Ask Fitz Swain (pictured) what he’s most excited about at InsuranceFest and he doesn’t skip to his session topic or mention the venue first. He talks about the other people in the room.
“I’m most excited about the opportunity to connect with fellow professionals who share a genuine passion for cyber,” Swain said, “a line of coverage that is rapidly becoming essential for businesses of every size. I’m looking forward to an open exchange of ideas on the evolving threat landscape, emerging market trends, and how we as an industry can stay ahead of the curve to better protect our clients.”
Swain is a senior vice president on RT Specialty’s Walnut Creek ProExec Team - a group that spends its days on the kind of complex professional and executive liability placements that require both precision and trust. In cyber, where the landscape shifts faster than most policy language can keep up, that combination matters more than ever.
The lines he’s drawn around this opportunity are telling. He didn’t say he’s excited to present. He said he’s excited for an open exchange - a peer conversation, not a lecture. That’s a meaningful distinction for an industry that still sometimes mistakes a room full of people being talked at for a productive use of everyone’s time.
InsuranceFest on the Santa Monica Pier is designed for exactly the kind of interaction Swain is describing. The format puts more weight on what happens between sessions than during them. And for cyber specifically, where the most valuable intelligence often travels person to person before it ever makes it into a white paper, that’s the right call.
The threat landscape isn’t waiting for anyone to finish their conference. Swain and the people he’s hoping to have those exchanges with know that better than most.
Join Fitz Swain and the rest of the cyber conversation at InsuranceFest.com.
