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Speeches

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I was a frequent invited speaker at insurance conferences.  I was the keynote speaker for the National Association of Attorneys General Insurance Conference.  I was the most requested speaker at Casualty Actuarial Society Meetings.  Below is a partial list of my speeches: 2006                      “Auto Rate Evasion” IFM 2006                      “From Class to Individual Rating” CAS 2006                      … Read more

San Francisco Business Times Profile

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Name: Daniel Finnegan. Title: Founder and president. Company: QPC, a data analytics firm for auto insurance companies. HQ: San Francisco. 2005 revenue: $13 million. Number of employees: 40. Year founded: 1985. Source of startup capital: $150,000 federal contract with Department of Agriculture to design fraud- control systems for food stamps. Background: Earned Ph.D. in sociology … Read more

Wall Street Journal Interview

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By Kaja Whitehouse Dow Jones Newswires Updated April 7, 2004 12:01 a.m. ET Your occupation could be a plus for your auto-insurance rates. Insurance companies long have offered discounts to groups of people they see as good customers, a practice known as “affinity discounting.” Such discounts traditionally target structured groups such as employers, unions or … Read more

By the Numbers– S.F. Business Times Interview

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By the numbers Quality Planning helps insurers verify drivers are playing by the rules May 4, 2003, 9:00pm PDT Updated: May 1, 2003, 2:52pm PDT Share on Google + Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Twitter Email this article Save Order Reprints Print Home of the Day Sponsor Listing Emily Cadei If assessing … Read more

Berkshires with Ed and Nadine

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Our first trip to the Berkshires with Ed and Nadine was 4th of July weekend, 1997.  We went again in 2001, 2002, 2005 and November 2014. We would go to Tanglewood for concerts and saw James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt and Diana Krall.