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Summary
The Excess and Surplus (E&S) market continues to reshape the U.S. property and casualty landscape, outpacing admitted markets and driving innovation across the industry. Building on the success of our August webinar, Exploring Trends in the Booming Excess and Surplus Market, we’re excited to delve into additional E&S topics that we couldn’t cover previously.
Joining us again are representatives from a commercial property managing general agent and a broad E&S underwriter, along with a new expert representing commercial auto E&S carriers.
Key discussion points include:
- How shifting economic, environmental, and cultural factors are shaping E&S underwriting
- Continuing challenges in the commercial auto market
- Affordability and availability of specific E&S segments
Speakers
Kettle
Isaac Espinoza
Chief Executive Officer
Isaac is an experienced executive with two decades working in insurance, reinsurance, and insurtech. Most recently he was SVP, Strategy & Reinsurance, at Root, inc. and Managing Director / Board Member of Root Re. Prior to Root, Isaac spent over a decade at Greenlight Reinsurance holding various senior roles and was a founding member of Greenlight Re Innovations, making several early-stage venture investments in insurtech startups. Isaac began his career as an actuary at Fireman's Fund and Farmers Insurance. Isaac graduated with a degree in Computer Science from the University of California, Riverside, and is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society (FCAS) and Society of Actuaries (FSA).
CSAA Insurance Group
Jeff W. Huebner
Executive Vice President, Commercial Insurance
Jeff Huebner is Executive Vice President of Commercial Insurance for CSAA Insurance Group. He leads the company’s development of commercial insurance products and solutions, reinsurance and corporate insurance. In this role, he focuses on the diversification of CSAA’s portfolio by building new insurance products for the sharing economy and mobility sector.
Mr. Huebner has served in a variety of roles at CSAA Insurance Group for more than 23 years, working most recently as Chief Risk Officer. He brings 30 plus years of deep industry knowledge, with prior experience that includes large commercial insurance brokerage, risk management for a real estate investment trust, personal lines insurance sales, and accident and health insurance claims and service.
He has previously served on the boards of AAA Life Insurance Company, California Insurance Guarantee Association, the California FAIR Plan, and in an advisory role for the California Wildfire Innovation Fund. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Dickinson College (Carlisle, Penn.) and Master of Business Administration in Finance from Notre Dame de Namur University (Belmont, Calif.).
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Chris Winter
Associate Director, Insurance
Chris Winter is the North America Insurance solutions lead for S&P Global Market Intelligence. In this role, Chris helps insurance clients utilize the full suite of solutions offered by S&P, such as financial data, credit risk solutions, data feeds, and more, while specializing in the NAIC Statutory and Rate Filings products. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in History and English from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the College of William & Mary.
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