Career Development Seminar

The Financial Examiners Educational Foundation is sponsoring the new Professional Series, which is an Executive Development for Insurance Professionals track to discuss the new Risk-Focused Approach to financial examination and other current topics of interest to the insurance professional.

You can trust that Eide Bailly truly understands regulators’ unique challenges, because our insurance team of more than 60 professionals is led by former regulators. We have the knowledge and skills to help regulators reach their goals. Clients appreciate our focused knowledge and understanding of current laws and regulations and our ability to deliver tailored solutions to meet their needs.

Eide Bailly is recognized as a national leader in the insurance industry.

Experience the Difference.

Call or visit us online today.

866.776.4623

www.eidebailly.com

For over a decade, Huff, Thomas & Company has provided insurance examination and  consulting services to regulatory agencies and select industry clients. Financial Condition and Market Conduct examinations are the “core” services provided by HuffThomas.

In addition, we offer consulting services for specialized issues and transactions, provide litigation support and  expert witness testimony, and provide regulatory compliance expertise. Since our staff is comprised primarily of former insurance regulators, we understand the needs and requirements of regulators and the agencies they represent. Our team consists of professionals who hold one or more titles: CFE, CIE, AFE, AIE, CPA, CISA, CPCU, FLMI, MCM or other insurance specialties.

In addition, our firm includes former SOFE President Cecil Thomas.

For professional services or employment opportunities, please contact our Kansas City office.

Neeraj Gupta, CFE – President

Phone: (816) 531-5727

E-mail: huffthomas@huffthomas.com

Web site: www.huffthomas.com

The Regulatory Insurance Consulting Practice (RICP) within RSM McGladrey focuses on providing exceptional service to states. Depending on your needs, our professionals conduct comprehensive, risk-focused, combined (financial and market conduct) or targeted financial examinations.

RSM McGladrey is a nationally recognized leader in providing consulting services to insurance regulators. We bring multiple service lines together to provide excellent skills and seamless service to our clients. We are committed to train our customers and offer competitive pricing, outstanding experience, credentials and references. RSM McGladrey actively participates in NAIC national meetings and various committees.

A majority of RSM McGladrey professionals hold memberships in regulatory trade associations and provide significant regulatory training sponsored at local and national levels.

Our team includes individuals located nationwide, dedicated full-time to serving our regulatory insurance clients. They include ex-insurance regulators and CFE/AFEs, as well as numerous CIEs/AIEs, MCMs, CISAs, FLMIs, MAAAs, FCASs, CPCUs, CLUs, RHUs, CMAs, Certified Fraud Examiners, ARes and CIAs.

We employ specialists in information systems, actuarial services, corporate governance, investments, reinsurance and regulatory solvency consulting.

As necessary, we are also able to provide experienced Examiners-In-Charge and/or other levels of loan staff to your department, allowing you to use our resources to supplement your staff.

We’re focused on listening to your needs, then designing examination, consulting and training solutions that fit together with your budget and time.

For additional information on how the RICP can assist your state insurance department, or for more information on employment opportunities, please contact:

Joseph Clark

860-409-4881

joseph.clark@rsmi.com

LeeAnne Creevy

860-409-4880

leeanne.creevy@rsmi.com

Jan Moenck

612-629-9079

jan.moenck@rsmi.com

Patrick Tracy

410- 308-5839

patrick.tracy@rsmi.com

Craig Moore

410-308-5779

craig.moore@rsmi.com

Kansas City

Annette Knief

913-685-5846

annette.knief@rsmi.com

Margaret Spencer

904-273-4910

margaret.spencer@rsmi.com

www.rsmmcgladrey.com

Examination Resources, LLC is pleased to be a sponsor at the 2010 SOFE Career Development Seminar and to be a part of such an essential community of professionals.

