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Career Development Seminar
IRES's Career Development Seminar is the Society's premier professional development activity, a three-day series of workshops and panels, plus opportunities to interact with peers, usually held in late July or early August. Scroll down for a list of sessions and speakers set for the upcoming '03 CDS.
Like its predecessors, the Scottsdale conference will feature a top-notch array of programs – check out this site for additional details as the event gets closer. If you're interested in joining other regulators, mail back a downloadable registration form or request registration materials be sent to you by mail. Or you can click here to download a copy of the printed program (607k PDF).
If you have a general question about the Scottsdale meeting, please contact the '03 CDS chair, Jo LeDuc. Or click on the links below to send a message to one of this past year's seven section chairs. (After '03, future Career Development Seminars are scheduled for '04 in Denver, '05 in Tampa and '06 in Chicago.)
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Career Development Sessions
 The list of sessions for the '03 meeting is pretty much final, although the exact description and order of the breakouts listed below might still change. Watch this space for updates, and keep an eye on your mailbox for the printed advance program.Commissioners Roundtable
The future of insurance regulation in the 21st century will be only one of the topics discussed Monday morning during the ever-popular Commissioners Roundtable. Panelists will include this year's NAIC president, Mike Pickens of Arkansas, plus our host commissioner, Charles R. Cohen, and other notables to be named later. The moderator will once again be Bill Bailey.
Use of Third-Party Vendors
The Tuesday morning general session will cover a topic of growing interest to regulators – whether and how insurers make use of outside vendors to take on core tasks such as claims, utilization review or customer service. Is it a wise business decision or an alarming trend? Should the vendors be licensed? What access should regulators have to their records? Who really benefits from these arrangements?
Consumer Services Section
Contact Section Chair: Mitchel Gennaoui, CIE
mgennaou@scc.state.ny.us | 212-480-4697
Complaint Ranking – An analysis of the formulas used to compile the complaint rankings for various lines of insurance. What's fair, what's not. A review of the newer rankings such as external review reversals and coordinated rankings with other state agencies. Property-Casualty & Health
Mold Awareness – Learn the basics of the different types of mold and the effects that mold has on indoor air quality. How do professionals assess and test for mold and how do they control and remediate mold problems? Property-Casualty
Improving Consumer Services and Complaint Handling – A look at the best practices for use in the resolution of consumer complaints as elaborated in the recently published NAIC White Paper. All Lines
Disaster Preparedness – With the importance of disaster preparedness and response rising, what should insurance departments look to include in their disaster response plans to better coordinate recovery efforts and insure a faster recovery via the claims process. All Lines
Property and Casualty Section
Contact Section Chair: Barbara Fitzgerald, AIE
fitzgeraldb@insurance.ca.gov | 415-538-4229
Title Insurance vs. Mortgage Impairment/Lien Protection Insurance – Title Insurance vs. the coverages being offered by non-title property & casualty companies. A discussion of the pros and cons of this new coverage as opposed to traditional title insurance, and a discussion of the regulatory actions taken on this matter in various states. Property-Casualty
Market Madness – Part I – Many states have experienced automobile, homeowner and commercial lines carriers looking to pull out of the market or reduce coverage. This session will discuss the reasons for this exodus.Property-Casualty
Market Madness – Part II – Many states have experienced availability and affordability problems in the property and casualty insurance market. This session looks at what states are doing to make these coverages available and affordable, including a discussion of tier rating and alternate forms of coverage such as fair plans, reciprocals and captives. Property-Casualty
Medical Malpractice Meltdown – Many states are facing serious crises in health care – including the increasingly prohibitive cost of malpractice insurance for both doctors and health-care facilities. This session will focus on key reasons, including huge jury awards and lowered returns on investment, and will include a discussion of the search for legislative and other solutions. Property-Casualty
Life & Health Section
Contact Section Cochairs: John H. Reimer, CIE, and Jamie Key, AIE
jreimer@ink.org | 785-291-3411 jamie.key@oci.state.wi.us | 608-267-1234
Independent Review Organizations (IROs) – A review of how states are implementing Independent Review Organizations (IRO) statutes. Regulators will discuss how they are utilized and the effect of IROs for managed care. Health
They XY&Z of Medicare Supplement Coverage – An advanced look at Medicare and Medicare Supplement issues. An advanced format covering issues such as guarantee issue rights, non-renewal and enrollment periods. Health
Surviving with disability coverage – Exploring disability insurance, affordability, underwriting and claims management. A regulator and industry representative will discuss these matters. Life & Health
Life Insurance and Securities – Will the so-called marriage of these two products be breaking up? A look at how regulators and the industry are dealing with the fallout from the huge market declines, along with a review of suitability standards designed to protect consumers. Life
Financial Section
Contact Section Chair: Donald Carbone, CIE
dcarbone@ins.state.ny.us | 212-480-5142
