NICC Speakers

All speakers for NICC

Speakers for NICC 2024

Adam Agius

Vice President,
Insurance & Public Sector, TransUnion Canada

Alister Campbell

President & CEO, PACICC

Aly Kanji

CEO,
InsureLine

Angelique Magi

VP and Head of Insurance, Element Fleet Management

Bob Tisdale

JR Tisdale Consulting Services

Brad Neilson

Vice-President,
Personal Lines Pricing,Intact Financial Corporation

Bryan Gast

VP, Investigative Services Division, Équité Association

Cathy Cobey

EY Global Trusted AI Consulting Leader

Christopher Cooney

VP,
TD Insurance Analytics and Modelling

Clinton D’Souza

SVP Commercial Lines Specialty, Marsh

Dawn Miller

Commercial Director, Lloyd's of London

Derek Tupling

VP, Government Relations & Communications, Facility Association

Dr. Michael Menhart

Chief Economist,
Head of Economics, Sustainability & Public Affairs, Munich Re

Greg Markell

President & CEO,
Ridge Canada

Greg McCutcheon

President,
OPTA Information Intelligence

Imran Ahmad

Partner and Head of Technology, Co-Chair Data Protection/Privacy/Cybersecurity, Norton Rose Fulbright

Jacqueline Detablan

VP, Specialty,
CNA Canada

Jean-Paul Conoscente

CEO,
SCOR P&C

Jessica Yellin

Award-winning Journalist & Former CNN Chief White House Correspondent

Jill Chua

Managing Director, Raymond James

Joel Baker

CEO,
MSA Research

Jordan Brennan

Chief Economist & Vice President, Policy Development, IBC

Kathleen Butterfield

General Counsel, Loyalty, Air Canada

Koker Christensen

Partner,
Fasken

Laurie Balfour

Executive Director,
Alberta Automobile Insurance Rate Board

Laurie LaPalme

Partner, National Lead, Corporate & Regulatory Insurance Practice,
Dentons

Lorie Phair

President,
Canadian Broker Network

Marcos Alvarez

Managing Director,
Morningstar DBRS’ Global Insurance Ratings

Matt Baynton

CEO,
RAISE Underwriting

Michelle Dodokin

Head of Auto Insurance Supervision, FSRA

Mo Kaur

President & COO,
Premier Group

Nevina Kishun

President,
MSA Research

Patrick (Paddy) Jago

Global Chairman,
Gallagher Re

Patrick Ferguson

Captive Sales Executive,
Senior Vice President,
Marsh

Paul Jackson

Chief Operating Officer, Gore Mutual

Paul Kovacs

Executive Director, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction

Peter Routledge

Superintendent of Financial Institutions,
OSFI

Phil Baker

President of BOXX Canada & Global Chief Underwriting Officer

Saskia Matheson

President & CEO,
Facility Association

Stuart Carruthers

Partner,
Stikeman

Speakers for NICC 2023

Alister Campbell

President & CEO, PACICC

Amanda Dean

Interim Vice-President, Ontario, Insurance Bureau of Canada

Bill Murphy

Senior Advisor, ESG Services, KPMG LLP

Bryan Gast

VP, Investigative Services Division, Équité Association

Celyeste Power

President & CEO,
Insurance Bureau of Canada

Daniel Susskind

Research Professor, King’s College London, Senior Research Associate, Oxford University

David Adams

President & CEO, Global Automakers of Canada

David Priebe

Chairman, Guy Carpenter

Dawn Miller

Commercial Director, Lloyd's of London

Derek Tupling

VP, Government Relations & Communications, Facility Association

Dionne Bowers

Vice-Chair & Co-Founder, Canadian Association of Black Insurance Professionals

Erin Fischer

Formerly SVP, Chief Claims & Regional Insurance Operations Officer, Wawanesa

George Woods

Chairman, NAAIA, and Head, US P&C Broker Sales Management, Swiss Re America

Ginny Roth

Partner, Crestview Strategy

Grant Kelly

Vice President, Regulatory Affairs and Financial Analysis, and Chief Economist, PACICC

Ingrid Wilson

Founder & Principal, GridFern Strategic HR

Javinder Sidhu

Director of Data and Analytics Insights,
OSFI

Jean-Jacques Henchoz

CEO, Hannover Re

Jérôme Jean Haegeli

Group Chief Economist, Swiss Re

Joel Baker

CEO,
MSA Research

John Barclay

CEO, South Western Insurance Group

Jolee Crosby

Incoming President & CEO, Swiss Re Canada & English Caribbean

Jordan Brennan

Chief Economist & Vice President, Policy Development, IBC

Karin Ots

Senior Vice-President, Regulatory & Government Relations, Aviva Canada

Kathleen Butterfield

General Counsel, Loyalty, Air Canada

Kathleen Reardon

CEO,
Hiscox Re & ILS

Ken Brandt

Chairman, President & CEO, TransRe

Koker Christensen

Partner,
Fasken

Laurie LaPalme

Partner, National Lead, Corporate & Regulatory Insurance Practice,
Dentons

Lesley Christodoulou

VP, Corporate Finance Services, Co-operators Group

Liam McGuinty

Vice President, Strategy, IBC

Linda Van den Brink

AVP Counsel, Bond and Specialty Insurance Claim, Travelers Canada

Lisa Giannone

President & COO, BFL Canada

Mathieu Brunet

Vice President, MP2B Assurance and IBAC

Matt Wolfe

President & CEO, Aon Reinsurance Solutions Canada

Michele Mosca

CEO & Co-Founder, evolutionQ

Nathan Rotman

Former Chief of Staff to Premier Notley; Advisor at Meredith Bosenkool Policy Advisors

Peter Braid

CEO,
Insurance Brokers Association of Canada

Peter Routledge

Superintendent of Financial Institutions,
OSFI

Peter Tysowski

Quantum Consulting Leader, Insurance, IBM

Rob Marsh

President, Liberty Mutual Canada

Steve Pottle

Chair, RIMS Canada Council and Director Risk Management Services, Thompson Rivers University

Stuart Carruthers

Partner,
Stikeman

Sue Britton

CEO and Founder, Firefly Growth Inc.

