The annual conference of the American Bankers Insurance Association was held on September 22-24 in Phoenix, and attended by EAPD attorneys Ted Augustinos, Chuck Welsh and Brian Green. Ted gave a presentation with Joan Cleveland of Prudential entitled “Using Customer Information to Drive Revenues,” and Brian co-chaired a panel discussion with Tim Tobin of Bank of America on reinsurance and risk management issues.

During a roundtable discussion on legislative and regulatory developments, the consensus seemed to be that federal insurance regulation proposals have taken a back seat to recent Wall Street developments and the resulting bailout discussions.