Day 1, Thursday May 19th
8:15am Registration and morning refreshments9:00am Chairperson’s opening remarks 9:15am Adapting to challenging macroeconomic conditions: What does the future hold for Latin America?
- How are insurers and reinsurers being impacted by the drop in commodity prices and how are they responding?
- Adjusting business models to changing variables in local economies and seizing new opportunities
- How will insurers and reinsurers develop and evolve with forecasted low GDP growth?
- Rodrigo Salas, Senior Director, Co-Head of Latin American Insurance Group, Fitch Ratings
9.45am How can the insurance industry embrace innovation and revolutionise the Latin American market?
- Transforming innovation into new insurance business generation and capitalizing on emerging lines of business: What has been achieved so far and what is still needed?
- Will the Latin American market deploy insurance telematics in the near future?
- Assessing the impact of new technology on risk management and claims handling
- Jose E. Torres Llosa V., Executive Vice President, IT & Operations, RIMAC Seguros
- Antonio Cassio, Americas Regional Officer, Generali
- Juana Francisca Llano, Vice President of Insurance, Latin America, Suramericana
- Marcelo Ramírez Galeana, Chief Information Officer, HDI Seguros
- Moderator: Ronald Diaz, Senior Vice President, Latin America, Caribbean, Africa and Middle East Operations, Everest Re
10:35am Morning refreshments and networking break 11:15am Lloyd's 2025 Vision: How is this impacting the Latin American market?
- Understanding the effect of Lloyd's syndicate’s collective risk sharing and diversification initiatives on underinsurance
- Will more local reinsurers participate via Special Purpose Syndicates or alternative methods at Lloyds?
- Which countries are Lloyd’s eyeing up next for Latin American expansion?
- Daniel Revilla, Head of Operations & Strategy, Global Markets, Lloyd’s of London
11:45am Addressing the continued fall of reinsurance rates: How low can we go?
- Will reinsurers continue to accept further reduction of rates? What is needed to rebalance pricing and competition in the reinsurance market?
- Managing technical pricing analysis and underwriting results in an accelerating softening market
- Capturing value: How can reinsurers grow with excess capacity in the short and medium term?
- Ingrid Carlou, Chief Executive Officer, Patria Re
- James Grieve, Senior Vice President, Chief Underwriting Officer Latin America & Caribbean, SCOR Reinsurance
- Carlos Caputo, Chief Executive Officer, Markel Latin America
- Javier Vijil, President & Chief Underwriting Officer, TransRe
- Moderator: Humberto Cabrera, Chief Commercial Officer – Latin America, Aon Benfield
12:30 Lunch and networking1.45pm Capturing the true value of Microinsurance and penetrating uninsured risks
- Will parametric products be catalysts for market growth?
- Overcoming coverage inhibitors and closing the protection gap
- What new microinsurance products will we see entering the market in 2015/2016?
- Carlos Boelsterli, Chief Executive Officer, MiCRO
2:15pm Minding the analytics gap: What advances are needed to encourage the development and acceptance of data analytics?
- What analytics tools are available in Latin America and who is utilizing them?
- Is catastrophe modelling now seen as a comparison tool in Latin America?
- Moving the market forward and opening up new opportunities in Latin America through ‘big data’
- Eduardo Reinoso, Chief Executive Officer, ERN
- Rodrigo Botti, Chief Financial and Operating Officer, Terra Brasis
- Bobby Soni, Executive Vice President, Global Sales & Chief Services Officer, RMS
- Chris Lefferdink, Managing Director, Head of Analytics, Aon Benfield
- Moderator: Emmanuel Nere, Head of Engagement, Data Innovation Lab, AXA Corporate Solutions
3:15pm Exploring Latin America’s response to an increase in professional liability insurance claims
- How are insurers and reinsurers adjusting their policies to reflect increasing demand?