Susan Penwarden

Managing Director, Personal Lines, Aviva Canada

Traci Boland

President Elect, Insurance Brokers Association of Canada

Twiggy Lemercier

COO, Allstate Canada

Speakers for NICC 2022

Alister Campbell

President & CEO, PACICC

Andrew Marcell

CEO,
Reinsurance Solutions,
Aon

Andy Taylor

CEO,
Gore Mutual Insurance Company

Aneill MacCaull

President,
AA Munro Insurance

Bob Tisdale

JR Tisdale Consulting Services

Bruce Carnegie-Brown

Chairman,
Lloyd's

Cameron Copeland

President,
Specialty Program Group Canada

Carol Jardine

President, Canadian P&C,
Wawanesa Mutual

Celyeste Power

President & CEO,
Insurance Bureau of Canada

Conor Donaldson

CEO, Global Asia Insurance Partnership

Craig Pinnock

CFO,
Northbridge Financial Corporation

Craig Stewart

Vice President, Federal Affairs, IBC

Daniel Willmann

Associate Partner, Financial Accounting Advisory Services, EY

Danielle Mercer

Assistant Professor,
Acadia University

David McElroy

EVP & CEO, General Insurance,
AIG

Don Forgeron

President & CEO, Insurance Bureau of Canada

Dr. Michael Menhart

Chief Economist,
Head of Economics, Sustainability & Public Affairs, Munich Re

Dr. Neilank K. Jha

Neurosurgeon

Heather Masterson

President & CEO, Travelers Canada

Hudson Lopez

Partner,
KPMG

Jacqueline Detablan

VP, Specialty,
CNA Canada

Javinder Sidhu

Director of Data and Analytics Insights,
OSFI

Jill McCutcheon

Partner,
Torys

Joe Bramer

Director, Insurance Risk,
TC Energy

Joe Seeger

Managing Director, Complex Risks,
NFP Canada

Joel Baker

CEO,
MSA Research

Jonathan Stephenson

Managing Director,
Guy Carpenter

Juan C. Andrade

President & CEO,
Everest Re Group, Ltd.

Kathleen Reardon

CEO,
Hiscox Re & ILS

Koker Christensen

Partner,
Fasken

Kyle Winston

Chair, CRU Group

Laura Zizzo

Co-Founder & CEO,
Manifest Climate

Laurie LaPalme

Partner, National Lead, Corporate & Regulatory Insurance Practice,
Dentons

Louis Gagnon

CEO, Canada,
Intact Financial Corporation

Marc Lipman

President, Lloyd's Canada

Margaret Resce Milkint

Global Insurance Practice Leader,
Diversified Search Group

Mohamad AL-Bustami

Managing Director, Technology Risk Division, OSFI

Nima Ashtari

Founder
Foresight Analytics

Paul Croft

Chief Operating Officer,
Aon Canada

Pete Tessier

Host and Producer,
The Insurance Podcast

Peter Braid

CEO,
Insurance Brokers Association of Canada

Peter Routledge

Superintendent of Financial Institutions,
OSFI

Robyn Young

President & CEO, Excel & Y Insurance Services Ltd. and President, IBAC

Shawn Ram

Head of Insurance,
Coalition

Sheldon D. Williams

Chair of CABIP, Office Owner, Nacora International Brokers

Stuart Carruthers

Partner,
Stikeman

Tim Bzowey

Executive Vice President, Auto/Insurance Products, FSRA

Tina Osen

President, HUB International Canada

Wes Hall

Founder,
Kingsdale Advisors and BlackNorth Initiative

Speakers for NICC 2019

Adam Tooze

Shelby Cullom Davis Chair of History, Columbia University and Author of "CRASHED: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World"

Alex Campbell

Vice President, Surety, Western Canada, Intact

Alex Wittenberg

Executive Director, Marsh & McLennan Insights. Partner, Oliver Wyman Group

Alister Campbell

President & CEO, PACICC

Andrew Steen

President, Berkley Canada

Angelique Magi

VP and Head of Insurance, Element Fleet Management

Bob Tisdale

JR Tisdale Consulting Services

Carol Jardine

President, Canadian P&C,
Wawanesa Mutual

Conor Donaldson

CEO, Global Asia Insurance Partnership

David Marshall

Author “Fair Benefits Fairly Delivered: A Review of the Auto Insurance System
in Ontario”

Don Forgeron

President & CEO, Insurance Bureau of Canada

Flavio Battilana

COO, CSN Collision Centres

Grant Kelly

Vice President, Regulatory Affairs and Financial Analysis, and Chief Economist, PACICC

Jaime Watt

Executive Chairman, Navigator Ltd.

