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The Insuring Cannabis Summit
The Insuring Cannabis Summit

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A live, online conference about the unique and fast-growing business of insuring cannabis, hemp and CBD.

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Join us LIVE on September 23, 2025

Thanks to Our Sponsors Cannasure Insurance Services Presenting Sponsor

Why attend the Insuring Cannabis Summit?

It's a full-day of presentations and information anyone can access from home or office.

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Learn from the Experts

Our speakers are the best in the industry and will share their knowledge and insights with you.

Network with Peers

Connect with other professionals in the industry and share your experiences.

Get Inspired

Hear from industry leaders and get inspired to take your business to the next level.

Stay Informed

Get the latest news and updates on the industry and stay ahead of the curve.

Opportunities

Build a better and smarter book of business in the specialty.

What We'll Cover Summit Topics

The Virtual Summit is all about the insurance risks and opportunities in the cannabis marketplace. It's a full day of speakers and presentations you can access from your home or office.

Sales, Data & Consumer Intelligence

Take a deep dive into what the facts and figures tell us.

Compliance

New rules and regulations abound. Make sure your clients don't get bit by stepping over a line.

Risk Management & Supply chain

Navigating inflation, shipping lags, and the unknowns along a multifaceted cannabis supply chain.

Legal Matters and Cannabis Lawsuits

Big lawsuits, product recalls, EPL and more.

Niches

A view of what's happening in foods and beverages, lounges and minor cannabinoids.

Insurance Products

What's in demand, and what's out of hand.

Claims

The cannabis space is now mature enough to inform us with some solid claims data.


Would you like to speak at the event? Submit your presentation proposal.

Industry Experts Meet the Speakers

Our speakers are the best in the industry and will share their knowledge and insights with you.

Host
Don Jergler

Don Jergler

West Editor

Insurance Journal

Host
Andrea Wells

Andrea Wells

Vice President, Content

Insurance Journal

Rod Kight

Rod Kight

Attorney

Kight Law

Ian Stewart

Ian Stewart

Regional Managing Partner

Wilson Elser

Neil Willner

Neil Willner

Counsel

Vicente LLP

Shauna Blackburn

Shauna Blackburn

Executive Vice President of Underwriting and Development

CIS Insurance Services, LLC

Morgan Fox

Morgan Fox

Political Director

NORML

Gillian Schauer

Gillian Schauer

Executive Director

Cannabis Regulators Association

Sponsor
Francesca Piccirillo

Francesca Piccirillo

Underwriter

Cannasure

Summer Wilson

Summer Wilson

Director of Brokerage Operations

Alchemy Insurance Solutions

Stephanie Bozzuto

Stephanie Bozzuto

CEO

Bozzuto Group

Corey Tobin

Corey Tobin

Director, Symphony Grow

Symphony Risk Solutions

Jesse Parenti

Jesse Parenti

Founder & CEO

JP Squared Consulting

Norman Ives

Norman Ives

Cannabis Practice Leader

Amwins

Michael Kirk

Michael Kirk

Underwriter

One80 Intermediaries, Cannasure

Michael DeNault

Michael DeNault

Practice Leader, Cannabis

World Insurance Associates LLC

Beth Ossino

Beth Ossino

Vice President, Casualty Claims Manager

Golden Bear Insurance Company

The Agenda

It's a full day of speakers and presentations you can access from your home or office. Here is the agenda for the day.

9am PT
12pm ET
Panelists
Francesca Piccirillo
Corey Tobin
Jesse Parenti
Norman Ives
Hosts
Don Jergler
Andrea Wells

Part One: Tapping into the Cannabis Beverages Boom

Francesca Piccirillo, Corey Tobin, Jesse Parenti, Norman Ives

The summit kicks off with an exclusive interview hosted by Insurance Journal's Vice President of Content Andrea Wells and Cannasure's Francesca Piccirillo!

Then join us for a panel all about the cannabis beverage market! Top alcohol makers are getting off the sidelines of a cannabis beverage craze. After some alcohol companies tire of seeing their sales falter, they are moving to potentially enter the growing, but risky, cannabis beverage space. Selling and thriving as an insurance professional in the cannabis beverage market may be tricker than it looks.

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10am PT
1pm ET
Panelists
Rod Kight
Ian Stewart
Neil Willner
Hosts
Don Jergler

Part Two: Where Are Lawsuits Steering The Cannabis Industry?