Based in Atlanta, GA, Examination Resources, LLC (ER) has been providing financial and market conduct examination services, since 2002. With a staff of 24 fulltime examiners and long term relationships with subject matter experts on a contract by contract basis, we have conducted over 250 financial and market conduct examinations during those eight years.

The companies we have examined range in size up to $100 billion in assets. ER also offers other regulatory consulting services involving administration supervision, rehabilitation, liquidation, re-domestication, solvency analysis, and mergers.

ER offers high-level expertise and experience in conducting examination services and emphasizes top notch performance and quality examination services with particular attention to detail and efficiency. ER has experience with both the traditional and the risk-focused examination approaches and has a team of examiners who are highly qualified, holding such designations as CFE, CPA, CPCU, FLMI, CIE, AIE, AES, CISA, ARe, ARM, and AIRC and represent a wide variety of professional backgrounds, including former regulators, CFOs, big 4 auditors and insurance industry professionals.

More important, ER places emphasis on value-added examinations targeted to help a state insurance department accomplish its mission of protecting the policyholders of the companies it regulates.

Please visit our website at www.examresources.net for more information about our firm or contact Rebecca Belanger-Walkins, Managing Member, (404) 816-6188, rebeccawalkins@examresources.net.

Contact: Alan Shaw, President

Phone: (215) 625-2927

Fax: (215) 625-8323

Email: AShaw@insconsultants.org

http://www.insris.com

INS Regulatory Insurance Services, Inc. (InsRis) has been providing examination and related services to regulators since 1987. With over one hundred and twenty five (125) highly qualified regulatory professionals, we have been able to assist insurance regulators in fulfilling  their responsibilities in the most efficient and cost-effective manner possible. Since InsRis works solely for Insurance Regulatory Agencies, utilization of our firm eliminates any potential conflicts of interest.

Our staff includes many former State employees familiar with the needs of regulatory agencies. InsRis provides assistance to regulators in virtually all areas of insurance regulation. The firm specializes in Risk-Focused Surveillance Examinations, Information Systems Technology, Actuarial Services (Property/Casualty and Life/Health), Reinsurance Services, Investment Services, Market Conduct Examinations, Market Analysis, Rehabilitations and Liquidations, and  Financial Analysis. Our highly qualified staff includes Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and individuals with the following credentials: CFE/AFE, CIE/AIE, MCM, CPA, ARe, CISA, AES, FLMI, FCAS/ACAS/MAAA, FSA/ASA/MAAA, CPCU, CLU, and CFE (Certified Fraud Examiners).

Our experts provide training and education (formal classroom and on-the-job) to ensure that regulatory agencies remain in compliance with accreditation standards.

InsRis is honored to be a sponsor of the Society of Financial Examiners 2010 Career Development Seminar and to assist in providing continuing professional education to the regulatory community.

Accounting, Financial, Economic & Regulatory Consulting

Invotex Group helps state insurance departments meet and overcome financial regulatory challenges and other often daunting and complex situations involving insurers, including some of the industry’s very largest.

The firm provides financial examinations and investigations, troubled company support, administrative supervision, rehabilitation and liquidation services, valuations, litigation services, and specialty services involving complex areas such as reinsurance, investments, claims, actuarial and information technology. The firm is also experienced in all business segments – property and casualty, life and health, and managed care.

Invotex’s executive staff has deep industry and project management experience from a wide variety of perspectives: as former auditors, consultants and partners of international public accounting firms; as financial executives for some of the largest insurers; as former Deputy Insurance Regulator; as directors of internal audit and of Sarbanes Oxley implementation teams; as a CFA and credit analyst with NRSRO experience; and as former in-house counsel and claims attorney.

They actively and routinely contribute to the body of insurance and regulatory knowledge through participation in efforts such as the NAIC’s Risk Assessment Working Group, through an award-winning series of articles in SOFE’s quarterly publication, The Examiner, and more. Also, Invotex shares its insights into regulatory and industry trends in its monthly newsletter, Insurance Perspectives.

