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Slides for the Academy’s Annual Meeting and Public Policy Forum, 2015

Please find links below to the slides that were made available at the 2015 Annual Meeting and Public Policy Forum. These links are only available to those who attended the meeting itself.

Casualty

Cybersecurity
Panelists:
Christopher Schepis, subcommittee director, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Security, House Committee on Homeland Security; Mark Smith, assistant vice president national affairs, government relations department, Insurance Services Office, Inc.; Tom Finan, senior cybersecurity strategist and counsel, Office of Strategy and Policy, National Protection and Programs Directorate, Department of Homeland Security
Moderator:
Rade Musulin, member, Academy P/C Extreme Events Committee

Price Optimization
Panelists:
Jillian Froment, deputy director, Ohio Department of Insurance; Sandra Starnes, director, Florida Office of Insurance Regulation; Lynn Dickerson, associate commissioner, Maryland Insurance Administration
Moderator:
Shawna Ackerman, vice president, Academy Casualty Practice Council

The Changing Personal Auto Market
Panelists:
Allen Greenberg, Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation; Joy Hatchette, associate commissioner, Maryland Insurance Administration; Karlyn Stanley, adjunct senior researcher, RAND Corporation
Moderator:
Jim MacGinnitie, Academy senior casualty fellow

Health

Health Care Innovation
Panelists:
Greg Martin, deputy director of stakeholder engagement, Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute; Dr. Mai Pham, acting chief innovation officer, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Moderator:
Audrey Halvorson, chairperson, Academy Health Care Delivery Committee

Update on ACA Implementation (no slides available)
Panelists:
Alfred A. Bingham Jr., director, Office of Special Initiatives and Pricing, Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Kimberly Cones, acting oversight group deputy director, CCIIO, CMS;Jeff Wu, associate deputy director for policy, CCIIO, CMS; Allison Yadsko, health insurance specialist, issuer and plan policy branch, CCIIO, CMS
Moderator:
Catherine Murphy-Barron, vice president, Academy Health Practice Council

Long-term Care
Brian Collins, senior policy analyst, Bipartisan Policy Center; Howard Gleckman, senior fellow, Urban Institute
Moderator:
Al Schmitz, chairperson, Academy Long-Term Care/Disability Insurance Committee

Life

The Path of PBR Adoption and Implementation—The When and How of Day 1
Panelists:
Mike Boerner, director, actuarial office, Texas Department of Insurance, chair, NAIC Life Actuarial (A) Task Force; Larry Bruning, life actuary, NAIC; Mike Yanacheak, actuarial administrator, Iowa Insurance Division
Moderator:
Randall Stevenson, chairperson, Academy PBR Review Procedures Working Group

Professionalism Issues Related to PBR 
Panelists:
Kevin Dyke, chief actuary, Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services; Jeffrey S. Schlinsog, chairperson, Academy Financial Regulatory Task Force, Risk Management and Financial Reporting Council; Philip Barlow, associate commissioner, District of Columbia, Department of Insurance
Moderator:
Tricia Matson, chairperson, Actuarial Standards Board

Captives Past and Future for Life and Variable Annuity Business
Panelists:
Steven Schreiber, principal, consulting actuary, Milliman; Todd Sells, director, financial regulatory policy and data, NAIC; Kai Talarek, partner, Oliver Wyman
Moderator:
Rich Daillak, chairperson, Academy Life Reinsurance Working Group

Pension

Implications of the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act
Christopher M. Bone, director, policy, research and analysis dept., Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.; Michael Kreps, principal, Groom Law Group; Pamela H. Nissen, attorney, Leonard, O’Brien, Spencer, Gale & Sayre
Moderator:
Josh Shapiro, vice chairperson, Academy Multiemployer Plans Subcommittee   

Meeting the Lifetime Income Challenge with Employer-sponsored Plans
Panelists:
Mark Iwry, senior adviser to the secretary of the treasury and deputy assistant secretary (tax policy) for retirement and health policy, U.S. Treasury Department; Judy Mares, deputy assistant secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration; Kevin T. Hanney, director, pension investments, United Technologies Corporation
Moderator:
Tonya B. Manning, co-chairperson, Academy Lifetime Income Risk Joint Task Force    

Public Plan Funding and Risk Disclosures
Panelists:
Michael Rubenstein, state retirement & pension system budget analyst, Maryland Department of Legislative Services; Doug Offerman, senior director, Fitch Ratings; Melissa Moye, senior policy advisor, Department of Treasury Office of State and Local Finance
Moderator:
Bill Hallmark, vice president, Academy Pension Practice Council

Risk Management and Financial Reporting

Panel 1: The Future of Risk Management Tools (No Slides)
Panelists:
Eli Russo, advisor on enterprise risk management, NAIC; Todd Sells, director, financial regulatory policy and data, NAIC
Moderator:
Tricia Matson, chairperson, Academy ERM/ORSA Committee; member, Risk Management and Financial Reporting Council
                  
Panel 2: Capital Standards Overview (No Slides)
Panelists:
Ned Tyrell, international technical policy adviser, NAIC; Matti Peltonen, supervisory insurance valuation analyst, insurance policy section, division of supervision & regulation, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Moderator:
Jeffrey S. Schlinsog, chairperson, Academy Financial Regulatory Task Force; member, Risk Management and Financial Reporting Council