Insurance Risk & Capital EMEA 2020 (Virtual)

IN CONVERSATION WITH GABRIEL BERNARDINO
Gabriel Bernardino, Chairman, European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)

KEYNOTE PANEL: COVID-19: A REFLECTION ON THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY’S ABILITY TO RESPOND. DID WE RISE TO THE CHALLENGE? HOW DO WE IMPROVE GOING FORWARD?

Moderator: Ronan McCaughey, Deputy Editor, InsuranceERM

• Renaud Guidée, Group Chief Risk Officer, Axa
• Simon Gadd, Group Chief Risk Officer, Legal and General
• Andrew Pryde, Chief Risk Officer, Beazley
• Jad Ariss, Managing Director, Geneva Association

PANEL DISCUSSION: CLIMATE CHANGE AND PANDEMIC RISK: SYNERGIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR CRISIS RESPONSE AND RECOVERY

Moderator: David Walker, InsuranceERM/Insurance Asset Risk

• Sebastian Rath, Principal Insurance Risk Officer, NN Group
• Chris Bonnet, Head of ESG Business Services, Allianz (AGCS)
• Marisa Parmigiani, Sustainability Manager, Unipol Group
• Nick Hankin, Deputy Chief Underwriting Officer, QBE European Operations

PANEL DISCUSSION: THE CRO ROLE IN THE DELIVERY OF THE CORPORATE STRATEGY POST COVID 19

Moderator: Paul Walsh, InsuranceERM

• Fabrice Brossart, CRO, International General Insurance, AIG
• Dr. Frieder KNÜPLING, Group Chief Risk Officer, Member of the Group Executive Committee , SCOR SE
• Vivek Syal, Group Chief Risk Officer, Tokio Marine Kiln

PANEL DISCUSSION: MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF CLIMATE RISK REPORTING.

Moderator: Peter Cripps, Editor, Environmental Finance

• Dr Bronwyn Claire, Senior Programme Manager, ClimateWise University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
• Federico Waisman, Head of Analytics, Ariel Re
• Mr. Masaaki Nagamura, Fellow, General Manager International Initiatives, Corporate Planning Dept. Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co Ltd

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: AS AN INSURER, WHICH OF THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS ARE WE BEST PLACED TO CONTRIBUTE TO AND HOW DOES YOUR STRATEGY REFLECT THIS?

Speaker: John Scott, Head of Sustainability Risk, Zurich

PANEL DISCUSSION: BOARD EXPECTATIONS

Moderator: Chris Burt, Director, Risk Coalition Research Company

• Socrates Coudounaris, Executive Director of Risk, Reinsurance Group of America
• Aurore Lecanon, Chief Risk and Compliance Officer, Prudential International Assurance
• Sue Kean, Risk and Regulatory Advisor and NED, former Group Chief Risk Officer, Old Mutual
• Penny Shaw, Independent Non executive Director, AIG UK

PANEL DISCUSSION: DRIVING THE CONVERGENCE OF ESG INDICES AND CONSISTENT GLOBAL REPORTING STANDARDS – WHAT IS OUR END GOAL - DO WE KNOW WHAT GOOD LOOKS LIKE?

Moderator: Vincent Huck, Editor, Insurance Asset Risk

• Tobias Buecheler, Head of Regulatory Affairs, Allianz SE
• Alex Hindson, Chief Risk & Sustainability Officer, Argo Group 
• Véronique Menou, Head of ESG Indexes for EMEA, MSCI

FIRESIDE CHAT: PRODUCT INNOVATION IN POST-COVID TIMES

Interview with Justin Skinner, Chief Risk Officer, Vitality

PRESENTATION: LEGAL LIABILITY: HOW WILL CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT EXISTING CLIMATE POLICY WORDINGS AND HOW FIRMS CAN BEST MITIGATE THE RISK

Speaker: Nigel Brook, Partner, Clyde & Co LLP

PANEL: PREPARING FOR THE NEW NORMAL. WHAT DO CHANGES IN SOCIETAL AND CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR POST COVID-19 MEAN FOR THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY?

Moderator: Shirley Beglinger, Advisory Board Member, Crescendo Advisors

• Dominic Rau, Head of Risk Governance and Steering, Swiss Re
• Dr. Stefan F. Kroepfl, Global Head of Life Business Analysis, Zurich
• Justin Skinner, Chief Risk Officer, Vitality

PANEL DISCUSSION: HOW TO TRANSFORM INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS TAKING CLIMATE CHANGE INTO ACCOUNT

Moderator: Vincent Huck, Editor, Insurance Asset Risk

• Michèle Lacroix, Head of Group Investment Risk & Sustainability, Scor
• Rachel Harris, Senior Investment Director, Credit, Aviva Investors
• Corrado Pistarino, Chief Investment Officer, Foresters Friendly Society
• Erick Decker, CIO of Emerging Markets and Head of RI Center of Expertise, Axa Group

PRESENTATION: HOW DO YOU ‘BUILD BACK BETTER’ AND DRIVE IMPROVEMENTS IN ESG AND SECURE SUSTAINABILITY OPPORTUNITIES

Speaker: Alex Hindson, Chief Risk & Sustainability Officer, Argo Group

PRESENTATION: INSURING FOSSIL FUELS OR INSURING OUR FUTURE?