Narrowing Your Focus – Do risk-focused financial examinations get more bang for the regulatory buck? What are the trends driving regulatory change? What is the current status of risk focused examinations? Should we adopt this process? All Lines
Targeting Market Conduct Exams to an Insurers Management Style – A new kind of baseline examination designed to help examiners determine, prior to a full-blown market conduct exam, whether an insurer is "proactive" or "reactive." Can determining if a company is proactive help prioritize work schedules and set parameters for upcoming market conduct exams? All Lines
Terrorism Insurance Bill – Is this the federal government's entry into the business of insurance? Understanding the Terrorist Insurance Bill. The federal government's implications as well as the states' role in enforcing the bill. All Lines
Is Your Insurer Clean? – Laundering money through financial services firms. Understanding money laundering, terrorist financing and the USA Patriot Act – tips and strategies for building an effective anti-money laundering act. All Lines
Producer Licensing Section
Contact Section Chair: LeRoy F. Brungardt, CIE
lbrungar@ins.wpo.state.ks.us | 785-296-7859
Electronic Licensing – Why not? – Now that the ground has been broken, shouldn't there be a push to utilize whatever electronic options there are for the regulatory industry? E.g. Producers Database (PDB), Producer Information Network (PIN), National Insurance Producer Registry (NIPR). All Lines
Has the NARAB Effort Been Forestalled? – What is the future in licensing? Does meeting the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers (NARAB) deadline in the Gramm, Leach, Bliley Act mean it's over? All Lines
Producer Licensing from the Non-Regulator Perspective – What kind of efficiencies and functions does the industry expect from the regulators? All Lines
Enforcement & Compliance Section
Contact Section Chair: Francis Smith, AIE
fsmith@mail.state.mo.us | 573-526-3409
Can't We All Get Along? – How state fraud investigation units work in cooperation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and insurance company investigative units. All lines
Have Gun, Will Travel – A statistical comparison of the effectiveness of state Fraud Units that have law enforcement personnel, those that carry guns and have arrest powers, to state fraud units that do not have enforcement personnel. All lines
Follow the Money – An overview of the federal anti-money-laundering requirements for the insurance industry and their implications for state insurance regulators. All lines
E-Commerce, Security and Piracy – An update on computer fraud. All lines
Market Conduct Section
Contact Section Chair: Katie C. Johnson
kjohnson@scc.state.va.us | 804-371-9688
Uniformity – What do we need to do now? – A review of the efforts of the NAIC Uniformity Group to date, including the Market Conduct Uniform Report Card, the pre-examination checklist and how to use the new data call lists.All Lines
Banking and Insurance Regulators Working Together – Is It More than Just Privacy Issues? Banking and insurance regulators began working together as a result of Gramm-Leach-Bliley and privacy issues. Is the need for cooperation between these two groups now even greater? How did the multi-state exam of Household Finance by banking regulators make the need for cooperation even clearer? What other issues face insurance examiners looking at the insurance practices of lending institutions?All Lines
Privacy Market Conduct Exams – Are we all going in different directions? A presentation from several states on how they have successfully conducted privacy examinations, including things that work and things that do not.All Lines
Market Analysis – What is it and How Will it Help Market Conduct Examiners? – An explanation of what data and information is already available to regulators, how to review it and how this data could be used. This session will assist a state in locating existing data and provide examples of innovative ways to use this data, when conducting examinations and analyzing the marketplace. All Lines
Round Robin Discussions
Contact: Donald P. Koch, CIE
dkoch@alaska.com | 907-789-9497
An advanced discussion of various NAIC Market Conduct Examiner Handbook standards. You pick the standards that you're interested in and ask your own questions during this Tuesday morning breakout session. Here's your chance to get up close and personal with experts as you move from table to table every 15 minutes. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. All lines
Topics will include:
More standards will be added later. In addition, there will be a table devoted to constructing a database request.
Joint sessions
Contact: Mitchel Gennaoui, CIE
mgennaou@scc.state.ny.us | 212-480-4697
Suitability – Is the insurance product being sold suitable for the purchaser? What should be the suitability standards? Life
Contact: Barbara Fitzgerald, AIE fitzgeraldb@insurance.ca.gov | 415-538-4229
Use of Credit Scoring – How is credit scoring used in credit transactions? What effect does the use of credit score have on the availability and affordability of insurance? Regulatory problems and any solutions or new laws and regulations that have been enacted. Property-Casualty
Contact: Francis Smith, AIE fsmith@mail.state.mo.us | 573-526-3409
New Horizons – A discussion about regulatory activity as a result of the Producer Licensing Model Act. How do we now enforce the proper licensing of sellers of insurance products under the new NAIC model regulation? What adjustments have had to be made as the implementation has become more nationwide? All lines
See you in Scottsdale!
Other Seminars & Schools
Next year's Career Development Seminar will be Aug. 15-17 in Denver. Following that, we're scheduled to be in Tampa in '05, Chicago in '06 and Pittsburgh in '07.
Besides CDS, the Insurance Regulatory Examiners Society has other sessions aimed
at encouraging professional development in the critical area of insurance regulation, including a Market Conduct School, aimed at the insurance industry (though open to regulators as well).
Click here to learn more about them.
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