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Program Schedule
This year’s CIC-DC Annual Conference has a full lineup of captive insurance/alternative risk transfer leaders who will address current issues and hot topics facing the industry today, and will also offer their perspective on what the industry could face in the future. This is an opportunity for you to network with many different leaders in the domicile. The conference will also offer a unique perspective on what sets the District of Columbia apart from other Domiciles, and show why the District has become a leading domicile choice for captive insurance companies.
Monday, October 18, 2010
| 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Registration Open |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. |
Annual Membership Meeting |
| 3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. |
Welcome Remarks |
| 3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. |
Political Landscape and Insurance Regulatory Reform
The recent economic downturn has left Congress scrambling to restructure the financial markets and streamline regulation. Douglas Bennett from Liberty Mutual’s Government Affairs office will give an overview of the political environment and how it relates to insurance regulatory reform.
Speaker:
Doug Bennett, Liberty Mutual
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| 4:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. |
Cell Captive Update - Taxes, Judicial Testing & More
The cell captive environment is ever-changing. New IRS rules and rulings, as well as regulatory and litigation updates, will be analyzed in this session.
Speaker:
Tom Jones, McDermott Will & Emery LLP
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| 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. |
Networking Reception |
| 9:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. |
Cordials & Dessert |
| Tuesday, October 19, 2010 |
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| 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Registration Open |
| 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. |
Networking Breakfast |
| 9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. |
Welcome Remarks |
| 9:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. |
Knight Kiplinger
Knight Kiplinger, Editor in Chief of Kiplinger Publications, will offer us his observations on the current political and economic scene as viewed from his unique position as one of Washington’s most esteemed commentators.
Speaker:
Knight Kiplinger, Kiplinger Publications
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| 10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. |
Captives, Congress and the NAIC
An update on the proposed amendment to the federal Liability Risk Retention Act (H.B. 4802) that would expand allowable coverage to property insurance and the NAIC's policy initiatives regarding captives and risk retention groups.
Speakers:
Kevin Doherty, Esq., Burr & Forman, LLP
Cliff Roberti, SIIA
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| 11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. |
Networking Break |
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
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Health Insurance Through Captive Arrangements
Representatives from a D.C. domiciled captive insurance company will discuss their experiences and observations as a D.C. captive writing employee health insurance directly for the captive’s members which are education, research-related and public service associations domiciled in the District of Columbia. The presenters will discuss the structure of the captive, the inter-play of the various service providers and the benefits of the captive and wholly owned agency to its members in pricing and benefits structure.
The second portion of the session will focus on the use of single and multiple parent captives and segregated cells to provide excess of loss and premium loss stabilization to medical providers and pharmaceutical firms as they respond to the changes in the health care environment. The presenter will specifically discuss the use of captives:
- as an “accountable care organization” to accept and manage fixed payment risk from the health plans
- to segregate the cost of mandated coverage requirements
- to provide premium stabilization around Medicare Part D
- to provide secondary excess of loss insurance to reduce uncertainty around unlimited annual and lifetime benefits
- to prepare to replace the Federal reinsurance program for early retiree benefits.
Speakers:
Rhona Byer, Executive Director, Association Mutual Health Insurance Company
Chris Bartnik, Wachovia Insurance Services’ Chesapeake Partnership
Bernie H. Bussell, MBA, RPLU, Beacher Carlson
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| 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. |
HOSTED LUNCHEON |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. |
Employee Benefits in Captives
The number of companies funding employee benefits in their captives continues to increase. Participants in this session will learn what is driving the increased interest in funding employee benefits in a captive through an analysis of the current market. This session will also include a concept overview of funding employee benefits in a captive, including examining benefits, the feasibility process, working with the DOL and how to move the process forward.
Speakers:
Karin Landry, Spring Consulting Group, LLC
Mary Harrington, Director of Risk Management, Subaru of America, Inc.
Karen Gibson, Director of Finance, Subaru of America, Inc.
Chris Fogle, Director, Risk Management & Insurance, Dow Corning Corporation
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| 2:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. |
The DC Difference
This session will explore the many reasons that make the District of Columbia an ideal place to form a captive. Its readily accessibility by car, train or air, the captive savvy and professional regulators, and a law which many think is the best in the United States and many other features that make “The D.C. Difference” will be fully discussed.
Speakers:
Dana Sheppard, DISB
Arthur Perschetz, Baker & Daniels
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| 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. |
Networking Break |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. |
Health Care Reform: Challenges but Opportunities
Overview of Healthcare After the Act, President Obama signed healthcare reforms into law at the end of March. The laws require development and implementation of numerous new regulations in a very short time period that will broadly affect the business of healthcare in the US. Ed Dougherty will provide an overview of key provisions and identify strategies to grow your business and that of your clients in this new environment.
Speaker:
Edward J. Dougherty, B & D Consulting
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| 4:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
MMSEA Section 111: How Does This Affect Captives?
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services mandated Section 111 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (MMSEA) (P.L.110-173) adds new mandatory reporting requirements for group health plan (GHP)arrangements and for Liability Insurance (including Self-Insurance and captives), No-Fault Insurance, and Workers' Compensation. These are numerous and onerous. How does this affect captives? How can you protect your company, your clients? There are few rules yet and a rolling effective date. Learn from our experts what are the challenges and possible solutions.
Speakers:
Clare Bello, President/CEO, Vertical Claims Management
Larry Smith, Esq., Executive Vice President, Risk Management, MedStar Health
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Schedule at a Glance
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