Speaking Engagements
EQECAT experts often speak at events to share their expertise, experience, and knowledge with members of the insurance, reinsurance, and scientific communities. See the list below for engagements at which EQECAT will be speaking or attending.
Upcoming Re/Insurance Industry Events
Re/insurance events in 2012 featuring EQECAT experts:
January 30 - 31, 2012
2nd Climate Change Summit for Asia's Insurance Industry
Marina Mandarin Hotel
Singapore
Bill Keogh, President, will be speaking at the 2nd Climate Change Summit.
February 14 - 16, 2012
RAA Cat Modeling 2012: Cat Models - The New Risk
Loews Portofino Bay Hotel
Orlando, FL
EQECAT is a proud sponsor of the 2012 RAA Cat Modeling Conference.
David Smith, SVP Model Development, and other EQECAT staff will give presentations at RAA Cat Modeling 2012.
March 1 - 2, 2012
SIFMA Insurance-Linked Securities Conference
Grand Hyatt New York
New York, NY
EQECAT is a proud sponsor of the 2012 SIFMA ILS Conference.
March 14 - 16, 2012
State of the Florida Insurance Market Summit
Ritz Carlton
Amelia Island, FL
EQECAT is a proud sponsor of the 2012 State of the Florida Insurance Market Summit.
Recent Events
Find events and conferences in which EQECAT experts spoke or attended in 2011:
February 8 - 10, 2011
RAA Cat Modeling 2011: Catastrophe Management -
Road Map to the Future of Modeling and Technology
The Peabody Hotel
Orlando, FL
EQECAT was a proud sponsor of the 2011 RAA Cat Modeling Conference.
Bill Keogh, President, David Smith, SVP Model Development, and Jose Miranda, Director of Client Advocacy and Atmospheric Scientist gave presentations at RAA Cat Modeling 2011.
View Bill Keogh's presentation about 3rd Generation Correlation, "Correlation: Catastrophe Modeling's Dirty Secret" given at the 2011 RAA Cat Modeling Conference.
February 23 - 24, 2011
4th International Forum on Solvency II & Reinsurance
"Examining the Business Impact on Reinsurers and Cedants 4th International Forum on Solvency II & Reinsurance"
EQECAT attended the 4th International Forum on Solvency II & Reinsurance.
March 29, 2011
Latest Issues Concerning Cat Modelling Seminar
Institute of Actuaries
London, UK
EQECAT spoke at the Latest Issues Concerning Cat Modelling Seminar.
March 30, 2011
SIFMA 2011 Insurance and Risk Linked Securities Conference
Grand Hyatt New York
New York, NY
EQECAT was a proud sponsor of SIFMA's 2011 Insurance Linked Securities Conference.
April 1, 2011
Tohoku Earthquake Webcast - "Earthquake 9.0"
Tiger Risk Webinar with catastrophe modeling industry experts.
Bill Keogh and Paul Thenhaus
spoke at Tiger Risk's Tohoku Earthquake 9.0 webcast. Mr. Keogh discussed EQECAT's modeling of the event and the process for determining estimated insured loss estimates. Mr. Thenhaus walked through a geologist's view of the event. Also covered were the lessons learned from this megathrust rupture.
May 1-5, 2011
RIMS 2011 Annual Conference & Exhibition
Vancouver Convention Centre West
1055 Canada Place
Vancouver, BC V6C 0C3, Canada
Steve Harris, Vice President of EQECAT, attended RIMS. Visit EQECAT in booth 1227.
May 17 - 18, 2011
Insurance Day Summit London: Rethinking Reform, Risk and Regulation
Grange City Hotel
London, UK
EQECAT was a proud sponsor of the Insurance Day Summit London.
May 29 - June 1, 2011
FIDES 2011: The XXXIII Hemispheric Insurance Conference Honduras
Paul Thenhaus, Senior geologist at EQECAT, hosted a workshop, "Latin America Earthquake Risk Exposure/Lessons Learned from the Chile Quake."