Speaker: Lindsay Keenan, The Sunrise Project

PANEL DISCUSSION: BUILDING RISK CULTURE INTO THE STRATEGIC PROGRAMME – DEFINING, MONITORING AND ACTIONING

Moderator: Alex Duncan, Group Chief Risk Officer, Just Group

• Philippa Herz, Chief Risk Officer, OneFamily
• Martha Philipps, Head of Governance, Aviva
• Greg Shepherd BA (Hons) ACII, Global Head of Risk Management & MINT Chief Risk Officer, Markel Corporation

PANEL DISCUSSION: USE OF CLIMATE RELATED SCENARIO ANALYSIS TO DRIVE BUSINESS STRATEGY: HOW ARE FIRMS USING SCENARIO ANALYSIS TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDRESS CLIMATE RELATED RISKS IN INVESTMENT AND UNDERWRITING?

Moderator: David Walker, InsuranceERM/Insurance Asset Risk

• Ben Carr, Analytics and Capital Modelling Director, Aviva
• Laurent CLERC, Director for Research and Risk Analysis, l’Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR)
• Matt Lightwood, Director, Risk Solutions, Conning Asset Management

PANEL DISCUSSION: WHAT DOES THE FUTURE OF PANDEMIC COVER LOOK LIKE? HOW CAN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY BE BETTER PROTECTED AGAINST PANDEMICS IN THE FUTURE AND WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE INSURANCE SECTOR IN THIS?

Moderator: Ronan McCaughey, Deputy Editor, InsuranceERM

• Tobias Buecheler, Head of Regulatory Affairs, Allianz SE
• Renaud Guidée, Group Chief Risk Officer, Axa
• Ivo Menzinger, Head Europe, Middle East & Africa, Managing Director, Public Sector Solutions, Swiss Re

PANEL DISCUSSION: CLIMATE RISK MODELLING: HOW DO WE NOW MOVE TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND KEEP PACE WITH THE DYNAMIC NATURE OF CLIMATE RISK?

Moderator: Federico Waisman, Head of Analytics, Ariel Re

• Thierry Corti, Senior Sustainability Manager, Swiss Re
• Giorgis Hadzilacos, Technical Specialist, Catastrophe Risk, Bank of England
• Tim Edwards, Lloyds

PANEL DISCUSSION: SUPERVISORS IN CONVERSATION – KEY PRIORITIES ON THE AGENDA FOR 2021

Moderator: Andrew Bulley, Partner

• Lisa Leaman, Head of London Markets, PRA Prudential Regulation Authority
• Domhnall Cullinan, Director of Insurance Supervision, Central Bank of Ireland
• Frank Grund, Chief Executive Director of Insurance and Pension Funds Supervision, BaFin

PANEL DISCUSSION: WHAT DO WE MEAN BY RESILIENCE AND HAS OUR DEFINITION OF RESILIENCE CHANGED GIVEN OUR EXPERIENCES WITH COVID-19?

Moderator: Ronan McCaughey, Deputy Editor, InsuranceERM

• Sebastian Rath, Principal Insurance Risk Officer, NN Group
• Chris Day, Group Head of Operational Resilience, Royal London
• Eugenie Molyneux, CRO of Commercial Insurance, Zurich

PANEL DISCUSSION: INTEGRATING CORRELATION AND INTERCONNECTEDNESS INTO SCENARIO PLANNING FOR CATASTROPHIC RISK.

Moderator: Cintia Cheong, InsuranceERM

• Joseph Lu, Director, Longevity Science, Legal and General
• Irfan Akhtar, Head of ReMetrica for Life, Health and Pensions, Aon
• Renate Leukert, Head Risk Modelling, Swiss Re

PANEL: IN LIGHT OF OUR EXPERIENCE WITH COVID 19, WHAT OTHER HIGH IMPACT, LOW PROBABILITY RISKS MIGHT WE BE NEGLECTING, AND HOW CAN/SHOULD OUR EMERGING RISK PROCESSES BE ADAPTED AND IMPROVED TO BETTER MANAGE THEM?

