Industry Thought Leadership: Focus on Talent & DEI

Innovation is an ongoing, core competency that every company must have to enhance, adapt, transform, survive and thrive. It needs to be a part of every unit, process, product, service, and team. Innovation requires both incremental changes and revolutionary transformations. Great companies must be great innovators.

InsurTech Hartford and The Hartford collaborated on this event held November 3, 2022 to deep dive into two topics that are critical to innovation: talent and DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion). Leaders from top industry companies discuss their views on evolving talent strategies and improving innovation with DEI.

Opening remarks
- Stacey Brown, Founder - InsurTech Hartford
- EMCEE: Bhamini Patel, - IOT Strategic Project Manager, The Hartford
- Michelle Cote, Director - Launch Hartford
- Karmela Malone, President - NAAIA - Greater Hartford Chapter

Discussion panel 1 - Evolving talent strategies
- MODERATOR: Matt Scott, NE Division Exec (Middle & Large Commercial) - The Hartford
- Tandeka Nomvete, Director, - Spencer Educational Foundation
- Aditi Baker, VP Data Science - The Hartford
- Mike Kalen, CEO 1 Covr Financial Technologies

Discussion panel 2 - Improving innovation with DEI
- MODERATOR: Steve Jones, VP Marketing - The Hartford
- Beth Maerz, SVP Customer Strategy & Innovation - Travelers
- Cheryl Rosario, Head of D&I and CSR - Munich Re
- Michael Kearney, VP Innovation & Emerging Technology 1 The Hartford