International Takaful Summit
Theme: “Pathways for Matching Islamic Finance Assets to Takaful”
23-24 February, London, UK
There is a critical mismatch between the growth of Islamic finance and banking assets, and takaful provision for these assets. The Summit, now in its 10th year, will explore the reasons for this mismatch and look at ways in which this gap can be bridged, as well as takaful in large commercial risks.
16th Asia CEO Insurance Summit
Theme: “Insuring a Smart World: the Next Uber?”
24-25 February 2016, Hong Kong
The 16th CEO Summit, co-organised by Asia Insurance Review and The Geneva Association, the global think-tank, will look at the next Uber in insurance, turning old problems into new opportunities, making insurers more customer centric, and stepping up to regulatory expectations.
4th Asia Insurance Brokers’ Summit
Theme: “The Broker’s USP Today – Meeting the Protection Gap of Clients”
2-3 March 2016, Bali, Indonesia
The Summit will look at the unique value add that brokers bring to the business, as well as the challenges they face in a world of changing risk exposures, with Asia becoming a leader in insurance and a hot spot for Nat CATs.
There will be sessions on working with corporate risk managers and insurance carriers, codes of conduct, and coping with M&A, technology and changing regulatory trends.
10th Multaqa Qatar
13-15 March, Doha, Qatar
Since its launch in 2007, Multaqa Qatar has grown in size and stature, and is now widely regarded as the leading risk and insurance meeting for senior executives in the MENA region. The by-invitation-only event will be hosted by the Qatar Central Bank and the Qatar Financial Centre. Last year, more than 700 delegates participated in the Multaqa Qatar.
1st Asia Pacific Maritime Insurance Conference
Theme: “Managing Increasing Exposures & New Risks in the Maritime World”
16-17 March 2016, Singapore
Held in conjunction with the 14th Asia Pacific Maritime, the Conference will provide networking and dialogue opportunities for shipowners, ship managers, underwriters and other stakeholders in the maritime industry. There will be active panel discussions and presentations on market development, regulations, underwriting, claims and risk management in maritime trade.
11th Asia Conference on Healthcare and Health Insurance
Theme: ‘’Being A ‘Smart’ Health Insurer – Innovation, Profitability & Sustainability’’
21-22 March 2016, Singapore
The two-day conference will look at hot topics in healthcare developments, including rising medical costs, healthcare innovation and the potential for growth and profitability.
Asia Motor Insurance & Claims Management Conference
Theme: “Being a Smart Motor Insurer”
29-30 March 2016, Bangkok, Thailand
Disruptive innovations in the auto world offer a brave new landscape of opportunities for motor insurers. To stay relevant, motor insurers are being forced to rethink their strategies. This two-day Asia Motor Conference will look at being a better and smarter insurer in the traditional space, as well as telematics, and insuring driverless cars.
FAIR Life Insurance Forum
Theme: “The Changing Landscape of Life Insurance”
4-5 April, Cairo, Egypt
The Forum aims to provide a platform for participants from all markets to meet and discuss developments in the life insurance field. Main topics covered will include IT solutions and potential areas of innovation, bancassurance, product development and marketing.
Middle East Insurance Review 10th Anniversary Summit
Theme: ‘’Underwriting for Profit: Myth or Reality in Today’s World’’
13-14 April, Dubai, UAE
In the 10 years that Middle East Insurance Review has been closely monitoring and covering developments in the market, several key issues have stood out as recurrent themes and one of the most pronounced has been underwriting profits. Hence, the Summit will look at the theme of underwriting for profit, as well as other themes such as managing risk exposures and disruptive innovation.
Asia Insurance Innovation Summit
Theme: “The WOW of Innovation for Insurance”
25-26 April, Singapore
How should companies seek to innovate? What is the risk appetite to pursue innovation? And do companies have the necessary resources to do it? These topics and more will be explored at the Summit.
3rd Conference on Insurance M&A in Asia
Theme: ‘’Being Strategically Ready to Win in the M&A Game’’
27-28 April, Singapore
With the continuing acceleration of M&A, the Conference aims to bring together industry experts to provide analysis of the changing insurance M&A landscape in Asia, pitfalls that can crop up during integration planning and delivery, deal fundamentals and legal aspects. Lessons and best practices will also be drawn from case studies.
17th Asia Conference on Bancassurance and Alternative Distribution
Theme: “Innovation & Smart Deals to be a Real Winner”
10-11 May, Jakarta, Indonesia
With Asia’s rapid growing consumer banking base, insurers are looking to innovate their bancassurance solutions and diversify their distribution channels. The Conference will look at the billion dollar offering in bancassurance as well as the latest bancassurance deals, trends, issues and other alternative channels in the region.
31st GAIF General Conference
Theme: “The Future Challenges of the Arab Insurance and Reinsurance Companies”
24-26 May, Beirut, Lebanon
The biennial Conference represents an opportunity to discuss and review the status and the challenges facing the Arab Insurance Industry.
Global Insurance Forum
12-15 June, Singapore
Formerly known as the International Insurance Society Annual Seminar, the Global Insurance Forum is expected to draw more than 500 senior insurance executives, regulators, insurance scholars and policy makers from all regions of the world and industry sectors. The Forum will look at how insurers will drive change in response to internal and external competitors, remaining competitive and increasing relevancy within the global marketplace.