InsurTech FUSION Summit | Rise of a Digital Insurance Industry | Life, Health, Personal & Commercial Lines 2.0 | MAR 20-21 | 2019 | San Francisco |

InsurTech FUSION 2019 – Day 1

7:30 AM
Registration & Breakfast

Get here early, enjoy breakfast and conversations with other innovators.

8:30 AM
Intro & Welcome

Welcome by SVIA with overview of the Summit goals and agenda.

Natalie Wood

Natalie L. Wood

COO & Co-Founder

Silicon Valley Insurance Accelerator

Entrepreneur creating new channels for InsurTech innovators to accelerate development of new products & services.

Mike Connor

Michael Connor

CEO

Silicon Valley Insurance Accelerator

One of InsurTech's top influencers, author, speaker and consultant in connected insurance, innovation, transformation and leadership.

8:40 AM
Surviving & Thriving in the New Insurance Paradigm: Reverse Engineering the Future

Hear the vision and approach these innovators and new disrupters are using to redefine the insurance landscape.

Mike Connor

Michael Connor

CEO

Silicon Valley Insurance Accelerator

One of InsurTech's top influencers, author, speaker and consultant in connected insurance, innovation, transformation and leadership.

Marik Brockman SVIA Member Seal

Marik Brockman

VP, Strategy & Partnerships

CSAA

Charting strategic growth in a quickly evolving landscape including innovation and partnerships.

Michael P. Curran

Michael P. Curran

Senior Advisor

Life Epigenetics

Involved in company strategy for vertical market development, legal, operating infrastructure and product development.

Dan Peate

Dan Peate

Founder & CEO

Avinew

Founder of Peate Ventures, Avinew and Hixme. Current CEO of Avinew & Managing Director of Peate Ventures. Previously at A.J. Gallagher & Aon.

Jason Griswold

Jason Griswold

Co-Founder & COO

rein.ai

Innovator, entrepreneur, mentor & drone pilot, connecting insurance to the physical world digitally.

Ravi Krishnam

Ravi Krishnam

CIO & SVP, Digital Innovation

Woodruff Sawyer

Head of innovation driving new tech enabled brokerage models. 20+ yrs. incubating, growing, architecting & leading insurance transformation.

9:20 AM
Blueprint for Insurance 3.0: Customer Centric, Speed & Digital Leadership

A research based outlook on the competitive requirements of Insurance 3.0. Provides deep insight into customer expectations and trends, what's required to meet them, and the stunning business impact of being a leader or a laggard.

Mike Connor
MODERATOR

Michael Connor

CEO

Silicon Valley Insurance Accelerator

One of InsurTech's top influencers, author, speaker and consultant in connected insurance, innovation, transformation and leadership.

Denise Garth SVIA Member Seal

Denise Garth

SVP - Strategic Marketing, Industry Relations and Innovation

Majesco

Deeply experienced strategist, passionate about connecting insurance to future customers.

9:35 AM
Emerging Technology State of Adoption & Strategies

Thought leaders and visionaries discuss use cases / adoption trends of AI, Blockchain / IoT and impact on products, distribution & operations in 2019 - 2020.

David Gritz
MODERATOR

David Gritz

Director of Innovation Programs

Silicon Valley Insurance Accelerator

High energy & driven entrepreneur, helping organizations create new products and transform capital assets into a future they never imagined

Krishna Kumar SVIA Member Seal

Krishna Kumar

CEO & Founder

AppOrchid Inc

Visionary and International award winner, revolutionizing Cognitive Computing, Machine Learning & the “Internet of Everything” markets.

Robert Barkovich

Robert Barkovich

Founder

Health Linkages

Focused on Blockchain and security technology, particularly in the healthcare and life science verticals.

Simha Sadasiva

Simha Sadasiva

CEO & Co-Founder

USHUR

Entrepreneur focused on real-time interactions in Eligibility, Claims, & Retention using micro-engagment tech for frictionless interactions.

10:05 AM
Networking Break

Use the in-conference meeting app to set up 1 on 1 meetings with leading innovators.

10:25 AM
Digital Engagement / Empowerment of Insurance Customers & Communities

Explores the current state of Customer Engagement as it shifts from a product focus to customer empowerment & as it digitally extends to multiple ecosystems & communities. Includes examples of what will be in place in 2020.

Matthew Holt
MODERATOR

Matthew Holt

President

SMACK.Health

Working as Advisor for health tech startups, and founder of Health 2.0 conference showcasing frontier technologies in health care.

Josh Levine SVIA Member Seal

Josh Levine

Founder / CEO

Cake & Arrow

Design Visionary Helping Insurance Use Design Thinking To Transform Products & Organizations.

Naresh Raheja SVIA Member Seal

Naresh Raheja

VP, Analytics; Head, Insurance & Financial Services

ScoreData

Senior leader with a passion for and extensive background in data science and insurance risk modeling.

Jane Wang

Jane Wang

CEO

Optimity

Proactive health evangelist; data science nerd using behavioral science to foster healthy mental and physical lives.

