11:00am – 11:45am

Comparing and Contrasting Cyber Models

Insurance buyers/modeler clients can’t easily visualize how a cyber model works, even with the understanding of how, for example, property catastrophe models work. This session would illustrate the form and function of the most prevalent models in the market and highlight the differences and similarities between them.

• Jim Blinn, Executive Vice President of Client Solutions, Advisen [Moderator]
• Oliver Brew, Head of Client Services, CyberCube Analytics
• Mingyan Liu, Professor, University of Michigan/ Director, FICO
• Christos Mitas, Vice President, Model Development, RMS
• Scott Stransky, Assistant Vice President and Director of Emerging Risk Modeling, AIR

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11:45am – 12:30pm

What will the Future “Cyber Policy” Look like?

As cyber risks evolve and expand, so must the cyber insurance policies available in the market. This session will address the future of cyber as a risk that touches many lines of business with an eye toward practical solutions for those much-discussed gaps and overlaps in existing policies.

• Joe DePaul, Head of FINEX Cyber/E&O, North America, Willis Towers Watson [Moderator]
• James Burns, Cyber Product Leader, CFC Underwriting Ltd.
• Jason Glasgow, Vice President, E&O Division; Privacy and Network Security Practice Lead, Allied World
• Brad Gow, Global Cyber Product Leader, Sompo International
• Tracie Grella, Global Head of Cyber Risk Insurance, AIG

11:00am – 11:45am

Mapping the Cyber Threat Landscape

We will bring together a group of experienced cartographers to map the current threat landscape.  While many of these landscape features will seem familiar to cyber travelers, cyber protagonists continue to seek the path of least resistance to your digital assets.  The session will provide an overview of the latest trends and hints of how to combat them.

• Robert H. Rosenzweig, National Cyber Risk Practice Leader, SVP, Risk Strategies [Moderator]
• Sean Hoar, Partner, Lewis Brisbois
• Timothy Ryan, Principal, Cyber Investigations, Forensic Technology and Insider Threat Services, EY
• Mitchell Thompson, Supervisory Special Agent, FBI Cyber Division

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11:45am – 12:30pm

The Rising Threat to Cyber Physical Systems

Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) are widely applied in critical infrastructures including industrial and commercial applications.  The growth of these applications dramatically has increased the risk of physical damage resulting from sophisticated hacks or brute force attacks.  This session will explore the threats and impacts associated with CPS in different environments.

• Eduard Alpin, Lead Cyber Actuary, Verisk Analytics [Moderator]
• Jason Christopher, Chief Technology Officer, Axio
• Peter Hedberg, VP, Northeast Cyber & Technology E&O Manager, RPLU, NAS Insurance
• Jeff Tilley, VP – Manager Cyber Hazards, FM Global

11:00am – 11:45am

Artificial Intelligence: The smartest solution to cybersecurity?

Artificial Intelligence is now a nearly ubiquitous presence in our lives – just ask Alexa, she’ll tell you.  In the information security realm, new breeds of AI-driven tools are making an impact on the ability of security professionals to detect and respond to system intrusions. How do these tools work? How valuable are they? What are their limitations? A panel of experts will explain the current state of the art and what it means for CISOs, risk managers, and cyber insurance underwriters.

• Joe Fish, Director, Global Breach & Regulatory Solutions, Equifax Inc. [Moderator]
• Adam Cottini, Managing Director, Cyber Liability Practice, Area Senior Vice President, Arthur J. Gallagher
• Nicole Eagan, Chief Executive Officer, Darktrace
• Mark Jenkins, Director, Business Development, Palo Alto Networks
• Giancarlo Profenna, Head of Security Governance, Zurich

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11:45am – 12:30pm

Blockchain: How Bitcoin’s technology will transform information security

According to some analysts, blockchain will be the most transformational technology since the internet itself. While that remains to be seen, blockchain – the technology behind Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies – already is having an impact on a wide array of sectors, including cybersecurity. This session will explain how blockchain works, and will provide an overview of how the technology will touch nearly every aspect of data security and, consequently, cyber risk management and underwriting.

• Christopher Keegan, Senior Managing Director, Cyber & Technology National Practice Leader, Beecher Carlson [Moderator]
• Ender Greer, Sr. Security Engineer, Critical Path Security
• Babak Pasdar, CEO & CTO, Acreto
• Jorge D. Rodriguez, Blockchain Solutions Architect, IBM

1:45pm – 2:20pm

Hot Topics in Privacy/Cyber Regulation

Regulatory activity on privacy issues has reached a fever pitch, with GDPR, the California privacy law, and New York’s DFS regulation for financial institutions. This session will address compliance, the practical impact on organizations and their insurers, as well as discussion of potential regulatory activity in the future.

• Michael Bruemmer, Vice President – Consumer Protection, Experian [Moderator]
• Margaret Reetz, Partner, Mendes & Mount, LLP
• Paul Tetrault, CPCU, State & Policy Affairs Counsel, National Assn. of Mutual Insurance Companies

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2:20pm – 2:55pm

Let’s Get Cyber-Physical: Assessing Insurance Options for Operational Risk

Manufacturers and other businesses without traditional data breach risks increasingly flock to the cyber insurance market, seeking solutions for cyber threats to their operational data and technology and business interruption concerns. Cyber-physical risk marks both a challenge and an opportunity for the insurance industry and this session will address the technical needs and insurance demands of buyers as well as the options available to them.

