General Insurance Seminar Insuring Tomorrow 17-18 November 2014 • Hilton Sydney ● Hear from high-profile speakers. Register by Friday 24 October 2014 and take advantage of the Early Bird discount. www.actuaries.asn.au/GIS2014 ● Get involved in an in-depth and diverse program featuring four plenary sessions and over 30 concurrent sessions. ● Network with industry professionals and peers. ● Gain an understanding of current critical issues and developments across the general insurance industry. Facilitator Four Major Plenary Sessions Michael Pascoe* Plenary 1: Challenges for Tomorrow’s Insurers Plenary 2: Tomorrow’s Perils Plenary 3: A World of Data Michael is a finance and economics commentator on Channel 7’s Sunrise and news programs. * Mr Michael Pascoe appears by arrangement with Saxton Speakers Bureau Plenary 4: Capitalising on Risk Speakers Geoff Atkins Director, Finity Consulting & Principal Adviser, Financial System Inquiry Richard Bergman Partner, PwC Stuart Bingham General Manager Diversified Institutions Division, APRA Ty Birkett Managing Director, Willis Re Justine K Brindley Legal Manager & Senior Lawyer – GI Advisory, Suncorp Frankie Carroll Deputy Chief Executive Officer & Chief Financial Officer, Queensland Reconstruction Authority Richard Enthoven Chief Executive Officer, Hollard Insurance Company Jeanne Fennell Principal, Marsh Vicki Mullen General Manager – Consumer Relations & Market Development, ICA Anne O’Driscoll Non-Executive Director, Steadfast Group & CommInsure Paul Ormonde-James Group Manager – Operations, Insights & Commercialisation, Australia Post Siddharth Parameswaran Research Analyst (Insurance), JP Morgan Andy Pitman Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science, UNSW Alex Sanchez General Manager, Policy, Economics & Taxation Directorate, ICA Karl Sullivan General Manager Risk & Disaster, ICA Andy White Group Head of Capital Modelling, QBE Geoff Atkins Richard Bergman Stuart Bingham Ty Birkett Justine K Brindley Frankie Carroll Richard Enthoven Jeanne Fennell Vicki Mullen Anne O’Driscoll Paul Ormonde-James Siddharth Parameswaran Andy Pitman Alex Sanchez Karl Sullivan Andy White Topic Snapshot Actuarial Role • Actuarial Transformations in GI • Gold Standard Underwriting and Reserving Operations • Actuarial Offshore Outsourcing – Will You be Here in 10 Years Time? Capital and Financial Management • Alternative Capital Solutions for Reinsurance • Enhancing Insurers’ Financial Management by Using Monthly DFA Models • Solvency II, Dragging Australia into Europe Once Again • Stress Testing and Capital – Understanding the Tail Claims and Reserving • Determining Asbestos Related Disease Liabilities for a Self-Insurer • Latency of Child Sexual Abuse Claims • Review of Claims Trends for Liability Insurance in Australia • Robotic Reserving – Are We There Yet? • Show Me the Money – Insights into PL and PI Claims Experience • Some Research Initiatives in the Modelling of General Insurance Claim Dependencies • Superimposed Inflation: Current Thinking and Future Steps • The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse – Implications for Insurers Data and Modelling • A Unified Approach to Reserving and Pricing • Big Data and Scarce Resources – Where are Insurers Focusing their Big Data Efforts? • Big Data: Implications for the General Insurance Industry and the Actuarial Profession • Comparing Software Options for Actuaries Insurance Market • 2nd Global Customer Insurance Survey 2014 – Delivering the Future Insurance Experience • General Insurance Industry: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow • Hybrid, Electric and Driverless Cars: Innovation Driving Change in Motor Insurance • Personal Lines – A Shifting Competitive Landscape • Terrorism Risk Insurance in Australia, Understanding the Risks and Consequences for Commercial Property Insurers • The Silver Economy – How the Over 50s will Reshape General Insurance • Cyber Threats and the Insurance Response Natural Perils and Cats • Can we Really Insure against Climate Change Impacts? • Cat Risk Modeling Information Note • Recent Developments in Predicting El Niño and the Implications for Insurers Pricing • Disaggregating Aggregators • Discount Rates in General Insurance Pricing • Getting to Truth with Your Customers – The Power of Human Centred Design • Pricing and Underwriting for Class Actions Risk Management • Report from the General Insurance Risk Appetite Working Party Program at a Glance Business sessions cover two days and include all tea breaks, two buffet lunches and a Gala Dinner. Full details at www.actuaries.asn.au/GIS2014 Monday 17 November Registration from 8.00am Sessions run from 9.00am to 5.00pm Lunch from 12.30pm Gala Dinner from 6.00pm onwards (Theme: A Night at the Ritz) Tuesday 18 November Registration from 8.00am Sessions run from 9.00am to 5.00pm Lunch from 1.00pm Conference concludes at 5.30pm Register Now: www.actuaries.asn.au/GIS2014 Venue Hilton Sydney 488 George Street Sydney NSW 2000 t +61 (0) 2 9266 2000 Accommodation We have secured special delegate rates at the Hilton Sydney during the General Insurance Seminar. You can book online or by contacting Lauren Poll in Group Reservations and quoting group reference ‘GINST’ when making your booking. We suggest you book early, as special delegate rates and additional reservation requests are subject to availability. Lauren Poll t + 61 (0) 2 9266 2000 e lauren.poll@hilton.com Previous delegates have said... • “GIS2012 was very informative, the content provided by the presenters was topical and on trend.” • “The plenary topics were interesting and educational.” • “The Dinner was a real highlight and offered a good opportunity to network.” • “The topics covered were excellent and so were the presentations.” • “Overall an excellent Seminar, very well organised and professionally presented.” • “Great opportunity to gain better understanding of what is happening in the general insurance space.” Registration GIS2014 Sponsors There are a range of registration packages available including shared registration options. Find out more at www.actuaries.asn.au/GIS2014 Register online at: www.actuaries.asn.au/GIS2014 GIS2014 Supporting Partner GIS2014 Supported Charity Register by Friday 24 October 2014 and take advantage of the Early Bird discount. Enterprise Risk Management Seminar Capturing the Upside ERM2014 Sponsor 19 November 2014 • Hilton Sydney The Enterprise Risk Management Seminar will be held on Wednesday 19 November 2014. A discount registration will be on offer if you attend both GIS2014 and ERM2014. Benefits of Attending Delegates will… • • • • Be inspired and hear from high-profile speakers and thought-leaders in the general insurance space. Be empowered by leading-edge thinking and gain an understanding of current critical issues and developments across the industry. Share knowledge and ideas through participation in the Q&A time in the plenary sessions and discussions with other professionals in the breakout sessions. Strengthen and build relationships with contacts, clients and industry leaders in the many networking opportunities. Employers will… • • • • • Gain access to a wealth of knowledge, techniques and trends through the dynamic sessions. Experience targeted networking opportunities. Benefit from a range of technical and personal development learning. Align their employees with potential key contacts, clients and industry leaders. Have access to post-event media to facilitate discussion on session content with their staff. Sponsors will… • • • • • Promote their brand to over 250 industry professionals from Australia. Reinforce and strengthen their corporate position within the actuarial profession and general insurance space. Demonstrate a clear message of their genuine commitment to the actuarial profession. Network with key industry leaders and their teams. Have high visibility on the General Insurance Seminar website and marketing collateral. For further information, please contact: Lisa Pronesti Events Manager t +61 (0) 2 9233 3466 f +61 (0) 2 9233 3446 e events@actuaries.asn.au w www.actuaries.asn.au @ActuariesInst #2014GIS