Katie School/CPCU Symposium

The CPCU/ISU Katie School Symposium Committee is cancelling the April 22nd Symposium and will not be able to offer a virtual event on that date. Even though the immediate health risk for the Coronavirus COVID-19 here in Bloomington-Normal are unknown, we are committed to protecting the health and safety of our presenters and attendees, and their families, co-workers, and employers. The policies already implemented by the employers of the participants of the Symposium would also make hosting the event infeasible. We truly appreciate all of the support this event has been receiving these past many years from local attendees and our many presenters, and look forward to offering it again in 2021 .

Amy Cortese - Chair of CPCU/ISU Katie School Symposium Committee
Jim Jones - Executive Director- Katie School of Insurance and Risk Management

2020 Katie School/CPCU Symposium

The Katie School/CPCU Symposium is a unique forum providing an opportunity for industry experts, consulting firms, and academics to discuss pressing issues. This year the symposium will take place on Earth Day and will have a theme focused on innovation in insurance.

Wednesday, April 22, 2020
8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Bloomington-Normal Marriott Hotel & Conference Center

Check-In/Breakfast to begin at 8:00 am
Lunch Included

Featured Speakers so far Include:

Andrea Keenan, Senior Managing Director - Strategy & Communications, A.M. Best (Innovation)
Jay Hieb, Innovation Executive, Labs at State Farm (Insuretech)
Jesse Magenheimer, Information Security Executive at State Farm (Cybersecurity Trends)
Keith Gaudin, Manager of Innovation at Country Financial (Plug and Play Partnership)
Nick Lauria, COO, Wildfire Defense Insurance Services, Inc. (Wildfire defense)
Dr. Roy Magnuson, Illinois State University (Luncheon presentation on Creativity)
Illinois State University will have student participants from the university’s Innovation Consulting Community present on their work on how innovation could occur in the industry based on new technologies.

Nick Lauria will discuss how communities and the Insurance industry can innovate to help make communities in wildfire prone áreas more resilient. Andrea Keenan will present the A.M. Best’s new criteria for rating insurance carriers on their level of innovation. Jesse Maggenheimer, Jay Hieb, and Keith Gaudin will share ways in which insurance organizations can innovate. Dr. Roy Magnuson will explain how the creativity needed for innovation can be cultivated.

Participants in this symposium will be better prepared to help their own organizations and their own careers.

Registration for this can be found Here

2019 CPCU Symposium Presentations