For more information, please visit www.invotex.com or contact:

Tom Finnell, Managing Director

(202) 370-2405 or tfinnell@invotex.com

James Stangroom, Managing Director

(410) 824-6001 or jstangroom@invotex.com

Baltimore, MD - Philadelphia, PA - Washington, DC

WWW.INVOTEX.COM

Noble Consulting Services, Inc. is pleased to continue as a sponsor and a presenter for CDS programs. Over the past two decades, Noble has been dedicated to providing regulatory consulting services exclusively for the benefit of state insurance regulators. Through our employee-based model, we have developed a reputation for what we believe is unparalleled service we call the “Noble Experience.”

Our seasoned professionals include former regulators, big four managers, insurance industry professionals, and seasoned specialists. Our information security measures meet best practices in the insurance industry and have passed independent reviews by the industry. We provide the following services:

risk-focused financial and market conduct examination, information systems reviews, reinsurance and investment specialists, liquidation and rehabilitation services, and financial analysis and compliance services.

Our regulatory background, along with our strong communication efforts, ensures satisfaction with our services and our long-term commitment to our state regulators. We control all aspects of the examination including the examiner’s training and use of technology.

We also provide value-added services to our state insurance regulators through customized training programs.

To learn more about Noble or for employment opportunities, please visit our web site at www.noblecon.net or contact Randy Lamberjack, Mike Dinius, or Bob Panah at (317) 471-8800.

CCH® TeamMate’s world-leading software suite is the choice of more than 70,000 auditors from over 1,800 organizations.

The award-winning audit management system has revolutionized the audit process, empowering auditors to spend less time documenting and reviewing, and more time providing value-added service.

TeamMate provides an integrated paperless strategy for improving every aspect of the audit process including: risk assessment, scheduling, planning, execution, review, report generation, trend analysis, committee reporting, and storage.

As complete standalone solution, TeamMate runs in most IT environments and is completely flexible, adapting to the way you audit.

TeamMate is part of ARC Logics™, a Wolters Kluwer business. In addition to offering audit management, Team-Mate leverages partner products Sword and Axentis to provide customers with increased efficiency and transparency across risk and compliance management processes.

TeamMate is delighted to be a sponsor at the 2010 SOFE Career Development Seminar. We invite you to stop by our booth or visit us on the web at www.cchteammate.com

Douglas A. Hartz, Principal

T (573) 268-6546 or DougHartzKC@gmail.com

Insurance Regulatory Consulting Group (IRCG) focuses on insurance regulation, and the transactions and issues involving troubled or insolvent insurance companies. Similar to the shift to Risk-Focused Exams, IRCG is trying to shift the thinking to Benefit-Focused Actions in relation to troubled and insolvent insurers.

IRCG aims to employ the best available resources, which may well include resources from other groups featured in this brochure, to provide better end results for regulators and the consumers they protect in regard to troubled or insolvent insurance companies.

Douglas Hartz, as principal member of IRCG, with over 20 years of experience in seeking better ways to deal with troubled or insolvent insurers, knows the professionals working in these areas, and the issues that may be best addressed by working with those professionals while retaining the ability to associate with anyone that can get things done.

Regulatory Consultants, Inc. (RCI) was established in January 2003 to offer comprehensive regulatory services, including risk-focused financial and market conduct examination resources, and currently provides those services to a number of state insurance departments.

RCI provides the general regulatory and specialized skills necessary for relevant, complete, and accurate results on examinations and for other consulting services such as accreditation and financial analysis support, and IT, reinsurance, Form A and investment portfolio reviews.

Our expertise also includes assisting insurance departments regarding sensitive and high profile issues related to troubled insurance companies.

RCI’s examination teams bring decades of insurance regulatory experience to state insurance departments.

The principals of RCI are Nestor J. Romero, CPA, CFE, CIE, FLMI, Juli-Kay Baumann, CFE, CIE, CPCU, ALMI, ARe and Eric Dercher, CFE.