• Robert Parisi, Managing Director, Marsh [Moderator]
• Annamaria Landaverde, Vice President, Head of Cyber, Munich Re
• Matt Prevost, SVP, Chubb

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2:55pm – 3:30pm

The Three Cs of Cyber: Claims, Capacity, and Competition

Capacity has flowed into the cyber insurance market, increasing competition and slowing premium increases even as claims keep coming. The panel will address claims activity in the market and how insurers both familiar and new to cyber insurance handle the pressure of competition.

• Jennifer A. Coughlin, Partner, Mullen Coughlin [Moderator]
• Kimberly Horn, Global Cyber Claims Team Leader, Beazley
• Brian T. Robb, Underwriting Director – Cyber Industry Leader, CNA

1:45pm – 2:20pm

Threats of Dependency on Common Providers

In the second quarter of 2018, Amazon’s cloud revenues grew 49% to $5.44 billion, Microsoft Dynamics 365 revenue grew 61% and the medical transcription services market is estimated to have reached global revenues of $5 billion in 2017.  As business dependency on common providers grows, it increases the aggregation of contingent business interruption exposures.  Listen to a group of experts describe how techniques for monitoring and managing these exposures.

• Elizabeth A. Geary, Global Head of Cyber Liability, TransRe [Moderator]
• Ridhima Handa Kale, Product Manager & Actuary, Guidewire – Cyence Risk Analytics
• Luke Tenery, Senior Managing Director, Ankura

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2:20pm – 2:55pm

Cybercrime Inc.

The netherworld of cybercrime once was made up of lone wolves, hobbyists and loosely organized gangs of cyber thieves. Today companies are faced with highly professional criminal organizations that grow increasingly sophisticated, and increasingly dangerous. More and more of these gangs resemble well-managed companies comprised of specialized units backed by dedicated research teams. This session will peer into the shadowy world of organized cybercrime and explore the new challenges posed by well-run, professional criminal organizations.

• Ben Beeson, Head of Insurance, Arceo.AI [Moderator]
• Jared Phipps, VP Worldwide Sales Engineering, SentinelOne
• Jarrett W. Kolthoff, CEO, SpearTip

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2:55pm – 3:30pm

E-Commerce Hacks

A new trend targeting ecommerce platforms that use common tools for content management, support chat and website analytics has led to some large losses.  Learn more about how sophisticated hackers are targeting these third party services as a new focal point of monetization.

• Ryan Gibney, SVP, Northeast Cyber Technology Practice Leader, Lockton Companies, LLC [Moderator]
• Evgueni Erchov, Associate Director, Cyber Investivations, Kivu Consulting, Inc.
• Garin Pace, Cyber Product Leader – Financial Lines & Property, AIG

1:45pm – 2:20pm

Underwriting and Technology: How new technologies provide insight and efficiency to cyber underwriting

Cyber insurance underwriters have an abundance of platforms, dashboards, scores, and reports to choose from to help them be more knowledgeable and efficient. But what do underwriters really need to do a better job? This session will explain cyber underwriting processes, and provide an overview of the tools and technologies now available to make the those processes faster and smarter.

• Tim Francis, Enterprise Cyber Lead, Travelers [Moderator]
• Steve Timmerman, VP Business Development, Redseal
• Samit Shah, Insurance Solutions Manager – Partnership Sales, BitSight

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2:20pm – 2:55pm

Cyber Risk Start-ups: A growth driver in the InsurTech sector

Investors poured a record $3.2 billion in capital into InsurTech companies in 2018, and 2019 looks to be an even bigger year. While most investments were in personal and small commercial lines ventures, cyber insurance is a rapidly growing segment as well. Why is cyber so attractive to investors? This session will explore trends in new cyber insurance-related companies, and where investors see this segment of the InsurTech market going in the future.

• Leland Holcomb, Scout & Investor Readiness, Hartford InsurTech Hub at Startupbootcamp [Moderator]
• Martha Notaras, Partner, XL Innovate
• Roman Itskovich, Founder & CRO, At-Bay

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2:55pm – 3:30pm

Portable/Wearable Risks: How does portable technology and real-time data feeds change the risk landscape. What does it mean for liability?

Tens of millions of people now walk around with small internet-connected computers attached to their bodies. Like other connected devices, these “wearables” can be hacked, raising liability issues. What can go wrong with wearables, and how is the insurance industry responding? This session will look at the explosion of portable connected devices, the liability issues they raise, and the current state of the art in insurance coverage.

• Marya J. Propis, SVP, Director of Distribution & Broker Partnerships, All Risks, Ltd. [Moderator]
• Ernie Koschineg, Partner, Cipriani & Werner, P.C.
• Shiraz Saeed, National Practice Leader – Cyber Risk, Starr Companies