
We've got big plans this year!
Join us for the 2025 Summit.
A live, online conference about the unique and
fast-growing business of insuring cannabis,
hemp and CBD.
Join us LIVE on September 23, 2025

Why attend the Insuring Cannabis Summit?

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

Don Jergler
West Editor
Insurance Journal

Andrea Wells
Vice President, Content
Insurance Journal

Allen Laman
Content Editor
Insurance Journal

Elizabeth Blosfield
Deputy Editor
Carrier Management

Ezra Amacher
Content Editor
Insurance Journal

Rod Kight
Attorney
Kight Law
Calling All Speakers Want to be a Speaker?
We are in the process of developing a compelling agenda with top-notch speakers for the event. Do you have a topic related to insurance and risk in the world of cannabis, hemp and CBD that you would like us to consider?
Apply To Be A SpeakerLast year's line up was 🔥

Here are the knowledgeable speakers that gave their expert insights last year. As we get closer to the event, we'll announce this year's rock stars.

Charles V Pyfrom
CMO
CannGen Insurance Services

Jim McErlean
Business Development Manager
Cannasure

Lee Woodruff
Vice President of Cannabis Practice
Jencap

Ben Sibthorpe
Vice President
CannGenPRO

Shauna Blackburn
Cannabis Team Leader
Blitz Insurance

Norman Ives
Executive Vice President and Cannabis Practice Leader
Amwins Insurance Brokerage

Morgan Fox
Political Director
NORML

TJ Frost
President
Symphony Grow

Cooper O'Conner
Senior Broker, Professional & Management Liability Broker
Burns & Wilcox Brokerage

Jesse Parenti
Founder & National Risk Manager
JP Squared Consulting, LLC

Summer Jenkins-Wilson
Executive Director
Cannabis Insurance Wholesalers

Mike Kirk
Commercial Underwriter
Cannasure Insurance Services

Ed Allen
National Director of Security and Safety
Story Cannabis

Alan Fiano
Manager of the New England and West Coast territories for Cyber and Tech E&O
Crum & Forster

Al Ochosa
Director of Insurance, Risk, & Safety (IRS) Compliance
Curaleaf
Did you miss last year's event?

Check out these samples from last year's event to see what to expect.
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.
12pm ET
Part One: Operating in The Uncertainty
1pm ET

Part Two: Where Are Lawsuits Steering The Cannabis Industry?
Rod Kight
2pm ET
Part Three: Cannabis Employment: Unions, Wages and EPLI
3pm ET
Part Four: Cannatech and AI in Cannabis
Cannabis Trivia & Chatroom Q&A with Patrick Wraight
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!

Join us LIVE on September 23, 2025
for the Online Summit
What will the sessions feature?
Each session will be filled with industry leaders, executives and experts in the field as they sound off on the challenges, changes and new opportunities facing the insurance business in this unique industry.



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