Peter Hastie, Managing Director, The Insurer

Albert Benchimol, President and CEO, AXIS Capital Holdings Limited

David Flandro, Managing Director, Analytics, Hyperion X

The channel is overflowing but is it a case of making hay while the sun shines, or a more permanent shift in the role of the surplus lines sector?

David Bull, North American editor, The Insurer (Moderator)

Jill Beggs, CPCU, ARe, President of Excess and Surplus Lines, Munich Re Specialty Insurance

David J. Bresnahan, Executive Vice President, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance

James C. Drinkwater, President, AmWINS Group, Inc.

Lou Levinson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Lexington Insurance Company

Dave Obenauer, Chief Executive Officer, Wholesale, CRC Group

Are we in the midst of a short-term correction to reset pricing to the latest view of loss trends, or are the sins of the past just beginning to be exposed on the road to a true hard market?

David Bull, North American editor, The Insurer (Moderator)

Daniel E. Aronson, US Casualty Practice Leader, Marsh

Christopher Buse, Chief Underwriting Officer, Reinsurance, North America, AXA XL

Joseph Cellura, President, North American Casualty, Allied World

Chris Donelan, Deputy CEO for Global Reinsurance, Chairman of North America Reinsurance and CUO of Global Casualty Reinsurance, Sompo International

Connie Germano, SVP, Head of Specialty Casualty, Everest Insurance Company

Edward Pray, President, New York, RT Specialty

Steve McGill CBE, Founder and CEO, McGill and Partners