This session will provide an overall economic outlook of the property/casualty insurance industry and will include a high-level look at industry trends and disrupters. The always-popular Robert Hartwig, Ph.D., will provide important insights that will help you manage your company’s risk.

This session qualifies for one FMDC maintenance credit.

Robert Hartwig, Ph.D.

Director, Center for Risk & Uncertainty Management
University of South Carolina

Are you an emerging leader ready to take your career to the next level? Join us for an enlightening session focused on unlocking your leadership potential. During this dynamic session, we'll explore how understanding and leveraging your unique personality traits can be a game changer in your journey toward leadership excellence. After all, personality isn't just a set of characteristics, it's a powerful tool that influences how you communicate, make decisions, and lead others.

Tonya DeVane

Vice President of Customer Success and Product Optimization
The Omnia Group

Amid the continuing virtual work environment and shifting employee expectations, finding a way to provide a desirable and engaging employee experience has become a priority for many leaders. Growth opportunities, a sense of belonging, ongoing communication, and corporate culture all play a role in creating an environment that has a positive impact on professionals of all levels, tenures, and locations. This session will share best practices for shaping an employee experience that keeps individuals engaged and connected, resulting in a productive and fulfilled workforce that can drive your organization forward.

Brett Carter

Vice President, Managing Director
The Jacobson Group

Happy employees are more engaged, which contributes to increased productivity, collaboration, and retention. The happiest people have discovered enduring satisfaction by pursuing a meaningful life that makes a positive difference for others. This webinar will provide actionable tips for experiencing genuine happiness more often.

Bruce deJong

Director, Learning and Development
Mutual of Enumclaw Insurance Company

Whether you are an executive or just starting out in your career, having a solid network you can leverage is vital. Yet, few schools include courses about building and maintaining relationships.

Effective networking is more than handing out business cards, having a LinkedIn profile, and hoping the phone rings. Whether you’re looking to connect within your organization, your industry, or are looking to get on boards, knowing who to contact – and having them return your call – is essential. Tailored for all career levels, this session acknowledges the vital role networking plays in the modern professional landscape. It addresses the common gap in formal education on relationship-building, providing valuable insights and strategies for effective networking in the insurance field and beyond.

Diane Darling

Speaker, Instructor, Author, And Leadership Coach
Diane Darling LLC

No matter the career path you choose, compensation is one common bond you have with every other employee – past, present, and future. Compensation is a critical and deeply personal aspect of the work environment; yet few higher education institutions or employers provide training on the topic. By the end of this session, attendees will be able to define the concepts of base pay, total cash compensation, and total rewards; explain what a total rewards philosophy is and why it is important; describe multiple approaches for gaining a “Yes!” response to pay raise requests; and formulate an approach for addressing subordinates’ pay raise requests.

Jennifer C. Loftus

National Director
Astron Solutions

Discover "the power of the pause" and how to “Think Inside the Time-Box.” During this session, Kim Groshek will discuss how to align personal success with professional growth by mastering intentional pauses for mental clarity and resilience. She’ll help you unlock innovative time-box management techniques to optimize productivity and create space for fulfillment. Kim will provide a systematic approach to simplify daily life to gain control over your schedule and foster emotional well-being.

Kim Groshek

CEO
Lifeful Habits

Eversheds Sutherland and Keefe Bruyette & Woods invite you to join us for a webinar about capital strategies for mid-sized property/casualty mutual insurers, including mutual holding companies (MHCs), tie-ins, pools and surplus notes. This webinar will discuss market trends and will focus on the nuts and bolts of various structural and non-structural strategic options. The webinar will feature Eversheds Sutherland Insurance Partners John Pruitt and Cynthia Shoss in a conversation with Seth Bair, Managing Director and Head of Insurance and Asset Management Investment Banking at Keefe Bruyette & Woods. The program will provide insights and strategies for executives in the insurance industry.

