Sponsors

Platinum

• Clyde & Co

  Clyde & Co. is a leading global law firm with more than 1,400 lawyers and 3,300 staff in 40+ offices across 6 continents. The firm focuses on its core global sectors of insurance, trade and commodities, energy, transport and infrastructure. Clyde & Co. was named Transatlantic Law Firm of the Year 2017 by The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel and LegalWeek.

  

Gold

• American International Group (AIG)

  American International Group, Inc. (AIG) is a leading global insurance organization. Founded in 1919, today AIG member companies provide a wide range of property casualty insurance, life insurance, retirement products, and other financial services to customers in more than 80 countries and jurisdictions. These diverse offerings include products and services that help businesses and individuals protect their assets, manage risks and provide for retirement security. AIG’s core businesses include Commercial Insurance and Consumer Insurance, as well as Other Operations. Commercial Insurance comprises two modules – Liability and Financial Lines, and Property and Special Risks. Consumer Insurance comprises four modules – Individual Retirement, Group Retirement, Life Insurance and Personal Insurance. AIG common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

  

• Sedgwick

  Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., is a leading global provider of technology-enabled risk and benefits solutions. At Sedgwick, caring countsSM; the company takes care of people and organizations by delivering cost-effective claims, productivity, managed care, risk consulting and other services through the dedication and expertise of nearly 15,000 colleagues in some 275 offices located in the U.S., Canada, the U.K and Ireland.
  
   

  

• Zurich

  Zurich Insurance is a leading multi-line insurer that serves its customers in global and local markets. With about 54,000 employees, it provides a wide range of property and casualty, and life insurance products and services in more than 210 countries and territories. Zurich is a top-five commercial insurer in the U.S., providing customers with more than 100 years of experience. Zurich believes diversity and inclusion is vital to its business. It is focused on creating a workplace environment that nurtures its people and its belief in the value that diverse and inclusive teams bring to its organization and the insurance industry. Zurich’s support as a Founding Partner of the Diversity & Inclusion Institute is an extension of that focus.

  

Silver

• Alliant Insurance Services

  Alliant delivers tailored insurance and risk management solutions engineered to mitigate risk, improve performance, and promote long-term growth. The company’s core business includes property and casualty insurance services, middle-market brokerage, employee benefits, and underwriting, each staffed with dedicated industry specialists. Alliant is one of the industry’s fastest-growing organizations and is America’s 11th-largest insurance brokerage firm

  

• AXA XL

  XL Catlin is proud to be a part of the Diversity & Inclusion Institute. This brief video message  from CEO Mike McGavick explains our thinking behind our commitment to this invaluable initiative. XL Catlin knows that superior insight only comes from harnessing diverse experiences and ways of thinking, which can only stem from fostering and strengthening a diverse, inclusive and welcoming workforce in our company and the insurance industry.

  

• CNA

  CNA is the eighth largest commercial insurer in the United States. CNA provides a broad range of standard and specialized property and casualty insurance products and services for businesses and professionals in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Asia, backed by 120 years of experience and more than $45 billion of assets. 

  

• MARSH

  Marsh LLC
  
  A global leader in insurance broking and innovative risk management solutions, Marsh’s 30,000 colleagues advise individual and commercial clients of all sizes in over 130 countries. Marsh is a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), the leading global professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy and people. With annual revenue over US$14 billion and nearly 65,000 colleagues worldwide, MMC helps clients navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex environment.
  

  

• QBE

  QBE Insurance Group is one of the world's top 20 specialized insurance and reinsurance companies, with operations in all the key insurance markets. QBE is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and is headquartered in Sydney. The company employees more than 14,000 people in 37 countries, with major U.S. regional headquarters in New York City, Chicago and San Francisco.

  

• Ryan Specialty Group

  Founded in 2010, Ryan Specialty Group, LLC, is an international holding company consisting of a wholesale broker, R-T Specialty, LLC, and managing general underwriters operating through RSG Underwriting Managers, each servicing a client base of brokers, agents and insurance carriers.. www.ryansg.com

  

• Safety National

  Safety National® is a multi-line specialty insurance carrier that offers risk solutions for large commercial and public entity clients, providing specialized expertise, flexible program design and unique claims proficiency supported by relationship-driven customer service. The company is a Tokio Marine Group member and is A.M. Best rated A+, FSC XIV.

