AM Best Senior Managing Director to Join Panel Discussion at InsurTech North

OLDWICK, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AM Best Senior Managing Director Andrea Keenan will participate
in a panel discussion at InsurTech North, which will take place at the
Beanfield Centre in Toronto, Ontario, on May 23-24, 2019.

The event, hosted by Market Security Analysis & Research Inc., will
focus on the impact of innovation and emerging technologies on the
insurance industry. Participants from major insurance industry segments,
along with technology entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, will
discuss the growing alignment between emerging technologies and
insurance, including looks at the insurer-insurtech relationship and
insurtech investing.

Keenan will take part in a panel discussion, titled, “Barbarians at the
Gate,” which will explore the next generation of insurance competition:
major technology-driven companies, such as Amazon or Google, which have
unmatched consumer reach in other industries and potentially can upend
insurance distribution with next-level data analytics. The panel takes
place on May 24, at 2:30 pm (EDT). As head of industry relations for AM
Best, Keenan is responsible for AM Best’s external strategic
relationships and communications within the insurance and financial
services industries throughout the Americas. To learn more about the
InsurTech North event, please view the event
overview
.

AM Best believes the increased pace of change in society, climate and
technology has made innovation increasingly critical to the long-term
success of all insurers, and in turn, the rating agency recently
released a draft criteria procedure, titled, “Scoring and Assessing
Innovation.” This draft criteria procedure is available at http://www.ambest.com/ratings/methodology.asp.

AM Best is a trusted source of insurance market insight and data, and
the only global credit rating agency with a unique focus on the
insurance industry. Best’s Credit Ratings are a recognized indicator of
insurer financial strength and creditworthiness. Visit
http://www.ambest.com
for more information.

Copyright © 2019 by A.M. Best Company, Inc. and/or its
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Contacts

Christopher Sharkey
Manager, Public Relations
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908 439 2200, ext. 5159

[email protected]

Jim Peavy
Director, Public Relations
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439 2200, ext. 5644

[email protected]

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