<p> Chas Bellingrath is a Partner and National Practice Leader for Cyber, Privacy & Technology E&O at ARC Excess & Surplus, LLC. In his role Chas is responsible for advising agents and clients on issues related to technology, privacy and cyber related risks as well as negotiating with carriers on policy terms and conditions. Chas specializes in tailoring tech, cyber, and breach response coverage and advises clients on breach preparedness and incident response planning. In addition, Chas is responsible for product development and production throughout the United States. <br/><br/> Prior to joining ARC, Chas was a Senior Broker and head of the Cyber/Tech division at a regional wholesaler where he initially launched the product in 2007. <br/><br/> Chas brings ARC over 10 years of dedicated Cyber, Privacy & Technology risk expertise. Chas is globally recognized and frequently instructs privacy seminars and participates on executive panels for Cyber Risk conferences. Chas also sits on several Producer Advisory Councils for top insurance carriers and the PLUS CyberRisk Task Force. </p>

<p> Christopher Novak is a co-founder and the Director of the Verizon RISK Team. He is an internationally recognized expert in the field of Investigative Response and Computer Forensics. He has been involved with information security for over 15 years. Christopher has assisted corporations, government agencies, and attorneys with all matters involving computer forensics, fraud investigations, and crisis management. He has testified as an expert witness in various matters and before such bodies as the Supreme Court of the State of New York. He has also briefed United States congressional committees such as Senate Banking, House Financial Services, Senate Commerce, House Energy & Commerce, Senate Judiciary, House Homeland Security and Senate Homeland Security & Government Affairs.<br/><br/> He has been an advisor on dozens of high-profile intrusion and data breach investigations around the globe. He works closely with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies as well as joint investigative operations coordinated with foreign law enforcement. <br/><br/> In his current position, he manages teams of highly skilled consultants located around the world. Each of these teams maintains experts in various fields of study and practice, such as forensic analysis, malware reverse engineering, threat intelligence analysis and threat actor attribution, among others… Christopher specializes in high-level crisis and emergency response matters and is regularly consulting with executives from Fortune 500 companies with regard to pre-planning for such situations as well as leading active crisis response matters and liaising with external partners.<br/><br/> Christopher is an active public speaker, discussing various topics ranging from high-level best practices to executive-level crisis management. He has been a contributing author of the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report since its first publication in 2008 and has been featured in such media outlets as The Wall Street Journal, ABC News, American Banker, and many others. Christopher is an active member among multiple industry trade groups and a frequent guest lecturer at universities. He also serves as an advisor for many industry-related associations in an effort to further promote cybersecurity awareness and education as well as working closely with organizations as it relates to various policy initiatives on the topic of cybersecurity.<br/><br/> Christopher holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. </p>

<p> Chris Christian stumbled into insurance in 1985 as a temporary employee at GAF Insurance Services, a bank-affiliated insurance agency in San Diego. After six years with GAF, Chris moved to the carrier side, opening the San Diego branch office of RLI Corp, an underwriter of specialty lines of insurance. The San Diego office was dedicated to Directors and Officers Liability coverage, and was the launching pad for Chris’s specialization in professional liability.<br/><br/> Chris left RLI in 1997 to establish her own underwriting facility at London American General Agency and branched out thereafter into professional liability broking.<Br/><br/> Chris joined U.S. Risk in November of 2005 and six months later relocated herself, her significant other, and 26 animals to Tennessee, where she continues her pursuit of the art and science of professional liability broking, and contributes to the industry as a frequent speaker, author and association participant. <br/><br/> Chris is the publisher of PLTidBits, a website focused on professional liability broking information. You may subscribe to Chris’s periodical Knowledge Knuggets publication by visiting the site, or by emailing her at chris [at] pltidbits [dot] com or chrisc [at] usrisk [dot] com. </p>

<p> Craig Hoffman guides companies through the response to potential privacy and security incidents, and he provides proactive counsel on the complex regulatory issues that arise from data collection and use, including customer communications, data analytics, emerging payments, cross border transfers, and security incident response preparedness. He uses his experience as a litigator and work with hundreds of companies who have faced security incidents to help clients develop a practical approach to meet their business goals in a way that minimizes regulatory risk. Craig conducts incident response workshops—built upon applicable notification laws and guidelines, "good" and "bad" examples from other incidents, and a tabletop exercise—to prepare companies to respond to security incidents quickly, efficiently, and in a manner that complies with applicable law while mitigating risk and preserving customer relationships. Craig also serves as the editor of BakerHostetler's <a href="http://www.dataprivacymonitor.com/" target="_blank">Data Privacy Monitor</a> blog. </p>

