Financial Management for Non-Financial Insurance Executives
Evan D. Bennett
Evan D. Bennett is the Director of Reinsurance Consulting with Blackman Kallick Bartelstein LLP in Chicago, Illinois. He has over 25 years of experience in both the property and casualty and the life and health insurance and reinsurance industries. Evan has been involved with numerous insurance and reinsurance projects, including reinsurance audits, reinsurance contract and risk transfer analysis, and operational and financial reviews. He also has served as an expert witness and consultant on various arbitration and litigation projects throughout his consulting career. Evan has authored/co-authored several articles on reinsurance audit/accounting issues for various industry publications, has served as the chairperson of the Illinois CPA Foundation Insurance Companies Special Interest Group and has spoken at numerous industry conferences. He is also a member of the Society of Insurance Financial Management, and an affiliate member of the Illinois CPA Society.
Charles A. Krueger
Charles A. Krueger, C.P.A., C.I.A., is associate professor and director of the finance program for Executive Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Chuck takes an operational approach to developing and applying financial information in decision making, directing profit centers and implementing innovative cost management.
James P. Streff
James P. Streff is president of Streff Insurance Services, an actuarial consulting firm in Red Wing, MN. For more than 20 years, Jim has been advising property/casualty insurances on the subject of business intelligence at various venues from the IASA Conference to the International Conference of Actuaries. Jim is one of the few actuaries working in the design of business intelligence applications and is a consultant to technology companies specializing in this field. His many years of consulting together with his experience as CEO of an insurance company have helped shape his views on the importance of maintaining a competitive position in the marketplace and developing an environment of accountability and excellence within an insurance company. Jim is active in the Casualty Actuarial Society and the American Academy of Actuaries.