22nd International Reinsurance Congress

Course Overview

The 22nd International Reinsurance Congress, is the longest running and most prestigious event for the insurance and reinsurance industry. The event comprises of two high-impact days and brought together a truly phenomenal panel of international speakers such as:

• Leila Madeiros, Vice President and Corporate Secretary, Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR)
• The Honorable Gregory W Slayton, US Chief of Mission to Bermuda
• Robert J Cooney, Managing Director, Capital Markets, Aon Re Global
• Dr William Panning, Executive Vice President & Managing Director, Willis Re

Against the backdrop of the credit crunch, impending recession and debates on global warming, our programme will cover all the most critical industry developments and provide a comprehensive update on the year gone by and, more crucially, what is in store in the year to come. As always, there will be lots of time for networking to meet with colleagues and clients to discuss and debate the critical challenges facing the global reinsurance industry.

Audience

• Reinsurance/insurers including: Reinsurance Directors, VPs, Chairmen, AVP Underwriting, CFOs, General Counsel,Treasurers, Manager Actuarial, Chief Operating Officers, Chief Actuaries, Claims Managers, Run-off Managers, Senior Managers, Directors, President, Controller, Managing Director, CEO, President,VP Risk Management, Risk Manager, President & Chief Underwriting Officer
• Law firms: Partner, Attorney, Senior Litigation Counsel, National Head of Insurance & Reinsurance, Industry Arbitrator, Reinsurance Specialist, Head of Litigation
• Audit firms and other service providers
• Other run-off service providers and Commutation Managers
• Banks, brokers and regulatory bodies

Skills Gained

• Gain important new insights into international insurance market developments
• Network with over 100 top industry specialists and have the opportunity to get up to speed on the hottest industry issues
• Partake in a well structured programme and lively discussion panels: debate the issues with both your clients and adversaries!
• Learn valuable lessons from others and understand the perspectives of major insurance industry players
• Discuss the competitiveness of the Bermuda market versus London versus the US
• Partake and hear discussions on legal reinsurance

Course Outline

Our conference headline is "where to from here - what next for the reinsurance industy?". To answer that question, our industry leading speakers will address the following critical questions:

• What are the current trends impacting the Reinsurance industry?
• What will be the impact of the sub-prime debacle?
• Does climate change bring risk or opportunity?
• How will legislative changes such Solvency II and US Reinsurance Regulatory Reform effect the global market?
• Has capital management replaced underwriting?
• How is the ART market changing?
• Is ILS a new opportunity or passing fad?
• Enterprise risk management: what questions should we be asking?

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