Liz Kramer is the President, E&S for Munich Re Specialty Insurance, Munich Re’s primary specialty insurance operation focused primarily on property, casualty and specialty lines.

Liz brings expertise in leading underwriting divisions in addition to specialty insurance from her previous roles at global re/insurance organizations. Prior to joining Munich Re Specialty Insurance, Kramer served as Senior Vice President, Head Technical Underwriting – Alternative Markets, at Zurich N.A. Prior to that role, Liz led Technical Underwriting for all Casualty lines across North America. From 1993 to 2017, Liz held a variety of roles at Gen Re, most recently as North America Treaty Strategy Manager and P&C Line Of Business Product Manager.

Liz received her MBA in International Business in 2000 from McGill University’s 2-year MBA Japan program in Tokyo, Japan, and her BA in Economics in 1990 from State University of New York in Binghamton. She has earned the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) and Associate in Reinsurance (ARe) designations.

Dawnmarie Black

Northeast Regional Director, Lloyd’s

Dawnmarie, an accomplished broker and underwriter, joined Lloyd’s in 2018 from London broker BMS Group, where she served as a Senior Vice President on the Risk Solutions team. In her role as Northeast Regional Director she is responsible for market development activities in a 12 state region stretching from Maryland and Washington D.C. to Maine.  She is also responsible for the broker practice group strategy nationally.

Dawnmarie brings more than 20 years of experience, having served in senior leadership roles with Ascot, Aon Benfield, AIG, and Chubb.

Most recently, in her four years with BMS Group, Dawnmarie was instrumental in market development and production efforts across multiple product lines. She focused on program business, having produced and managed her own portfolio of programs and also served as Target Markets liaison for BMS Re US.

Dawnmarie has her Bachelor of Arts degree from Allegheny College. She is actively involved in insurance industry philanthropic efforts and currently serves as Vice Chair of the IICF Boston board and is actively involved in charitable work through the Covenant House.

Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer
Marsh McLennan Agency
300 Cherapa Place, Suite 601
Sioux Falls, SD 57103

Kira Kimball serves as the national Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer for Marsh McLennan Agency, where she provides strategic and tactical leadership to advance efforts to attract and celebrate diverse perspectives while promoting and protecting a level playing field for all colleagues. Creating a workplace culture where everyone can be their authentic selves, an environment that fosters a strong sense of belonging, and a business strategy that harnesses the power of diversity are her energy drivers.

As a committed business leader in her community of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Kira serves on the board of directors for Southeast Tech Foundation, Levitt at The Falls, Sioux Falls Development Foundation, 100 Women Who Care Sioux Falls, Sioux Empire Women Connect, Sioux Empire United Way & Pathways to Inclusive & Equitable Workplaces, a nonprofit she founded and the national board of the Association of Professional Insurance Women. Kira is a member of the Greater Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce Leadership Sioux Falls Executive Committee, volunteers as a Sioux Empire United Way Impact Team member and as an EmBe women’s leadership program mentor, greatly adding to the purpose with which she lives her life. Kira is the first person in both SD & ND to earn the National Diversity Council Certified Diversity Professional designation and she is a Qualified Administrator of the Intercultural Development Inventory. Kira was recognized in Sioux Falls Woman and received an EmBe Tribute to Women Community Services Award for her abounding passion for diversity, equity & inclusion.

Prior to Kira’s sixteen years in the insurance industry, she spent a decade in higher education teaching, advising and counseling students at Purdue University and The Ohio State University with a focus on leadership & organizational development, career exploration and diversity equity & inclusion. Kira studied English and philosophy at Minnesota State University Moorhead as an undergraduate and received graduate degrees in both counseling & development and English at Purdue. Passionately believing everyone’s self-esteem and potential are worth supporting, Kira commits to living this belief both in and outside the workplace.

Kara graduated magna cum laude from Temple University where she majored in risk management, insurance and marketing. She holds her RPLU, CPCU, ARe and ARM designations. Kara has more than 10 years in the insurance industry and her most recent position was at TransRe where she was the Global Head of Cyber Risk. In this role, she was responsible for underwriting, risk management, communication and new product development. Prior to TransRe, Kara was a broker at Guy Carpenter. Kara is active in the Advancement of Professional Insurance Women (APIW) where she serves on the membership committee and founded TransRe’s women’s group, WiRe. She also serves as a mentor for St. John’s University and Temple University risk management students. Kara joined Markel in March of 2018 and serves as the Managing Director for Global Cyber Underwriting. In this role, Kara is responsible for establishing and leading Markel’s cyber market strategy and working with cyber underwriters across the company to achieve growth and profit initiatives. She will also develop best practices for cyber underwriting and reinsurance strategies worldwide in all Markel divisions.

Renata Bauer-Saville  brings more than 9 years of insurance industry experience and a deep understanding of client retention and strategic business development as Vice President of Major Accounts at McLarens. Her passion for professional and personal development continues to bring the highest value for clients.

Throughout her career, she has been acknowledged as a goal-focused professional always ready to go above-and-beyond to achieve revenue goals while furthering the standards of excellence. As a National Account Executive – Major Accounts, she was a key player driving revenue growth by generating new leads, identifying opportunities, supporting existing clients, devising sales strategies, and communicating service value to clients.

Kathleen Alicks, Chief Compliance Officer for Seneca Insurance company, has been with the Crum & Forster (C&F) organization for over 20 years. After holding several field leadership positions at C&F/Seneca, she created and developed the Home Office Underwriting Group of Product Line Management in 2016. Shortly thereafter she assumed responsibilities for Regulatory Compliance. She has been instrumental in helping shape the future leaders and underwriters at Seneca by developing various training programs and mentoring several women in the organization.

Kathleen is known to be an ambassador for Seneca in the C&F group and currently participates in cross-functional guilds, including the Enterprise Risk Officer guild as Seneca’s Risk Officer.  Her passion for DEI has given rise for the opportunity to serve on C&F’s DEI council, participate as an ally in several Employee Resource groups including PRIDE & ABES (Advocates for Black Equity), and is currently serving as an Executive Sponsor for the Women’s ERG, WAVE (Women Amplifying Value & Equity).  In 2022, Kathleen was the recipient of The Extraordinary Women in an Extraordinary Year award from APIW (Association for Professional Insurance Women) for her work in the DEI space, contributions during the pandemic, and her work as a member of the Board of Trustees for Birth Haven, a homeless shelter providing services for young pregnant women in Newton, NJ.

Prior to her arrival at C&F/Seneca, she spent the early years of her career honing her underwriting skills at General Star Management, a subsidiary of General Reinsurance. Kathleen is currently a council member of the APIW New Jersey Network.  She grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and attended Fairfield University where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing.

Tracey Vasile is the Senior Vice President of Client Engagement at Verisk leading a team of Client Engagement Executives with a primary focus of promoting innovation, developing strategy and facilitating enterprise-wide connectedness with our most strategically important insurance clients.
Tracey also facilitated the creation of the Executive Sponsor Roundtable and works closely with senior executives within both Verisk and the carriers on several strategic initiatives.
Tracey joined Verisk in 2010 and served as a National Account Executive and Assistant Vice President of Sales before taking on her current role leading the Client Engagement Team.
Prior to joining Verisk, she spent 16 years in sales and sales management positions at LexisNexis, working with corporations aligning data solutions with both tactical and strategic company initiatives.

Tracey earned a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and an MBA in Marketing from Sacred Heart University. She is also a member of the Board of Directors for Hope Loves Company, and her town’s Planning and Personnel Boards. She also serves as the Chapter Advisor for the Alpha Chi Omega chapter at Brown University.