<p> Dena Magyar is the national practice leader for the Technology, Privacy, and Network Risk Practice, which is part of the Wells Fargo Insurance Professional Risk Practice. She serves as an in-house resource for all professional liability, technology errors and omissions, media liability, network security, and privacy related lines of coverage. In her role, Dena is responsible for driving strategy, maintaining carrier relationships, and delivering the most state-of-the art coverage for Wells Fargo clients. She also provides consultative services, market negotiations, policy analysis and placement, policy administration, and claims advocacy services. <br/><br/> Dena has over 18 years of experience in the insurance industry, with the last 15 as a broker for Professional Liability. Prior to joining Wells Fargo Insurance, Dena was a broker at Marsh USA and an underwriter at AISLIC (an American International Group company). Additionally, Dena has worked on the wholesale side of the business, finding homes for hard-to-place professional liability risks for retail brokers. Dena has had the opportunity to work with underwriters around the world including having brokered deals at Lloyds of London and Swiss Re in Zurich. <br/><br/> Dena speaks on various panels relating to the topics of network security and privacy for all industry classes. She also conducts seminars on behalf of our local and regional offices. <br/><br/> Originally from New York City, Dena now lives in Charlotte with her twin sons. </p>

<p> Fred Flint is a benefits consultant for Insurity Group, a Chattanooga-based full-service insurance agency licensed in 50 states. In this role, Flint provides businesses and individuals with customized health benefit solutions. <br/> <br/> Prior to this role, he served 17 years with BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee in a variety of leadership roles, serving most recently as the insurer’s risk manager. Flint brings a varied skill set to the health benefits brokerage field, having corporate experience in risk management, strategic planning, marketing and communications. <br/> <br/> He holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Alabama and an MBA from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. </p>

<p> Graeme is the Chief Innovation Officer at CFC Underwriting Ltd, the largest independent MGA in the London Market. In his current role, Graeme is responsible for sales, marketing, technology and product development across all of CFC’s insurance business lines. Originally founded in 2000, CFC is widely recognized as one of the early pioneers of the fast growing cyber insurance market. Accounting for over 10% of the cyber insurance written in the Lloyd’s market, Graeme has built the practice at CFC to be one of the global market leaders in this emerging class business.<br/><br/> A highly sought after market commentator both in Europe and the US, Graeme is a charismatic speaker who delivers solid, research backed information and practical advice for delegates looking to gain real insight into emerging risks. His background is unique, having spent his early career working as a consultant for Deloitte on pioneering Internet security projects with the UK Ministry of Defence and the internationally renowned London Congestion Charging Scheme. Graeme left consultancy to establish his own cyber risk management practice. This business soon expanded to cater for the growing insurance needs of technology-driven business providing them with specialist lines policies to cover their cyber, privacy and professional liability exposures.<br/><br/> Most recently, Graeme has focused on the development of the cyber insurance market and has been responsible for the leadership of CFC’s cyber insurance division, including the creation of their award winning product and growing claims infrastructure. With 18 specialist underwriters, 5 dedicated claims adjusters and 3 cyber product developers, CFC now has the largest specialist cyber team in the London market. In 2015, Graeme was awarded the Advisen Cyber Industry Person of the Year (London), as well as the TechAssure Risk Innovator of the Year.<br/><br/> Graeme is also a member of the Global Cyber Alliance advisory board.<br/><br/> Some of Graeme’s previous speaking engagements include: <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li>Chairman, Advisen Cyber Conference, London (2015)</li> <li>PLUS Cyber Conference, Chicago (2015)</li> <li>Privacy Exchange Forum, Arizona (2016)</li> <li>London Market Cyber Symposium, London (2016)</li> <li>London Claims Club, London (2017)</li> </ul><br/> <strong>CFC Underwriting</strong><br/> CFC Underwriting is an award winning Lloyd’s MGA specializing in developing and distributing cutting edge insurance products for specific niche markets. Based in London, CFC has clients in over 60 countries around the world and is backed by 32 Lloyd’s Syndicates.<br/><br/> CFC was named Underwriter of the Year at the 2010 British Insurance Awards, Underwriting Team of the Year at the 2011 London Market Awards, MGA of the Year at the 2012 Insurance Times Awards and won the prestigious Queens Award for Enterprise in International Trade in 2013.<br/><br/> <a href="http://www.cfcunderwriting.com/" target="_blank">www.cfcunderwriting.com</a> </p>

<p> Nick Economidis is a Vice President in the Professional Liability department for Crum & Forster responsible for eRisk including cyber insurance products and Technology Errors &Omissions. Nick has over 30 years of total underwriting experience with 20 years of experience underwriting cyber risk exposures. Prior to joining Crum & Forster, Nick was an underwriter with Beazley (2008-2018), and the Vice President and Product Manager for Media, Technology and Network Security with AIG Executive Liability (2001-2008). He has an Associate in Risk Management designation from the Insurance Institute of America, a B.S. (Marketing) from Rutgers University, and an M.B.A. degree from Villanova University. </p>