Janik Lachance

VP, Eastern Canada Manager, Financial Lines, Chubb

Jérôme Jean Haegeli

Group Chief Economist, Swiss Re

Jill McCutcheon

Partner,
Torys

Joel Baker

CEO,
MSA Research

John E. Sununu

Former U.S. Senator and Member of the Council of Lloyd's

Jonathan Stephenson

Managing Director,
Guy Carpenter

Jonathan Turner

SVP, CFO, Swiss Re & Chair, Reinsurance Taskforce

Joseph El-Sayegh

President & CEO, SCOR Canada Reinsurance

Koker Christensen

Partner,
Fasken

Liam McFarlane

Partner, EY

Louis Gagnon

CEO, Canada,
Intact Financial Corporation

Louis-Martin Richer

Senior Vice President, National and International Practices in Engineering, Construction and Surety, Marsh Canada

Marilyn Horrick

EVP & COO, MSA Research

Matt Wolfe

President & CEO, Aon Reinsurance Solutions Canada

Monica Ningen

President & CEO, Canada and English Caribbean, Swiss Re

Nicole Bonnie

Diversity Coach and CEO, Ontario Association of Children's Aid Societies

Patti Kernaghan

President & CEO, Kernaghan Adjusters Ltd.

Saad Mered

CEO, Zurich Canada

Stephan Roy

National Director, Disaster Restoration, ServiceMaster of Canada Ltd.

Stuart Carruthers

Partner,
Stikeman

Tim Bzowey

Executive Vice President, Auto/Insurance Products, FSRA

Tim Guernsey

Vice President, Commercial Claims, Economical Mutual

Speakers for NICC 2018

Aaron Sutherland

Vice-President, Pacific, IBC

Alister Campbell

President & CEO, PACICC

Bob Fitzgerald

Chief Executive Officer, SCM Insurance Services

Chris Van Kooten

Managing Director, Guy Carpenter

Dario Battista

President and CEO, Isure Insurance inc.

David Brosnan

CEO, CNA Hardy

David McGown

Senior Vice-President, Strategic Initiatives, IBC

Dónal Corcoran

Executive Vice President, AIG Canada

Elizabeth Sprinkel

Board of Directors Member, RiskBlock Alliance

Frédéricke Lecomte

Client Service Manager, BFL Canada

Gary Hirst

President and CEO, CHES Special Risk Inc.

Gordon Frost

Partner, Country Leader, Canada Career Business, Mercer

James Colaço

Partner, Monitor Deloitte, Insurance Practice, Deloitte LLP

Jean-Philippe Tizi

Chief of Canadian Operations, Canadian Red Cross

Jeremy Rudin

Superintendent, OSFI

Jill McCutcheon

Partner,
Torys

Joel Baker

CEO,
MSA Research

John Bender

CEO, Allied World Re

John Doucette

President & CEO, Reinsurance, Everest Re

Karen Barkley

President, Markel Canada

Koker Christensen

Partner,
Fasken

Matt Wolfe

President & CEO, Aon Reinsurance Solutions Canada

Matthew Turack

President, Insurance, CAA.

Michael Reynolds

Global CEO, JLT Re

Monica Ningen

President & CEO, Canada and English Caribbean, Swiss Re

Natalie Ho

Head of Global Marketing and Brand eXperience, RGAX

Paul Jackson

Chief Operating Officer, Gore Mutual

Paul Johnstone

SVP, Chubb Canada

Paul MacDonald

Executive Vice President, Personal Insurance, Economical Insurance

Rebecca Denlinger

Deputy Minister, Emergency Management BC, Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General, Province of British Columbia

Rissa Revin

CEO, DAS Legal Protection Inc.

Rupert Duchesne

Mental Health in the Workplace, Board Member, Brain Canada Foundation; and Former Group Chief Executive, Aimia Inc.

Sherif Gemayel

Founder and President, Sharp Insurance

Steve Evans

Owner/Editor in Chief, Artemis.bm & ReinsuranceNe.ws

Stuart Carruthers

Partner,
Stikeman

Susan Joseph

North America Representative, B3i

Thomas Accardo

Co-Founder, BrokerLift Inc.

Speakers for NICC 2017

Alain Thibault

Industry Expert and Former CEO

Albert A. Benchimol

Chief Executive Officer and President, AXIS Capital

Amanda Lang

Acclaimed Business Journalist Bestselling Author, The Beauty of Discomfort

Andrew Lo

President & CEO, Kanetix Ltd.

Audrey Dépault

National Manager, The Climate Reality Project Canada

Bill Adams

Vice President, Western and Pacific Region, IBC

Bob Tisdale

JR Tisdale Consulting Services

Bradley Kading

President & Executive Director, Association of Bermuda Insurers & Reinsurers

Brendan Smyth

Senior Vice President and Product Manager, Liberty Mutual Global Specialty

Brett King

Founder & CEO, Moven

Christopher L. Peirce

EVP and President of the Global Speciality SBU, Liberty Mutual Group

Cindy L. Forbes

EVP & Chief Analytics Officer, Manulife Financial

Craig Stewart

Vice President, Federal Affairs, IBC

Daniel Mirkovic

President & Chief Executive Officer, Square One Insurance Services

Darius Delon

President, Risk Management 101 and Past Chair, RIMS Canada Council

David Simpson

President & CEO, Facility Association

Dr. Blair Feltmate

Head, Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation, University of Waterloo

Eric Stevenson

Superintendent, Client Services and Distribution Oversight, Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF)

Erika Schurr

Chief Actuary and Head of Business Intelligence and Analytics, Travelers

Erin O’Neill

Operations Manager, Recovery Task Force Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo

Franck Baron

Group GM, Risk Management and Insurance, International SOS and Chairman, Pan-Asia Risk & Insurance Management Association (PARIMA)

