innovation Specialist
FM Global

Alex Williams
Chief Digital Officer
Mission Underwriting Managers

Kyle Beatty
Managing Director
American Family Ventures

Bruno Nicoletti
Chief Executive Officer
HUMMINGBIRD

Patricia Farve
Vice President of Claims Operations
Crawford and Company

Abhishek Mishra
Vice President, Product Management
Swiss Re

Anne-Marie Connell
Founder
Talkinsurtech

Rebecca L. Stolte
Assistant Vice President
Amica Mutual Insurance Company

Peter Jose
Sr. Director, IT & Claims Technology
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance

Mads Jensen
Venture Capital Associate
Manchester Story

Marissa Buckley
Co-founder & Fractional CGO
Brilliantly

Tamara Zaichkowsky
Chief Digital Officer
Acrisure

Laurel Jordan
Head of CoE for Claims
EXL

Kevin Tulp
Solutions Engineer
Nearmap

Allen Koski
Chief Innovation Officer
Insured Nomads

Shannon Helms
Business Development Manager - Insurance
Softtek

Sean Bohan
Ecosystem Architect,
openIDL & Hyperledger

Dr. Alok Tewari
Vice President, Strategy
HSB - Hartford Steam Boiler

Alexander Tsetsenekos
Head
Luminar Insurance

Brent Poliquin
Reinsurance Data & Analytics Lead
Vantage Risk

Meredith Barnes-Cook
Founder & Principal Consultant
MBC Consulting LLC

Olga Karanikos
Vice President, Marketing
SalesScreen

Event Schedule

Here is our event schedule

Day 1 - June 12 2024
Day 2 - June 13 2024

8:00 AM EST

Registration and Networking

Getting Acquainted with the conference platform

8:30 AM EST

Welcome Note by Altaworld

8:35 AM EST

Opening remarks by Chairperson

9:00 AM EST

Future of Insurance: 2030

9:30 AM EST

Customer Experience In the New Normal

A recent study conducted by Insurtech Insights found that 77% of insurance executives rated customer experience ‘essential’ to the future of insurance and ‘important’ by an additional 22%. But why – why is user experience critical, why now, and what should you be considering as you build or rethink your product and/or service in 2023?

10:00 AM EST

Legacy Transformation: Incremental Steps to Move Beyond Customer Experience

10:30 AM EST

Morning Refreshment and Networking

11:15 AM EST

Intro to open source and open-source governance for enterprise in the insurance industry

Session Title: Assessing and Overcoming the Hurdles

11:45 AM EST

Panel discussion: Step into the Brave New World of Applied AI: Beyond Data Analytics

Insurance has always been a numbers game, but now it’s powered by some serious technology applied to vast data sets. With the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), companies can access massive amounts of data, leading to smarter decisions at lightning-fast speeds. The pandemic only accelerated this development, as insurers turned to intelligent decisioning and processing for better, more efficient results.
Get ready to hear firsthand from insurance leaders on the big wins and hard-won lessons they've experienced in underwriting, product development, and new business startups. Don't miss out on this invaluable session!

12:30 PM EST

Identification of precise property features, strategies to leverage aerial intelligence tools for quick claims and catastrophe response

13:00 PM EST

Lunch and Networking Break

14:00 PM EST

Panel Discussion: Reimagine the Future of Insurance

Join in a inisghfull discussion among industry leaders as they reimagine the future of insurance, sharing their insights into the role technology will play in driving business outcomes, and maximizing the client, carrier and agent experience as they interact within the insurance ecosystem.

14:45 AM EST

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15:15 PM EST

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15:45 PM EST

Afternon Break & Networking

16:15 PM EST

Humans + High-Tech Drives Digital Transformation

The talk will discuss, Acrisure’s transformational journey in building a D2C digital marketplace, a unique hybrid model fueled by innovation and market demand that leverages the best of human intelligence, strategic partnerships, and leading-edge technology.

16:45 AM EST

Leveraging IoT in Property & Casualty Insurance

This session will provide an overview of IoT solutions to predict and prevent loss in property and casualty insurance for commercial and personal lines. It will highlight success stories using IoT and provide tips on how to integrate IoT in underwriting and customer service offerings.

17:15 PM EST

Closing remarks by Chairperson

17:20 PM EST

Drinks Reception & Open Networking

8:00 AM EST

Registration and Networking

8:50 AM EST

Welcome Note by Altaworld

8:55 AM EST

Opening remarks by Chairperson

Session Title: Technological Disruption in the Insurance sector

9:00 AM EST

Innovating for Resilience: FM Global's Approach to Building a Safer Future

9:30 AM EST

Cyber in 2023 – the year of Good News / Bad News

Current state of the cyber insurance market, how things are starting to shift from the prior 2 ½ years of a hard market, how the evolution in claims is impacting policy language.

10:00 AM EST

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10:30 AM EST

Morning Refreshment and Networking

11:10 AM EST

Panel Discussion: Building Strong Remote Teams

11:55 AM EST

Reduce the Talent Leak and Keep Your Team Mpotivated and Engaged with Gamification

12:25 PM EST

Lunch and Networking

13:25 PM EST

Panel Discussion: Discover How InsurTechs Transform the Insurance Value Chain & Drive Sustainable Profits.

InsurTechs, or tech-powered insurers, are transforming the global insurance industry by applying technology to improve customer experiences, drive efficiency, and ensure regulatory compliance. These partnerships move quickly, as nimble tech companies provide tools and forward-looking insurers provide customer success stories. Join us as we explore how to unlock the potential of InsurTechs and their impact on the insurance value chain.

14:15 PM EST