Non-advocative programs and resources for public policymakers
As the leading resource for objective insurance information, we host programs for policymakers at state and federal levels. Presented by leading scholars, these complimentary seminars help policymakers build valuable knowledge about insurance and emerging risk management issues so they can better support their constituents.
We are deeply committed to objectivity. All of our programs are strictly instructional and do not support any position on any issue.
Current Complimentary Programming
The Economic Outlook Ahead: Implications for the Insurance Ecosystem in 2025
Building upon an earlier conversation, Frank Tomasello, Executive Director of The Institutes Griffith Foundation, visited with Michel Leonard, Chief Economist and Data Scientist at the Triple-I and adjunct faculty member at New York University’s Economics Department. They discussed the economic outlook ahead and considered implications for the insurance ecosystem in 2025. To view the non-advocative conversation, simply click this link .
The Impact of Inflation on Insurance
The Institutes Griffith Foundation’s Executive Director, Frank Tomasello, spoke recently with Michel Leonard, Chief Economist and Data Scientist at the Triple-I and adjunct faculty member at New York University’s Economics Department, about inflation and its impact on insurance. The enlightening discuss helps public policymakers to better understand inflation and its effects on the insurance ecosystem. The brief, non-partisan discussion with this learned economist can be viewed here.
Past Programming Content
Examining the Impact of Fraud on the Insurance Ecosystem & the Important Role of Public Policymakers in Anti-Fraud Efforts
This 40-minute, on-demand program explores: the impact of insurance fraud on the insurance ecosystem; efforts underway to combat fraud; and opportunities for state lawmakers to bolster fraud prevention. It features these distinguished panelists:
- Dr. Robert Hoyt, Dudley L. Moore, Jr. Chair and Professor of Risk Management and Insurance, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia
- The Honorable Trinidad Navarro, Commissioner, Delaware Department of Insurance
- Mr. Ben Eikey, Manager of State Training and Development, Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy, Wayne State University School of Law
Complimentary, state-specific programming on this important topic is available by contacting The Institutes Griffith Foundation at info@griffithfoundation.org .
In keeping with the mission of The Institutes Griffith Foundation, the program is purely instructional in nature and does not support a position on any issues.
2024 Financial Regulators Program: Presenters’ Perspectives
This series of brief conversations features speakers from the 2024 Financial Regulators Program, a multi-day, in-person event held in June on the campus of Illinois State University. That event and these video segments are a collaborative effort of IREF, the Katie School of Insurance at Illinois State University and The Institutes Griffith Foundation. Several of the thought-leaders who spoke at the live event visited with us, on camera, to share insight on matters of relevance to financial regulators of insurance. In alignment with the mission of The Institutes Griffith Foundation, this content is instructional in nature and does not support a position on any issues.
Griffith Foundation Programming Archive
We are pleased to share an array of educational programming and content. Click below to view additional on-demand resources from past webinars and events.
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The Institutes Griffith Foundation Welcomes New Advisory Council Members, Beth Murphy and Ken Cooley
The Institutes Griffith Foundation is pleased to announce the two newest members of the Advisory Council, Beth W. Murphy and Ken Cooley. Both Murphy and Cooley will help to advance Griffith’s mission to provide non-partisan, non-advocative education to public policy members.
2023 Financial Regulators Program Presented by The Institutes Griffith Foundation, IREF and Katie School of Insurance and Risk Management
The Institutes Griffith Foundation, IREF, and the Katie School of Insurance at Illinois State University collaborated this summer to provide a multi-day program for financial regulators. An in-person event took place in June 2023 and covered a variety of topics including surplus lines, catastrophe risk modeling, and more.
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Advisory Council
Matthew Mosher, Chair
Executive Director – Rating Services
A.M. Best CompanyJillian Froment, J.D., Vice Chair
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
American Council of Life InsurersJames Carson, Ph.D., CPCU, CLU, ARM
Professor, Risk Management & Insurance
University of GeorgiaKen Cooley, J.D.
California State Assemblyman, (Former) (2012-2022)Charles M. Chamness
Independent Corporate Director and Senior Advisor
to Bain Capital Insurance and Sandbox Insurtech Ventures.Rob McDade, J.D., CPCU, CLU
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Strategy Officer
COUNTRY FinancialHoward Mills
Independent Corporate Director and Senior Advisor, McKinsey & CompanyKeesha-Lu M. Mitra, J.D., FLMI, FFSI
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyBeth W. Murphy, CPCU, ARC, ARe, MCM
EVP, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary,
Grange Insurance CompaniesDavid M. Pooser, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
IIANC-NCSLA-W. Kurt Fickling Professorship in Risk Management and Insurance
Department of Finance and Insurance
College of Business
East Carolina UniversityE. Tice Sirmans, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Finance, Insurance and Law, College of Business, Illinois State University
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Our Staff
Frank Paul Tomasello, J.D.
Executive Director
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Contact Information
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Malvern, PA 19355
info@griffithfoundation.org