The 2011 Annual Conference features captive insurance and alternative risk transfer leaders who will address current issues and hot topics facing the industry today and offer their perspective on the industry's future.

On October 25 at 1:30 p.m., Libby Baney of B&D Consulting will co-lead a session on the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. She will examine facets of the act with the greatest likely impact on the insurance industry, including the new Federal Insurance Office (FIO), the Financial Stability Oversight Council, the Non-admitted and Reinsurance Reform Act, and Dodd-Frank-mandated reports due to Congress from the FIO and the Government Accountability Office.

Other sessions at the conference will include:

• RRGs — The States, NAIC, the GAO and the Feds
• Report from the DISB: Changes in the D.C. Law and Regulation
• An Update from the Hill — An Overview of Health Care and ART Issues at the Forefront of Congress
• Solvency II and International Accounting Standards Update
• Health Care Reform and its Impact on Professional Liability Coverage
• The Latest from the Tax Front
• Incorporated Cells — Enhanced Flexibility
• Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) — New Opportunities for Captives?