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Sunday, March 9, 2003
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM - NRRA Board Meeting
11:30 AM - Golf Tournament (Optional registration)
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Opening Reception
Monday, March 10, 2003
8:00 AM - 9:15 AM - Networking Breakfast in Exhibit
Hall
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM - NRRA Annual Meeting of
Members
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM - Keynote Session: Ed Barlow
“Leadership: The Art of Looking Backwards
for Tomorrow”, by Ed Barlow
Presentation materials for this session
are not yet available.
Recognized for his knowledge and versatility in
relating the influences of a changing world to
various industries and organizations, Ed Barlow
helps audiences discover emerging trends and explore
the attitudes, emotional reactions, and empowerment
strategies used to anticipate and prepare for
their role tomorrow. A sought-after speaker, think-tank
facilitator, and strategic planning consultant,
Ed Barlow is responsible for turn-around thinking
in hundreds of businesses, government agencies,
health and educational nstitutions, and community
service organizations.
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM - NRRA General Session:
Purchasing Group and Risk Retention
Groups Emerging Trends and Issues
Presentation materials for this session
are not yet available
This session will address key elements of today’s
economic and regulatory environmental factors
that have created the decrease in the number of
PG’s over the past year. It will also address
the unprecedented growth in the number of RRG’s.
The panelists will also discuss the trends they
believe are on the horizon and what factors from
today’s environment will influence the
decision whether or not to consider bearing risk.
Speakers:
Jim
Leatzow - Design Professionals Assoc. Risk PG
(PDF)
Karen Cutts
- Risk Retention Reporter
Andrew Sargeant
- USA Risk Group
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM - Networking Lunch with
Domicile Representatives
This luncheon will have an opportunity to
visit in a casual environment with representatives
from many of the prominent, as well as emerging,
captive domiciles.
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM - NRRA General Session:
LRRA Amendment and NRRA Government Affairs
Committee Update
.Latest
proposed amendments to the LRRA
(PDF)
The following presentation materials have been
submitted by Robert "Skip" Myers of
Morris Manning & Martin
Terrorism
Risk Insurance Act Presentation (PPT)
Summary
of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002
(PDF)
Summary
Treasury Interim Guidance (PDF)
Latest
Treasury Interim Guidance (PDF)
TRIA
Interim Final Rule Summary (PDF)
State
TRIA Filing Requirements (PDF)
The National Risk Retention Association has taken
a lead role as a participant in litigation that
has defined and interpreted the Liability Risk
Retention Act of 1986. Since 1992, NRRA has participated
as either an amicus curiae or plaintiff in almost
every important discussion including the 9th Circuit
National Warranty decision which the state of
Oregon has petitioned for Supreme Court review.
The panelists in this session will report on the
history and current standing of our efforts to
amend the LRRA. They will also discuss the legal
and legislative activities of the NRRA Government
Affairs Committee, as well as various court decisions
of the past year. The discussion will include
an opportunity for attendees to ask questions
on how these decisions may affect your organization.
The session will end with a discussion regarding
potential challenges that may lie just over the
horizon. In addition, time will be provided for
attendees to express concerns they have or challenges
that they face that might be taken into consideration
by the NRRA’s Government Relations Committee.
Moderator:Wendy
Fisher - National Home Insurance Co. RRG (PDF)
Panelists:Robert
“Skip” Myers, Jr. - Morris Manning
& Martin (PDF)
Lee
Reno - Reno & Cavanaugh (PDF)
Paul
Weber - OMIC (PDF)
Dan
O'Leary - Mandell Menkes & Surdyk (PDF)
3:30 PM - 4:45 PM NRRA/CICA General Session:
Rules of Corporate Governance
The following presentation material has been submitted
by W. Alvon Sparks Jr. of VERIS Consulting, LLP
Rules
of Corporate Governance (PPT)
The following presentation has been submitted
by Jay K. Wright - Arnold & Porter
Corporate
Governance(PPT)
This session will give insight into how captives
and risk retention groups are altering their corporate
governance policies and procedures to reflect
the current environment.
Moderator:Kathy
Davis - Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC
Panelists:Richard
Hamilton - CSX Insurance Co.
W.
Alvon Sparks Jr. - VERIS Consulting, LLP (PDF)
Jay K. Wright
- Arnold & Porter
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM NRRA/CICA Reception
Tuesday, March 11, 2003
8:00 AM - 9:15 AM - Breakfast with RRG, PG and
Captive Owners/Managers
Risk Retention Group and Purchasing Group and
Captive representatives will be arranged to discuss
issues, separate from service providers. Go to
www.nrra-usa.org and submit an industry question
that you would like to have addressed. These questions
will be used to form the discussions at the Roundtables
and the Ask The Experts session.
