Presentations

Maine Event 2011

• The Unsustainable Rise of the Disability Rolls in the United States: Causes, Consequences, and Policy Options
  presented by David Autor, Professor and Associate Chair, MIT Department of Economics
• Health Reform and Coverage Expansion: Profiling Health Attitudes and Behaviors
  presented by Tony Glebe, Vice President – Analytic Consulting and Research Services, Thomson Reuters
• THE GREAT RECESSION AND THE NOT-SO-GREAT RECOVERY: WHY? WHAT’S NEXT?
  presented by Nicholas S. Perna, Managing Director & Chief Economist, Perna Associates, LLC
• Group LIFE: Trends, tools, hot topics
  presented by Libby Corcillo, Steve Rulis, Leo Tinkham, Munich American Reassurance Co.
• Trends in Filing Asset-Based Insurance Products: The Interstate Compact
  presented by Karen Z. Schutter, Executive Director, Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission

Maine Event 2010

• Can a Recovery Be Sustained?
  presented by Ken Mayland, President, ClearView Economics, LLC
• Public Insurance and the National Debt
  presented by Darius Lakdawalla
  Director of Research Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics, University of Southern California
  Managing Director, Precision Health Economics
• Innovation in Group Insurance?
  presented by Rick Leavitt, Vice President Actuarial, Smith Group
• Health Care Reformand Beyond - Meeting Tomorrow's Challenges
  presented by Bill Weller, Omega Squared, Inc.

Maine Event 2009

• Rational Choice in an Random World: An Actuarial Perspective on Decision Making
  presented by Rick Leavitt, Vice President Actuarial, Smith Group
• How Sales Reps Can Differentiate Themselves in the Market
  presented by Barry E. Lundquist, CLU, Principal, Eastport Marketing Group
• Employee Benefits Trends
  presented by John Cassell, Senior Partner, Spring Consulting Group
• Economic Trends in the Midst of "The Great Recession": The View From The Bottom?
  presented by Michael Donihue, Prefessor of Economics and Dean of Faculty at Colby College

Maine Event 2008

• Reinsurers & Insurers – A changing world
  presented by Mike DeKoning, FSA, FCIA, MAAA, President & CEO, Munich American Reassurance Company
• Enhancing Execution: "A Consultant's View for Increasing Success in the Benefits Marketplace"
  presented by Thomas J. Cox, CLU, Health and Welfare Practice Leader, Cambridge Advisory Group
• Economic Trends in a Changing Political Landscape
  presented by Michael Donihue, Professor of Economics at Colby College
• The Limits of Actuarial Forecasting and Decision Making
  presented by Rick Leavitt, Vice President Actuarial, Smith Group

Maine Event 2007

• Understanding and Predicting Increases in SSDI Enrollment – Lessons for Group Disability Insurance
  presented by Mark Duggan, Ph.D., University of Maryland, Brookings Institution, and National Bureau of Economic Research
• Medical Review of Subjective Claims
  presented by J. Peter Strang, MD, University Disability Consortium, Inc.
• How to Become a Finalist: Disability and Leave Administration Procurement
  presented by Phil Lacy, Senior Consultant, Towers Perrin

Maine Event 2006

• Fortune Magazine - 100 Best Companies To Work For: Lessons for Group LTD Risk Management
  presented by Suzanne Vickberg, PhD, Great Place to Work Institute
• Disability Risk and the Value of Disability Insurance: Trends in Work-Limiting Disability
  presented by Andrew Samwick, Dartmouth College and NBER (Andrew Samwick bio; NBER Working Paper)
• Disability Insurance Claims Litigation Update: a Plaintiff Attorney Perspective
  presented by Mark DeBofsky, Daley, DeBofsky & Bryant
• Actuarial Trends in Group Disability Insurance
  presented by Rick Leavitt, Smith Group
• Fortune Magazine - America's Most Admired Companies: Lessons for Group Disability Insurance Risk Management
  presented by Mark Royal, Hay Group
• Trends in Group Disability Insurance: A Financial Analyst's Perspective
  presented by Keith Walsh, Citigroup

Maine Event 2005

• The Future of Broker Distribution
  presented by Dana MacKinnon, Business Lawyer, Group Division, Hartford Life Insurance Company
• Risk Factors in the Very Small Employer Disability Market
  presented by Kelly Hayes, CEBS, FLMI, Second Vice President, Standard Insurance Company
• Disease Trends
  presented by Darius Lakdawalla, Economist, RAND Corporation
• Moving Away from Price Competition in the Group Disability Insurance Market
  presented by Barry Lundquist, Principal, Eastport Marketing Group
  and Gerard (Gerry) J. Sunderland, Vice President, Sherwood Management Group
• Best Practices in Disability Claims Management
  presented by Maureen Keeley, Vice President, Disability Benefit Center, UnumProvident; Richard Lang, Vice President, Business Practices and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, UnumProvident; and Cheryl Greaney, Vice President, The Benefits Center Policies and Practices, UnumProvident

Maine Event 2004

• Disability Growth: Trends, Causes and Consequences
  presented by Darius Lakdawalla, Economist, RAND Corporation
• Definition of Earnings for Business Owners: Why it Matters
  Group Disability Insurance Definition of Earnings Survey: High Level Results
  presented by Nancy Panzer-Howell, Larry Leibson, Mike Horn, Assurant Employee Benefits

Other Presentations for Clients Only

• Digging In with the Experts: All You Need to Know About the State of the Group Insurance Business
  As presented March 24, 2005 by Tom Corcoran, Towers Perrin Tillinghast’s expert on the Group Insurance market
• Understanding and Interpreting GAAP Disability Results
  As presented March 21, 2005 at Lehman Brother's Insurance University by Bob Lee, Smith Group