Seth Bair

Managing Director and Head of Insurance and Asset Management Investment Banking
Keefe Bruyette & Woods

John Pruitt

Insurance Partner
Eversheds Sutherland

Cynthia Shoss

Insurance Partner
Eversheds Sutherland

Embark on a journey of self-discovery to learn how self-awareness impacts being a successful leader. During this webinar, you will gain insights into what it means to be self-aware and why it’s important. You will also learn about the connection between self-awareness and its role in leadership and relationships as well as strategies for enhancing self-awareness and how to apply them.

Laura Pascoe

Claims Manager
Acuity Insurance

Angie Prinsen

Claims Manager
Acuity Insurance

Microsoft Excel is a powerful software program that can be used to process large amounts of data very quickly and give you great results. This session will give you tips on how to get the most out of your data in an efficient manner.

Tom Fragale

Microsoft Certified Trainer, Wiley Published Author
The PC Guy Consulting, Inc.

Attendees can expect to gain insights into the best practices for developing and implementing an effective leadership development program in their organizations. They will learn about key strategies for identifying leadership potential, designing tailored development initiatives, and measuring the impact of these programs on individual and organizational performance. Through a real-world case study, attendees will leave with actionable knowledge to enhance leadership development efforts in their own contexts.

Hilary Cunningham

Business & Digital Analyst Manager
Alfa Insurance

Whether you're a seasoned supervisor looking to refine your leadership approach or a newly appointed manager seeking to build a strong foundation for success, this session will provide the tools, strategies, and confidence needed to excel in your role. Take advantage of this opportunity to invest in your professional growth and unlock your full potential as a supervisor. Join us for "Supervising With Success" and embark on a journey toward leadership excellence.

Rachel Z. Fisher

Lead Strategist
Lively Institute

During this transformative session, Claire Muselman, Ph.D., presents "Empathy in Action," a comprehensive program that redefines leadership through the lens of empathy, particularly in the context of injured employees. This webinar will explore the pivotal role of compassionate leadership in enhancing employee recovery, motivation, and overall workplace culture. Claire combines real-world scenarios with evidence-based practices to illustrate how empathy not only benefits individual employees but also contributes significantly to organizational health and resilience.

Claire Muselman, Ph.D.

President
DCM

In today's busy world, we are inundated with emails. Some are necessary, some are not. Some need a response or an action from you, while others don’t. How do you manage them all? During this webinar, attendees will learn how to better manage emails, calendar, tasks, and contacts in Microsoft Outlook. Attendees will leave the session knowing how be more productive in Outlook and get the most from the powerful program.

Tom Fragale

Microsoft Certified Trainer, Wiley Published Author
The PC Guy Consulting, Inc.

Join members of Germania Farm Mutual’s leadership team to learn about their unique and effective approach to succession planning at the front line. The interactive discussion will review the objectives and structure of the Early Leadership Identifier Program and share firsthand accounts of how investment in leadership development from an early stage proves rewarding and beneficial for team members and the company. The session will provide strategies for equipping and advancing your organization’s most valuable asset – its people.

Shelley Scheffer

Controller
Germania Farm Mutual Insurance

Jana Willey

Director of Sales
Germania Farm Mutual Insurance

This session will describe the methods employed by Union Mutual to retain and grow insurance professionals. Highlighted among these methods is Union Mutual’s “Employee Development Program,” a two-year program that allows each participant to experience what it is like to work in each of the company’s business units.

Sarah Jarvis

Vice President & General Counsel
Union Mutual Insurance Company

Unity and teamwork are the goals for every office; yet debates, differences of opinion, and communication breakdowns create workplace tensions that erode a team’s cohesiveness and negatively impact productivity. Leaders who address conflict and overcome these challenges create a place where people thrive and produce. This session will help leaders understand the types of conflict that exist on teams and how to address and manage conflict while helping your team excel.

Keather Snyder

President & COO
The Omnia Group