EQECAT was a proud sponsor of the FIDES 2011 XXIII Hemispheric Insurance Conference.
June 7 - 9, 2011
Standard & Poor's 27th Annual Insurance Conference
New York Marriott Marquis
New York, NY
Tom Larsen, SVP, Product Architect, spoke at the S&P 27th Annual Insurance Conference.
June 8 - 9, 2011
9th Conference on Catastrophe Insurance in Asia
The Westin Beijing Chaoyang
Beijing, China
EQECAT attended the 9th Conference on Catastrophe Insurance in Asia. Fan Lei, Research Scientist, presented.
June 14 - 15, 2011
Insurance Day Summit Bermuda: The Risk Proposition Post-Recession
The Fairmont Hamilton Princess
Hamilton, Bermuda
EQECAT was a proud sponsor of the Insurance Day Summit Bermuda. Jenna Fontaine moderated a panel on Cat Modeling.
June 21-22, 2011
Managing Catastrophe Risk Conference
Grange City Hotel
London, UK
Tom Larsen, Senior Vice President, Product Architect of EQECAT, presented at the conference. "Responding to Solvency II and the Challenges of Catastrophe Modelling" is the title of 2011's Managing Catastrophe Risk Conference with a focus on immediate challenges in the field of managing catastrophe risk.
June 22, 2011
ABI Biennial Conference
Riverbank Plaza Hotel
London, UK
EQECAT was a proud sponsor of this event.
June 23, 2011
Trading Risk Awards
EQECAT was a proud sponsor of the 2011 Trading Risk Awards.
EQECAT submitted an award in collaboration with AXA Group, Swiss Re Capital Markets, GC Securities, Deutsche Bank Securities, Natixis, and PERILS AG for Calypso Capital 2010-1, which was a finalist for Non-life Transaction of the Year. EQECAT sponsored the "Investor of the year category" and presented the Award.
July 12, 2011
European Windstorm Risk - A change of Climate?
Lloyd's Old Library
London, UK
EQECAT attended this event.
July 13-15, 2011
Analytics Insight Conference
Paul Thenhaus, Senior Geologist at EQECAT, spoke at the
Analytics Insights Conference. Mr. Thenhaus presented on The 11 March
2011 Tohoku-Oki Japan Earthquake: A Seismological Black Swan.
September 10-15, 2011
2011 Les Rendez-Vous De Septembre Meeting
Hôtel Hermitage - Salle Eiffel
Monte Carlo, Monaco
EQECAT attended the 2011 Les Rendez-Vous De Septembre meeting.
September 18 - 20, 2011
Houston Marine Insurance Seminar
Steve Harris, VP, spoke at the Houston Marine Insurance Seminar.
October 14, 2011
IUA "Catastrophe Modelling 2011"
American Square Conference Centre
London, UK
James Webb, Product Manager at EQECAT, spoke at the
International Underwriting Association's "Castastrophe Modelling 2011"
seminar.
October 23 - 26, 2011
Property Casualty Insurers (PCI) Annual Meeting
EQECAT attended the PCI Annual Meeting.
October 23 - 27, 2011
2011 Baden-Baden Reinsurance Meeting
EQECAT attended the 2011 Baden-Baden Reinsurance Meeting.
October 30 - November 2, 2011
11th Singapore Int'l Reinsurance Conference
Sands Expo and Convention Center
Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
EQECAT attended the 11th Singapore Int'l Reinsurance
Conference. Bill Keogh, President, spoke on a cat risk panel
at the event.
December 1, 2011
Insurance Day London Market Awards
Grosvenor House Hotel
London, UK
EQECAT attended this event.
January 18, 2012
Earthquake Risk in the New Madrid Region Webinar
Willis Re Webinar
EQECAT's Kate Stillwell joined AIR and RMS representatives and presented a modeler's view of earthquake risk in the New Madrid region. They also shareed thoughts on the possible impact of USGS's 2013 National Seismic Hazard Map updates.