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2023

JUNE 14 & 15

NEW YORK CITY, NY

Registration Is Closed

NESS: A VISION FOR THE FUTURE

BOARD OF DIRECTORS LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

A gathering of the leaders, guiding a one hundred billion dollar industry.

Please join the Excess Line Association of New York and The Surplus Line Association of California’s board of directors at the first-ever board-focused national meeting of ELAs, SLAs, and Stamping Offices from across the country. 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 will all have better insight into our industry.

We look forward to meeting you in New York City at the 2023 National Excess and Surplus Summit. United we can better serve our marketplace and members.

FEATURED 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.

JUNE 14 & 15

Westin Times Square

Registration Is Closed

AGENDA

JUNE 14

1:00pm - 6:00pm:
NESS Hospitality Lounge: Westin Times Square
4:30pm - 5:00pm:
#7 Train to Citi Field Stadium: MetroCard's to be supplied, departure suggested before 5pm.
5:30pm - 7:10pm:
Welcome Reception & Networking: Citi Field Suites, NY. NY Yankees vs. NY Mets: 7:10pm game start.
Compliments of ELANY.

JUNE 15

8:00am - 9:00am:
Breakfast: Westin Hotel, Times Square, NYC.
9:00am - 9:20am:
Welcome Video, and Introduction: Janet Beaver- Chair, SLA of CA
9:20am - 10:00am:
State-by-State Board Introductions & Review of E&S SWOT Analysis: Janet Pane- Willis Towers Watson
10:00am - 10:15am:
15 Minute Break
10:15am - 11:15am:
Board Development: Ben McKay- CEO & Executive Director, SLA of CA
– Importance of a board
– Duties as a Board Member
– Reading Financial Statements
11:15am - 11:45am:
Best Practices: Joy Erven- CEO & Executive Director, SLA of Washington
– Uniformity, Data and Analytics
– Coverage Codes
– NAICS
11:45am - 12:00pm:
15 Minute Break
12:00pm - 12:30pm:
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
12:30pm - 1:30pm:
Lunch
1:30pm - 3:00pm:
Break-out groups on related topics to discuss
3:00pm - 3:15pm:
15 Minute Break
3:15pm - 4:00pm:
Presentation and guidance from break-out groups
5:00pm - 7:00pm:
Closing Reception & Networking @ The 5 O’clock Somewhere Bar Margaritaville Hotel, Times Square, NYC.

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