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8:00 am - 11:00 am
NRRA Board Meeting

11:30 am
Golf Tournament (Optional registration)

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Opening Reception

8:00 am - 9:15 am
Networking Breakfast in Exhibit Hall

8:45 am - 9:30 am
NRRA Annual Meeting of Members

9:30 am - 10:30 am
Keynote Session:“Leadership: The Art of Looking Backwards for Tomorrow” - Ed Barlow

Recognized for his knowledge and versatility in relating the influences of a changing world to various industries and organizations, Ed Barlow helps audiences discover emerging trends and explore the attitudes, emotional reactions, and empowerment strategies used to anticipate and prepare for their role tomorrow. A sought-after speaker, think-tank facilitator, and strategic planning consultant, Ed Barlow is responsible for turn-around thinking in hundreds of businesses, government agencies, health and educational nstitutions, and community service organizations.

Presentation materials for this session are not yet available.

10:45 am - 12:00 pm
NRRA General Session - Purchasing Group and Risk Retention Groups Emerging Trends and Issues

This session will address key elements of today’s economic and regulatory environmental factors that have created the decrease in the number of PG’s over the past year. It will also address the unprecedented growth in the number of RRG’s. The panelists will also discuss the trends they believe are on the horizon and what factors from today’s environment will influence the decision whether or not to consider bearing risk.

Jim Leatzow - Design Professionals Assoc. Risk PG (PDF), Karen Cutts - Risk Retention Reporter, Andrew Sargeant - USA Risk Group

Presentation materials for this session are not yet available

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Networking Lunch with Domicile Representatives

This luncheon will have an opportunity to visit in a casual environment with representatives from many of the prominent, as well as emerging, captive domiciles.

2:00 pm - 3:15 pm
NRRA General Session:

LRRA amendment and NRRA Government Affairs Committee Update

Latest proposed amendments to the LRRA

The following presentation materials have been submitted by Robert "Skip" Myers of Morris Manning & Martin Terrorism Risk Insurance Act Presentation.

Summary of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002

Summary Treasury Interim Guidance

Latest Treasury Interim Guidance

TRIA Interim Final Rule Summary

State TRIA Filing Requirements

The National Risk Retention Association has taken a lead role as a participant in litigation that has defined and interpreted the Liability Risk Retention Act of 1986. Since 1992, NRRA has participated as either an amicus curiae or plaintiff in almost every important discussion including the 9th Circuit National Warranty decision which the state of Oregon has petitioned for Supreme Court review. The panelists in this session will report on the history and current standing of our efforts to amend the LRRA. They will also discuss the legal and legislative activities of the NRRA Government Affairs Committee, as well as various court decisions of the past year. The discussion will include an opportunity for attendees to ask questions on how these decisions may affect your organization. The session will end with a discussion regarding potential challenges that may lie just over the horizon. In addition, time will be provided for attendees to express concerns they have or challenges that they face that might be taken into consideration by the NRRA’s Government Relations Committee.

Wendy Fisher - National Home Insurance Co. RRG PDF

Robert “Skip” Myers, Jr. - Morris Manning & Martin PDF, Lee Reno - Reno & Cavanaugh PDF, Paul Weber - OMIC PDF, Dan O'Leary - Mandell Menkes & Surdyk PDF.

3:30 pm - 4:45 pm
NRRA/CICA General Session:

Rules of Corporate Governance: This session will give insight into how captives and risk retention groups are altering their corporate governance policies and procedures to reflect the current environment.

Kathy Davis - Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

Richard Hamilton - CSX Insurance Co., W. Alvon Sparks Jr. - VERIS Consulting, LLP PDF , Jay K. Wright - Arnold & Porter.

The following presentation material has been submitted by W. Alvon Sparks Jr. of VERIS Consulting, LLP: Rules of Corporate Governance .

The following presentation has been submitted by Jay K. Wright - Arnold & Porter
Corporate Governance.

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
NRRA/CICA Reception

8:00 am - 9:15 am
Breakfast with RRG, PG and Captive Owners/Managers

Risk Retention Group and Purchasing Group and Captive representatives will be arranged to discuss issues, separate from service providers. Go to www.nrra-usa.org and submit an industry question that you would like to have addressed. These questions will be used to form the discussions at the Roundtables and the Ask The Experts session.

9:30 am - 10:15 am
NRRA/CICA General Session - Delos Smith - U.S. Business Conditions

Delos Smith is the Senior Business Analyst for The Conference Board (www.Conference-Board.org). He is an expert in fiscal policy, economic trends, taxation, the Federal budget process and U.S. economic indicators. He appears regularly on many major TV and radio networks, and addresses a wide variety of business and educational audiences around the world. He is a graduate of Colorado College.

Presentation materials for this session are not yet available.

10:30 am - 11:45 pm
NRRA General Session: Regulatory Perspective

As a product of federal legislation, Risk Retention Groups and Purchasing Groups enjoy a unique relationship in various states. This session will explore the unique aspects of this relationship from the perspective of state regulators. Also, explored in this session will be the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC’s) role and involvement in the evolution of this unique relationship. Special focus will be placed on current and emerging regulatory issues and trends.

Debbie Lambert - Johnson, Lambert & Co.

Craig Watanabe - State of HI, Derick White - State of VT, Dept of Banking,
Insurance Securities & Health Care Administration, Clayton Ingram - SC Dept of Insurance

Presentation materials for this session are not yet available.

1:45 pm - 3:00 pm
NRRA General Sessions: Reinsurance In A Hard Market

With reinsurance tightening so dramatically the past year, this session will be more pertinent than ever before. The session will focus on the reinsurance marketplace and outlook, including a general discussion about rates, terms, additional underwriting requirements and tightened market conditions. More specifically, a select panel of individuals will discuss what each of them is seeing relative to rates, terms, financial condition of reinsurance companies and the market outlook.

William W. Thompson - CPA Mutual Insurance Company of america, RRG

Hugo Crawley - Ballantyne McKean & Sullivan Ltd., William Kaplan - CNA Re

The following presentation has been submitted by William Kaplan - CNA Re
A Reinsurer's Perspective (PPT).

The following presentation has been submitted by Hugo Crawley - Ballantyne McKean & Sullivan Ltd. A Broker's Perspective (PPT)

8:00 pm - 9:15 pm
Closing Dessert Reception

NRRA Members Receive the Lowest Registration Rate!!
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Registration Type Registering Before Feburary 7 Registering After Feburary 7
NRRA Member $700 $800
RRG, PG or Captive representative who is a member of a Domicile Association $700 $800
RRG, PG or Captive Non-Member $900 $975
Service Provider Non-Member $1,350 $1,350
Domicile Regulator $250 $250
Exhibitors $900* $900*

* Exhibitors - The Exhibit Booth Fee (see Exhibitor Brochure link at the top of this page) includes one Conference Registration. Second & Third Registration from an Exhibitor is discounted to $900/per. Exhibitors are limited to three total registrations.

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