FALL 2026 CONFERENCE AGENDA

Insurance Consumer Affairs Exchange

ICAE Annual Exchange - Agenda

September 20-23rd, 2026
The Menger Hotel, 204 Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, Texas 78205

The Institu


Exchange Agenda

Sunday, September 20, 2026
5:30 – 7:00 p.m. Welcome Reception for all ICAE Registrants
Monday, September 21, 2026
7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 8:45 a.m. PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS & ICAE WELCOME
Kristi Colbert, ICAE President, United Healthcare
8:45 - 9:15 a.m. WELCOME TO TEXAS - Amanda Crawford, Texas Insurance Commissioner.
9:15 – 10:30 a.m. KEYNOTE ADDRESS: How to Stay Certain When Everyone Around You Isn’t - NATASHA STARCHESKI, podcaster - NAT OUT OF OFFICE 
10:30 – 10:45 a.m. NETWORKING BREAK
10:45 – 12:00 a.m. KEYNOTE ADDRESS CONTINUES - How to Stay Certain When Everyone Around You Isn’t - INTERACTIVE SESSION - NATASHA STARCHESKI, podcaster - NAT OUT OF OFFICE
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. LUNCH
1:00 – 2:30 p.m.

 

COMMISSIONERS PANEL DISCUSSION - Amanda Crawford, Texas Insurance Commissioner, Glen Mulready, Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner; Andy Case, Mississippi Associate Commissioner
Moderator:  Aaron Cooper, MS DOI
2:30 - 2:45 p.m. NETWORKING BREAK
2:45 – 3:45 p.m. WILDFIRE PREPARED: MAKING HOMES AND COMMUNITIES MORE SURVIVABLE & INSURABLE – Steve Hawks, Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS)
3:45 - 4:45 p.m. THE RESPONSIBLE USE OF DATA IN THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY - Victor Bayus- LEXISNEXIS
4:45 - 5:00 p.m.

 

 

ICAE 50th ANNIVERSARY EVENT - ICAE HISTORY & TESTIMONIALS - 50 YEARS & COUNTING – GROUP PHOTO     

Free Evening - Enjoy San Antonio

Tuesday, September 22, 2026
7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 10:00 a.m. KEYNOTE ADDRESS #2 - DR. COYTE COOPER, PH.D., PERFORMANCE COACH
10:00 - 10:15a.m.  NETWORKING BREAK
10:15- 11:45 a.m. KEYNOTE ADDRESS #2 - INTERACTIVE SESSION - DR. COYTE COOPER, PH.D., PERFORMANCE COACH
11:45– 12:45 a.m. LUNCH
12:45 - 1:45 p.m. BRENT WALKER - COALITION AGAINST INSURANCE FRAUD
1:45 – 2:15 p.m. TURNING CONSUMER COMPLAINTS INTO STRATEGIC INSIGHTS – Adam Stanhope, The Hanover
2:15 - 3:00 p.m. BRIDGING THE GAP
SERVING UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN INSURANCE & CONSUMER PROTECTION – LIANA BARTOTO, OUTREACH COORDINATOR, OKLAHOMA DOI
3:00 - 3:15 p.m. NETWORKING BREAK
3:15 - 5:00 p.m. BREAKOUT SESSIONS -SPEED NETWORKING WITH REGULATORS:
LIFE & HEALTH BREAKOUT - Diane Robbs, Oklahoma DOI, Mackenzie Mahler, Country Financial

PROPERTY & CASUALTY BREAKOUT - Lindsay Xander, Virginia DOI, Thomas Herndon, Liberty Mutual
6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Tuesday Evening Event - River Cruise & Dinner at The Alamo Hall
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Wednesday, September 23, 2026
7:30 - 8:30 a.m. REGULATOR MEETING & BREAKFAST - 
7:30 – 8:30 a.m. ICAE MEMBER BREAKFAST - Ballroom
8:30 – 9:00 a.m. ICAE MEMBER BUSINESS MEETING
9:00 – 10:00 a.m. THE RISE OF AI-GENERATED COMPLAINTS: NAVIGATING VOLUME, VALIDITY AND COMPLIANCE – Dave Snyder, Vice President, International Policy & Counsel, APCIA; Amy Beard, Taft Law; Rebecca Vasquez, Associate General Counsel, AJG; Moderator: Frank Paul Tomasello, The Institutes Griffith Foundation
10:00 – 11:00 a.m. CASE STUDIES – FACILITATORS: Mackenzie Mahler, Country Financial; Lindsay Xander, Virginia DOI
11:00 - 11:45 a.m.

 

11:45 - 12:00 p.m.

NAIC AI SYSTEMS EVALUATION TOOL (AISET) - Tim Mullen, NAIC

ICAE 2027 EXCHANGE PREVIEW & CLOSING ADDRESS - KRISTI COLBERT, ICAE PRESIDENT, UNITED HEALTHCARE