Social Media for Insurers and Reinsurers Explores — How International Business Can Use Social Media
Social media and its use in international business will be the focus for talk held at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute on March 15, 2010
The speakers at the event will be Mairi Mallon, managing director of specialist re/insurance public relations firm rein4ce Ltd., and Dan Gerber, chair of attorney and litigators Goldberg Segalla LLP's Global Insurance Services Practice Group.
Both have written and spoken extensively about social media and the insurance market and have extensive knowledge about using social media platforms, such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and blogging in the global corporate world and have advised and helped implement social media strategies for re/insurance companies and their service providers.
They will be on hand after the seminar to answer questions and offer advice.
"Whether it is networking on LinkedIn, corporate blogging or joining in the conversation on Twitter – more and more companies are learning how to use the new and powerful tools of social media," said Mr. Gerber, whose firm is seen as a leader in the field with its legal reinsurance blog and their use of LinkedIn. Ms Mallon, a former Royal Gazette journalist who blogs and Tweets as 'reinsurance girl', has been called on to use her knowledge of the insurance market, communications skills and understanding of social media to help companies in the UK and Bermuda develop social media strategies.
"Many companies know they need to develop the skills to use these new tools, but don't know how to go about it," said Ms Mallon. "Many are risk-averse by nature and are struggling to work out how to use these tools sensibly. We are going to help people lose the fear and show them how to develop a workable strategy."
Ms Mallon and Mr. Gerber will be discussing the benefits and pitfalls of social media, showing what works – and what wastes resources. They will also discuss how companies can meet their legal responsibilities – and mitigate risk – while using social media.
The seminar will take place on Monday March 15, from 8.15 a.m. to 9.30 a.m.
Places are limited and cost $199. To register visit https://www.initioconsulting.co.uk/socialmediaevent/
BERMUDA IN A GLOBAL WORLD
Reinsurance Magazine has launched a new event for the Bermuda reinsurance and insurance calendar – the Bermuda Reinsurance Club, to be held on March 17th, 2010.
The half-day event at the Hamilton Princess will be opened by Bermuda's Deputy Premier Paula Cox and will feature three discussions: the first on the New York Stock Exchange and what it will mean to Bermuda and London markets; a look at the Class of 2005 five years on; and panel on the age-old debate on Bermuda vs London and whether the rivalry is still there.
The event takes place on the morning of March 17, the day after the influential World Insurance Forum finishes.The Bermuda Reinsurance Club event will be chaired by yours truly (Katherine Blackler, editor of Reinsurance Magazine) and Mairi Mallon of Rein4ce.
The panellists include: Sharon Angelino, Partner at Goldberg Segalla LLP, Barbara Merry, chief executive of Hardy Underwriting, AM Best's Senior Vice President of ratings Matt Mosher, Charles Dupplin, Chief Executive Officer of Hiscox Bermuda, Bradley Kading, president and executive director of the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR) and Neil McConachie President, and Chief Financial Officer of Lancashire Holdings Ltd.
More information and details on how to attend are available here https://www.initioconsulting.co.uk/TheBermudaReinsuranceClub/
By Daniel W. Gerber and Sharon Angelino