2008 AAMGA Fall Insurance and Legislative Roundtable Meeting

Mark Rothert and Bob Schacher

November 13 - 15, 2008
JW Marriott Summerlin Resort
Las Vegas, Nevada

The AAMGA's Fall Insurance and Legislative Roundtable Meeting convened a panel forum of a White House and Capitol Hill Lobbiest, representative of the Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers; a state legislator; a state insurance department and legislative lobbiest; and a representative from the pre-eminent insurance rating agency, AM Best. The panel reviewed a wide range of topics and took questions on issues including:

The priorities the new president and his administration will address
The future of federal insurance regulation, the "Optional" Federal Charter, and appointment of a federal insurance regulator
The future of state based federal regulation of insurance
The future of the wholesale insurance market
Changes rating agencies are making in their protocols and methodologies following the financial services and banking industry issues
Legal and legislative surplus lines issues in the states - including Florida
The future of the Nonadmitted Insurance and Reinsurance Reform Act
The success of grassroots campaign initiatives
How will the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, the National Council of State Legislatures and the National Council of Insurance Legislators respond to the new dynamics on the state and federal levels

The AAMGA's Membership Committee is pleased to offer you this podcast of the forum to either review and share the exclusive aspects of this unique discussion with your colleagues, or to listen to it again, if you were one of those fortunate to be in attendance.

Click on the links below to obtain the insights of Darryl Nierenberg of Patton & Boggs in Washington, DC; Joel Wood of the CIAB; Representative Greg Wren (R. AL); Fred Karlinsky, Esq., of Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Karlinsky & Abate in Tallahassee, FL; and Stefan Holzberger of AM Best, and gain an advantage reserved solely for members of the AAMGA - hearing from some of the brightest leaders of our industry. The podcast can be downloaded to your PC, laptop, iPod or other device, so you can listen to it at your leisure. Please join AAMGA Senior Vice Presidents Mark Rothert (Ron Rothert Insurance Services, CMGA in Portland, OR) and Bob Schacher (Continental Special Risks, CMGA in Atlanta, GA), as they host this unprecedented and invaluable session.