He says Fiorina spoke about leadership and change, Zuckerberg talked about how her horizons of expectation changed in the fast paced world of technology, and Taylor brought all of that together for developing a world class company.

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Afterward, attendees met in 45 minute breakout sessions led by one of the speakers to evaluate what they discussed with the intention of insurance leaders developing their own concepts for what will re-shape their business and lead to greater success, Crerar explains.

TAKE-20, Crerar says, is loosely based on TED, a series of online seminars featuring leading thinkers of today offering thought provoking ideas with the hope of launching discussions that might launch innovative solutions in the future.

Crerar says CIAB developed the TAKE-20 concept, introducing it earlier this year at its Employee Benefits Forum. Crerar says the program was very successful and the association decided to introduce it at this year's annual conference.

The purpose of TAKE-20, he says, is to take that discussion to a higher level and help executives develop their own “big ideas.”

“We beat ourselves up too much about being traditionalists,” says Crerar. “We are more innovative than we give ourselves credit for and that is where the new opportunities are.”