<div style="text-align:center;font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"> <p> Steve Krusko is the Chief Underwriting Officer for Berkley Cyber Risk Solutions, a wholly owned operating company of W. R. Berkley Corporation. He is based in Atlanta, GA. <br/><br/>   Since joining Berkley Cyber at it’s inception in 2016, he has been responsible for setting strategies, underwriting guidelines, broker appointments and ensuring the profitability of all cyber insurance products underwritten within Berkley Cyber Risk Solutions. <br/><br/>   Steve began his career with AIG in 1989 as a claims analyst in Ft. Collins, CO. In over 27 years with AIG he held a number of roles and leadership positions within Claims, Marketing, Operations and Underwriting. Prior to joining Berkley Cyber Risk Solutions in 2016, he was responsible for AIG’s Corporate Accounts Segment within The Professional Liability Division. He has extensive experience with Cyber Liability Insurance since 2000 as well as Miscellaneous Professional Liability, Technology E&O, Media Liability, Educators Legal and Public Officials Liability, Accountants, Lawyers and A&E. Steve has worked out of AIG offices in Phoenix, Denver, Tampa and Atlanta. <br/><br/>   He is a graduate of Colorado State University with a BS in Business Administration/Finance. </p>

<p> The specter of a massive cyberattack is the most urgent concern confronting the nation's information technology infrastructure today, an issue Theresa Payton understands better than anyone. Through the lens of years of experience in high-level private and public IT leadership roles, Payton delivers sought-after solutions that strengthen cyber-security measures and neutralize e-crime offenders. <br/> <br/> Payton is one of America's most respected authorities on Internet security, net crime, fraud mitigation, and technology implementation. As White House Chief Information Officer from 2006 to 2008 -- the first woman ever to hold that position -- she administered the information technology enterprise for the President and 3,000 staff members. Prior to working in federal government, Payton held executive roles in banking technology at Bank of America and Wells Fargo. <br/> <br/> As founder of Fortalice, LLC, a security, risk, and fraud consulting company, she now lends her expertise to organizations large and small, helping them improve their information technology systems against emerging, amorphous cyber threats. In 2010, she was named by Security Magazine as one of the top 25 "Most Influential People in Security." She serves as a cyber expert for the syndicated program America Now and is co-author of Protecting Your Internet Identity: Are You Naked Online? <br/> <br/> Payton candidly equips audiences with far-reaching lessons on how to protect the growing millions who use the Internet daily as well as the organizations who are on the front lines of fending off rapidly evolving, infrastructure-crippling cyberattacks. </p>

<p> Thomas Kang is the Director of Privacy Claims in ACE USA’s Professional Risk Claims division, where he manages ACE’s privacy claims team. He oversees privacy, data breach, network security, and technology Errors & Omissions (E&O) liability claims, specializing in the management of high risk first party data breach responses and large multi-jurisdictional class action lawsuits. Thomas also develops and oversees the Data Breach Team, a panel of data breach response specialists in order to optimize cost effective solutions for ACE policyholders. His responsibilities include identifying claims trends, analyzing legal developments and resolving coverage issues to proactively manage policy responses to privacy and data breach claims. <br/> <br/> Prior to joining ACE, Thomas was an associate at Mendes & Mount, LLP, representing various insurance carriers in the resolution of high exposure professional liability cases. He also advised clients regarding coverage and policy drafting issues. Thomas is a graduate of Fordham University School of Law. </p> <p> Thomas Kang is the Cyber Product Manager of Harford Financial Products. <br/><br/> Thomas joined the company in December 2014. As the Cyber Product Manager, Thomas is responsible for the strategic development of privacy and network security insurance products and related risk management services. He also oversees the development and execution of cyber related underwriting strategy and operations across Hartford Financial Products to ensure tailored cyber risk solutions for The Hartford’s clients. <br/><Br/> Prior to joining The Hartford, Thomas served as an Assistant Vice President and Director of Privacy Services at ACE Group. <br/><br/> Thomas is a graduate of Fordham University School of Law. </p>

<p> Tyler O’Connor is a wholesale broker for CRC Insurance Services, Inc. specializing in professional liability. He has helped lead his company's efforts to expand its presence and influence in the Cyber Security & Privacy Liability marketplace, while speaking regularly to associations and retail organizations on the topic. He has twice served as faculty speaker at the American Conference Institute’s Data Risk & Cyber Forum, and has lectured the American Association of Managing General Agents, NAPSLO & Troy University's E&S Insurance Symposium, and the Alabama Independent Insurance Agents Association on the topic of Network Security & Privacy Liability. </p>