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Sunday

7 – 8:30, Reception

Monday

8 - 8:30, Registration

8:30 - 8:45, Welcome and Program Overview
David Marlett, Director of the Brantley Risk and Insurance Center

8:45 – 9:45, Steve Weisbart, Chief Economist, Insurance Information Institute

9:45 -10, Break

10 – 11:45  Panel Session, Katrina’s Legacy:  Why are the Carolinas Paying for Katrina?
- Eleanor Kitzman, Goldman Sachs, former Director of Insurance, South Carolina moderator
- Smitty Harrison, Executive Director of SC Wind and Hail Underwriting Assoc.
- George deMenocal, Aon Re
- Rich Attanasio, AM Best Rating Agency
- Michael Young, Senior Director of Mitigation and Regulatory Affairs Risk Management Solutions, Inc.

11:45 – Noon, Break

Noon - 1:30, Lunch and Keynote speaker
- George Dale, Adams & Reese, former Insurance Commissioner of Mississippi speaking on the "Katrina Experience"

1:30 – 3:30, Panel Session, “Regulatory and Market Proposals for the Future,” featuring
- Dave Wood, Freeman Professor of Insurance, moderator
- Jim Long, Commissioner of Insurance North Carolina
- Kevin McCarty, Commissioner of Florida
- Scott Richardson, Director of Insurance South Carolina
- John Miletti, Travelers

3:30 – 3:45, Break

3:45 – 4:45, Mitigation:  The Key to Any Long-Range Solutions. 
- Leslie Chapman-Henderson, President and CEO, Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH)

4:45, Closing Remarks

Commissioner Jim Long, North Carolina

George Dale, Adams and Reese law firm, senior government advisor and former Mississippi Insurance Commissioner

Commissioner Kevin McCarty, Florida

Director Scott Richardson, South Carolina

Eleanor Kitzman, Goldman Sachs Reinsurance Group
Former Director of Insurance for South Carolina

Smitty Harrison, Executive Director, South Carolina Wind and Hail Underwriting Association

Leslie Chapman-Henderson, President and CEO of the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH)

Steve Weisbart, Chief Economist Insurance Information Institute

George W. deMenocal CPCU, ARe

Aon Re Global, Executive Vice President

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