- Scrutinizing the rise in compliance requirements, instances of corruption and the subsequent implications for the insurance industry
- Analysing the demand for Directors & Officers and Errors & Omissions lines
- Herman Weiss, Andean President Latin America, Chubb
3:45pm Afternoon refreshments and networking break 4.15pm Champagne roundtables *NEW FOR 2016*
- Led by an expert moderator, the roundtables will create an informal environment to discuss and debate sectorial, regional and thematic issues over a glass of champagne. Delegates will be able to move around tables, maximizing networking and learning opportunities.
- Argentina - Host: Herman Weiss, Andean President Latin America, Chubb
- Brazil - Host: Bruno Camargo, Chief Executive Officer, Fairfax Brasil
- Mexico - Host: Ingrid Carlou, Chief Executive Officer, Patria Re
- Chile - Host: Lionel Soffia, Chief Executive Officer Latin America, Arthur J. Gallagher
- The Miami Market - Host: Ronald Diaz, Senior Vice President, Latin America, Caribbean, Africa and Middle East Operations, Everest Re
- Catastrophe Modelling - Host: Michelle Soto, Assistant Vice President, AWAC Services
- Colombia - Host: Juan Fernando Serrano, Executive President, LatinoInsurance
17:15 Chairperson’s closing remarks followed by drinks reception 19:30 Separately bookable Reactions Awards Dinner
Day 2, May 20th 2016
8:45am Morning refreshments 9:15am Chairperson’s opening remarks
9:30am Scrutinizing recent swings in M&A activity across the region
- Will we see more multinational companies selling their Latin American insurance operations to local players?
- The race to be regional: How are the strategies of local players evolving to changing dynamics in the M&A environment?
- Will Latin American re/insurers capitalize on M&A activity through transactional risk solutions?
- Juan Fernando Serrano, Executive President, LatinoInsurance
- Eduardo Fábrega, Chief Executive Officer, ASSA Compañía de Seguros
- Diógenes Gonçalves, Partner, Pinheiro Neto
- Ronald Diaz, Senior Vice President, Latin America, Caribbean, Africa and Middle East Operations, Everest Re
- Moderator: Peter Hirst, Partner, Clyde & Co
10:15am Looking beyond the soft cycle: Discussing the potential of ILS and alternative capital as re/insurance penetration grows and regulation increases
- Will more sovereigns follow Mexico in its purchase of insurance-linked securities?
- Opening up the re/insurance industry to the efficiencies of the capital markets
- Would a major catastrophe event change re/insurers’ risk management strategy and increase their appetite for alternative capital?
- Avery Michaelson, Vice President, Insurance & Pension Solutions, Société Générale
10:45am Morning refreshments and networking break 11:15am How will re/insurers react and adapt to increases in regulatory frameworks?
- Overcoming the challenges of increasing transparency requirements and the need for improved operational efficiencies
- Evaluating the long-term benefits of Solvency II to risk management in Latin America
- What tailored solutions will reinsurers offer insurers to capitalise on capital adequacy?
- Carlos Varela, Technical Vice President, Fasecolda
- Alex Guillamont, Head of Latin American & Caribbean Practice, Kennedys
- Carlos Berguido, Executive Director, APADEA
- Angelo Colombo, Chief Executive Officer, South America, Allianz Global & Corporate Specialty
- Moderator: Eduardo Recinos, Senior Director, Head of Insurance Latin America, Fitch Ratings
12:00pm Capitalizing on evolving distribution channels and the shift towards digital platforms
- Understanding the need for establishing a diversified distribution strategy
- To what extent are partnerships with established aggregators the best route to expanding distribution?
- Is mobile distribution the way forward for Latin America?
- Carlos Murguia, Member Development Director, LIMRA
- Viriato Leao, Vice President, General Manager – Latin America, EIS Group
- Moderator: Fabio Cabral, Head of Distribution, AIG Brasil
12.30 Strategies for attracting new human capital to the Latin American re/insurance market
- How will the market attract new and local talent to the re/insurance industry?
- Organisational and skill-set changes required to revolutionise the industry
- Moving underwriting off-site and looking towards company infrastructure changes
- Tomas San Vicente, Senior Vice President, Latin America, Head of Human Resources, Chubb
1:00pm Chairperson’s closing remarks followed by lunch and close of conference