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Speaker Lineup Announced for A.M. Best's 2008 E-Fusion Conference, October 22 in...

Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:28am EDT
Speaker Lineup Announced for A.M. Best's 2008 E-Fusion Conference, October 22 in Philadelphia

OLDWICK, N.J.--(Business Wire)--
The list of speakers and presentations for A.M. Best's E-Fusion
Conference is being finalized, and the line-up includes leaders from
across the insurance and technology sectors. The event is scheduled
for October 22 at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown in Philadelphia,
PA. Learn more about E-Fusion 2008: Where the Economics of Insurance
and Technology Converge by visiting http://www.efusion2008.com.

   A partial list of presentations and speakers includes:

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    Speaker: Steve Landberg, Managing Director, Claymore Partners LLC

    Topic: Redefining the Economic Value of IT

    Speakers: Barry Rabkin, Sr. Research Analyst, Financial Insights;
     Glen Daraskevich, SVP, Karen Clark & Co.; plus a senior member of
     A.M. Best's property/casualty rating division.

    Topic: Technology- and Data-Based Underwriting

    Speakers: John Pogas, Vice President, E-Commerce, Aon Corp.; and
     Jaimie Pickles, President, Canal Partner LLC

    Topic: Value-Centric E-Commerce

    Speaker: Pat Saporito, Insurance Solutions Director, Business
     Objects, an SAP Company; and Mark Allaben, VP, Information
     Delivery Services (P&C), The Hartford

    Topic: The Payback of the Information Dashboard

    Speaker: Mike Wise, IdeaStar

    Topic: Is the Web Out of Control? The Insurance Impact of Social
     Networking, Instant Communications, Blogging and More.

    Speaker: Britta Schatz, Director of Applications Development, Penn
     National Insurance, and the author of the forthcoming book, The
     Performance Manager for Insurance: Proven Strategies for Turning
     Information into Higher Business Performance

    Topic: Building a Knowledge-Based Insurance Information
     Organization
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   Register to attend the E-Fusion 2008 conference by visiting
http://www.ambest.com/efusion/registration.html.

   Founded in 1899, A.M. Best Company is a global full-service credit
rating organization dedicated to serving the financial services
industries, including insurance companies, reinsurance companies and
banks. For more information, visit www.ambest.com.

A.M. Best Co.
Lee McDonald, E-Fusion 2008 Program Chairman
908-439-2200, ext. 5561
efusionaward@ambest.com

Copyright Business Wire 2008



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