Gord Enders

President, Direct-Line Insurance

Heather Masterson

President & CEO, Travelers Canada

James Colaço

Partner, Monitor Deloitte, Insurance Practice, Deloitte LLP

Jamie Gray

Head of Enterprise Data Strategy, DroneBase

Jaqueline LeSage Krause

Managing Director, Munich Re (Group)/ Hartford Steam Boiler

Joel Baker

CEO,
MSA Research

Kevin Koenig

Global Data Analytics Insurance Leader, EY

Kirstine Stewart

CSO, Diply

Lee Spencer

Assistant Deputy Minister, Emergency Management and Public Safety Division, Manitoba

Margaret Resce Milkint

Global Insurance Practice Leader,
Diversified Search Group

Martin Sigmen

VP Clients & Members Digital Experience & Interactions

Maurice Tulloch

CEO International Insurance, Aviva

Mike Van Elsberg

Deputy Senior Vice President of Claims West, Intact Financial Corporation

Neville Henderson

Assistant Superintendent, Insurance Supervision Sector, OSFI

Pat Van Bakel

Patrick Barbeau

Senior Vice President Claims, Intact Financial Corporation

Patrick Déry

Superintendent, Solvency, AMF

Reid Fiest

Alberta Correspondent, Global National News

Richard J. Roberts

Director of Risk Management and Employee Benefits for Ensign-Bickford Industries, Inc. (EBI) and Past President of RIMS Society

Rohan Dixon

EVP, Chief Broking Officer, Aon Risk Solutions

Shane Schreiber

Managing Director, Alberta Emergency Management Agency

Taryn Mason

Undergraduate Student, Smith School of Business, Queen's University

Victor Peignet

Chief Executive Officer, SCOR Global P&C

Speakers for NICC 2016

Alexander Rau

Senior Manager, Mandiant

Amanda Lang

Acclaimed Business Journalist Bestselling Author, The Beauty of Discomfort

Anthony Mormino

Senior Vice President, Swiss Re

Barry Pokroy

Leader, Circle & Square Practice, Farber Financial Group

Bart Cant

Principal, Capgemini Financial Services Inc.

Ben Kosic

President & CEO, CANATICS

Bill Hartnett

President, Hartnett Advisors

Bob Fitzgerald

Chief Executive Officer, SCM Insurance Services

Brooke Hunter

President & CEO, Hunters International Insurance

Craig Stewart

Vice President, Federal Affairs, IBC

Daniel Stevens

Director, Emergency Management, City of Vancouver

Don Forgeron

President & CEO, Insurance Bureau of Canada

Doug McLean

Deputy Superintendent of Insurance and Trust, Financial Institutions Commission of British Columbia (FICOM)

Dr. Gordon Woo

Catastrophist, RMS

Dr. Trevor Allen

Seismologist, Geological Survey of Canada, and National Building Code of Canada's Standing Committee on Earthquake Design

Dr. Tuna Onur

Seismic Risk Consultant and National Building Code of Canada's Standing Committee on Earthquake Design

Erick Lachapelle

Assistant Professor, Director of undergraduate in political economy, Université de Montréal

James Colaço

Partner, Monitor Deloitte, Insurance Practice, Deloitte LLP

Jeremy Bowler

Senior Vice President, Financial Services Market Strategies International

Jeremy Rudin

Superintendent, OSFI

Jessica Yellin

Award-winning Journalist & Former CNN Chief White House Correspondent

Joel Baker

CEO,
MSA Research

John Charman

Chairman & CEO, Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd.

Jonathan Turner

SVP, CFO, Swiss Re & Chair, Reinsurance Taskforce

Ken Lindhardsen

Vice President, Accident Benefits and Bodily Injury, Desjardins General Insurance Group

Laura Taylor

Managing Partner & CFO, Nephila Capital Ltd.

Linda Roberge

Senior Vice President, Claims, Desjardins General Insurance Group

Louis Gagnon

CEO, Canada,
Intact Financial Corporation

Maiclaire Bolton

Senior Product Manager, Global Earthquake Products CoreLogic

Mark Cloutier

Group Chief Executive Officer, Brit Insurance Ltd.

Martin Beaulieu

SVP & COO Direct to Consumer Distribution, Intact Financial Corp.

Michael Morrissey

President and Chief Executive Officer, International Insurance Society

Mike Sapnar

President & CEO, Transatlantic Re

Patricia St-Jean

VP, Commercial Lines Insurance, Desjardins General Insurance Group

Peter Hearn

President & CEO, Guy Carpenter & Company Ltd.

Peter Sousounis

Director of Meteorology and Assistant Vice President, Research and Modeling Group, AIR Worldwide

Richard Hoehne

Global Leader, Counter Fraud & Financial Crimes, IBM Global Business Services

Sam Natur

President & CEO, Bullfrog Insurance Ltd.

Stefan Schulz

Global Head of Motor Consulting, Munich Re

Stuart King

Group Regulatory Director, Aviva (UK)

Tamara Vrooman

President & CEO, Vancity Savings Credit Union

Speakers for NICC 2015

Alice Underwood

Executive Vice President, Willis Re Inc.

Allan Cleiren

Chair, Alberta Insurance Rate Board

Amanda Dean

Interim Vice-President, Ontario, Insurance Bureau of Canada

Amanda Lang

Acclaimed Business Journalist Bestselling Author, The Beauty of Discomfort

Anthony Fredericks

CEO, AM Fredericks

Barbara Bellissimo

Senior Vice President, Desjardins General Insurance Group

Bradley Kading

President & Executive Director, Association of Bermuda Insurers & Reinsurers

Brendan McCafferty

CEO, Flood Re (UK)

David Andelman

Editor of World Policy Journal and Columnist at USA Today

David Cook

Chief Underwriting Officer, ENCON Group Inc.

