IAIS Global Seminar 2025

Welcome remarks:
Jonathan Dixon – IAIS Secretary General

The IAIS’ Executive Committee leadership dialogue will provide an update of key projects in 2025 under the new Strategic Plan, including on the ICS implementation.

Moderator:
Jonathan Dixon – IAIS Secretary General

Speakers:
Shigeru Ariizumi – Chair, IAIS Executive Committee and Vice Minister for International Affairs, Financial Services Agency of Japan
Petra Hielkema – Vice Chair, IAIS Executive Committee and FinTech Champion and Chair, European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority
Andrew N. Mais – Vice Chair, IAIS Executive Committee and Insurance Commissioner, Connecticut and President, National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)
Siham Ramli – Vice Chair, IAIS Executive Committee and Director of Communication and International Relations, Autorité de Contrôle des Assurances et de la Prévoyance Sociale, Morocco

Moderator:
Romain Paserot – IAIS Deputy Secretary General and Head of Capital and Financial Stability

Speaker:
Dieter Hendrickx – Chair, IAIS Macroprudential Committee and Head, Prudential Policy Insurance, National Bank of Belgium

Moderator:
Hanne van Voorden – IAIS Head of Supervisory Practices and Operations

Speaker:
Matt Walker – Chair, IAIS Policy Development Committee and Manager, Insurance Supervision and Regulation Section, Federal Reserve Board of the United States

Moderator:
Conor Donaldson – IAIS Head of Implementation

Speaker:
Peter Braumüller – Chair, IAIS Implementation and Assessment Committee and Managing Director, Insurance and Pension Supervision, Austrian Financial Market Authority

This panel will discuss the key risks facing the insurance sector and the necessary responses to these risk from insurers and the supervisory community.

Moderator:
Dieter Hendrickx – Chair, IAIS Macroprudential Committee and Head, Prudential Policy Insurance, National Bank of Belgium

Speakers:
Simon Harris – Managing Director, Moody’s
Alison Martin – CEO EMEA and Bank Distribution, Zurich Insurance Group
Gareth Truran – Executive Director for Insurance Supervision, Prudential Regulation Authority UK

With increasing severity and frequency of natural catastrophes, this panel will cover the issue of widening protection gaps. The panel will review underlying vulnerabilities and exposures, as well as elaborate what role the insurance sector, supervisors and other stakeholders hold in addressing these gaps, highlighting successful examples of public-private initiatives.

Moderator:
Petra Hielkema – Vice Chair, IAIS Executive Committee and FinTech Champion and Chair, EIOPA

Speakers:
Jérôme Haegeli – Group Chief Economist, Swiss Re and Head, Swiss Re Institute
Kamal Kishore – Special Representative, United Nations Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction and Head, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

More speakers will be announced soon.