Paul Brian

Founded in 1990, Dowling & Partners is an SEC-registered, institutional broker/dealer headquartered in Farmington, Connecticut. The firm focuses on the U.S. reinsurance industry including property and casualty insurance, life insurance and health insurance. They offer a full array of investment services. Dowling & Partners' research is weighted toward larger, publicly-traded insurers, reinsurers and intermediaries. The firm places emphasis on balance sheet strength and areas of sustained competitive advantage and makes extensive use of the statutory books filed with state insurance departments. Dowling & Partners is a member of FINRA. Their transactions are introduced and cleared through Pershing LLC.

Conning Research & Consulting, Inc. is a broker-dealer headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut. The firm is a subsidiary of Conning & Co. and their ultimate parent is Cathay Financial Holdings Co. Ltd. (TPE: 2882). They offer an array of specialty information products and services, providing analysis of both performance and key issues confronting the insurance industry. Their coverage areas include the property-casualty, life-annuity, and health insurance industries.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.