David Phillips

Senior Climatologist, Environment Canada

David Simpson

President & CEO, Facility Association

Don Forgeron

President & CEO, Insurance Bureau of Canada

Dr. Bernhard Gause

Member of the Executive Board, German Insurance Association

Dr. Kurt Karl

Chief Economist, Head of Swiss Re Economic Research & Consulting, Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd

Eric Andersen

CEO, Aon Benfield

Gary Miller

Director, Global Cyber, CGI

Gerry Wolfe

Chairman, Arch Insurance Canada Ltd.

Greg Hendrick

CEO, XL Group, Insurance Segment

Hugh Sturgess

President & CEO, Arch Insurance Canada Ltd.

Jaime Watt

Executive Chairman, Navigator Ltd.

Jean F. Laurin

President, ENCON Group Inc.

Jean-Raymond Kingsley

Senior Vice President & Chief Agent, Odyssey Re (Canada)

Joel Baker

CEO,
MSA Research

Karen Gavan

President & CEO, Economical Insurance Group

Lynn Oldfield

President & CEO, AIG Canada

Michael Brattman

President, IBAO

Michael Densham

VP Executive and Professional Lines, Berkshire Hathaway Group Reinsurance Division

Phil Baker

President of BOXX Canada & Global Chief Underwriting Officer

Philip Howell

Former CEO, Financial Services Commission of Ontario

Robert Dempsey

Retired President & COO, The Guarantee

Robyn Young

President & CEO, Excel & Y Insurance Services Ltd. and President, IBAC

Stephen Catlin

Executive Deputy Chairman, XL Catlin

Tim Bzowey

Executive Vice President, Auto/Insurance Products, FSRA

Tom Bolt

Director, Performance Management, Lloyd's

Speakers for NICC 2014

Amanda Lang

Acclaimed Business Journalist Bestselling Author, The Beauty of Discomfort

Anna McCrindell

VP, Commercial Insurance Solutions, Gore Mutual

Barb Addie

Principal, Baron Insurance Services

Barb Sulzenko-Laurie

Vice President, Policy Development, IBC

Bernard McNulty

VP Underwriting, Global Specialty Lines, RSA Canada

Bob Tisdale

JR Tisdale Consulting Services

Brent Poliquin

Senior Manager, Insurance-Linked Securities, AIR Worldwide

Caspar Honegger

Expert Flood, VP, Group Underwriting, Swiss Re

Catherine Swift

Chair, Board of Governors, Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB)

Clinton D’Souza

SVP Commercial Lines Specialty, Marsh

Colleen DeMerchant

General Manager, Nuclear Insurance Association of Canada

Dave McCauley

Director of Uranium and Radioactive Waste Division, Natural Resources Canada

David Rosenberg

Chief Economist & Strategist, Gluskin Sheff & Associates Inc.

Diane Francis

Award-winning columnist and bestselling author

Don Forgeron

President & CEO, Insurance Bureau of Canada

Doug Stephens

World's Foremost Retail Futurist

Ellen Roseman

Business Columnist, Toronto Star

Eric Smith

President & CEO, Swiss Re America

Frank Saunders

Vice President Nuclear Oversight and Regulatory Affairs, Bruce Power

George Cooke

Chair of the Board of Directors of OMERS Administration Corporation

Gord Enders

President, Direct-Line Insurance

Gordon Goodman

Partner, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP

James Lee

Director, Debt & Solutions Coverage, FI, DB Securities Inc.

Jeremy Bowler

Senior Vice President, Financial Services Market Strategies International

Jill McCutcheon

Partner,
Torys

Joel Baker

CEO,
MSA Research

Jordan Solway

General Counsel, Travelers Canada

Koker Christensen

Partner,
Fasken

Louis Heroux

Deputy Senior Vice President, Claims, Intact Financial Corporation

Mary Jane Stitt

Independent Counsel, Mediator & Arbitrator, Mary Jane Stitt Professional Corp.

Mary Rose Hughes

Partner, Perkins Coie LLP

Michael Brisebois

CFO, TD Insurance

Michael Stahel

Partner, LGT Insurance-Linked Strategies, LGT Capital Management

Pat Van Bakel

Paul Kovacs

Executive Director, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction

Paul MacDonald

Executive Vice President, Personal Insurance, Economical Insurance

Peter Hearn

President & CEO, Guy Carpenter & Company Ltd.

Peter Roder

Member of the Board of Management, Munich Re

Randy Carroll

CEO, Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario

Robert Lewin

Partner, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

Robert W. McDowell

Partner, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

Scott Edelman

Senior Vice President, Water Resources Director, Global and North America, AECOM

Stéphane Morency

Senior Vice-President Development & Client Solutions, Desjardins General Insurance Group (DGIG)

Terry Jamieson

VP, Technical Support Branch, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission

Vincent Vandendael

Chief Commercial Officer, Lloyd's

Yousry Bissada

President & CEO, Kanetix Ltd.

