Health Care for America Now’s Ethan Rome on Health Care Reform

BestDay Audio Podcast for Friday, June 10: Ethan Rome, executive director of Health Care for America Now, discusses the next steps in advocating for health care reform.

Recent episodes of BestDay Audio include:

? Thursday, June 10: Rob Cage, active underwriter of Chubb 1882, Chubb’s new syndicate at Lloyd’s, discusses the syndicate and Chubb’s plans at Lloyd’s.

? Wednesday, June 9: Brad Kading, president and executive director of the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers, discusses a federal proposal that would deny some tax deductions for insurance ceded to foreign affiliates.

? Tuesday, June 8: Derek Patience, head of office at Marsh Management Services on the Isle of Man, discusses the Isle’s captives sector.

? Monday, June 7: Vasilis Katsipis, general manager of analytics at the A.M. Best Co. in London, discusses the likely effects on the U.K. life insurance market after the collapse of Prudential plc’s attempt to acquire AIA Group Ltd.

? Friday, June 4: U.S. workers’ compensation funds run by individual states control a significant portion of the workers’ comp business. The editors of Best’s Review will explore how state workers’ comp funds are changing and how for-profit workers’ compensation insurers can compete against them despite those changes. Panelists include: Roger Fries, president and chief executive officer of Kentucky Employers’ Mutual; John T. Leonard, president and CEO of Maine Employers’ Mutual Insurance Co.; Kevin McCarthy, vice president of Risk Metrics Corp.; Michelle P. Baurkot, assistant vice president at A.M. Best Co.; and Sean Carr, Washington correspondent for BestWeek. Lee McDonald hosts.

? Thursday, June 3: Best’s Review Insight Columnist Eric Swanson, senior marketing underwriter at RGA U.S. Group reinsurance Co., explains how disciplined prospecting, underwriting and pricing may mean occasionally walking away from an opportunity that isn’t a good fit.