Gregory Maciag

Global Standards Groups Convene

Several members of the eEG7 Committee of UN/CEFACT met in Pearl River and by teleconference to discuss cooperation. Joining me and the staff are Manuel Reimer of BiPro (Germany) and Niget Wooden of eEG7 in the UK. (On my left and right).  Others from Brussels and the Netherlands attended by teleconference. Juergen Heck (Swiss Re), Past RLC Chairman, also attended the meeting. Lloyd Chumbley, Beth Grossman, Phil Brown and Ed Voyek are also pictured. John Kellington, ACORD SVP, also participated.

Sun Microsystems Update

I had the pleasure of talking to Paul Dolbec who is responsible for North America at  Sun Microsystems .

AMS & Applied User Groups Thank Volunteers

Mike Gray (AMSUG) and Mike Montgomery (ASCnet) published a joint letter thanking everyone for their participation and leadership in AUGIE and ACT and focused on the success of the Real-Time Campaign. The two associations represent 90% of the independent agencies in the United States.  The user groups have done a marvelous job with us in  AUGIE as well.
AMSUG ASCnet Joint Leadership Letter

Meet Eric Dinallo and Top Chief Executives

ACORD is one of several industry organizations that sponsor the annual Joint Industry Forum held in New York City on 13 January 2009.  Take a look at this  Agenda  featuring an experts panel and a CEO panel with leaders from Allianz, GenRe, Magna Carter, Marsh, Swiss Re and XL Capital. Oh... and our dinner speaker was Eric Dinallo, New York State Superintendent of Insurance.  So be my guest at the event.  Here are the Videos.

ACORD Directors Elected/Recognized

The ACORD membership elected several new directors this week.  Here is a press release announcing elected and re-elected directors.  Several directors have been recognized by the industry as well.