Rewiring Insurance for The AI Era: Lessons Learned from Leading Carriers Presented by IBM

Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Lunch Seminar
FormatLunch Seminar

Join senior executives from New York Life and Prudential as they share how they are rewiring insurance — from strategy to execution — with AI, hybrid cloud, and digital-first operations. Positioning growth, experience, and people at the center, this candid discussion explores what it takes to stop playing it safe and leap towards the future of insurance.  Leaders will share real lessons from AI-powered group and voluntary benefits transformation—what’s working today, pitfalls to avoid, and how carriers are balancing cost discipline, stronger governance, and growth enablement further through the emerging Agentic AI–FinOps loop. 

Carriers are also learning from IBM’s own journey, where we achieved over $3.6B in savings by embedding AI across our global enterprise. IBM leaders will share battle-tested practices in operating model design, change management, role redesign, AI adoption, and trust building—offering proven playbooks and practical insights you can take back immediately to accelerate your own transformation with confidence.

Session Moderator
Alarice Lonergan
Alarice Lonergan, Lead Client Partner, Prudential Consulting - IBM
Speakers
Kristina Welke
Kristina Welke, VP & Head of Strategy, Solutions and Marketing for New York Life Group Benefit Solutions - New York Life
Abhi Bakre
Abhi Bakre, Lead Client Partner - Life, Annuities, and Group Strategy and Transformation - IBM
Scott Berlin
Scott Berlin, SVP and Head of New York Life’s Group Insurance - New York Life
Glenn Finch
Glenn Finch, Managing Partner US Financial Services - IBM Consulting
Raji Bhimireddy
Raji Bhimireddy, VP & CTO of Business Value - Prudential