Moderator: Roger Dix, Chief Risk Officer, Wesleyan

• Michael Hosking, Chief Risk Officer, Faraday Underwriting Limited, Gen Re International P&C
• Ruth Middleton, Chief Risk Officer, AIG Life UK
• Alex Duncan, Group Chief Risk Officer, Just Group

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
"TRANSFORMATIONS AND CHANGE MANGEMENT – KEEPING INSURANCE UP TO PACE WITH EVOLVING ECONOMIC, TECHNOLOGICAL, REGULATORY AND CONSUMER CHANGES"

Speaker: Allegra van Hövell-Patrizi, Chief Risk Officer of Aegon N.V and member of the Management Board of Aegon N.V                                                                                    

PANEL DISCUSSION: PREPARING FOR THE SOLVENCY II REVIEW – CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES AND PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS

Moderator: Paul Walsh, InsuranceERM

• Ismael Moreno, Chief Risk Officer, Vida Caixa
• Alberto Corinti, Member of the Board of Directors, IVASS
• Frank Schiller, Chief Actuary, Life and Health Reinsurance Europe, Latin America, Middle East, Munich Re (subject to final confirmation)
• Karel van Hulle, Prof. em. KU Leuven and Hon. Prof. Goethe University Frankfurt, Member of the PIOB, Member of the Board of the Bermuda Monetary Authority
• Olav Jones, Deputy Director General/Director Economics & Finance, Insurance Europe

PANEL: A REVIEW OF CRISIS AND BUSINESS CONTINUITY SCENARIOS

Moderator: Chris Cundy, Managing Editor, InsuranceERM

• Russel Goldstein, Chief Risk Officer, Darta Saving Life Assurance
• David Smith, Risk, Technology and Operations Officer, THB Group
• Roger Dix, Chief Risk Officer, Wesleyan

PRESENTATION: THE FUTURE OF CAPITAL MODELLING

Speaker: Peter Antal, Head of Capital and Risk, Partner Re

PRESENTATION: INTEGRATION OF BUSINESS CONTINUITY INTO ERM

Speaker: Claudia Meyer, Group Head of Operational and Reputational Risk Management, Allianz SE

PANEL DISCUSSION: AS THE EU EXIT TRANSITION PERIOD NEARS THE END, HOW CAN WE EXPECT THE UK REGULATORY LANDSCAPE TO EVOLVE POST BREXIT?

Moderator: Paul Walsh, InsuranceERM

• Huw Evans, Director General, ABI
• Suresh Weerasinghe, Head of EU & Brexit Public Policy, Aviva
• Chris Finney, Partner, Fox Williams LLP

PANEL DISCUSSION: MANAGING 3RD PARTY OUTSOURCING RISK

Moderator: Ronan McCaughey, Deputy Editor, InsuranceERM

• Claudia Meyer, Group Head of Operational and Reputational Risk Management, Allianz SE
• Jim Ewing, Chief Risk Officer, Aegon UK
• Donald Macleod, Chief Actuary, RL360

PANEL DISCUSSION: A SPOTLIGHT ON THE OUTLOOK FOR THE GLOBAL ECONOMY. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR INSURERS INVESTMENTS?

Moderator: David Walker, InsuranceERM/Insurance Asset Risk

• Christoph Hofstetter, Capital Markets Expert, Vienna Insurance Group
• Emily Penn, Capital and Investments Director, LV=
• Ankit Shah, Head of Investment Operations & Oversight, QIC Global

PANEL DISCUSSION: HOW DO YOU CAPTURE THE EFFICIENCY GAINS AND MANAGE NEW OPERATIONAL RISKS

Moderator: Chris Cundy, Managing Editor, InsuranceERM

• Simon Spurr, Chief Risk Officer, IGI
• William Coatesworth, Head of Enterprise Risk Management, Pension Insurance Corporation
• Ross McGee, Director, ERM, Argo

PANEL DISCUSSION: WHAT IS A WINNING STRATEGY FOR THE ANNUITIES BUSINESS? WHAT DOES THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE FOR GUARANTEED PRODUCTS

Moderator: Gareth Mee, Partner, EY

• Matthias Schneider, CRO Life, Germany, Zurich
• Lukas Ziewer, Group Chief Risk Officer, Athora
• Giles Fairhead, Group Chief Risk Officer, Pension Insurance Corporation

PANEL: AS CYBER THREATS BECOME INCREASINGLY SOPHISTICATED, WHAT DO INSURERS NEED TO DO TO ENHANCE THEIR CYBER RESILIENCE FRAMEWORKS?

Moderator: Cintia Cheong, InsuranceERM

• Christian Dahmen, Chief Risk Officer, Member of the Board of Management, NewRe
• Tom Engly, Director, Chief Security Officer, Tryg
• Raphael Borrel, CRO at XL Catlin Services co. and Head of Information Risk at AXA XL