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Latest NewsMaura joined Swiss Re in July 2007 as a Senior Casualty Facultative Underwriter for Swiss Re's Northeast Region based in New York City.�� In August 2012, Maura joined the R&N team as an Account Executive in the Armonk office and in July 2014 she transitioned to a Senior Underwriting role in the Treaty department.Prior to joining our company, Maura was an Assistant Vice President at Folksamerica Reinsurance Company in their Casualty Treaty Division.� She began her reinsurance career as an Associate Underwriter in 2001 at CNA's Regional Treaty department in Chicago, IL.Maura holds a BA degree in Business Administration from Central Michigan University in Mt Pleasant, MI, an MBA from Northwood University in Midland, MI and holds the Associate in Reinsurance designation from the Insurance Institute of America.
Karen Marques joined Swiss Re in December 1991 as a Senior Claims Consultant.� In 1999, Karen was offered the opportunity to broaden her reinsurance experience by moving into Casualty Underwriting.� Currently, she is a Vice President, Senior Casualty Underwriter handling Global accounts.� Karen�s portfolio is comprised of treaties which cover Commercial Umbrella and Excess Casualty, Bermuda Excess Casualty, GL, Energy and Auto exposures.Prior to joining Swiss Re, Karen held various claim positions with several insurance companies including The Hartford, Employee Benefits Insurance (specializing in WC), Covenant Insurance Company (which was purchased by American States Insurance) and Woodland Group (consulting company).�Karen holds a Bachelor�s degree from Fairfield University.
Mitchell co-founded Oceanwide in 1996 and has led the company as CEO since its inception. At Oceanwide, Mitchell has focused on designing and promoting the company’s market leading insurance SaaS solutions. Mitchell has chaired the ACORD Ocean Marine standards committee since 2006 and has spoken at IUMI, AIMU and IASA events on important industry issues.Prior to Oceanwide, Mitchell co-founded Bizware Computer Systems and led the company to become the leading provider of PC-based business management software for the Retail Petroleum and Convenience Store industries. Mitchell has also co-founded several other entrepreneurial ventures in technology, real estate and hydro-power, and he sits on the board of several companies.He has served as the President of the Montreal chapter of the Young Entrepreneur’s Organization and was named High-tech Entrepreneur of the year by Pro-Montreal in 2005.Mitchell holds degrees in Software Engineering and Public Accountancy from McGill University and he is a Chartered Accountant.
Kurt is a senior executive with over 20 years of experience in leveraging technology and data to measurably improve business performance and manage risk. He helps financial services companies develop actionable insights from data through data mining, machine learning and predictive modeling as well building the supporting data infrastructures.Kurt also works with companies to develop their business analytics strategies, capabilities and organizational structure to achieve business performance objectives. He has extensive experience designing, developing and deploying robust and cost-effective data architecture that facilitate business insight and action.
Darrel Barbato is the Head of Predictive Analytics for Homesite Insurance in Boston. With his 8 years of insurance modeling experience, he has worked in a variety of roles including as a Manger of Claims Analytics with Liberty Mutual and as a Director of Research overseeing modeling for The Hartford’s Commercial Property, Workers Compensation, and General Liability lines of business.He joined Homesite in 2013 and is responsible for modeling projects in support of a wide range of departments there including Underwriting, Pricing, Operations, and Claims. Recently his team developed new multivariate models to allow for lower declination rates for new Homeowners business as well as Homesite’s initial By-Peril Rating Plan.Darrel holds a Doctoral and Master’s Degrees in Economics from Boston College where his research focused on industrial organization and applied econometrics. He is also a graduate of the University of Richmond where he studied Economics and Computer Science. He is the co-author of two telematics patents, “System and Method for Computing and Scoring Trip Similarities Using Geo-Spatial Information” and “System and Method for Computing and Scoring the Complexity of a Vehicle Trip Using Geo-Spatial Information”.
Tim Callahan is chief information security officer for Aflac. He is responsible for the Technology Risk Management and Information Security Program, which includes Threat and Vulnerability Management, Cybersecurity Operations and Incident Response, Information Technology Compliance and Risk Management, Security Engineering, Technology Resiliency and Disaster Recovery.Prior to joining Aflac in 2014, Tim was senior vice president, business continuity and information assurance, at SunTrust Bank. Previously, he was the first vice president, technology risk management, and chief information security officer at Peoples United Bank. He also served on the State of Connecticut Judicial Committee on Identity Theft.�A 23-year career military professional, Tim was the program manager for a command risk management function at one of the U.S. Air Forces Major Command Headquarters in his final assignment.He holds a bachelor of science degree from the University of the State of New York.
David serves as the worldwide director and product leader of Information Risk Insurance for CNA.� He is responsible for network security and privacy issues, underwriting guidelines, and engagement with CNA actuarial in the pricing of the CNA cyber product portfolio.David has more than 15 years of experience in technology, cyber and information risk insurance. Prior to joining CNA in 2008, David held management positions at Risk Placement Services, Zurich North America, Near North National Group and Aon.He received a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Alabama and a master’s degree from the University of Iowa.�







