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Study Group: Insurance Software Experts

Council Members in this Study Group: 97

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Amanda Atkins, Chief Executive Officer, Afinia Capital GroupAmanda Atkins

Chief Executive Officer
Afinia Capital Group
What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Amanda Atkins is the CEO of Afinia Capital Group. Afinia is backed by Deutsche Bank, Eos and Atkins Capital and assists insurance companies release capital and streamline mature or discontinued liabilities. Concurrently, she is the CEO of Atkins Capital, a consulting firm which provides financial,strategic...

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Partha Srinivasa, M.S., Global Chief Architect, FARMERS INSURANCE GROUPPartha Srinivasa, M.S.

Global Chief Architect
FARMERS INSURANCE GROUP
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Partha Srinivasa is a Global Chief Architect at Farmers Insurance Group, an automobile insurer. He is the Head of Shared Services Competency Center. He specializes in software development technologies including leading edge technologies to legacy technologies. He is experienced in architecting anddelivering...

Michael Gantt, Group President, Insurance, FISERV, INC.Michael Gantt

FormerGroup President, Insurance
FISERV, INC.
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Michael Gantt, was until July 2007, the Group President, Insurance Solutions at Fiserv. The division offers technology, professional services, and outsourcing solutions such as insurance policy and claims administration, underwriting, rating, advanced billing and collections, point-of-sale technology...

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Joseph Delaney, CPCU

Managing Partner
Hilb Rogal and Hobbs of Metropolitan Washington, Inc.
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Joseph Delaney is a Managing Partner at Willis HRH of Metropolitan Washington, D.C., a brokerage which places general and specialty insurance (including property/casualty, aviation, and employee benefits) with major underwriters on behalf of its targeted clients (middle-market businesses), as wellas...

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Robert Dondes

Independent Consultant
Robert Dondes, Consultant
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Robert Dondes is an Independent Consultant based in the mid-Atlantic United States, with headquarters in Maryland. His private practice focuses on managed care, health insurance, strategic analysis, and operational improvement. Mr. Dondes is affiliated with the consulting division of the Pennsylvania...

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Stephen Craggs, BA Oxon

Director
Lustratus
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Steve Craggs is Vice-Chairman of the Integration Consortium, a global not-for-profit user community and lobby group, and Director of Lustratus, a market analyst firm. He specializes in enterprise architectures such as Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cloud Computing, Software as a Service (SaaS),Event-driven...

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James Ward, Jr

President and Chief Executive Officer
InGenuity Group
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James Ward is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Ingenuity Group, an independent Commercial Insurance Agency, Employee Benefits, and Risk Management firm. He is a Licensed Insurance Counselor (LIC), General Agent & Broker for Small & Middle Market clients. Mr. Ward is an active Member of...

Frederic Goldstein, President and Chief Operating Officer, U.S. Preventive Medicine, Inc.Frederic Goldstein

President and Chief Operating Officer
U.S. Preventive Medicine, Inc.
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Frederic Goldstein, MS, is the President and Chief Operating Officer of U.S. Preventive Medicine, since January 2008. Mr. Goldstein joined USPM when Specialty Disease Management Services which he founded and served as President was acquired by USPM in October of 2007. He has expertise in disease management,...

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HMO shares rise after Obama health reform speech

September 10, 2009

GLG Expert Contributor

HMO Shares Rise - Threat or Opportunity | www.reuters.com

New pushes into the individual market by Aetna and Cigna, along with United, Humana, Blue Cross, etc prove real opportunity to capture 45,000,000 - 85,000,000 uninsured lives. The big unknown is how Not For Profit enterprise will access capital for Surplus reserves less expensively than Federal plans....

State Farm is Bluffing

June 25, 2009

GLG Expert Contributor

We don't win in State Farm vs. Charlie Crist | www.orlandosentinel.com

State Farm is renewing most windstorm risk west of US1 in Miami State Farm is renewing "all other perils" and dumping Wind east of US1. State Farm has many loyal but frightened (20-40 year old) agency owners whose existence is threatened if State Farm abandons Homeowners, so it is unlikely. Gov. Christ...

State Farm is Bluffing

June 25, 2009

GLG Expert Contributor

We don't win in State Farm vs. Charlie Crist | www.orlandosentinel.com

State Farm is renewing most windstorm risk west of US1 in Miami State Farm is renewing "all other perils" and dumping Wind east of US1. State Farm has many loyal but frightened (20-40 year old) agency owners whose existence is threatened if State Farm abandons Homeowners, so it is unlikely. Gov. Christ...

Perfect Storm Batters Managed Care Profits (Aetna, Amerigroup, Coventry, Health Net, Health Spring, Humana, Kaiser, United and Wellpoint)

June 4, 2009

GLG Expert Contributor

How Bad Will it Get (for Aetna, Amerigroup, Coventry, Health Net, Health Spring, Humana, Kaiser, United and Wellpoint) | www.nxtbook.com

The perfect storm for reform is intensifying.  We have been here before, but multiple factors will likely force real reforms that will challenge managed care corporate profits and even survival.  The PE 2008 ratios are out and the rate of decline is more concerning than falling numbers for...

Will Feds Destroy Commercial Insurance?

May 21, 2009

GLG Expert Contributor

Health Plans Would Add to Controls on Insurers | www.nytimes.com

The feds are no stranger to healthcare reform.  It failed under Kennedy, Nixon, and Clinton.  Common sense tells us that 20% (2009) indivudual, small group AND (10%-20%) large group premium increases, and cost-shift to commercial carriers is unsustainable.  Looking at federal reform...

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Members in this Study Group include these company types:

  • Insurance Consulting Firm
  • Insurance Company
  • Consultancy, Healthcare-Focused
  • Managed Care Health Insurer, For-Profit
  • Individual/Small Consultancy
  • Software & Services
  • Consulting Firm
  • Independent Consulting Firm
  • Management Consultancy
  • Regional Brokerage

Members in this Study Group often have these job titles:

  • Principal
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Consultant
  • Chief Information Officer
  • President
  • IT Director
  • Owner
  • Managing Director

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