Speakers for NICC 2013

Alain Thibault

Industry Expert and Former CEO

Amanda Lang

Acclaimed Business Journalist Bestselling Author, The Beauty of Discomfort

Bill Eyre

Managing Director, Reinsurance, Towers Watson

Craig Weber

CEO, Celent

Dominic Addesso

President, Everest Reinsurance Company

Don Forgeron

President & CEO, Insurance Bureau of Canada

Dr. Kurt Karl

Chief Economist, Head of Swiss Re Economic Research & Consulting, Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd

Dr. Peter Burns

Chief, Ergonomics & Crash Avoidance, Transport Canada

Gregor Robinson

SVP Policy & Chief Economist, IBC

Guy Vézina

SVP, General Insurance, TD Insurance

Jacques Bonneau

Chairman, ACE Tempest Re Group

Jamie Rodgers

Vice President, Consulting Services, CGI

Jean Charest

29th Premier of Québec & Former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada

Joel Baker

CEO,
MSA Research

John F. Cairns

General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Chubb Insurance Company of Canada

Julie Dickson

Superintendent of Financial Institutions, OSFI

Karin Ots

Senior Vice-President, Regulatory & Government Relations, Aviva Canada

Kathy Bardswick

President and Chief Executive Officer, The Co-operators Group Limited

Kelly Marchese

Principal, Supply Chain & Manufacturing, Deloitte

Linda Conrad

Director, Strategic Business Risk Management, Zurich Financial Services

Mark G. Lichty

Partner, Blaney McMurtry LLP

Mary Lou O’Reilly

Senior Vice-President, Issues Management and Communications, IBC

Matthew Yeshin

Managing Director, Marine Practice, Marsh Canada

Maxime Lafleur-Forcier

Manager, Actuarial R&D, Aviva Canada

Michel Laurin

President & COO, Industrial Alliance Auto & Home Insurance Inc.

Patrick McCarthy

Head - Prairie & Arctic Storm Prediction Centre at Meteorological Service of Canada

Paul Kovacs

Executive Director, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction

Peter Gordon

Professor of Public Policy Economics, Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California

Petra Nemcova

Tsunami Victim, Founder of Happy Hearts Fund

Robert W. Staley

Partner, Bennett Jones

Robyn Robertson

President & CEO, Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF)

Ross Stein

Geophysicist, U.S. Geological Survey & Chair, Scientific Board of the Global Earthquake Model (GEM)

Stuart Carruthers

Partner,
Stikeman

Tanya Brown

Research Engineer, US Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety

Toby Stubbs

Senior Underwriter, Pembroke

Ulrich Wallin

CEO, Hannover Re

Won Kim

Founding Principal Kim Orr, Barristers

Speakers for NICC 2012

Alister Campbell

President & CEO, PACICC

Allan Gregg

Leading Pollster, Political Analyst, and Social Commentator

Amanda Lang

Acclaimed Business Journalist Bestselling Author, The Beauty of Discomfort

Angelique Magi

VP and Head of Insurance, Element Fleet Management

Bob Fitzgerald

Chief Executive Officer, SCM Insurance Services

Brian D. Young

President and Chief Executive Officer, Odyssey Re Holdings Corp

Charles Halam-Andres

Managing Director, Project Finance & Private Placements, Scotiabank

Craig Alexander

Senior Vice President & Chief Economist, TD Bank Financial Group

David Bowcott

SVP and National Director, Large/Strategic Accounts, Aon Reed Stenhouse

David Frum

David Resnick

Head of Industry, Financial Services, Google Canada

David Shillingford

President, Verisk Crime Analytics

Don Forgeron

President & CEO, Insurance Bureau of Canada

Garry Robertson

National Director, Investigative Services, IBC

Geoff Smith

LL.B., President and C.E.O., EllisDon Inc.

George Cooke

Chair of the Board of Directors of OMERS Administration Corporation

George LeBlanc

Mayor of Moncton, New Brunswick

Gordon Mansfield

Deputy Senior Vice President, Claims, Western Division, Intact Insurance

Greg St. Croix

SVP, National Transportation Risk Focus Leader, Marsh Risk Consulting

Iain Ainslie

Technology and Cyber Liability Underwriter, ACE GPS

Iordanis Chatziprodromou

Senior Risk Manager, Swiss Re

James Vickers

Chairman, Willis Re International

Jennifer Fox

Vice President, Customs of the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA)

Joel Baker

CEO,
MSA Research

John McLeish

Barrister & Solicitor, McLeish Orlando LLP

Jonathan Simmons

CA, ACA, Partner, Audit and Assurance Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

José M. Fernandez

Eng., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Computer and Software Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal

Julie Dickson

Superintendent of Financial Institutions, OSFI

Kevin Frawley

CEO, Property & Casualty, Americas, Crawford & Company

Kyle Beatty

CCM, Vice President, Business Solutions, Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER)

Mario Albert

President and CEO, Autorité des marches financiers (AMF)

Mark G. Lichty

Partner, Blaney McMurtry LLP

Michael J. Pinsel

Partner, Sidley Austin LLP

Michael Morrissey

President and Chief Executive Officer, International Insurance Society

Philippe Trahan

Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Director, ILS Group

Ray G. Kearns

Canadian Risk and Compliance Director, State Farm

Robert Dempsey

Retired President & COO, The Guarantee

Robert Tremblay

Director of Research, IBC

Scott C. Belden

ACAS, Senior Vice President, The Travelers Companies, Inc.