  

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• Aon

  Aon plc (NYSE:AON) is a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions. Our 50,000 colleagues in 120 countries empower results for clients by using proprietary data and analytics to deliver insights that reduce volatility and improve performance.

  

• Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

  ABOUT GALLAGHER
  Gallagher (NYSE: AJG) is an international insurance brokerage and risk management services firm headquartered in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. The company has operations in 34 countries and offers client-service capabilities in more than 150 countries around the world through a network of correspondent brokers and consultants.

  

• Chubb

  Chubb is the world’s largest publicly traded P&C insurance company and the largest commercial insurer in the U.S. With operations in 54 countries, Chubb provides commercial and personal property and casualty insurance, personal accident and supplemental health insurance, reinsurance and life insurance to a diverse group of clients.

  

• Cosmich Simmons & Brown, PLLC

  Cosmich Simmons & Brown, PLLC is a civil litigation firm with offices in Jackson, Hattiesburg, New Orleans, Covington, Scottsdale, Grand Rapids, St. Louis, and Pittsburgh.   The Firm represents over 330 clients and presently has 155 attorneys and 70 non-attorney employees.  Our firm has provided dedicated and passionate legal representation to clients in state and federal trial and appellate courts across the country since 2002. 

  

• Crawford & Company

  Based in Atlanta, Crawford & Company (NYSE: CRD-A and CRD-B) is the world’s largest publicly listed independent provider of claims management solutions to insurance companies and self-insured entities with an expansive global network serving clients in more than 70 countries. The Crawford Solution® offers comprehensive, integrated claims services, business process outsourcing and consulting services for major product lines including property and casualty claims management, workers’ compensation claims and medical management, and legal settlement administration. The company delivers services under the Crawford brand as well as through Broadspire, Contractor Connection, Garden City Group and WeGoLook.  More information is available at www.crawfordandcompany.com.

  

• Exponent

  Exponent, Inc., is a leading engineering and scientific consulting firm with expertise in over 90 technical disciplines. Exponent has a full-time staff of over 900 located in 20 US and 6 international offices. Exponent’s multidisciplinary organization of engineers, scientists, physicians and regulatory consultants, addresses complicated issues facing industry and government today. The firm’s consultants provide product design analysis and testing; analyze failures and accidents to determine their cause and prevent their recurrence; provide regulatory, recall and litigation support, and evaluate environmental and human health concerns to find cost-effective solutions. www.exponent.com   1-888-656-EXPO (24 hours). 

  

• Franco Signor LLC

  

• Great Insurance Jobs

  Since 2001, GreatInsuranceJobs.com has worked with insurance employers, nationwide to find the right candidates for their job openings. Great Insurance Job postings get insurance employers’ job openings in front of more qualified insurance professionals. We also feature a number of additional products for extra support and speedy results for hard-to-fill jobs, multi-hires and employer branding.
   
  Our mission is to assist GREAT individuals in realizing their life's GREAT potential, one niche at a time.
   
  GreatInsuranceJobs.com, LLC. is the premier online employment website for the Insurance Industry. Over 4,500 employers utilize GreatInsuranceJobs.com to connect with monthly traffic of over 250,000 insurance professionals throughout the country.
   
  Whether you are a candidate or an employer, thank you for visiting GreatInsuranceJobs.com. If you would like to talk with us directly, please call 800.818.4898. Our team is dedicated to providing world-class customer service and we look forward to working with you.

   

  

• Hagwood Adelman Tipton, PC

  Hagwood Adelman Tipton PC was founded Jan. 1, 2013, by a group of talented, experienced attorneys and professionals. The firm serves clients across the country through its regional offices in Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennessee. The firm’s practice areas include civil rights and governmental liability, collections, construction defect, employment practices, insurance, long-term care and aging services, mass torts and class actions, appellate practice, medical malpractice, professional liability, rent-to-own and risk management.

  

• Hanover Insurance Group

  The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. is the one of the largest property and casualty insurance businesses in the United States. The Hanover provides a wide range of property and casualty insurance solutions to individuals, families and businesses. For more information, visit hanover.com.

  

• Horne Rota Moos

  Horne Rota Moos, LLP’s trial and appellate attorneys handle a wide variety of civil cases. Texas and national clients rely on us to defend and protect their legal and business interests before, during, and after litigation. We work with our clients to suit their expectations,desires, and requirements and provide personal attention
  to all matters entrusted to us. Our experience is your success.

