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Speakers, Topics for A.M. Best's E-Fusion Conference Announced.


OLDWICK, N.J. -- The speaker roster for A.M. Best's E-Fusion Conference is being finalized See finalization. , and the line-up includes experts from across the insurance industry. Scheduled for Oct. 23-24 at the Fairmont Copley Plaza The Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel (or Copley Plaza as it is colloquially known) is a four-star hotel in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It was built in 1912 on St. James Avenue and defines the south side of Copley Square.

The Copley Plaza Hotel opened in 1912.
 Hotel in Boston, E-Fusion 2006 includes sessions with:

Igor Best-Devereux, eReinsure. eReinsure is an operating reinsurance The contract made between an insurance company and a third party to protect the insurance company from losses. The contract provides for the third party to pay for the loss sustained by the insurance company when the company makes a payment on the original contract.  exchange.

Larry Cowles, MassMutual Financial Group. Cowles is part of the team at MassMutual that has launched a podcasting program.

George Davis George Davis may refer to:
  • George Davis (armed robber) (born 1941)
  • George Davis (art director)
  • George Davis (baseball player) (1870–1940)
  • George Davis (boxer), bare-knuckle boxer
  • George Davis (climber), mountain climber
, AIR Worldwide. Davis will discuss how companies can determine insurance to value ratios through today's valuation technology.

David Johnson David Johnson may refer to:
  • David Johnson (American artist) (1827 - 1908), American painter
  • David Johnson (Anchorman), American news anchorman
  • David Johnson (Australian rules footballer) (born 1981), Australian-rules footballer
, Availity, L.L.C. Representing Availity, a past E-Fusion Award winner, Johnson will discuss the latest developments in online insurance commerce.

Matthew Josefowicz, Celent Communications. Josefowicz, a leading technology analyst and expert on technology best practices, will discuss the current state of insurance product development.

Ricardo La Rosa, Molecular. La Rosa will explore the latest developments in service-oriented architecture See SOA. .

Alex Letts, RI3K Ltd. RI3K is an online reinsurance placement system that recently announced that it will place risks for a major broker in the London market.

Paul H. McDonnell, BearingPoint. McDonnell will share his knowledge of how insurers are realigning to quickly and more effectively develop products.

Jaimie Pickles Pickles may refer to
  • Pickled cucumber
  • Other vegetables that have been pickled
  • Pickles (comic strip), a comic strip by Brian Crane
  • Pickles (dog), the dog that found the World Cup trophy in 1966
  • "Pickles" (
, InsWeb Corp. Pickles will focus on the lessons of InsWeb, one of the original online aggregators and a company that has transformed itself.

Barry Rabkin, Insurance Financial Insights, an IDC Co. Rabkin will examine how insurers are using research and market intelligence to plot new distribution through independent agencies.

John Ryan John Ryan can refer to:
  • Several recipients of the Victoria Cross:
  • in 1857, see John Ryan (VC 1857)
  • in 1863, see John Ryan (VC 1863)
, ESIS--the risk management services company of ACE USA. Ryan will lead a session on the latest developments in claims handling.

Patricia L. Saporito, Business Objects Americas. Saporito will focus on new metrics and reporting tools that allow companies to monitor their progress and better predict results.

Peter Settel, Homesite Insurance Group. Settle will explain how Homesite uses service-oriented architecture to build and deploy competitive products and tools.

Rod Travers, Robert Nolan Co. Travers will participate in a session explaining the state of wireless communication, how insurers are using it and where wireless is headed.

In addition, A.M. Best analysts will discuss how companies' use of technology affects their performance and how that factors into the rating discussion.

For more information on E-Fusion 2006, registration materials and coverage of past conferences, visit www.efusion2006.com.

A.M. Best Co., established in 1899, is the world's oldest and most authoritative insurance rating and information source. For more information, visit A.M. Best's Web site at www.ambest.com.
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