Rod Kight, Ian Stewart, Neil Willner

Litigation against the cannabis industry is increasing in frequency and severity of the claims being alleged. New product liability, false advertising and consumer lawsuits are raising novel liability claims, while lawsuits that implicate specialty risk policies are also on the rise. Several recent appellate court decisions are also shaping how plaintiff attorneys will confront the industry moving forward. Four cannabis-focused attorneys who have worked on some of these lawsuits will talk litigation trends and how they are shaping the industry.
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11am PT
2pm ET
Panelists
Stephanie Bozzuto
Shauna Blackburn
Summer Wilson
Hosts
Don Jergler

Part Three: Cannabis Employment: Unions, Wages and EPLI

Stephanie Bozzuto, Shauna Blackburn, Summer Wilson

The evolving employment landscape in the cannabis industry includes a slew of unionized operations across the U.S., changing minimum wage laws and new employment requirements. Our panel of experts explore the employment practices implications of union shops as well as other changes in employment.
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12pm PT
3pm ET
Panelists
Michael DeNault
Beth Ossino
Michael Kirk
Hosts
Don Jergler

Part Four: Cannabis Broker Roundtable Examines a Market in Flux

Michael DeNault, Beth Ossino, Michael Kirk

Industry experts gather to give a eye-level view of insuring cannabis. The market for insurance, sales, carrier relations, trends in the broader industry, and an outlook the rest of 2025 are among the topics expected to be covered.

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BONUS
Panelists
Morgan Fox
Gillian Schauer
Hosts
Don Jergler

The Next Step in Cannabis Laws & Regulations

Morgan Fox, Gillian Schauer

Watch this exclusive video hosted by Claims Journal's Don Jergler about the ever-changing laws and regulations in the industry -- featuring Morgan Fox, Political Director at NORML and Gillian Schauer, Executive Director at Cannabis Regulators Association.

The majority of states having legalized cannabis in some form, and national legalization nowhere on any immediate horizon, but new laws and regulations continue to emerge to shape the market.

Regulations for minor cannabinoids, the burgeoning beverage market and new use venues continue to emerge. And newly legal states continue to shape laws to accommodate a growing base of cannabis consumers. Morgan and Gillian take us through what is and what's come come in cannabis laws and regulations.

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BONUS

Cannabis Trivia & Chatroom Q&A with Patrick Wraight

Join the Buzz: Throughout the summit, put your cannabis knowledge to the test! At the start and end of each presentation, a trivia question will be unveiled. Engage with fellow attendees by leaving comments and providing your answers to the trivia questions for a chance to win some awesome prizes.

And don't miss the chance to interact with Patrick Wraight, Director of Education at the Academy of Insurance, who will be in the chatroom ready to answer your insurance-related questions and share expert insights throughout the event!

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Don Jergler
Host

Don Jergler

West Editor

Insurance Journal

Don Jergler is the West Editor for Insurance Journal online and print magazine and also the Editor of Claims Journal. He is host of the popular Insuring Cannabis podcast found on insurancejournal.tv!
Andrea Wells
Host

Andrea Wells

Vice President, Content

Insurance Journal

Andrea Wells is vice president of content for Wells Media Group Inc., overseeing coverage for its multiple print and digital platforms. She is a veteran insurance journalist with more than 20 years' experience covering the property/casualty industry. She has won several awards from the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE), including awards for original research for her work on Insurance Journal's annual salary survey of retail insurance agencies and its annual survey of young insurance agents. Andrea can be reached at awells@wellsmedia.com.
Rod Kight

Rod Kight

Attorney

Kight Law

Kight is a cannabis business law attorney, who created the "Source Rule," credited as a primary legal foundation for the contemporary hemp market in cannabinoids and other cannabis materials. He represents legal cannabis businesses throughout the world. He has served on the advisory board for the American Journal of Endocannabinoid Medicine (AJEM).
Ian Stewart

Ian Stewart

Regional Managing Partner

Wilson Elser

Stewart, the regional managing partner of Wilson Elser's Los Angeles and Orange County offices, is founder and co-chair of the firm's cannabis and hemp law practice, where he leads a national multi-disciplinary team of lawyers who serve all aspects of the cannabis and hemp industries, as well as financial institutions and insurance companies that service those industries. He is also a member of the advisory board of the International Cannabis Bar.
Neil Willner

Neil Willner

Counsel

Vicente LLP

Willner is counsel in Vicente LLP's New York office. He focuses his practice on the cannabis industry, with a particular emphasis on regulatory and compliance matters in New York, New Jersey and other jurisdictions across the country. He serves on the executive committee, and on committees for the International Cannabis Bar Association, and the American Trade Association for Cannabis and Hemp.
Shauna Blackburn

Shauna Blackburn

Executive Vice President of Underwriting and Development

CIS Insurance Services, LLC

Blackburn is executive vice president at CIS Insurance Services LLC, where she leads strategic growth, underwriting innovation and carrier partnerships across the cannabis and specialty risk sectors. Prior to CIS, Blackburn served as the cannabis team lead and underwriting leader at Blitz Insurance. Shauna also serves on the Risk Management and Insurance Committee of the National Cannabis Industry Association.
Morgan Fox

Morgan Fox

Political Director

NORML

Morgan Fox is the political director at NORML, focusing on congressional lobbying and changing federal cannabis laws. Fox has been a professional cannabis policy reform advocate since 2008 and has been directly involved in dozens of successful state ballot initiative campaigns to establish medical and adult use cannabis programs, as well as legislative victories at the local, state, and federal levels. Fox has been featured in hundreds of print, radio, television, and online publications. He was most recently the media relations director and chief spokesperson for the National Cannabis Industry Association.
Gillian Schauer