Stephen Brandt

Stephen Brandt

Senior Vice President of Sales

Vitech Systems Group, Inc.

20+ years in insurance technology. Working with industry thought leaders, groups and analysts on strategies that lead the industry forward.

11:05 AM
Ecosystems, Platforms, Data Interoperability: Surviving & Thriving in a Digital Industry

Explores current state, trends & examples of emerging digital ecosystems & platforms & how their adoption will impact competitiveness in customer engagement, business models, and operations, what must be in place in 2019 to compete in 2020.

Mike Connor
MODERATOR

Michael Connor

CEO

Silicon Valley Insurance Accelerator

One of InsurTech's top influencers, author, speaker and consultant in connected insurance, innovation, transformation and leadership.

Jason Andrew SVIA Member Seal

Jason Andrew

CEO / Founder

Limelight Health

Startup entrepreneur working to solve big problems in health insurance, health education and wellness.

Saima Shaukat

Saima Shaukat

Chief Revenue Officer

Applied Systems ( Formerly Tech Canary)

Deeply respected Exec w/ an intimate understanding of the strategies and technologies required to grow an effective ecosystem.

Jason Griswold

Jason Griswold

Co-Founder & COO

rein.ai

Innovator, entrepreneur, mentor & drone pilot, connecting insurance to the physical world digitally.

David Baxter SVIA Member Seal

David Baxter

President

iMitig8RISK

Global risk engineer and innovator, creating a Real Time, SaaS based Construction Risk Management Platform for insurers

11:45 AM
Case Study: Ecosystems, Platforms & Interoperability

An inside look at the business and technical opportunity, challenges, benefits and lesson learned of establishing a multiparty ecosystem/platform. Presented by customer and their technical partner.

Chad Barczuk SVIA Member Seal

Chad Barczuk

VP of Technology and Innovation

Insuresoft

Passionate technologist and innovator committed to accelerating adoption of rapid application and best practices in InsurTech.

12:00 PM
Lunch / Networking

Join other for lunch to discuss the morning presentations. Use the in-conference meeting app to set up 1 on 1 meetings with leading innovators.

1:00 PM
Future of Small Commercial Insurance: Digital Ecosystems

This session offers a vision & examples for the future of insurance as a digital ecosystem that delivers value by enabling individuals, businesses and economies to more effectively achieve life, health, wealth and business / economic goals.

Mike Connor
MODERATOR

Michael Connor

CEO

Silicon Valley Insurance Accelerator

One of InsurTech's top influencers, author, speaker and consultant in connected insurance, innovation, transformation and leadership.

Kevin Kerridge SVIA Member Seal

Kevin Kerridge

EVP Direct & Partnership Division

Hiscox

A customer centric pioneer in direct to small business insurance committed to defining the next generation of SMB insurance.

1:20 PM
Next Gen Business Models: Life, Health & Wealth

Provides an overview / examples of digital generation on-demand / connected business models for life, annuities, wealth & health.

Eric Sondergeld
MODERATOR

Eric Sondergeld

Corporate VP

Limra

Conducting & leading research on a variety of strategic topics in Life Insurance.

Blair Baldwin

Blair Baldwin

CEO

Quilt

Changing annuities with a startup within Mass Mutual. Experienced entrepreneur holding executive roles at Goji and Daybreak.

Stephen Jass

Stephen Jass

CEO

LS Hub

Life settlements expert in funding and leading a general agency. Focused on transforming life settlements.

Jon Cooper

Jon Cooper

Co-founder & CEO

Life.io

Entrepreneur working to help people make better decisions to take care of themselves, to engage more and live a healthier more active life!

2:00 PM
Next Gen Business Models: Personal Lines P&C

Provides and overview of digital generation on-demand / connected business models for personal lines auto and home.

Nick Lamparelli
MODERATOR

Nick Lamparelli

Co-Founder

reThough Insurance

Chief Underwriting Officer of reThought Insurance and Partner at Insurance Nerds.

Marik Brockman SVIA Member Seal

Marik Brockman

VP, Strategy & Partnerships

CSAA

Charting strategic growth in a quickly evolving landscape including innovation and partnerships.

Philippe Lafreniere

Philippe Lafreniere

Chief Growth Officer

Slice

Over 25 years in the insurance industry Lafreniere is focused on helping communicate and evangelize Slice’s vision of Insurance Corrected.

Jeff Berezny

Jeff Berezny

Head of Global Product, Marketing & Design

Trov

Intrapreneur responsible for Marketing & Design initiatives across the Trov portfolio of Insurance Technology products.

Jeremy Snyder

Jeremy Snyder

COO

Avinew

Senior Exec bringing 10 years of passion and experience in reinventing industries from Tesla to insurance for autonomous vehicles.

2:40 PM
Next Gen Business Models: Commercial Lines P&C
Provides and overview / examples of digital generation on-demand / connected business models for commercial lines P&C with an emphasis on Small Business Insurance.

Nick Lamparelli
MODERATOR

Nick Lamparelli

Co-Founder

reThough Insurance

Chief Underwriting Officer of reThought Insurance and Partner at Insurance Nerds.

