2015 LOMA Annual Conference & Conferment

Highlights

The LOMA Annual Conference & Conferment addresses timely issues affecting the insurance and financial services industry while honoring those who have recently earned a LOMA designation.

The program features outstanding keynote speakers who are sure to challenge and inspire. Learn from sessions that inform about specific topics such as leadership skills, time management, and industry trends.

Celebrate achievements in professional development at the conferment ceremony.
Plus excursions, networking and more!

Want to relive the Excitement?

• Check out the Program!
• View the photos from the 2015 Conference 

Conferment Eligibility - LOMA Policy

• To be eligible for conferment, students must complete a LOMA designation by August 31 of that year. Please refer to your organization's conferment coordinators for company-specific requirements.

Friday Excursion - Boston Duck Tour

• This year's excursion (included with your registration) features the world famous Boston Duck Tours! The tours depart on Friday, September 11 at 10:45am, 11:15am, 11:45am, and 12:15pm. You will choose your departure time at Registration on Wednesday. All tours depart from the Sheraton Lobby (Dalton Street) and you must have your ticket with you to board the Duck!

Registration & Fees

Register by August 21, 2015

LOMA Members: $785
LIMRA (not LOMA) Members: $905
Non-Members: $1,025
Educational Representatives: $465
Society Officers: $499
Guests: $375

Register after August 21, 2015

LOMA Members: $835
LIMRA (not LOMA) Members: $955
Non-Members: $1,075
Educational Representatives: $515
Society Officers: $549
Guests: $375

Registration Fee includes admission to all general sessions, concurrent sessions, welcome reception, two continental breakfasts, conferment banquet, and an excursion ticket. Guest registration fee includes admission to all conference events. LOMA policy allows the purchase of one guest registration per fully paid registration. Guest cannot be a new designee.

Guest policy: Registered Guests (displaying a conference Guest Badge) are invited to attend all functions. We encourage your guest to join you at the general sessions as well as the social functions. General sessions and breakout presentations are relevant and enlightening for all adults. Guests who have not properly registered and received a name badge will be denied entry to all LOMA Annual Conference functions.

A guest cannot be a new designee receiving their conferred designation during the Conference.

Due to the business nature of the LOMA Annual Conference, guests must be 14 years of age or older – it is a LOMA policy that children under the age of 14, including infants, will not be allowed admission to any of the conference functions including but not limited to the conference social functions, educational sessions, excursions, and the conferment and banquet. Please plan for child care accordingly.

Refund policy: All cancellations and refund requests must be received in writing. These requests carry a US$100.00 administrative charge. Full refunds minus the administrative fee will be granted on written requests received no later than ten business days before the meeting. No refunds will be granted if the request is received within ten business days of the meeting. If for any reason a meeting is cancelled, the Conference Organizers will refund the total registration fee. However, the Conference Organizers will not be responsible for any travel, hotel accommodations or other costs incurred. Cancellation requests should be submitted to meetings@loma.org.

Hotel:

Sheraton Boston Hotel
39 Dalton Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02199
1-888-627-7054

Hotel Reservations:

The host hotel, Sheraton Boston Hotel, is sold out. (Exception: State Farm attendees - please refer to your interoffice communication about your hotel rooms.)

We have a room block at an alternate nearby hotel:

Boston Park Plaza
50 Park Plaza at Arlington Street
Boston, MA 02116
1-800-225-2008 or 617-426-2000
LOMA Reservations

The LOMA rate is $249.00 single or double occupancy, for one bed, plus the current hotel tax at the time of arrival. (Rate for two beds is $269.00 plus tax.) The LOMA rate is applicable 3 days before and 3 days after the conference dates, based on the availability of rooms. 

This rate is available until the LOMA block is sold out or on August 18, 2015, whichever happens first. Please make your reservations as soon as possible - rooms could sell out before the deadline!

Boston Park Plaza hotel has a facilities fee of $15.00 per room, per night, however, you are not obligated to accept this fee. The fee includes in-room wi-fi (including streaming), access to the fitness center, daily newspaper and free local and North American phone access charges. Be sure to tell the reservationist if you want to include this fee to receive these amenities.

To make a reservation, call the hotel directly at 1-800-225-2008 or 617-426-2000 and mention LOMA. 

If you have any problems with booking your room, please contact Joan Orentlicher at 770-984-3714 or send an e-mail to meetings@loma.org.