Gillian Schauer

Executive Director

Cannabis Regulators Association

Gillian Schauer, PhD, MPH was elected CANNRA's first Executive Director in 2021, and served as a Senior Advisor to CANNRA before the association's founding. Dr. Schauer has worked in public health and policy for nearly two decades, and has a decade of experience working with federal and state agencies on cannabis policy, data monitoring, and research translation. Through her federal work, she founded and led the Multi-State Collaborative for Cannabis and Public Health from 2014-2021 to foster learnings and cultivate best practices for public health across states with legal cannabis. Prior to working on cannabis policy, Dr. Schauer worked on tobacco control policy. She was the Senior Editor on the 2020 Surgeon General's Report on Smoking Cessation.Dr. Schauer is an affiliate researcher at the University of Washington and has more than 75 peer-reviewed research publications on cannabis and other substances. She has a PhD from Emory University, a Master of Public Health from University of Washington, and a Bachelors of Science from Northwestern University.
Francesca Piccirillo
Sponsor

Francesca Piccirillo

Underwriter

Cannasure

Francesca Piccirillo is an underwriter at Cannasure Insurance Services, a subsidiary of One80, with a decade of experience in cannabis insurance. Before moving into the underwriting department, Francesca was a Senior Account Manager with Cannasure and managed a $10M book of business. Her experience and dedication helped her gain rapport with her clients and colleagues. She received her Bachelors in International Business & Management from Dickinson College and holds a license in Property & Casualty Insurance. Born and raised in Cleveland, Francesca still lives locally and in her spare time enjoys playing tennis, baking, and traveling with her family.
Summer Wilson

Summer Wilson

Director of Brokerage Operations

Alchemy Insurance Solutions

Wilson is director of brokerage operations at Alchemy Insurance Solutions, where she leads strategy for hard-to-place risks, including cannabis and life sciences. She is an expert in cannabis insurance and risk management. She has more than two decades of experience in commercial insurance, and has developed and launched cannabis insurance programs, authored some of the first cannabis policy forms in the U.S. and Canada, and worked with regulators and attorneys to navigate evolving compliance issues.
Stephanie Bozzuto

Stephanie Bozzuto

CEO

Bozzuto Group

Bozzuto is CEO and co-founder of Bozzuto Group. Prior to launching Bozzuto Group, she co-founded a niche insurance firm where she gained national recognition for her work in specialty markets. She is a commercial insurance expert with two decades of experience in business development, marketing strategy and complex risk management. Stephanie is a frequent speaker on risk management, compliance, and loss prevention.
Corey Tobin

Corey Tobin

Director, Symphony Grow

Symphony Risk Solutions

Tobin is director of Symphony Grow, which is part of Symphony Risk Solutions. He specializes in providing insurance solutions specifically tailored for cannabis businesses. His background spans coordinating commercial lines employee benefits and serving as a property/casualty producer.
Jesse Parenti

Jesse Parenti

Founder & CEO

JP Squared Consulting

Parenti is founder & CEO of JP Squared Consulting, a risk management consulting firm. He has more than and more than 10 years of experience in the cannabis industry. He served on the Risk Management & Insurance Committee for National Cannabis Industry Association and on the California Cannabis Industry Association's Retail, Delivery & Distribution Committee and Risk Management & Insurance Committee.

Norman Ives

Norman Ives

Cannabis Practice Leader

Amwins

Ives is a wholesale insurance broker specializing in custom insurance products and risk management for the cannabis, hemp and nutraceutical industries. He currently serves as a cannabis practice leader at AmWins and serves as a member of the board of directors for the Cannabis Alliance. He is also founding member of the Marijuana Business Association.
Michael Kirk

Michael Kirk

Underwriter

One80 Intermediaries, Cannasure

Michael Kirk is an underwriter at One80 Intermediaries Cannasure with more than 25 years of experience in the insurance industry. His work in the industry includes stints at a regional carrier, small independent agency, large regional broker, national broker, a captive agency and as a practice leader for a national wholesaler. He has spent the last six years working exclusively in the cannabis insurance segment of the industry.
Michael DeNault

Michael DeNault

Practice Leader, Cannabis

World Insurance Associates LLC

DeNault is the practice leader, cannabis for World Insurance Associates LLC, which includes management of personnel in sales, placement, service, claims, and loss control. He is also a board member on the Institute of Cannabis Science, and is on the policy committee of the U.S. Cannabis Roundtable.
Beth Ossino

Beth Ossino

Vice President, Casualty Claims Manager

Golden Bear Insurance Company

Ossino is vice president/casualty claims manager at Golden Bear Insurance Company. She has extensive experience in claims handling. In addition to managing the casualty claims department, she currently handles large exposure and catastrophic injury/fatality claims, intellectual property and professional liability claims and has been a panelist/presenter on many occasions speaking on the topics of emerging insurance risks and insurance fraud.