Ilya Bodner

Ilya Bodner

CEO

Bold Penguin

Entrepreneur taking on the insurance industry helping businesses, agents & carriers streamline the commercial insurance experience.

Faris Gammoh

Faris Gammoh

CEO

Newton Insurance

Entrepreneur, CEO, and past investment and consulting professional passionate about making insurance simple & accessible.

3:05 PM
Networking Break

Use the in-conference meeting app to set up 1 on 1 meetings with leading innovators.

3:35 PM
Startup Showcase - Next Gen Business Models

Hear startups pitch their company and the newest and most innovative solutions in 3 minute lightning rounds.

David Gritz
MODERATOR

David Gritz

Director of Innovation Programs

Silicon Valley Insurance Accelerator

High energy & driven entrepreneur, helping organizations create new products and transform capital assets into a future they never imagined

Hari Srinivasan

Hari Srinivasan

CEO

Nimoniks

Rare mix of tech & business acumen. Visionary, entrepreneur w deep knowledge of AI Blockchain and Analytics.

John Cammarata

John Cammarata

Co-Founder

InsurLife.io

Tech guru using AI to bring instantaneous Contextual Buying experiences to insurance.

Zeeshan Zia, Ph.D

Zeeshan Zia, Ph.D

Founder and CEO

Retrocausal AI

Top thought leader and author on computer vision, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and self-driving cars.

Shelly Klose

Shelly Klose

Founder

TrueFlood Risk

Author: Beyond Big Data: Big Insights in Small Data. Vast experience in qualitative & quantitative research including data analytics.

Nir Yeffet Kuva

Nir Yeffet

CoFounder, CTO

LeapLife

John Fohr

John Fohr

Co-Founder

TrustLayer

Entrepreneur helping companies verify insurance coverage using a blockchain technology to track information between companies.

Vivian Li SVIA Member Seal
JUDGE

Vivian Li

Principal, Corporate Venture Capital & Labs

Avanta Ventures - CSAA Insurance Group

Technology innovation focus with operational strategy background.

4:05 PM
Emerging Distribution Strategies & Solutions

Distribution is being shaped by changing customer demands, emerging tech and digital business models and ecosystems. This session discusses the current state, and trends and provides examples of what’s critical to focus on in 2019 and 2020.

Stacey Brown
MODERATOR

Stacey Brown

Founder

InsurTech Hartford

Insurance tech exec who jumpstarted Hartford's InsurTech community by launching the InsurTech Hartford platform.

Ron Glozman

Ron Glozman

Founder & CEO

Chisel.ai

Entrepreneur setting the Vision & Strategic Direction for AI in the Insurance space.

Roman Geyzer

Roman Geyzer

Sr. Director of Product, CX Activation

Northwestern Mutual

Entrepreneur and product leader helping companies build innovative digital experiences.

Armand Ferranti

Armand Ferranti

Partner

Accelerate / AXA XL

Working as a part of AXA LX's innovation team.

4:45 PM
InsurTech Match - A Global Community & Resource for Insurance Innovation.

SVIA's InsurTech Match is a global online community platform for insurance innovators and investors. It enables members to find company, project and solution profiles & related resources and to connect with other members quickly and easily.

Natalie Wood

Natalie L. Wood

COO & Co-Founder

Silicon Valley Insurance Accelerator

Entrepreneur creating new channels for InsurTech innovators to accelerate development of new products & services.

Mike Connor

Michael Connor

CEO

Silicon Valley Insurance Accelerator

One of InsurTech's top influencers, author, speaker and consultant in connected insurance, innovation, transformation and leadership.

4:55 PM
Startup Showcase - Customer Engagement & Distribution

Hear startups pitch their company and the newest and most innovative solutions in 3 minute lightning rounds.

David Gritz
MODERATOR

David Gritz

Director of Innovation Programs

Silicon Valley Insurance Accelerator

High energy & driven entrepreneur, helping organizations create new products and transform capital assets into a future they never imagined

Ted Chen

Ted Chen

Co-Founder

LifeApps

Experienced entrepreneur with degrees in business law, now committed to saving lifes by harnessing technology to reduce distracted driving

Stephen Jass

Stephen Jass

CEO

LS Hub

Life settlements expert in funding and leading a general agency. Focused on transforming life settlements.

Ron Shalit

Ron Shalit

Founder

Supportomate

Leader is chatbots and process automation. Bringing experience from banking to solve insurance challenges.

Lisa Harris

Lisa Harris

Co-Founder

Insure My Work Comp

Experienced insurance leader with a career that spans life, benefits, P&C lines, and training.

Trevor Gary

Trevor Gary

CEO

Micruity

Entrepreneur dedicated to minimizing the stress related to saving for retirement.

Phil Strause
JUDGE

Phil Strause

Angel Investor

Band of Angels

39 Years Management Consulting with Deloitte Consulting. Six years independent consulting. Active angel investor and director.

5:30 PM
Cocktail Reception

Meet and discuss the days agenda and digital future with other innovators over drinks and appetizers.

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