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Accelerating Tech Risks in a Tightening Insurance Market

Each year technology risk leaders gather in Silicon Valley for a two-day forum on the key risks and trends affecting technology companies. This year, the event is moving to a virtual format and will feature discussions of the top risks for technology companies in 2021 as well as tips for navigating the transitioning insurance market. The two-day event will be held March 23-24 from noon - 2 p.m. eastern (4 p.m. - 6 p.m. GMT). Registration is now open. Even if you can't attend the presentations live, replays will be sent to everyone who registers so be sure to sign up so you don't miss this valuable information.

What Will You Learn?

March 23 Day 1 Topics

We will take a deeper look at the most important risks affecting technology companies today. Tom Quigley, US Technology Practice Leader, will review the top risks identified by global technology leaders in the 2021 Marsh Global Technology Industry Risk Study. Learn how the pandemic affected key risks for technology companies and the steps that technology companies are taking to respond to those risks.

Following the overview of the risks, a panel of technology company risk leaders who will provide their perspective on the top risks identified in the study and how they are addressing those risks.

March 24 Day 2 Topics

On the second day of the conference, we turn our attention to the transitioning insurance market and it's effect on technology companies. We will explain the trends in the insurance market and why the market is shifting. Attendees will then have a chance to select three of five 20-minute breakout sessions to more closely review key risks. All breakout sessions will be available for replay if attendees want to review all five sessions. Those sessions will be:

  • Solving for new risks – Casualty challenges and opportunities.
  • Rethinking values at risk – Redesigning property programs from the ground-up.
  • Executive protection - Big bets colliding with unsustainable costs.
  • Deconstructing Cyber – Boundless loss scenarios meeting underwriting scrutiny.
  • Reimagining risk transfer – Taking back control through alternative risk solutions

The second day will close with a look to the future of risk management. Tammy Franklin, Marsh's Chief Digital, Data and Analytics Officer, will review how digital tools can reduce risk management pain, provide data insights and open the door for new risk management tools. 

Click this registration button to sign up for the global conference.

Who Should Attend?

The event is open to all risk management leaders in technology-related industries and companies that use technology as a key driver of their business offerings and revenue. 

Companies that will find these insights to be relevant include: Software, hardware, digital media, communication services, sharing economy, e-commerce, digital health, fintech, insuretech, payment providers, and anyone else who counts on technology to enable their success.

The event is not open to carriers, consultants or journalists. If you are a member of these groups, please contact Mike Connolly to discuss attendance options.

Frequently Asked Questions

 

Speakers

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Tom Quigley
Tom leads Marsh’s Communications, Media, and Technology (CMT) Practice in the United States. He ensures Marsh delivers to our clients a deep understanding of the forces driving opportunity and disruption for CMT companies, and the innovative solutions required to address their rapidly evolving risk profiles. Tom provides senior-level oversight and client service direction to our team of 600+ CMT colleagues.

Liz Walker
Liz is Marsh's Strategic Claims and Engagement Leader. Based in Chicago, Liz is responsible for executing Marsh’s digital claims strategy and advising its clients on complex claims strategy. She joined Marsh in 2020 from GroupOn where she was director, enterprise risk and global insurance. In 2018, she was named one of the Business Insurance Women to Watch.

Tammy Franklin
Tammy is Marsh's Chief Digital, Data, and Analytics Officer.  She is responsible for designing and implementing digital technologies and enhancing the use of data and analytics to transform how Marsh supports and serves clients. She joined Marsh in September 2020 from IBM where she was most recently Vice President of Media and Entertainment Solutions, North America. Holding degrees from Yale University and Harvard University, she brings more than 25 years of experience leading digital transformations and defining strategies for large multinational organizations, including Scripps, Time Warner, and Motorola.

Carrick Lambert
Carrick leads Marsh’s Technology Practice in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Based in London, he manages a core team of industry practitioners and has a broad overview of all relevant risk management and insurance solutions which create and deliver value for technology companies. He has nearly 30 years of experience in risk advisory and insurance brokerage.

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Sarah Stephens
Sarah is head of international cyber for Marsh JLT Specialty. Based in London, she develops and oversees strategy and execution of cyber risk insurance and advisory for Marsh JLT Specialty clients throughout Marsh International. 

Stephanie Guaiumi
Stephanie is a senior casualty advisor, based in Marsh’s San Francisco office.  Her responsibilities include advising clients in evaluating risk, designing and implementing appropriate risk financing strategies, and managing ongoing casualty programs.  Stephanie’s expertise includes developing creative programs for complex clients, predominantly in the Communications, Media and Technology (CMT) market segments, predominantly hardware manufacturing clients. She is also the US Casualty leader for Marsh’s CMT practice, contributing and aggregating industry specific knowledge to enhance Marsh’s delivery of casualty advisory services to all clients in these segments.

Deepak Adappa
Deepak is an advisory specialist in the Financial & Professional (FINPRO) Practice and leads the Dallas FINPRO team. In this role, he specializes in client service delivery for large private and public accounts in the global risk management space. Deepak’s principal functions are designing, brokering, and servicing a full range of Marsh financial products including directors and officers, errors and omissions, network security/privacy (cyber), crime, fiduciary, and employment practices liability. He works with his clients to explore traditional and alternative risk management solutions. His primary area of expertise is publicly-traded US and global companies that have insurance programs placed in the US, European, and Bermuda insurance markets.

Aiden Joo
Aiden is an Alternative Risk Transfer Leader in Marsh, focusing on alternative risk transfer (ART). He is based in the New York City office. In this role, he is responsible for coordinating the delivery of all of Marsh’s ART resources to clients, supervising client teams, developing marketplace strategies, and crafting solutions for unusual business and insurance risks. Aiden’s expertise with clients’ complex risk financing and management needs includes the design of both traditional and alternative risk programs, such as Bespoke Risk Transfer, Performance Warranty Insurance, Structured Risk Programs, Integrated Programs, Parametric Solution and Non-Damage Business Interruption. 

Marty Leicht
Marty is Marsh’s West Zone Regional Cyber Practice Leader and is a senior advisor for large U.S. commercial clients across the country.  Marty is responsible for executing the firm’s cyber strategy in the West Zone and assisting clients with risk identification and complex risk transfer for professional liability and cyber exposures.