Matt Myers
Senior Vice President
Erie Insurance
Tuesday, May 19, 2026 12:30 - 18:30
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Speakers | |
12:30 |
Registration | |
13:00 |
The Dawn of Intelligent Insurance in Japan Join the Guidewire executive team for a keynote introducing Intelligent Insurance, a new era enabled by modern insurance platforms and AI. The session will explore how platform innovation is driving faster development, greater efficiency, and smarter automation, and how new applications enable more adaptive pricing, stronger risk decisions, and faster, more consistent claims and underwriting outcomes for insurers across Japan. |
Mike Rosenbaum Diego Devalle Miyuki Ebata |
14:15 |
Break | |
14:45 |
Insurer Success Story Scaling a Member‑First Insurance Model: How CSAA Insurance Group Delivers Superior Service and Sustainable Growth Join CSAA Insurance Group’s CIO Brad Lontz to explore how the top U.S. insurer serving 3 million policyholders drives sustainable growth and retention through a focus on serving members. Learn how CSAA utilizes its NextGen cloud platform and AI-driven "Smart Assistants" to augment decisions, reduce friction, and improve communications. This session offers a strategic look at aligning technology with service excellence to create a scalable competitive advantage in personal and commercial lines. |
Brad Lontz |
15:00 |
Partner Perspectives Accelerating Insurance Innovation with AI The Japanese insurance market has reached a definitive tipping point: AI is no longer a "future technology" to be monitored from the sidelines, but a fundamental imperative for operating in today’s competitive, high-risk market. Join PwC partners Hiroko Kakiuchi and Kosuke Okada to understand how insurers can leverage AI to achieve speed to market and gain efficiencies without compromising compliance or security. |
Hiroko Kakiuchi Kosuke Okada |
15:20 |
Insurer Success Story Software-First Innovation: How MOTER Technologies Accelerates Digital Insurance in 30 Days This session will explore a software-first approach to motor insurance. Drawing on a decade of Guidewire expertise, Chopper Takeda will demonstrate how MOTER Technologies leverages Jutro Digital Platform and InsuranceSuite to launch branded insurance offerings in just 30 days. Through a live demo of their digital quote flow, learn how MOTER combines customer and partner perspectives to drive rapid digital transformation and capture new business opportunities. You will also get an exclusive sneak peek at MOTER's upcoming Marketplace offering, designed to help insurers further leverage the Guidewire platform. |
Chopper Takeda |
15:35 |
Break
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16:05 |
Partner Perspectives Intelligent Insurance Through AI, Platforms & Global Collaboration In this session, we will introduce Alchemy—one of Guidewire’s key partners that has joined the NTT DATA Group—along with NTT DATA’s initiatives to support transformation for property and casualty insurers. By combining Alchemy’s expertise in Guidewire implementation and operations with NTT DATA’s extensive insurance domain knowledge developed both in Japan and globally, we are strengthening our ability to enhance Guidewire utilization and provide support through a globally integrated delivery model. In addition, as part of NTT DATA’s initiatives in Japan and overseas, we will present concrete examples of advancing insurance operations, including risk assessment using satellite data, AI-driven efficiency improvements in claims processing, and integration with payment platforms. |
Junpei Shimamura John Harkin |
16:25 |
Guidewire Japan User Group: Your Shortcut to Expert Knowledge This short session highlights how the Guidewire user community in Japan builds connections, shares knowledge, and learns from one another. Featuring perspectives from community members on what the community means to them and the value it brings. |
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16:35 |
Customer Discussion Beyond the Core: Unleashing the Full Power of Guidewire Cloud to Shape the Future of Insurance As the P&C insurance landscape evolves at unprecedented speed, this session repositions Guidewire from a traditional core system to an integrated cloud platform that accelerates the entire business. We’ll explore the impact of connecting the full Guidewire Cloud stack end to end, featuring candid, real-world transformation stories from the senior leaders at Sompo Direct and MOTER Technologies. |
Tadashi Yamanaka Chopper Takeda |
17:00 |
Motivational Speaker Changing Yourself to Change the Future: Lessons in Communication Learned from Challenges |
Kimiyasu Kudo |
17:25 |
Closing Remarks
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Miyuki Ebata Japan Country Manager, Guidewire |
17:30 |
Cocktail Reception
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MOTER Technologies, Inc.
Vice President of Insurance (BizDev & Strategy)
The Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo
