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AM Best to Sponsor and Join Panel Discussion at Program Manager Conference & Awards 2026

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AM Best Managing Director Greg Williams will join a panel discussion during The Insurer’s upcoming Program Manager Conference and Awards on May 21, 2026, at Convene Brookfield Place in New York City, NY.

During the session, titled, “The Capacity Question: Reinsurance and Alternative Capital,” panelists will discuss the evolving dynamics of reinsurance and alternative capital and examine how market participants are navigating capacity, partnerships and return expectations in a shifting risk landscape. The panel is scheduled for 9:40 a.m. EDT.

Williams oversees a team of senior analysts who are responsible for monitoring and evaluating insurance companies that operate in the personal lines, commercial lines and life/annuity segments in the United States and Canada. He also was instrumental in the development and launch of Best’s Performance Assessment for Delegated Underwriting Authority Enterprises (DUAE). A Best’s Performance Assessment is an industry-first tool providing an objective, independent opinion of a DUAE’s ability to perform services on behalf of carriers.

Additional panelists include Eric Quinn, president, Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers; Matthew Jones, head of partnerships and transverse ventures, MS Transverse; Miles Allkins, executive vice president and chief risk officer, Clear Blue Insurance Group; and Desmond Bohan, managing director, NY metro sales leader, Guy Carpenter, will moderate the panel.

AM Best is also a gold sponsor of the conference. To view more details, please visit the event overview.

AM Best is a global credit rating agency, news publisher and data analytics provider specializing in the insurance industry. Headquartered in the United States, the company does business in over 100 countries with regional offices in London, Amsterdam, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Mexico City. For more information, visit www.ambest.com.

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Christopher Sharkey
Associate Director, Public Relations
+1 908 882 2310
christopher.sharkey@ambest.com

Al Slavin
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+1 908 882 2318
al.slavin@ambest.com

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al.slavin@ambest.com

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