RCI is dedicated to providing exceptional service – our goal is to exceed your expectations.

Regulatory Consultants, Inc.

10433 Montgomery Parkway Loop NE • Suite 100

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87111

Telephone: (505) 944-0058 • Fax: (505) 944-0059

www.regconinc.com

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP is a law firm with market leadership in financial services and insurance law, providing transactional, regulatory and litigation expertise to many of the largest domestic and overseas life, non-life and financial guarantee insurers and reinsurers, as well as regulators, trade associations, and financial services companies in the insurance industry, including investment banks, venture capital firms and investment advisers.

Stroock’s emphasis on client service and innovation has made it one of the nation’s leading law firms for 130 years.

Stroock’s practice areas include:

Capital markets/securities, commercial finance, mergers & acquisitions and joint ventures, private equity/venture capital, private funds, derivatives and commodities, employment law and benefits, energy and project finance, entertainment, financial restructuring, financial services litigation, insurance, intellectual property, investment management, litigation, personal client services, real estate, structured finance and tax.

For more information, please visit Stroock’s web site at www.stroock.com

Global Insurance Enterprises Inc.

An ex-regulator with over 11 years of experience in the following services:

• Full Service Risk-Focused Examination

• Supervision

• Rehabilitation

• Liquidation

• Reinsurance and Investment Reviews

• Financial Analysis

• Forensic Accounting

• Company Admission

• Mergers and Special Projects Committed to providing proficient and personal regulatory services.

For more information, please contact:

Roshanak (Roshi) Fekrat, CFE, CPA, CIA

47 W. Wissahickon Ave., Suite 200

Flourtown, PA 19031

Cell (215) 806-8656

Fax (215) 359-1883

rfekrat@gie.us.com

ParenteBeard is a leading regional certified public accounting firm.

Highlights about our firm include:

• Extensive NAIC Risk-Focused Examination experience

• Full scope Examination assistance, information technology, investment, tax, actuarial, and reinsurance specialist services

• Provide state regulators training on examination topics and best practice techniques

• Large client-base including mutual and public companies, L&H, and P&C companies

• Our insurance audit practice was recently ranked 17^th in the AM Best

North American Insurance Auditors & Actuaries – 2009 Ranking Review

www.parentebeard.com

Contact information:

Mark E. Laccetti, CPA

Mark.Laccetti@ParenteBeard.com

(215) 557-2217

John Romano, CPA

John.Romano@ParenteBeard.com

(215) 972-2277

Smith-Little, LLC is pleased to join you for SOFE’s annual Career Development Seminar. Smith-Little’s aim is to provide state insurance regulators and select industry clients an option for excellence when supplementing their regulatory resources. Our services include:

Financial analysis

Regulatory filings

Investments

Actuarial services

Reinsurance adequacy analysis

Market conduct examinations

Market analysis

Compliance assessment

Premium audits

Receivership support

Information systems

technology and evaluation

405 Capitol St., Suite 908 • Charleston, WV 25301

(304) 720-0352 (Phone) • (304) 346-6731 (Fax)

info@smithlittle.com  www.smithlittle.com

E. Joy Little, President/CEO • ejoylittle@smithlittle.com

AGI Services is dedicated solely to meeting the unique needs of state insurance regulators. In addition to providing full-scope financial and actuarial exam support, our innovative market conduct techniques have established us as a forerunner in the regulatory industry.

Our team is comprised of highly qualified and dedicated professionals able to handle all aspects of regulatory examinations.

Our services include:

• Financial Examinations • Investment Specialists

• Actuarial Services • Reinsurance Specialists

• Captive/RRG Exams • IT Audit Services

• Market Conduct Exams • Prompt Pay Analysis

For additional information or to discuss career opportunities:

info@agiservices.net

(770) 774-1101

www.agiservices.net

CDS Sponsors:

The Society of Financial Examiners would like to thank all of our sponsors

for their continued support in sponsoring the following events: