• Build a distribution strategy that accounts for broker consolidation and MGA market disruption before they reshape your competitive landscape
• Diversify your channel mix and engrain operational flexibility that absorbs market shocks
• Leverage AI agents and CRM digitization to expand market reach, boost productivity, and grow channels while preserving brand-channel alignment

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• Accelerate speed-to-market and channel scalability by prioritizing API-first integration architecture that unlocks new partner and embedded distribution opportunities

• Transform data from liability to asset with clean, connected data foundations and a cloud strategy resilient to leadership change and platform risk
• Align CRM, analytics and AI tools to specific, measurable distribution outcomes that prove ROI from pipeline velocity to lead conversion 

Liz Kim, President US, BOXX Insurance

Nabeel Tanveer, Affinity & Programs Leader - US, WTW

Jake Gilbert, SVP, General Manager, Vertafore

Nick Lamparelli, Manging Director, Insurance Nerds

• Elevate broker-underwriter relationship quality as the core performance driver of your distribution portfolio, move beyond platform adoption to KPIs that predict bindability
• Embed continuous performance analytics across volume, conversion, and win rates that balance the art of broker relationships with the science of knowing when a platform or partnership is underperforming
• Distinguish your highest-value relationships by understanding how M&A, broker size, and generational shifts in producer engagement are reshaping the channel

Arjun Vatsa, SVP Client Executive Practice, Marsh

• Provide immediate bindable quotes through D2C and partner platforms to streamline your intake-to-close timeline
• Redesign your submission intake by line of business and ensure agents know what to prefill, what to ask, and what to infer
• Align marketing and sales on quality lead generation and deploy AI to prioritize the hottest leads into faster, technology driven workflows that accelerate conversation

Peter Settel, President & CEO, Bold Penguin

• Unify your narrative and value proposition across all routes to market to deliver a consistent customer story that strengthens brand equity, scalability, and retention
• Deploy precise, targeted communications – the right message, through the right touchpoint, at the right time – to improve relevance, engagement, and conversion
• Equip your partners with your clear value prop increase their advocacy for your products, deepen their investment in your partnership and drive stronger outcomes for your customers

Michael Tripp, SVP Personal Lines Sales & Distribution, Nationwide

Tiff Grinstead, VP Personal Lines Marketing, Nationwide

Join one of our speakers at a small group roundtable and make the most of this extended Q&A time. This is your opportunity to ask questions they didn’t answer on stage and turn their case studies into practical applications that solve your unique challenges.

Have lunch with your business line peers and swap learnings on the channels, products and partners that work for your customers.

• How you connect with partners is your strategic advantage – drive efficiency, transparency & differentiation with fast and frictionless intelligent connectivity
• Move to digital, automated platforms and APIs that allow seamless journeys for agents and provides you with performance insights that ensure you get the most out of each partner
• As agentic AI reshapes partner interactions, go beyond the tech and build personal relationships that endure through M&A 

Cristiane Chiacchio, CEO Simplified Solutions, Prudential

Anna Kodryanu, SVP Distribution, Westfield Specialty

Danielle Lucas, VP Distribution, Kinetic

Michael Streit, President, Ivans 

• Align your distribution model with product complexity and customer needs – develop deep, strategic, mutually beneficial partnerships so you can prioritise agent and broker channels where advice and relationships are essential
• Speed wins - leverage AI and digital connectivity to make agents faster and close more business
• Leverage wholesale partnerships, MGA capabilities and structured E&S pathways to serve segments and risk profiles your admitted appetite can't reach
 

Basil Morris, Chief Strategy Officer, The Hanover Insurance Group

Head to the Expo Hall for a 30 minute networking pit stop with like minded peers - choose your persona and connect to swap challenges, wins, and contacts. Leave with a network you’ll rely on long after the conference.

• Deliver real-time ROI clarity by replacing backward-looking performance reports with live decision dashboards that track placement outcomes, submission journeys, and channel effectiveness
• Utilize CRM data to understand how and where customer groups want to be met, providing your distribution teams with the intelligence they need to convert every lead  
• Scale new customer acquisition by deploying AI that identifies underserved segments, defines their product needs, and pinpoints the channels that reach them 

Richard Alonso, VP Territory Distribution Leader, CNA

Colleen Finn, Chief Marketing Officer, Plymouth Rock Home Assurance

Christopher Frankland, Founder, Insurtech360

• Define channel rules of engagement – across direct, captive and independent – that avoid conflict by aligning with customer demographics and relevant products 
• Build automated lead allocation backed by demographic, behavioural and value insights so the right channel gets the right lead on day one 
• Rebalance your distribution model using channel performance data – reduce your expense ratio without sacrificing the channel breadth and broker loyalty needed to stay competitive in a volatile market

Bryant Kolle, VP National Sales & Insurance Partnerships, Hagerty

• Pick partners by audience fit, data access, and easy plug in to bind your first policies faster, see higher addon rates where it matters, and focus time and budget on the winners
• Reduce build headaches and compliance worries when you give partners a ready-to-use kit and ensure launches happen in weeks not months
• Set clear rules for who handles which customers and how credit is given: send complex or high-value cases to agents with a warm handoff, and pay for quality, not just volume

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Join one of our speakers at a small group roundtable and make the most of this extended Q&A time. This is your opportunity to ask questions they didn’t answer on stage and turn their case studies into practical applications that solve your unique challenges.

Pick up your lunch and join a table with your curated peer circle to meet like minded claims professionals. It’s a relaxed, role aligned lunch designed for real conversations, actionable takeaways, and long term connections.

• Automate a customer journey that pairs self-service for simple tasks with seamless escalation to human advisors at high-value, reassurance-critical touchpoints

• Leverage live agent chat insights to train an AI chatbot that evolves into a supervised, agentic assistant for purchase and service inquiries

• Convert efficiency gains into long term value and upskill teams in relationship-led AI use – track ROI across the curve from Live Chat to AI Chatbot to Agentic AI to build in accountability 

Esthera Sturz, VP Distribution & Services Performance and Transformation, USAA

• Build decision confidence by connecting CRM data into real-time dashboards, helping leaders prioritize partners, channels and growth opportunities in real time 
• Embed AI-driven prompts and guardrails into CRM workflows with clear governance to increase adoption, accelerate execution and turn your CRM into a command centre  
• Scale only the use cases that prove ROI by implementing human-in-the-loop reviews tied to measurable lift in bind rates, lead conversion, and close velocity

Prashant Hinge, Chief Information & Transformation Officer, MSIG USA

Joe Fitzpatrick, Head of Distribution, MSIG USA

Join our expert speakers in roundtable discussions and put the AI case studies from our Intelligent Distribution sessions into action. How could you apply these real-world learnings to your own business? What blockers would you need to overcome? And what are your next steps?

• Engineer an AI-ready technology stack with modern core platforms, API connectivity, cloud scalability, and CRM integration to enable faster deployment of high-value use cases 
• Establish robust data foundations to improve model performance, support confident decision-making, and power more effective customer-facing AI agents  
• Drive measurable ROI through use cases tied directly to greater efficiency, better agent and customer experiences, and stronger growth across channels

Ronnie O'Dell, VP Distribution, Berkley Small Business

Landon Reid, Chief Distribution Officer, Blitz Insurance

Danielle Clifford, VP Sales & Marketing, Openly

Christopher Frankland, Founder, Insurtech360