BestDay Audio for Thursday, Oct. 22: Navigators Execs on Nordic Market Expansion; ACLI's Frank Keating on Financial Crisis

BestDay Audio for Thurday, Oct. 22: Paul Hennessy, president of Navigators Holdings Ltd., and Sverker Edstrom, managing director of NUAL AB, discuss how a new Denmark-based underwriting operation will help expand its reach in the Nordic market. Also included in the cast: Frank Keating, president and chief executive officer of the American Council of Life Insurers, discusses the dire situation life insurers were in a year ago and how they navigated the financial crisis.

Recent episodes of BestDay Audio include:

 Wednesday, Oct. 21: Company leaders and experts in the specialty insurance market will discuss the findings of a newly published report from A.M. Best Co. and the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices on the issues shaping the excess and surplus market and how companies are faring within it. Panelists include: Steven DeCarlo, chief executive officer, Amwins; Neal Abernathy, CEO and president, Swett & Crawford; Matt Power,executive vice president, Lexington Insurance Co. and Joseph Roethel, assistant vice president, A.M. Best. Lee McDonald hosts.

 Tuesday, Oct. 20: Richard M. Weber, president and primary consultant for The Ethical Edge Inc., which provides training and consulting services that help empower advisers and their clients to view life insurance in the context of financial planning, discusses findings from a recent white paper on life insurance as an asset class. Also included in the cast: Robert M. Baranoff, senior vice president at LIMRA International, responsible for LIMRA's global research program, discusses whether consumers have entered a "new normal" due to the market collapse and economic recession, along with how a new normal could affect the life insurance industry.

 Monday, Oct. 19: Rob Gillies, head of market processes at the Lloyd's Market Association, discusses an agreement to speed the settlement of premiums within the Lloyd's market. Also included in the cast: Peter Hunt, chief executive of the mutual trade group Mutuo, discusses the Mutuals Forum 2009, which will be held in London on Oct. 22.

 Friday, Oct. 16: John D. Mitchell, the new managing director and chief executive officer of Kinetic, the Lloyd's broker, discusses his strategic goals for the company. Also included in the cast: A look at the risks involved in managing a disaster recovery service, as featured in Best's Underwriting Guide.

 Thursday, Oct. 15: Jesse Slome, executive director of the American Association for Long Term Care Insurance, discusses his concerns about a provision in U.S. health reform legislation that would create a government-run long-term care insurance program. Also included in the cast: Frank Keating, president and chief executive officer of the American Council of Life Insurers, discusses what he says are common misconceptions about long-term care insurance and his concerns with the possible creation of a government-run long-term care insurance program.