W. Marston Becker
W. Marston (Marty) Becker has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Max Capital Group Ltd., since October 2006. He has been a director of Max Capital Group Ltd., formerly known as Max Re Capital Ltd. and Max Bermuda Ltd., formerly known as Max Re Ltd. since April 2004. From 1996 to 1999, Becker was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Orion Capital Corporation, until its sale in 1999 to Royal & SunAlliance, where he then served as Vice Chairman and a Director of Royal & SunAlliance USA until 2000. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of an Orion Capital subsidiary from 1994 to 1996...read his full biography.

Eric Bischof
Eric Bischof is a Managing Director and Head of North America Financial Institutions in Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley. Over the past 16 years, he has advised on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and capital raising for insurance and reinsurance clients, as well as other financial institutions, globally. Eric joined Morgan Stanley in 1996 and currently is based in New York City. From 1999 to 2003, Eric was based in London covering European insurers and reinsurers. Before joining Morgan Stanley, he worked at Providian Corporation, a U.S. consumer financial services company, where he was responsible for strategic planning and corporate finance...read his full biography.

Eric R. Dinallo
Eric R. Dinallo took office in January 2007 and was confirmed by the New York State Senate on April 18, 2007 as the 39th Superintendent of the New York State Insurance Department. As Superintendent, he has been a national voice for efficient, effective regulation to protect both consumers and foster a healthy, competitive market for insurance. During his tenure, the Department was given the 2008 Esprit de Corps award by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) for outstanding service to state insurance regulation...read his full biography.

Brian Duperreault
Mr. Duperreault is a 30-year insurance industry veteran who has served at the top of his profession in numerous leadership roles, including 10 years as chief executive officer of ACE Limited and a member of the company's Board of Directors from 1994 until 2007. He served as executive Chairman of ACE until June 2006, when he retired as an employee and became non-executive Chairman. He served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ACE from November 1999 through May 2004 and as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer from October 1994 through November 1999. Prior to joining ACE, Mr. Duperreault had been employed with...read his full biography.

Frederick H. Eppinger
Frederick H. Eppinger is President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of The Hanover Insurance Group—the holding company for a group of insurers that includes The Hanover Insurance Company and Citizens Insurance Company of America...read his full biography.

Michael J. Fallon
Mike joined Liberty in 1993 as a member of the Corporate Internal Auditing Department and became Audit Manager in 1996. In 1998, he entered the Liberty Mutual Financial Development Program after receiving his MBA from Boston University. In 2001, Mike was named Director of Planning and Analysis where he was responsible for the Company’s rating agency relationships as well as for overseeing the corporate planning process. He was named Vice President and Director of Corporate Finance in September 2003 and was responsible for mergers and acquisitions, as well as other capital markets activities. In May 2008, Mike was named Senior Vice President and Director of Integration after the acquisition of Safeco Insurance Corporation...read his full biography.

Sam Friedman
Sam Friedman is the Group Editor-In-Chief of the Property & Casualty Insurance Magazine Division of Summit Business Media. He manages National Underwriter, the leading weekly newsmagazine and online news service for the commercial insurance business, serving over 46,000 agents and brokers, 10,000 insurance company officials and 15,000 corporate insurance buyers nationwide. He also supervises the editorial operations of four additional magazines—American Agent & Broker, Claims, Florida Underwriter and Tech Decisions. He comments on industry developments in his weekly opinion column, "A View From the Press Box,"...read his full biography.

The Honorable Scott Garrett
At the beginning of this Congress, Scott was selected to serve as the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government-Sponsored Enterprises for the House Financial Services Committee. As Ranking Member, he will be the top Republican on the subcommittee with jurisdiction over the Securities and Exchange Commission and government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...read his full biography.

Robert P. Hartwig, Ph.D, CPCU
Robert P. Hartwig is president of the Insurance Information Institute. Since joining the I.I.I. in 1998 as an economist and becoming chief economist in 1999, Dr. Hartwig has focused his work on improving understanding of key insurance issues across all industry stakeholders including media, consumers, insurers, producers, regulators, legislators and investors...read his full biography.

John Iten
John Iten is a director in the North American Practice of Standard & Poor's Insurance Ratings. He rejoined Standard & Poor's in 2002 and has analytic responsibility for a portfolio of U.S. commercial property/casualty insurance companies with interactive ratings. He is also the commercial lines sector specialist for the North American insurance group...read his full biography.

Kristi A. Matus
As CFO for USAA, Kristi Matus is the chief steward of the association’s portfolio of owned and managed assets. Matus directs USAA’s activities in the areas of financial management and enterprise planning. Financial management activities include treasury, corporate controller, tax planning, risk management, business performance analysis, cost management, and financial analysis. Enterprise planning activities provide both strategic and operational guidance. Her team works to build and protect ...read her full biography.

Michael S. McGavick
Mike was Chairman, President & CEO of the Seattle-based Safeco Corporation, which he joined in January 2001. He left in December 2005. Prior to joining Safeco, Mr. McGavick spent six years with the Chicago-based CNA Financial Corporation where he held various senior executive positions before becoming President and Chief Operating Officer of the company's largest commercial insurance operating unit...read his full biography.

Michael T. McRaith
Prior to his appointment, Director McRaith worked fifteen years in private practice as an attorney in Chicago. Director McRaith represented national and regional financial institutions, including insurers, in finance-related litigation. Director McRaith led the Department’s investigation into the practice of contingent commission payments by insurers to brokers and negotiated national settlement agreements on behalf of the Department and the National Association Of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) with insurance producers and carriers. McRaith supervises the solvent run-off of Kemper Insurance Group...read his full biography.

Christopher J. McShea
Chris McShea is a Principal with the Insurance Advisory Services practice of Ernst & Young. He leads the Operations Improvement service line within the Midwest Insurance Sector. During his twenty-five years of insurance industry experience, Mr. McShea has had the opportunity to work across the major functions of insurance carriers and brokers. During his eighteen year consulting career, he has balanced internal practice leadership roles with client service activities. His client service focus has been directed at supporting executive agendas targeting growth and profitability. ...read his full biography.

Pierre L. Ozendo
Pierre L. Ozendo is a member of Swiss Re Group's Executive Board and Chairman & CEO of Swiss Re America Corporation. Based in Armonk, NY, he leads the company's reinsurance operations in the Americas regio...read his full biography.

Peter R. Porrino
Peter Porrino manages the firm's services and supporting resources to the insurance industry globally, and he oversees industry thought leadership and marketing initiatives. He is the chairperson of its Global Insurance Industry Advisory Panel. Peter has over 30 years of experience working in and advising the insurance industry, with deep property/casualty expertise in reinsurance, commercial insurance and personal lines insurance. Peter, a CPA, joined Ernst & Young in 1978, serving in the firm's National and New York insurance practices for 15 years before leaving the firm to serve in senior management positions at several insurance companies...read his full biography.

Rob Schimek
Robert S. Schimek is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Chartis Inc. Mr. Schimek is responsible for the finance operations of Chartis’ U.S. operations, including its Private Client Group, and its worldwide general insurance business. Prior to the formation of Chartis, Mr. Schimek was Vice President of American International Group, Inc. (AIG) and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of AIG’s Property Casualty Group. Mr. Schimek joined AIG in 2005 and has led a number of major finance initiatives in the following areas: Finance, transformation, Regulatory relations, Systems implementations...read his full biography.