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Cybersecurity Threat Landscape

This roundtable session will be led by Atif Ghauri who is the Cybersecurity Practice Leader for Mazars USA. The session will delve into 4 key areas: Data privacy and new financial exposure to mandates such as CCPA and GDPR. The California Consumer Privacy Act and EU’s General Data Protection Regulation are exposing companies to considerable fines […]

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Digital Transformation in Insurance

Digital technologies are transforming the way insurance companies do business. According to McKinsey’s Digital Quotient, which measures an organization’s performance across four key dimensions of digital maturity (strategy, culture, organization, and capabilities), the insurance industry is well on its way toward effecting tangible change with digital technologies. This pace of change has accelerated due to

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Insurance Company Tax Reform Update

This panel will provide an update on recent tax reform guidance impacting insurance companies with a focus on the BEAT and GILTI provisions.  The panel will also discuss: How reform has changed the international tax landscape Questions that remain unanswered Impact on operating models The expert speakers include Jacob Alter of MetLife, Christopher Riffle of

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Harnessing Growth: The LIMRA-EY Experienced Financial Advisor Study

Caldwell, NJ — The many forces reshaping the financial services industry are causing advisors to step back, re-evaluate their business models, and rethink the value propositions they provide to clients. This is causing a convergence: distribution channels are growing more similar every day. Organizations must reexamine their assumptions, and align with the right practice models

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California Consumer Privacy Act and Future Privacy Trends

Caldwell NJ. The expanding regulatory mandates, fast-changing technology landscape, and high-profile data breach cases have elevated privacy from merely a “check-the-box” compliance matter to an enterprise-wide operational focus. Regulators and consumers are expecting increased privacy rights over an individual’s personal data. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) sets a new “standard” for future US privacy

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Impact of Tax Reform on the Insurance Industry – The Unanswered Questions

Caldwell NJ.  John Forni, Managing Director of Grant Thornton, will focus on the key areas of tax reform impacting the insurance industry for which treasury has not yet addressed all the questions. He will highlight the open questions and the issues that they present. John will also share what Grant Thornton’s Washington National Tax Office has

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SEC Hot Buttons

Caldwell NJ.  Lawrence Hayden, Managing Director of KPMG, will discuss recent SEC updates and rulemaking activities as well as current hot topics in comment letters and cyber security. Lawrence works in integrated audits for large financial institutions.  He provides audit and advisory services to insurance and banking clients globally. His presentation will take place at the SIFM

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Emerging Risks

Caldwell NJ.  Do we need to re-evaluate our investment in people, processes, technology and tools to better align risk management and strategy and achieve greater efficiency and effectiveness?  Mark DeLong, Dennis Frio and John Swanick will address that question at SIFM’s Quarterly Conference which will take place on December 6th and will be held at the

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