KENNETH M. WEINE, MBA, AIR

President, Insurance Forum Foundation

Mr. Weine has over twenty five years experience advising insurers, counsel, and regulators on Regulatory Compliance, Internal Audit, and Financial and Market Conduct Examinations.

Mr. Weine has consulted public insurance companies on internal controls over reporting including Corporate Governance, Internal Audit, Risk Assessments, Process Audits and Sarbanes-Oxley issues.

Additionally, he has provided consulting on Internal controls over financial reporting to non-public insurers, including the Model Audit Rule, Internal Audit, ERM, Risk Assessments and Process Audits.

Mr. Weine has also consulted on quality assurance reviews and capability maturity assessments.

He has extensive examination experience with state insurance departments and the NAIC including overseeing thirteen Risk-Focused Financial Examinations using the new Financial Condition Examiners Handbook. Mr. Weine assisted four insurance departments with their first Risk-Focused examinations, and provided their staff with extensive training.

Mr. Weine also assisted the NAIC’s Risk Assessment Working Group in drafting the Risk Focused changes to the NAIC’s Financial Condition Examiners Handbookand co-authored the current NAIC Receiver’s Handbook chapter on claims.

Additionally, he advised several commissioners and the NAIC’s Life Insurance and Annuities (A) Committee, Small Face Amount Working Group on its Market Conduct investigations.

Mr. Weine is the Chairman of the Insurance Forum Committee, an annual national insurance symposium featuring insurance commissioners, deputy commissioners, insurance and reinsurance company executives, and attorneys, who discuss current regulatory issues. He is also a frequent speaker at other industry events such as the Society of Financial Examiners.

Mr. Weine is also an Accredited Insurance Receiver and a retired member of the International Association of Receivers Board of Directors. He is also a member of the Society of Financial Examiners.

Presentations and Publications

• Chairman, The 2011 Insurance Forum ?National and Illinois Perspective ?Past and Present; Dodd-Frank Beyond Title V; Repeal or Repair No-Fault?; Legal Update & Insolvency Trends; New Life Insurance Issues. December 2011.

• Chairman, The 2010 Insurance Forum ?Election Political Power Shift and the Impact on Insurance Regulation; the NAIC Speaks; Healthcare ?DOA?; Role and Impact of Private Equity Funds; Pricing & Cost Shifting; What will Change? November 2010.

• Chairman, The 2009 Insurance Forum ?Obama/Treasury's Insurance Regulatory Plans in a Post-Crisis Economy, NAIC Systemic Risk Monitoring Initiatives & the Monitoring Tools Available, Health Care Reform, and European Influence on US Accounting and Regulation.. November 2009.

• Chairman, The 2008 Insurance Forum ?How the Bailout and Presidential Election will Effect State and Federal Regulation; How European Regulation and Accounting Standards are Changing the US Market; and Does ERM Matter Anymore? November 2008.

• Chairman, The 2007 Insurance Forum – State and Federal Developments, Convergence with Capital Markets, 21st Century Governance, and Trends: The Latest from The Federal, State and Market Perspective. November 2007.

• SOFE – Illinois, Additional Factors to Consider in Financial Examinations - The Casualty Actuarial Task Force’s Recommendations on the Risk Based Approach. October 2007.

• SOFE CDS, The Casualty Actuarial Task Force’s Recommendations on the Risk Based Approach. July 2007.

• NY State Insurance Department, NJ Department of Banking and Insurance, Risk Focused Exam Training for Departments’ First Exams, and on the job training on First Exams. Year of 2007.

• Chairman, The 2006 Insurance Forum – New Perspectives on Insurance Industry Change: Regulation, Corporate Governance, Enterprise Risk, Management & Market Trends a Year After Spitzer. October 2006.

• Chairman, The 2005 Insurance Forum – The Latest Insurance Trends from Federal, State, and Market Viewpoints. December 2005.

• SOFE CDS, The Latest in Techniques to Monitor Solvency, July 2005. This speech covered the identification and evaluation of enterprise risks for entry for the Risk Matrix in the new handbook.

• Ken Smith Memorial Regulators Program, New Risk Based Examination Techniques & How to Make Them Work in Solvency Regulation, Bloomington, IL. June 2005.

• SOFE – Illinois, New NAIC Risk Assessment Techniques. April 2005.

• Chairman, The 2004 Insurance Forum – Regulation, Opportunity, Trends and Sarbanes Oxley: The Latest from The Federal, State and Market Perspective. October 2004.

• Chairman, The 2003 Insurance Forum – New Challenges, Regulation & Opportunity in the Insurance Industry – How State, Federal and Market Influences Have Changed and What’s Coming Next. September 2003.

• Chairman, The 2002 Insurance Forum – The State of the Insurance Industry Post GLB and 9/11. August 2002.

• NAIC Receiver’s Handbook – Co-Author of Claims Chapter.

Professional

• Accredited Insurance Receiver (AIR)

• Member, Society of Financial Examiners

• Advisory Member, NAIC Receiver's Handbook Committee (2002 - 04)

• Retired Member Board of Directors – International Association of Insurance Receivers (IAIR)

• Former Chair – IAIR Editorial Board Committee

• Former - IAIR Publications Committee

• Former - IAIR Education Committee

• Director, Board of Directors, 10 Step Corporation, Chicago, Illinois (2001 - 04)

Education

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, BA in Economics with Honors

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, MBA in Finance with Honors