Verisk Insurance Conference London 2023 Agenda

Join us at Verisk Insurance Conference London 2023.
This is our agenda for the day

08:30-09:30 - Breakfast and Registration

09:30-09:45 - Welcome and Opening Remarks

09:45-10:15 - Keynote: Lee Shavel, CEO of Verisk

10:15-10:45 - Guest Keynote: Anat Baron, Futurist, Tech Entrepreneur

10:45-11:15 - Morning Break

11:15-11:45 - Sequel Claims: View Your Claims from a New Perspective
Market players need to remain agile and proactive in a rapidly changing environment. Learn how to advance your claims capabilities to keep up with trends, contributing to streamlined efficiency, transparency, and ultimately an optimised claims experience for policyholders.

11:45-12:15 - Digital Distribution: Getting the Right Data, in the Right Place, at the Right Time
Reid Stanway - Chief Digital Officer, Specialty Business Solutions:
At Verisk Specialty Business Solutions, we are fast earning a strong reputation amongst our customers for our digital distribution strategy. By connecting our product suite to build digital ecosystem solutions and ensure the right data is in the right place at the right time, we can put our customers ahead of their peers. Join us as Reid Stanway shares the theory behind our strategy and introduces the first solutions that are already in flight with customers.

12:15-12:45 - Blueprint Two in Conversation: What Does It Mean for Underwriters?
Richard Burge - Product Lead, Specialty Business Solutions:
The London Market change programme, Blueprint Two, aims to improve operational resilience and provide greater access to good quality, complete information, helping carriers to make faster, better decisions. This session examines the key implications for underwriters and how they can navigate this transition.

12:45-13:45 - Lunch

13:45-14:15 - Whitespace: A Full Data Record Promoting Digital Excellence in a Global Market
Marcus Broome - Chief Platform Officer, Whitespace:
The Lloyd’s market has access to a plethora of data—probably more than any insurance organisation worldwide—but cannot use this data effectively. This session will uncover how the Whitespace platform supports a mutual determination to access, understand, and use data to ensure the London Market thrives.

14:15-14:45 - Navigating Pricing in a Hard Market
Richard Smith - Chief Product Officer, Specialty Business Solutions:
In the high inflationary environment we are currently experiencing, it is more important than ever for insurers to charge the right price at the right time to protect their balance sheets against escalating claims, seize competitive opportunities and preserve valuable relationships. Join us as our panel explores the ways in which businesses can adapt to successfully manage all these moving parts.

14:45-15:15 - Say Hello to the Future of Broking
Kirstin Duffield - CEO, Morning Data, a Verisk business:
With the world facing a range of emerging risks, brokers are uniquely placed to lean into their purpose and add real value as insurance professionals. Join us to discuss how brokers, regardless of size, can tap into the power of data to embrace streamlined, end-to-end processing with full audit trails and ease of reporting.

15:15-15:45 - Afternoon Break

15:45-16:15 - Digital Follow, Rapid Rate and Ecosystem Integrations: Why Digital Distribution Matters
Reid Stanway - Chief Digital Officer, Specialty Business Solutions:
Too many products in the Insurtech space work as standalones. By connecting them we offer a digital ecosystem that provides our customers accelerated growth opportunities, greater efficiency, and ultimately a lower cost of transacting complex business in a busy global market. This panel session investigates how brokers and underwriters are empowered to embrace true digital change.

16:15-16:45 - Augmented Underwriting: Amplify Your Risk Insights and Streamline Your Strategy
Luke James - Head of Augmented Underwriting, Specialty Business Solutions:
Augmented underwriting is the next step forward in understanding risk and facilitating strategy; it takes away the heavy lifting of data collection, research, and analysis to speed up the risk selection process and free up teams to focus on more meaningful work. Join us as we dive into this exciting new strategic solution.

16:45-17:15 - Blueprint Two in Conversation: What Does It Mean for Brokers?
Kirstin Duffield - CEO, Morning Data, a Verisk business &
Richard Burge - Product Lead, Specialty Business Solutions:
The London Market change programme, Blueprint Two, aims to improve operational efficiency and provide greater flexibility and agility for brokers to better service their customers. This session covers a range of topics about the programme and offers practical tools to overcome the challenges that could arise as we collaborate to deliver market-wide change.

17:15-17:45 - The Role of AI in the Future of Insurance
Richard Smith - Chief Product Officer, Specialty Business Solutions:
For the (re)insurance industry, a recurring vision for the future is that AI will step in to automate processes, making our lives easier, but this topic is often met with fear and unease. This session will decrypt the implications of AI for insurance in the short term and the changes we expect to see across the market over the next few years.

17:45-20:30 - Dinner and Reception
Please join us for a reception following the conference for further discussion and networking with industry colleagues and members of the Verisk team.