  

• JLT Specialty USA

  JLT Specialty USA, a division of JLT Group, we are specialists not generalists. We offer deep expertise in key industries, and on key products that cross all industries. We help clients find solutions to their most complex areas of risk, where innovation, optimization, and depth of expertise are required.

  

• Keais Records Service

  Ontellus empowers insurance carriers, self-insured corporations and law firms to reduce costs, make informed decisions and accelerate claims resolution. As the nation’s largest, privately-held records retrieval provider, Ontellus leverages decades of experience and cutting-edge technology to deliver impactful products and client-centric services within industry-leading turnaround times. 

  

• Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP

  Lewis Brisbois is a national, full-service law firm with more than 1,100 attorneys in 42 offices and 26 states. Our national practice is sophisticated, multi-faceted, and well-versed in current legal trends, while our individual state practices provide vast resources and knowledge of procedural and legal nuances. Lewis Brisbois offers legal practice in more than 30 specialties and a multitude of sub-specialties associated with each practice area. Lewis Brisbois is known for its commitment to principled advocacy, an unflinching work ethic, and unyielding recognition of our duty to provide the highest level of service to our clients, who choose us because we take the time to understand their business interests and philosophies. Visit us on the web at LewisBrisbois.com.
   

  

• Liberty Mutual

  Liberty Mutual is a leading global insurer.  We add value to commercial policyholders by helping them better control the total cost of risk through effective products, a detailed understanding of a company and its industry, claims management that produces better outcomes and risk engineering that prevents losses.

  

• Origami Risk

  Origami Risk is consistently recognized as the #1 ranked software provider for the risk and insurance industry. A singular focus on our customers’ business objectives and outcomes underlies our approach to providing software and support. For us, it begins with our people—industry veterans capable of offering invaluable insight during implementation, eager to partner with clients to develop new, innovative functionality, and committed to ensuring our customers continue to take full advantage of all Origami Risk has to offer. 

  

• Ringler

  Ringler is the largest structured settlement company in the United States with over 140 consultants in more than 60 major cities. Established in 1975, the company’s team of experienced professionals has the trust of all parties involved in the structured settlement process. In fact, Ringler  is involved in one-third of all structured settlements every year.  A Ringler Associate located near you, can design a structured settlement for the unique needs of each individual case. With an individual, customer-focused approach, backed by the strength and resources of a national company, every Ringler Associate collaborates with injured people, attorneys and insurance professionals to provide the best settlement solution for claimants and their families.  Visit our website at www.ringlerassociates.com. 

  

• SEA Ltd.

  A powerful resource in litigation for nearly 50 years, S-E-A is a multi-disciplined forensic engineering, fire investigation, and visualization services company specializing in failure analysis.  S-E-A's full-time staff offers a complete investigative service including: mechanical, biomechanical, electrical, civil, and materials engineering, as well as fire investigation, industrial hygiene services, visualization services and a fully equipped chemical laboratory. These disciplines interact to provide thorough and independent analysis that will support any subsequent litigation. Should animations, graphics, or medical illustrations be needed, S-E-A’s visualization team can work closely with field staff to clearly depict what really happened.
   
  Losses can be assigned 24 hours a day to any of our 10 offices by calling 800-782-6851 or visiting

  www.SEAlimited.com

  

• Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP

  Wilson Elser is a full-service law firm with over 800 attorneys in 34 offices throughout the United States and one in London.

  

• Winget, Spadafora & Schwartzberg, LLP

  Winget, Spadafora & Schwartzberg, LLP is a nationally recognized law firm founded more than two decades ago, with offices located in New York City;  Stamford, CT; Jersey City, NJ; Los Angeles, CA; Miami, FL; Houston, TX; Chicago, IL and Boulder, CO.  We provide comprehensive defense litigation and insurance coverage services to our clients; and are proud to represent many leading professionals, businesses, financial institutions and insurance companies.  Our attorneys practice in the areas of Professional Liability (including Attorneys, Accountants,  Securities Broker-Dealers, Financial Advisors and Planners, Architects & Engineers, Insurance Professionals, Real Estate Professionals, and Media Professionals, among other professional lines); Labor and Employment; Directors & Officers; Intellectual Property and Cyber Liability; Fiduciary Liability; Reinsurance; Fidelity and Surety; and General Liability (including Products Liability, and Construction Defect, among other areas).   A complete description of our firm is online at www.WSSLLP.com.

  

For information about sponsorship opportunities, please contact: Susan Stilwill | (312) 636-7222