2025 Big I MN Expo Thru the Decades

Digital Doppelgänger(s):

How savvy insurance teams are augmenting their unique talents using the magic of AI.

Artificial Intelligence feels like magic.

AI can feel like a lifeline When you're facing rising premiums, customer frustrations, and an overwhelming amount of administrative work.

Draft a smart prompt and presto! ChatGPT conjures up your client follow-up emails, crafts customer-friendly policy explanations, and helps you strategize solutions for difficult placements. You can even commission Google's Gemini to help respond to detailed underwriting questions!

AI is truly awe-inspiring.

But most AI-generated content feels impersonal and disconnected from the relationships you work so hard to build.

That is—until you start building your Digital Doppelgänger.

Your Digital Doppelgänger is your AI-powered creative collaborator.

They're your partner in brainstorming solutions for difficult policies, your confidant when explaining complex coverages, and your advisor when managing client expectations amidst rate increases.

Your Digital Doppelgänger isn't just AI.

They are IA—Intelligence Augmentation.

They don't replace your unique ability to connect with clients on a personal level.

They enhance your talents and help you work smarter, not harder.

(Of course, they have the power to destroy too.)

In this exhilarating 45-minute session, Andrew Davis (and his Digital Doppelgänger) will show you how to build your very own AI-powered assistant to take on the tasks that drain your time. He'll walk through the four-step iterative process one marketer used to save 40 hours. You'll even see firsthand how AI can destroy trust and learn the critical steps to avoid this.

Most importantly, Andrew will demonstrate why AI can make YOU more valuable to your clients than ever before, even in a challenging insurance market.

So, are you ready to create your first Digital Doppelgänger?

State of the Association Breakfast: Join your Big I MN Leadership to hear updates on the overall health of the association, successes from 2024, and initiatives for 2025.

Morning Breakout Sessions

E&O Policy Analysis (3 CE) Jessica Richardson, Tomsche, Sonnesyn & Tomsche - This content provides an in-depth overview of insurance contract law, covering key concepts such as the structure, characteristics, and legal aspects of contracts, particularly insurance contracts. It explores fundamental contract principles like offer, acceptance, consideration, and legal capacity, as well as unique features of insurance contracts, such as indemnity, adhesion, and utmost good faith. The material also focuses on practical tips for reading and interpreting insurance policies, understanding exclusions and exceptions, and ensuring proper coverage and legal compliance.

What Do We Know About Cannabis in MN?  Cory Lake - Lake III Group, Reese Walker - RT Specialty, Jason Tarasek - Vicente Law Firm, Jean Sundlof - Kraus Anderson (moderator) - With cannabis legalized in Minnesota, the insurance industry is facing many unanswered questions. How will the unique exposures of manufacturing, distributing, and transporting cannabis be insured? While state regulations are still being finalized, trends from other states and emerging practices within Minnesota offer valuable insights. Join our panel of experts from the agent, carrier, legal, and regulatory sides as they share what we currently know and explore the opportunities and challenges of insuring the cannabis industry in Minnesota.

Hard Market Panel  Matt Lynch - RPS, Wally Waldhart - Acuity, Jim Ketterson - EMC Insurance, Chad Bjugan - Richfield State Insurance (moderator) - Join executives from leading insurance carriers as they provide valuable insights into the evolving dynamics of the insurance industry. This panel will explore how the hard market continues to impact the industry and highlight strategies carriers are adopting to adapt to ongoing challenges. Gain perspective on what has shifted in the past year and how these changes are shaping the future of the market.

Afternoon Breakout Sessions

Vertafore User Group- AMS360 – What’s New & What’s Coming soon

Applied User Group- TBD

Keynote Breakout- Drewdini Unplugged: Build Your Own Digital Doppelgänger in 35 Minutes  Andrew Davis - A Digital Doppelgänger can be incredibly powerful and now it's time to build one of your very own.  Yes, bring your laptop, open your ChatGPT account, and watch LIVE as Andrew builds an innovative, interactive, productive, and efficient Digital Doppelgänger along with you in less than 35 minutes.  Have a task that feels like a waste of time? Let's ChatGPT it! Learn while we explore what it takes to turn generative AI into the most enthusiastic, friendly, efficient, and intelligent professional collaborator you'll ever find.  Are you ready to dive in? Drewdini is.

Below is a current list of exhibitors at our upcoming 2025 Big I MN Expo

Exhibitor Directory

Mystic Lake Convention Center