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WELCOME TO

NESS

The Excess Line Association of New York and The Surplus Line Association of California welcomes you to the first-ever board-focused national meeting of ELAs, SLAs, and Stamping Offices. The goal of this summit is to build relationships, discuss best practices, and begin the process of establishing levels of uniformity to share data with each other so that we all have better insight into our industry.

United, we better serve our marketplace and members.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

JOHN FINSTON

Effective October 3, 2022, John returned to public service and accepted the position of Executive Deputy Superintendent of Insurance with the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) at the request of Superintendent Adrienne Harris. As Executive Deputy Superintendent he will oversee the life, property casualty, health and producer bureaus of the DFS.

Prior to returning to public service he was with the law firm of McDermott Will and Emery with a practice that focused on insurance regulatory and transactional matters.

From 2012 to 2017, John served as Deputy Commissioner and ultimately General Counsel of the California Department of Insurance. As General Counsel he supervised all of the legal operations of the Department, including over 150 attorneys, legal assistants and staff.

WELCOME ATTENDEES

Westin Times Square

Citi Field

AGENDA

Subject to Change

JUNE 14

1:00 pm
NESS Hospitality Lounge - Badge, swag and MetroCard pickup: Gramercy Room 4th Floor - Closes at 6 pm
4:30 pm
Meet in Grammercy Room 4th Floor for subway (#7 Train to Citi Field Stadium) suggested departure time prior to 5pm.
5:30 pm
Welcome Reception & Networking: Citi Field Stadium Empire Suites - NY Yankees vs. NY Mets: 7:10 pm game start.
Compliments of ELANY.
Attire: Casual

JUNE 15


Attire for NESS: Business Casual
8:00 am
Breakfast Minetta Room 8th Floor - Guests Invited (breakfast will remain open until 10am for guests)
MORNING SESSION - GERSHWIN BALLROOM 4th FLOOR
9:00 am
Welcome: Janet Beaver- Chair, SLA of CA & Dan Maher- Executive Director, Elany
9:20 am
E&S SWOT Analysis: Janet Pane- Willis Towers Watson
10:00 am
15 Minute Break
10:15 am
Board Development
– Importance of a board: Ben McKay- CEO & Executive Director, SLA of CA
– Duties as a Board Member: Barbara Trumbly- SVP Operations & Events, SLA of CA
– Reading Financial Statements: Glenn Leung- VP Financial Analysis, SLA of CA
11:30 am
Best Practices: Joy Erven- CEO & Executive Director, SLA of Washington
– Uniformity, Data and Analytics
– Coverage Codes
– NAICS
11:45 am
15 Minute Break
12:00 pm
Keynote Speaker: John Finston- Executive Deputy Superintendent of Insurance with the New York Department of Financial Services
- Topic: Insights on the National E&S Marketplace
LUNCH & AFTERNOON SESSION - MINETTA ROOM 8th FLOOR
1:00 pm
Lunch - NESS Attendees Only
2:00 pm
Interactive Group Session
2:30 pm
Break-out Discussion on Key E&S Topics
4:00 pm
Adjournment
5:00 pm
Closing Reception & Networking - 5 o’Clock Somewhere Bar -Margaritaville Hotel - 31st and 32nd floors, Times Square, NYC.
Attire: Casual or Business Casual

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