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
Compliments of ELANY.
Attire: Casual
JUNE 15
– 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
– Uniformity, Data and Analytics
– Coverage Codes
– NAICS
- Topic: Insights on the National E&S Marketplace
Attire: Casual or Business Casual