Sharon M. Ludlow

CA, President and Chief Executive Officer, Swiss Re Canada

Sharon Tennyson

Ph.D., Associate Professor, Cornell University

Shelagh Paul

Vice President, Corporate Communications, The Dominion

Stéphane Pallez

Chairman and CEO, Caisse Centrale de Réassurance

Sylvie Paquette

President & COO, Desjardins General Insurance Group and Senior VP and General Manager, Property and Casualty Insurance, Desjardins Group

Speakers for NICC 2011

Alister Campbell

President & CEO, PACICC

Bernard Dupont

Managing Director, Insurance Capital, OSFI

Carol Jardine

President, Canadian P&C,
Wawanesa Mutual

Carolyn Rogers

Superintendent and CEO, Financial Institutions Commission British Columbia

Chris Giffin

President, Giffin Koerth Smart Forensics

Garry Rogers

Seismologist, Senior Research Scientist, Natural Resources Canada

Gregory A. Maciag

President & CEO, ACORD

Henry Klecan

President & CEO - The Americas, SCOR

Jack Dugan

Vice President, Global Insurance Leader, Capgemini Financial Services

James Bisker

Global Business Services Insurance Practice Leader, IBM

James Falle

Executive Vice President and CFO, Aviva Canada Inc.

James Sullivan

Partner, Blakes

Joel Baker

CEO,
MSA Research

John A. Vamplew

Director, Whitelaw Twining Law Corporation

Jon Schubert

President & CEO, ICBC

Joseph H. Wehrle

President & CEO, National Insurance Crime Bureau

Joseph Turcotte

Vice President, Toronto Operations Claims Manager, FM Global

Joshua N. Feinman

Global Chief Economist & Managing Director of DB Advisors of Deutsche Bank

Keith Porter

Associate Research Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder

Laura Cooper

Partner, Fasken Martineau

Mark Bailey

MASc, PEng, PE, Director, MEA Forensic Engineers & Scientists

Marston Becker

President & CEO, Alterra Capital Holdings Ltd.

Paul Kovacs

Executive Director, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction

Rich Little

Legendary Impressionist and Comedian

Richard Dubin

Vice President, Investigative Services, IBC

Richard H. Booth

Vice Chairman, Guy Carpenter & Co. LLC

Robert Merizzi

EVP and CIO, Aviva Canada Inc.

Robert W. McDowell

Partner, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

Stuart Carruthers

Partner,
Stikeman

Tad Walker

President & CEO, PartnerRe North America

Tiff Macklem

Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada

Speakers for NICC 2010

Amanda Lang

Acclaimed Business Journalist Bestselling Author, The Beauty of Discomfort

Bruce Thompson

Director, Monitoring and Analytics Support Division, OSFI

Bryon G. Ehrhart

Chief Executive Officer, Aon Benfield Analytics and Chairman, Aon Benfield Securities

Christopher R. Kiah

President and Chief Executive Officer, Allstate Insurance Company of Canada

David Brown

Chief Executive Officer, Flagstone Re

David Rosenberg

Chief Economist & Strategist, Gluskin Sheff & Associates Inc.

Dr. Kirsty Duncan

MP, Etobicoke North

General Rick Hillier

Former Chief of the Defence Staff

Gilbert Ménard

Senior Director, Capital Division, OSFI

Hugh White

Principal, Eckler Ltd.

Jeffrey J. Rieder

CPA, CPCU, President, Ward Group

Joel Baker

CEO,
MSA Research

John McLeish

Barrister & Solicitor, McLeish Orlando LLP

Julien Reid

Director, Standards and Business Intelligence, AMF

Kathy Bardswick

President and Chief Executive Officer, The Co-operators Group Limited

Lee Samis

Principal, Samis & Company

Michael Loney

Editor, Reactions

Paul Kovacs

Executive Director, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction

Peter B. Walker

Co-leader, Property & Casualty Insurance Practice, McKinsey & Company

Pierre L. Ozendo

Member of Group Management Board, Head of Americas Division, Client Markets Business Function

Randy Bundus

Vice-President Operations and General Counsel, IBC

Sharon M. Ludlow

CA, President and Chief Executive Officer, Swiss Re Canada

Sheri Lee Scott

FCAS, MAAA, Actuary, Milliman

Toby Stubbs

Senior Underwriter, Pembroke

Speakers for NICC 2009

Alan Clark

Superintendent & CEO, Ministry of Finance, B.C.

Bob Tisdale

JR Tisdale Consulting Services

Catherine Swift

Chair, Board of Governors, Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB)

Christopher Probyn

Ph.D., Managing Director, Chief Economist, State Street Global Advisors

David Durbin

Senior Vice President, Partner Reinsurance Company

David J. Simpson

M.B.A., FCIP, Facility Association President & CEO

David Skurka

Managing Director, Investment Banking and Head of the Financial Institutions Group, Scotia Capital

Deborah Moor

President, Lloyd’s Canada

Douglas Hogan

CA, Senior Vice President & CFO, The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company

Elan Pratzer

CEO, Executive Risk Group

George Cochran

Co-Chairman, Fox-Pitt Kelton Cochran Coronia Waller

Gregg Hanson

NICC Master of Ceremonies

James Daw

Business Columnist, The Toronto Star

Jennifer Hill

Vice President, Aon Financial Services Group

Joel Baker

CEO,
MSA Research

John Chippindale

Vice Chairman, HKMB Hub International

John Machnicki

Vice President, Director Engineering Laboratory, Travelers Insurance Company

John P. Phelan

Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Munich Reinsurance America, Inc.

