Ontario incorporated insurers board of directors

8:30 am – 9:15 am

Conference registration and breakfast

9:15 am – 9:30 am

Opening remarks – (Mehrdad Rastan, Executive Vice President, Credit Union and Insurance Prudential) (see bio)

9:30 am – 10:00 am

Keynote by FSRA CEO – Principles Based Regulation and the Importance of Effective Board Oversight (Mark White, CEO) (see bio)

10:00 am – 10:45 am

Session 1 – Principles Based Regulation (Jordan Solway, Executive Vice President, Legal and Enforcement & Dr. Cristie Ford) (see bio)

10:45 am – 11:00 am

Networking and refreshment break

11:00 am – 11:45 am

Session 2 – Risk Based Supervision (Samreen Hossain, Director, Insurance Prudential Supervision) (see bio)

• FSRA’s Assessments and Expectations
• Rating Rigour and Quality Assurance
• The Integrated Approach - Market Conduct Assessments
• Q&A

11:45 am – 12:30 pm

Session 3 – Evidence-based Policy (Dan Padro, Director, Policy – Credit Unions, Insurance Prudential & Pensions and Steve Kokaliaris, Director, Approvals and Insurance Prudential Practices) (see bio)

• How FSRA develops guidance and rules
• 4-year Workplan
• Q&A 

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: 

Lunch and networking break

1:30 pm – 2:15 pm:  

Session 4 – Culture: Foundations for Effective Governance (David Maxwell, Head, Regulation and Strategic Initiatives) (see bio)

• Clarifying accountability
• Mechanisms for reinforcing culture
• Role of the board 
• Q&A

2:15 pm – 3:15 pm

Session 5 – Leader Character Framework – Part 1 (Bill Furlong and Mary Crossan) (see bio)

• Leader Character Dimensions
• Why leader character is important in developing effective boards and for organizational excellence and well-being
• Q&A

3:15 pm – 3:30 pm

Networking and refreshment break

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Session 6 – The Leader Character Framework – Part 2 (Mary Crossan and Bill Furlong) (see bio)

• Continuation from session 5
• Case studies
• Q&A

4:30 pm

Conference end