CDAO Insurance schedule

• Ways to evolve your business to stay competitive  
• How to decide which key technologies are worth investing in  
• Implementation of AI and Automation Strategies to your business strategies to accelerate investments  

• Automate the mundane to enable more time for creative development and direct customer interactions.
• Focusing on budget and timelines is important but don’t let it interfere with the innovation mission.
• Hire the smartest, most creative thinkers you can find.
• Communicate to all employees the idea that innovation is an on-going initiative (not a nice-to-have)
• Promote and nurture employees who demonstrate their commitment through innovation “wins

• Why business leaders need data literacy to access information and understand what questions they should be asking
• Use data storytelling to easily communicate insights in an easier understanding
• Empower your employees by giving them the necessary training

Moderator: 

Kevin Bohan, Director of Product Marketing, Denodo

Panelist: 

Xu Cheng, Head of Business Intelligence and Insights, Ascot Group

Allen Thompson, Vice President, Data & Analytics, The Hanover Insurance Group

Bryon Kenne, Division Lead, IOT and External Data, AXA XL A Division

• Automating commercial underwriting through two question quoting 
• Leaning on advancements in sports analytics to glean insights 
• Redefine your CX journey through behavioral insights

• How ML and churn prediction work together to reduce churn rate
• Analyze behavior patterns to interfere and reduce customer loss
•  Increase profit from gathered data to enhance upselling and cross-selling

• As data volume is booming, how to manage the influx of variety of data through automation 
• Use visualization tools to display this new data to help executives process information better to make informed decisions  
• Consider users access across departments based off their expertise 

 
Moderator:

Michael Ban, APV, P&C, Actuarial Data & Technology, Nationwide

Panelist: 

• How to show that analytics adds value to reaching your ROI goals 
• The important role your governance program plays when it comes to monetizing your data 
• Use behavioral and psychographic data as a power tool to directly target your consumers 

Moderator: 

Kim West, Director, Product Marketing, Uniphore

Panelist: 

Chris Schenk, Chief Underwriting Officer, Ategrity Specialty Insurance Company

Allen Thomas, Vice President, Data & Analytics, The Hanover Insurance Group  

• Create the framework for assessing risk and underwriting by leveraging analytics
• Implement unsupervised machine learning programs to evolve with real-time information and update models
• Why taking advantage of this new type of insurance can create a new source of revenue

• Set the vision of the most desired end state to help resonate and engage stakeholders
• Create a solution blueprint to layout and educate your approach to stakeholders
• Present a delivery roadmap with key milestones and crucial dependencies to justify your expected ROI

Moderator: 

Chris Schenk, Chief Underwriting Officer, Ategrity Specialty Insurance Company

Panelist: 

Allen Thompson, Vice President, Data & Analytics, The Hanover Insurance Group

Asif Mohammad Syed, Data Strategy Vice President, HSB- a MunichRe Company

CDAOs are under increased pressure to deliver business value and show an ROI from data and analytics investments. This CDAO panel discussion will explore:

• The importance of building strong and trusted business sponsorship.
•  Why creating a data culture is a foundational requirement.
•  Communicating and selling your ideas to business leaders.
• Starting small to provide business value.

Moderator:

Randy Bean, Innovation Fellow, Wavestone; Author, “Fail Fast, Learn Faster: Lessons in Data-Driven Leadership”

Panelist: 

Allen Thompson, Vice President, Data & Analytics, The Hanover Insurance Group
Louis DiModugno, Former CDO, HSB-Hartford Boiler

Paul Bessire, Chief Data Officer, Coterie

 Dmitri Artamonov, AI/ML Engineering Manager, FM Global

• Address reskilling within the company and create a plan that provides innovative training techniques to equip staff and boot employee retention
• Use no-code, low-code technology tools to provide role expansion and contribute to growth

Speakers:

Amanda Smith, Chief Product Officer, Plymouth Rock Home Assurance

Michael Ban, AVP, P&C, Actuarial Data & Technology, Nationwide

Nicholas Miller, Director & Assets Owner, The Hartford

Emmi Kim, Senior Data Scientist, Farmers Insurance

Join an esteemed group peers to discuss insurance opportunities and challenges as the industry innovates to capitalize on the new data economy.

Moderator:

James Berrocal Sizemore, Chief Insurance Strategist, Informatica