John R. Berger

President & CEO, Harbor Point Limited

John Reucassel

CFA, Managing Director, Life Insurance and Diversified Financial Analyst, BMO Capital Markets

Jonathan Simmons

CA, ACA, Partner, Audit and Assurance Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Julie Dickson

Superintendent of Financial Institutions, OSFI

Justin MacGregor

Executive Vice President, Martin Merry and Reid, and President-Elect, IBAC

Lubo Li

Senior Director, J.D. Power and Associates

Mark Causevic

Director, Accounting Policy Division, OSFI

Mark Wheeler

ACII, Underwriting Director, Pembroke (London)

Mary Lou O’Reilly

Senior Vice-President, Issues Management and Communications, IBC

Neil Parkinson

Partner, KPMG LLP

Peter Roder

Member of the Board of Management, Munich Re

Rob Wesseling

Chief Operating Officer (COO), The Sovereign General Insurance Company

Robin Spencer

President & CEO, Aviva Canada Inc.

Rodney Hancock

CEO, McFarlan Rowlands Insurance, and Chair of the IBAO

Ronald Godin

Consumer Advocate for Insurance, Province of New Brunswick

Ronald Joas

Director, Financial Reporting Analysis, Standard and Poor’s

Susan Watts

Senior Vice President, Chubb Insurance Company of Canada

Tad Montross

President and CEO, Gen Re

Vivian Bercovici

Speakers for NICC 2008

Alan D’Silva

Partner, Stikeman Elliott LLP

Andrew Coyne

National Editor, Macleans Magazine

Bob Christie

CEO and Superintendent, Financial Services Commission of Ontario

Christian Bieri

Managing Director, Products, Swiss Reinsurance Company Canada

Christopher OKane

CEO, Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited FRANÇAIS

Claude Dussault

Director, ING Canada Inc.

Dennis Gartner

Superintendent of Financial Institutions, Alberta

Diane Brickner

President and CEO, Peace Hills Insurance

Don Drummond

Senior Vice President & Chief Economist, TD Bank Financial Group

Francois Boulanger

President & CEO, RBC General Insurance Company

Gregg Hanson

NICC Master of Ceremonies

James K. Christie

Partner, Ernst & Young LLP, Toronto

Joel Baker

CEO,
MSA Research

John Kerr

Director, Corporate Risk & Insurance, BMO Bank of Montreal

Joseph Restoule

Leader, Risk Management, NOVA Chemicals Corporation

Julie Dickson

Superintendent of Financial Institutions, OSFI

Katharine Allan

Senior Vice President and Chief Underwriting Officer, Lombard Canada

Kevin McNeil

President & CEO, Gore Mutual Insurance Company

Mario Albert

President and CEO, Autorité des marches financiers (AMF)

Michael J. Donoghue

President and CEO, Allstate Ins Co of Canada, and Chair, IBC

Nic De Maesschalck

Director WFII, the World Federation of Insurance Intermediaries

Patrick Thiele

President and CEO, PartnerRe Ltd.

Patrick W. Kenny

President and Chief Executive Officer, International Insurance Society (IIS)

Paul Martin

President and Chief Operating Officer, KRG Insurance Brokers Inc.

Peter M. Wells

President, MSB

Philipe-Antoine Sarrazin

Director, Legislation and Policy Initiatives, OSFI

Randy Bundus

Vice-President Operations and General Counsel, IBC

Richard C. Halpern

Partner, Thomson Rogers LLP

Richard Gauthier

Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Robert Landry

Immediate Past President and CEO of Zurich Canada

Robert W. McDowell

Partner, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

Ron Miller

Actuary and Chairman, Baron Insurance Services Inc.

Susan Meltzer

Assistant Vice President, Risk Management, Aviva Canada

Susan Watts

Senior Vice President, Chubb Insurance Company of Canada

Speakers for NICC 2007

Abbe Bensimon

Vice-President, General Re Capital Consultants

Alain Thibault

Industry Expert and Former CEO

Barb Addie

Principal, Baron Insurance Services

Barry F. Lorenzetti

President and CEO, BFL Canada

Bob Christie

CEO and Superintendent, Financial Services Commission of Ontario

Brenda Rose

Vice President, Firstbrook Cassie & Anderson Limited

Chris Fawcus

President and CEO, Aon Reed Stenhouse Inc.

David Lalonde

SVP, AIR Worldwide

David W. Kerr

Partner, IBM Global Business Services, Financial Services Sector

David Williams

SVP, Chubb Insurance Co. of Canada

David Wilmot

SVP & Chief Agent, Toa Re America, & Chair of IBC's Study on EQ Risk

Dennis Gartner

Superintendent of Financial Institutions, Alberta

Don Windeler

Senior Model Manager, RMS

Doug Murphy

Superintendent, Insurance Credit Unions & Trust and Loan Co.'s, Nova Scotia

Douglas Guedes

Chair, Insurance Brokers Association of BC

George Cooke

Chair of the Board of Directors of OMERS Administration Corporation

Gregg Hanson

NICC Master of Ceremonies

Jean St-Gelais

President and CEO, L'Autorité des marchés financiers

Joel Baker

CEO,
MSA Research

John Campion

Partner, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

Julie Dickson

Superintendent of Financial Institutions, OSFI

Justin MacGregor

Executive Vice President, Martin Merry and Reid, and President-Elect, IBAC

Lawrie Savage

President Lawrie Savage & Associates Inc

Mark Puccia

Managing Director Insurance Ratings S&P

Murn Meyrick

VP Executive Risk Practice - Willis Canada

Patrick Ryan

Executive Chairman, Aon Corp

Paul Kovacs

Executive Director, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction

Randy Bundus

Vice-President Operations and General Counsel, IBC

Richard Gauthier

Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Sean Russell

Managing Director, Guy Carpenter

Ted Zubulake

Managing Director, Mercer Oliver Wyman

Tim J. Leech

Director, Corporate Trust Services, Navigant Consulting

Won Kim

Founding Principal Kim Orr, Barristers