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM NRRA/CICA General Session
Delos Smith - U.S. Business Conditions
Presentation materials for this session
are not yet available.
Delos Smith is the Senior Business Analyst for
The Conference Board (www.Conference-Board.org).
He is an expert in fiscal policy, economic trends,
taxation, the Federal budget process and U.S.
economic indicators. He appears regularly on many
major TV and radio networks, and addresses a wide
variety of business and educational audiences
around the world. He is a graduate of Colorado
College.
10:30 AM - 11:45 PM NRRA General Session:
Regulatory Perspective
Presentation materials for this session
are not yet available.
As a product of federal legislation, Risk Retention
Groups and Purchasing Groups enjoy a unique relationship
in various states. This session will explore the
unique aspects of this relationship from the perspective
of state regulators. Also, explored in this session
will be the National Association of Insurance
Commissioners (NAIC’s) role and involvement
in the evolution of this unique relationship.
Special focus will be placed on current and emerging
regulatory issues and trends.
Moderator:Debbie
Lambert - Johnson, Lambert & Co.
Panelists:Craig
Watanabe - State of HI
Derick White
- State of VT, Dept of Banking,
Insurance
Securities & Health Care Administration
Clayton Ingram
- SC Dept of Insurance
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM - Networking Luncheon in
Exhibit Area
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM NRRA General Sessions:
Reinsurance In A Hard Market
The following presentation has been submitted
by William Kaplan - CNA Re
A
Reinsurer's Perspective (PPT).
The following presentation has been submitted
by Hugo Crawley - Ballantyne McKean & Sullivan
Ltd.
A
Broker's Perspective (PPT)
With reinsurance tightening so dramatically the
past year, this session will be more pertinent
than ever before. The session will focus on the
reinsurance marketplace and outlook, including
a general discussion about rates, terms, additional
underwriting requirements and tightened market
conditions. More specifically, a select panel
of individuals will discuss what each of them
is seeing relative to rates, terms, financial
condition of reinsurance companies and the market
outlook.
Moderator:William
W. Thompson - CPA Mutual Insurance Company of
America, RRG
Panelists:Hugo
Crawley - Ballantyne McKean & Sullivan Ltd.
William Kaplan
- CNA Re
3:30 PM - Backstage Disney Tour (optional
registration required)
8:00 PM - 9:15 PM - Closing Dessert Reception
NRRA Members receive the lowest Registration
Rate!!
Click
here for membership information now!!
| Registration
Type |
Registering
Before February 7 |
Registering After February
7 |
| NRRA Member |
$700 |
$800 |
| RRG, PG or Captive
representative who is a member of a Domicile
Association |
$700 |
$800 |
| RRG, PG or Captive
Non-Member |
$900 |
$975 |
| Service Provider
Non-Member |
$1,350 |
$1,350 |
| Domicile Regulator |
$250 |
$250 |
| Exhibitors |
$900* |
$900* |
* Exhibitors - The Exhibit Booth Fee (see
Exhibitor Brochure link at the top of this page)
includes one Conference Registration. Second &
Third Registration from an Exhibitor is discounted
to $900/per. Exhibitors are limited to three total
registrations.
Download
Conference Registration and Lodging information
OR Register for both on-line!
*To make your room reservations
on-line via
www.HyattGrandCypress.com. Click on “Rates
and Reservations”, click on “Make
a Reservation”, click on “Group/Corporate
Number” enter “G-CICA”
in the group / corporate box, click on continue,
this gives rates and other information, click on
“Reserve a Room” and the computer
will walk you through the reservation process.
Be an Exhibitor!!
- Last year our exhibit hall sold out and space
is limited, so reserve your booth today.
OUR
EXHIBIT HALL IS FULL. Click here to see who is exhibiting.
Sponsorships are a great way
to show your support of the industry. Become a NRRA Annual
Conference Sponsor today!
Download
the following forms for all the details.
National Risk Retention
Association
4248 Park Glen Road
Minneapolis, MN 55416
U.S.A. Telephone:
952-928-4656
Toll Free: 800-999-4505
Fax: 952-929-1318
Executive DirectorDouglas
K. Barnes
Assistant Director Gloria
Grove
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