25 – 27 Mar 2007
11th Regional Pension & Social Insurance Conference
Location: Beirut, Lebanon
Organiser: The Muhanna Foundation
Website: http://www.muhanna.org
26 – 27 Mar 2007
2nd Asian Conference on Takaful
Location: Singapore
Organiser: Asia Insurance Review and MiddleEast Insurance Review
Website: www.meinsurancereview.com
Details: Backed by the track record of the immensely successful 1st Asian Takaful Conference, Asia Insurance Review, and, its sister publication, MiddleEast Insurance Review, are holding the 2nd Asian Conference with the theme: “Raising the Benchmark and Reaching Out to Consumers”.
The two-day conference will explore not only the global opportunities in takaful, but also how to ensure that takaful operators are capitalising on market knowledge, attaining the right experience and knowhow to write both local and global takaful business successfully, and to benchmark their standards and practices against the best while reaching out to consumers’ needs to buy Shariah-compliant products.
26 – 27 Apr 2007
Third International Conference on Risk Management
Location: Almaty, Kazakhstan
Organiser: Eurasia Insurance Company,
Tel: +7 (3272) 584 336
Website: www.theeurasia.kz
Details: The conference aims to facilitate information and experience sharing between Kazakhstan and the global market. Issues to be discussed include current and emerging trends in risk management, how to monitor and assess exposure in industry and infrastructure, insurance and reinsurance technologies for handling natural and man-made risks.
15 – 16 May 2007
Fourth IFSB Summit: 10 Central Bank Governors to Speak on the Need for A Cross Sectoral Approach to the Supervision of Islamic Financial Services
Location: Dubai, UAE
Organiser: Islamic Financial Services Board
Host: Central Bank of the UAE
Website: www.ifsbdubai2007.com
Details: Regulators and top executives of international bodies will attend the summit which presents a platform to address the challenges facing supervisory authorities and market players in addressing differences arising from unique business models which combine commercial banking, asset management and investment banking, without legal, financial and administrative separation. Participants will discuss the need for a cross-sectoral approach to supervision and cross-sectoral issues of common interests to all industry stakeholders.
28 – 29 May 2007
Middle East Bancassurance Conference
Location: Dubai, UAE
Organiser: MiddleEast Insurance Review
Website: www.meinsurancereview.com
Details: MiddleEast Insurance Review and its sister publication, Asia Insurance Review, are pleased to bring our successful Bancassurance series of conferences to the Middle East for the first time. Asia Insurance Review was the first to start the bancassurance series of conferences in the industry back in 2000, and due to the success of this event, we have received requests to do the same for the Middle East. The conference will deal with the theme “Coming to Grips with the True Synergy Between Banking & Insurance”. With the strategic pressures and moves to tap the potential of alternative distribution channels, we bring together the banking and insurance fraternities to discuss ways in which synergy can be enhanced in the Middle East.
30 – 31 May 2007
Middle East Construction & Engineering Conference
Location: Dubai, UAE
Organiser: MiddleEast Insurance Review
Website: www.meinsurancereview.com
Details: The conference, which has for its theme – Leveraging on the Construction Boom in the MENA Region: Opportunities & Challenges – addresses the critical issues in underwriting construction and engineering in the Middle East, the question of capacity, the role of brokers and the support given by foreign insurers to the Mena market.
18 – 19 Jun 2007
1st Middle East North Africa (Mena) CEO Insurance Summit
Location: Amman, Jordan
Organisers: MiddleEast Insurance Review and Asia Insurance Review and the Insurance Commission of Jordan
Website: www.meinsurancereview.com
Details: To provide a common forum for CEOs in the region to come together to learn from each other’s experiences and draw from the international insurance developments and expertise, MiddleEast Insurance Review and Asia Insurance Review have teamed up with the Insurance Commission of Jordan to launch the first-ever Mena CEO Insurance Summit, fashioned along the Asia CEO Insurance Summit series. The theme of this first Mena CEO Insurance Summit will focus on “Delivering on the Promise of Growth & Profitability in the Middle East”.
3 – 5 Sep 2007
Global Middle East Insurance Summit
Location: London
Organisers: MiddleEast Insurance Review and Asia Insurance Review
Website: www.meinsurancereview.com
Details: MiddleEast Insurance Review, and, its sister publication, Asia Insurance Review, are holding the Global Middle East Insurance Summit with the theme: “Identifying Opportunities and Strategies to Ensure Sustainable Growth.” The Summit will provide a forum for CEOs and senior executives in the region to come together to discuss strategies and draw from the overwhelming expertise in the London and European markets. MiddleEast Insurance Review and Asia Insurance Review are teaming up with some of the leading institutions in London and Europe and around the world to make this Summit a major success.
10 – 11 Sep 2007
Annual Meeting of the International Association of Insurance Fraud Agencies (IAIFA)
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Organisers: International Association of Insurance Fraud Agencies (IAIFA)
Website: www.iaifa.org
Details: The IAIFA is a global organisation comprising regulators, law enforcement agencies, insurance operators and other entities involved in combating insurance fraud. Delegates will be updated on the latest developments in insurance fraud worldwide and the procedures and action plans to be carried out to prevent such fraud and related financial crimes.
26 – 28 Sep 2007
ICMIF Annual Conference
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Organisers: International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation
Website: www.icmif.org
27 – 28 Nov 2007
3rd Seminar on the Regulation of Takaful
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Organisers: Egyptian Insurance Supervisory Authority
Website: www.ifsb.org