A collection of leaders from the insurance industry will provide attendees at this year's Entrepreneurial Insurance Symposium insights into everything from selecting the right brokers and insurers to tapping innovation to increase market share.

This year's symposium—the third annual gathering—is scheduled for Sept. 15-16 at Cityplace in Dallas. Among the speakers at this year's event are eight presidents or chief executives of major insurance industry companies, four Fortune 500 risk managers and other leading figures in insurance industry innovation.

Session topics at this year's symposium—presented by Dallas-based MarketScout in partnership with Business Insurance, Liberty Mutual Group Inc. and Microsoft Corp.—range from macroeconomic insurance industry issues to collaborative commercial underwriting, growth through acquisition, and risk management issues in the economic and insurance market climate.

J. Hyatt Brown, chairman of Brown & Brown Inc., will offer a keynote presentation Sept. 15 called “The Demise of the American Agency System—True or False?”

Participants on the risk manager panel Sept. 16 include Lance J. Ewing, vp-risk management at Harrah's Entertainment Inc.; Kevin Burrin, director-risk management at BNSF Railway Co.; Greg Dodd, risk manager at Perot Systems Corp.; and Kyle Weddle, who spent 15 years as a regional risk manager at General Motors Corp. and from June 2006 until this May also served as GM's global risk practices leader.

The symposium provides numerous networking opportunities during meals and breaks and a Tuesday evening reception, and vendors will be on hand in the symposium's networking mall.

For more information about the full program or to register for this year's Entrepreneurial Insurance Symposium, go to www.einsurancesymposium.com or call 972-934-4256.