13th Annual Cyber Liability Insurance ExecuSummit
March 12 & 13, 2025
Mohegan Sun Hotel & Convention Center, Uncasville, CT

2025 Topics & Presenters:

KEYNOTE: The Looming AI Risk Storm:

Will AI Attacks Be the NextGen Ransomware Epidemic?

Ben Goodman
Founder & CEO
CyRisk

State of the Cyber Insurance Market

Moderator: Lawrence F. Baldino
President: Cyber, Technology and Professional Liability
DUAL North America, Inc.

Michael Colford
SVP – Cyber Product Leader
Westfield Specialty

Alan J. Fiano
Assistant Vice President,  New England & West Coast Territorries, e-Risk
Crum & Forster

John Butler, RPLU+, CPLP
Senior Consultant – Cyber Product Development
Erisk Services LLC

Anthony Hess   
CEO
Asceris

Cyber Liability Claims Trends

Monique Ferraro, CISSP, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP
Counsel Cyber Practice
The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Company

Anthony J. Dolce, Esq.
Head of Professional Liability, Cyber and Tech E&O
Global Specialty – Financial Lines
The Hartford

Peter Hedberg, RPLU
Vice President, Cyber Underwriting - Northeast Territory
Corvus Insurance

Justin Skvarce, Esq.
AVP, Professional Liability Claims
Arch Insurance

Jonathan Meer
Partner
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

Cyber Liability Underwriting and Coverage Issues

Craig Linton
Cyber & Tech Product Lead
Beazley

Allison Durrett
Executive Claims Examiner, Cyber and Tech E&O Claims
Claims Division

Markel®

Michael Phillips
Cyber Practice Leader, USA

CFC

Shiraz Saeed
Senior Vice President – Product Leader Cyber & Technology Risk
ARC Excess & Surplus, LLC

Joel Wertman
Partner
Winget, Spadafora & Schwartzberg, LLP

Data Breach Class Actions: Trends and Defense Strategies

Moderator: David A. Cole
Partner
Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP

Rich Gatz, Esq., FIP
Vice President, Cyber Claims
Arch Insurance

Kristen Meringolo
Claims Officer
Liberty Mutual

Joseph Salvo
Partner
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP

Eva Kwan, Esq.
Vice President, Claims
At-Bay

Hot Cyber Data Breach and Privacy Litigation Issues

Moderator: Brian Middlebrook
Partner
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP

David J. Rock, Esq., CIPP/US
Chief Claims Officer

Trium Cyber

Marissa Olsen
Senior Vice President, Global Head of Cyber Liability Claims
Aspen

Carolyn Purwin Ryan
Partner
Mullen Coughlin LLC

George Platsis
Senior Director
J.S. Held LLC

Seeing the Forest Through the Trees:

How to Ensure Maximum Visibility of Cyber Hygiene Controls

to Drive Successful Cyber Insurance Outcomes

Moderator: David B. Anderson, CIPP/US
Vice President, Cyber
Woodruff Sawyer

Brian Robb
Senior Vice President, Head of Cyber/MPL/Tech
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance

Nadia N. Hoyte
Partner
National Practice Cyber Leader
USI

Joe Tarraf
Chief Delivery Officer
Surefire Cyber

Doug Howard
CEO
Pondurance

Artificial Intelligence and Privacy: Balancing Innovation with Compliance

Karen Painter Randall
Partner
Chair, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy and Incident Response Group
Connell Foley LLP

Jennifer A. Beckage, Esq., CIPP/US, CIPP/E
Managing Director
The Beckage Firm

Richard Goldberg
Partner
Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Sean Scranton, CISSP, CPCU, RPLU+, CISM, CISA
Consultant, Cyber Risk Solutions Team – FINEX
Willis Towers Watson

Anelia Murray
Sr. Claims Specialist, Cyber Claims
Westfield Specialty

Ransomware: Avoidance, Defense, and Claim Strategies

Nicholas P.R. Steinmann
Cyber Incident Commander
Axis

Brendan McGann
Associate Director Incident Response
Arete

Mitchell Gootnick
Director, Security Engagement and Claims
Resilience Insurance

Alyssa Farruggia
Assistant Vice President
Financial & Professional Liability Claims
Ascot Group

Jeff Mastalski
Associate Vice President of Cyber Services
PNG Cyber LLC

The Future of Third-Party Risk Management:

Vendor Security in a Complex Ecosystem

Jordan L. Morgan
Partner
Cipriani & Werner

Michael E. Kar
Partner
Pierson Ferdinand LLP

Katherine L. Matthews, Esq.
Manager, Cyber and Tech E&O Claims
Claims Division

Markel®

Tatjana Loepker
Cyber Specialty Lines
Cyber Treaty Underwriter
SCOR

George Cole ACII
VP, Head of Strategic Partnerships & US Northeast Lead, Cyber
Mosaic