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Underwriting: Decision Support Systems and Tools

In today’s market, the need to effectively apply underwriting skills has never been greater. Join your colleagues to see how leading organizations are using technology to make the most out of scarce underwriting resources at Insurance-Canada’s “Improving Underwriting: Decision Support Systems and Tools” seminar on June 21, 2005.

Regardless of price competition, senior insurance executives are less willing to give way on underwriting quality than in past soft market cycles. As a result, underwriters are being pushed to apply the same quality disciplines in shorter time frames. Technology and process change are providing solutions.

While automated applications can handle routine commodity products, risk selection and pricing intelligence must still be applied at the appropriate points. Web based applications which can intelligently focus skilled underwriting decision making are offering advantages in this environment.

For larger commercial risks, there is need for greater information on exposures for both property and casualty coverages. For example, requirements for geographic information as well as proximate risks are growing. Sophisticated on-line data sources are increasingly necessary.

For brokers with underwriting authority, real-time collaboration tools are more important than ever to preserve discipline throughout the distribution chain.

Data quality and granularity are key elements in capturing and storing information. There has to be assurance of accuracy as well as the ability to manipulate information at the most atomic level. Today’s data management tools are supplying the requisite base.

All of the technology must come together in support of the skilled underwriter, who makes the appropriate risk selection and pricing decisions. At Insurance-Canada’s “Underwriting: Decision Support Systems and Tools” seminar, technology savvy underwriters and leading information technology suppliers will discuss the current state of automated decision support tools which are creating sustainable value for insurers and intermediaries.

Register today for "Underwriting: Decision Support Systems and Tools". Your investment of a half-day will pay for itself with improved knowledge and tools to address one of the most overwhelming issues facing insurance professionals.

Topics and Speakers

Here is an overview of the agenda for the day with more detail on topic and speaker information available.

8:00 – 8:30: Registration and Coffee

8:30	Welcome and introduction: Doug Grant, Insurance-Canada.ca
	"Disciplined Flexibility: Today’s Underwriting Systems Imperative"    - Bill Meighen, Acting Vice President, and Kris Betkowski, Applications Manager, Frank Cowan Company Limited
	"Decision Support and Business Intelligence Best Practices in Insurance"    - Nick Trendov, Analytics, Business Intelligence and Competitive Intelligence Solutions, SHEA Business Solutions
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	"Document Management for Underwriters in the Enterprise"    - Ruth Fisk – Insurance Specialist, CDIA+, Hyland Software, Inc.
	"Delivering on Full Access to Relevant Underwriting Information"    - James Barber, North American P&C Solution Manager, Information Builders
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	"Taking the Underwriting Process to a New Level"    - Terry Neilson, President and CEO, Insurance Systems Inc.
	"Harnessing the Potential for Underwriting with Today's Tools"    - Elaine Collier, Vice President, Underwriting Consulting Services, CGI
	"Straight Through Processing in Commercial Insurance Underwriting"    - Patrick Vice, I/T Manager, Frank Cowan Company Ltd.
12:30	Conclusions & Close: Patrick Vice, I/T Manager, Frank Cowan Company Ltd.

For more details on topics and information about speakers.

The session is designed for insurance professionals
No technical experience is required.

3.0 Credits (Technical category) for Continuing Education have been approved by RIBO.

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Seminar Details:

The session will be facilitated by Doug Grant, Principal, Insurance-Canada.ca, and Patrick Vice, I/T Manager, Frank Cowan Company Ltd. insurance professionals with extensive experience using the Internet for insurance business.

This half-day session will be held Tuesday June 21, 2005. Registration (with coffee) will start at 8:00. The session will begin promptly at 8:30 and conclude at about noon.

Cost for the seminar including handout material and coffee is $325.00 plus G.S.T. ($347.75). Payment is due in advance.

Three ways to register:

• on-line registration

• e-mail to doug.grant@insurance-canada.ca your business card information

• print or cut and paste our registration form

A confirmation and additional details will be returned by e-mail.

Payment details:

Payment is by cheque, made out to Insurance-Canada.ca, and mailed to Insurance-Canada.ca, Attn: Dave Gibbons, 207 Carlton Road, Markham, ON L3R 3L9. Please send by regular mail (do not courier). Special arrangements can be made to bring payment to the seminar, or to invoice you.

Seminar Location

The location is central Toronto in the Conference Centre of the Ontario Bar Association at 20 Toronto Street, Suite 200, Toronto (two short blocks east of Yonge Street near Adelaide - King and Yonge being the closest subway stop).

Questions? call Doug Grant 416-921-7756 or email at doug.grant@insurance-canada.ca

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