1 | 30 February 2021
Mr. Bryan Stirewalt | CEO
DFSA
Supported by: HFW Middle East LLP
Role of Insurance in Recovery and Resilience
2 | 22 February 2021
Ms. Jessica Botelho
Associate Director | Analytics
AM Best
Mr. Ghislani LeCam
Director | Analytics
AM Best
Mr. Mahesh Mistry
Senior Director | Credit Rating Research & Analytics
AM Best
Supported by: A.M. Best – MENA, South & Central Asia
ESG for (Re)Insurers – AM Best’s View
3 | 26 May 2021
Mr. John Barlow
Partner | HFW
Mr. Daniel Martin
Partner | HFW
Ms. Jemima McDonald
Senior Associate | HFW
Mr. Shane Gibbons
Associate | HFW
Supported by: HFW Middle East LLP
Market Update: Recent Changes to the Regulatory Landscape and their Impact on the Insurance Sector
4 | 01 June 2021
Mr. Vasilis Katsipis
General Manager, Market Development
AM Best
Mr. Mahesh Mistry
Senior Director, Credit Rating Criteria Research & Analytics
AM Best
Supported by: A.M. Best – MENA, South & Central Asia
AM Best’s Assessment of Delegated Underwriting Authority Enterprises
5 | 14 June 2021
Dave Matcham | Chief Executive
International Underwriting Association (IUA)
Supported by: ACE Re & HFW Middle East LLP
The Future at Lloyd’s – the digital transformation of the Lloyd’s and wider London market
6 | 16 June 2021
Mr. Chris Cain
Client Services Director (Middle East)
Equiom Limited
Ms. Claudia Maldonado | Principal
Mercer Financial Services
Ms. Reena Vivek | Senior Executive Officer
Zurich Workplace Solutions
DEWS – Successfully restructuring EoSG in the DIFC
7 | 21 June 2021
Mr. Tom Pelham | Partner
Kennedys LLP
Ms. Kelsey Evans | Chartered Legal Executive
Kennedys LLP
Supported by: ACE Re & Kennedys LLP
Ransomware Attacks: Prevent, Detect, Respond, Notify
8 | 23 June 2021
Dr. Noah Radford | Futurist-in-Chief & Chief of Global Affairs
Dubai Future Foundation
Supported by: AETNA Global Benefits Limited & HFW Middle East LLP
The Brief History of Future
9 | 13 October 2021
Ms. Adrita Bhattacharya-Craven
Director, Health & Ageing | The Geneva Association
Professor Nicholas Goodwin
Director, Central Coast Research Institute for Integrated Care University of Newcastle, and the Central Coast Local Health District
Supported by: Aetna Global Benefits Limited, Cigna Insurance Management Services, and Now Health International
New Care Models: How insurers can rise to the challenge of older and sicker societies
10 | 01 November 2021
Mr. Dean Pollard
Senior Executive Officer (SEO) | Bupa Global Middle East (DIFC) Limited
Supported by: Bupa Global Middle East (DIFC) Limited & Zurich Workplace Solutions (Middle East) Limited
The Long Tail of the Pandemic on the Mental Health of Senior Leaders’ Mental Health and Wellbeing
11 | 22 November 2021
Mr. Konstantinos Kratiras
Head of Business Development | BlackRock’s Financial Institutions Group, EMEA | European Head of the Global Sustainability Working Group
Global Insurance Report
12 | 06 December 2021
Supported by:
Equiom Corporate Services (Middle East) Ltd
Kennedys Dubai LLP
Simmons & Simmons Middle East LLP
Fichte & Co Legal Consultancy
ITA (Middle East) Ltd
Golf Evening
13 | 14 December 2021
Dr. Daniel D. Zimmerman
Senior Vice President, Head of Global Medical | RGA Reinsurance Company
Supported by:
RGA Reinsurance Company
Middle East Limited
Long COVID – The Insurer’s Perspective
14 | 15 December 2021
Ms. Gaenor Jones | Director | Chartered Insurance Institute (CII)
Mr. Ian Simmons | Director | Chartered Insurance Institute (CII)
Ms. Rebecca Aston | Professional Standards Manager | Chartered Insurance Institute (CII)
Supported by:
Aetna Global Benefits Limited
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence for Insurance
Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) Partnership Announcement