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Neil Arklie
‎Senior Product Manager Cyber & Technology
Swiss Re (UK)

Neil Arklie is the Senior Product Manager for Cyber and Technology at Swiss Re, responsible for treaty and facultative business on a Global basis. Neil has been an insurance underwriter for over 25 years, having underwritten LifeScience, Technology, Media and Cyber risks on an international basis. He joined the reinsurance side in March 2015.

Neil has been underwriting technology risks for over 15 years ago and cyber risks for the last 12 years. He is currently working with the Swiss Re Group looking at the cyber reinsurance strategy, that includes the rating and pricing of cyber risks, aggregation and threat scenarios using resources within Swiss Re and other related organisations. He has spoken at a number of conferences and participated on various working groups. He has a law degree from the University of Liverpool.
 
Inga Beale
CEO
Lloyd's of London (UK)

Inga joined Lloyd’s as the Chief Executive Officer in January 2014. Prior to Lloyd’s, Inga was the Group Chief Executive Officer at Canopius, a prominent Lloyd’s managing agent, from 2012 – 2013. Inga joined Zurich Insurance Group in 2008 as a member of the Group Management Board in Zurich with responsibility for Mergers & Acquisitions, Organisational Transformation and Internal Consulting, before becoming Global Chief Underwriting Officer in 2009.

In 2006, Inga was appointed Group Chief Executive Officer of Converium in Switzerland (now part of the SCOR Group) after 14 years at GE Insurance Solutions.

Inga held various underwriting management roles at GE and gaining experience across London, the US, and France, before becoming President of GE Frankona and Head of Continental Europe, Middle East and Africa for GE Insurance Solutions based in Germany.

Inga began her career at the Prudential Assurance Company in London in 1982 and trained as an international treaty reinsurance underwriter. Inga is also an external Board member to the Government’s Financial Services Trade and Investment Board.
 
Luc Boghe
General Manager, Secura Branch and Head of Life
QBE Re (Belgium)

Luc Boghe’s educational background is Commercial and Business Economics Engineer (Catholic University of Louvain - Belgium). He worked in the Reinsurance Department of KBC Insurance (ex-ABB) until 1987. At that time he joined Secura where he was appointed Manager of the Finance & Accounting Department. From 1993 till 1998 he was in charge of the underwriting activities in Belgium, UK, Germany and some Central European countries. He took over the Underwriting Department (Non-Life) in 1999 and joined the Executive Board in 2000.

He was appointed Managing Director in 2005 and following the integration of Secura in the QBE Group in 2010, he is now Head of Life for QBE Re and since 2015 General Manager of the Secura Branch, where his main responsibilities are underwriting, analytics, retrocession and IT. Luc is also a member of the Reinsurance Committee of ICMIF.
 
Mike Brockman
Group CEO
Insure The Box (UK)

Mike is a motor insurance veteran having been in the industry for the last 35 years. He is also an entrepreneur having co-founded EMB, a leading actuarial consultancy (now part of Towers Watson) in 1993 and insurethebox, the UK’s first telematics only insurer, in 2009 where he is now Group CEO. Over his career, Mike has won many awards, including the Queen’s Award for Enterprise twice, the British Insurance Awards winner three times, each in different categories and a “Lifetime Achievement Award” by the actuarial profession at the 2007 GIRO Conference in Sorrento, Italy.

Insurethebox is a fully end-to-end Direct insurer that underwrites both own brand and partner brand telematics insurance products. Insurethebox also has its own in-house Telematics Service Provider business which can provide telematics services to third parties. Insurethebox currently has 130,000 live customers and employs 400 people. In March 2015, ITB was 75.01% purchased by Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Europe.
 
Amilcar Córdoba
General Manager
Seguros FEDPA (Panama)

Mr Amílcar Córdoba studied Industrial Engineering at the Technological University of Panama, and has a law degree from Universidad Americana de Panamá. In his professional career, he has worked in the public sector as Recovery Manager and Assistant Administrative Manager at the Banco de Desarrollo Agropecuario (Agricultural Development Bank). In his career in the private sector, he has served as President and Treasurer of the Federación de Cooperativas de Ahorro y Crédito de Panamá (Federation of Savings and Credit Cooperatives of Panama) and President and Treasurer of the Board of Directors of Seguros FEDPA.

He was a previous Chair of LARG Group and is currently a member of the Reinsurance Committee of ICMIF. He is also a member of the Board of the Panamanian Association of Insurers (APADEA). Currently, he is the General Manager of Seguros FEDPA, a cooperative insurance company, a position he has held since 2005.
 
Rowan Douglas CBE
CEO Capital, Science & Policy Practice, and Chairman, Willis Research Network
Willis Towers Watson (UK)

Rowan Douglas CBE is CEO Capital, Science & Policy Practice at Willis Towers Watson, a global risk advisor, insurance and reinsurance broker with approximately 20,000 personnel operating in around 100 countries. Previously, Rowan served on the board of Willis Re as CEO Global Analytics. He also sits on the Executive Committee of the International Insurance Society (IIS), USA.

Rowan is also Chairman of the Willis Research Network of approximately fifty universities and science institutions across the world confronting challenges of resilience, finance and sustainable growth. He serves on the UK Prime Minister's Council for Science & Technology, the Natural Environment Research Council and of the Royal Society's Working Group on Resilience to Extreme Weather.

In 2015 he was elected and founding co-chair of the Insurance Development Forum (IDF). The IDF brings together national and regional Governments, the global re/insurance sector, UN Agencies and other international institutions to enable the development of insurance-related capabilities and capacity to support disaster resilience and the wider objectives of the Post-2015 Agenda. The IDF meets on the margins of IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings & the UN General Assembly, with a secretariat provided by the World Bank.

Following degrees in Geography at Durham (BA Hons.) and Bristol (M.Phil) Universities, Rowan began his career underwriting reinsurance at Lloyd’s Syndicate 1095 before founding the international risk information company WIRE Limited in 1994 which was purchased by Willis in 2000.

In 2014 he received the Kenneth R Black Distinguished Service Award from the International Insurance Society.
 
Charlie Goldie
CEO, Partner Re Global
PartnerRe (Switzerland)

Mr. Goldie is a member of PartnerRe’s Group Executive Committee and is responsible for the executive management of all PartnerRe’s Global non-life operations. He is also a member of PartnerRe Global's executive team and has been responsible for the management and direction of the Global Specialty Lines underwriting portfolio since 2010.

Charlie has 25 years of experience both as an actuary and as a reinsurance underwriting manager. He joined PartnerRe in 2002 as head of the U.S. Specialty Lines portfolio and in 2009 was named Head of Risk Management and Reserving for PartnerRe Global. Prior to joining PartnerRe, he worked for Gerling Global Reinsurance Corp of America as Head of Casualty Underwriting and for Milliman as a consulting actuary.

Charlie has a BSc in Economics from the State University of New York at Binghamton and is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society.
 
Lorie Graham
Senior Manager, Enterprise Risk Management and Insurance Services
American Agricultural Insurance Company (USA)

Lorie is the corporate enterprise risk manager and champions the American Agricultural Insurance Company’s ERM program. She has been in the insurance industry almost 30 years in various underwriting, risk management and research positions.

In a rapidly evolving discipline, she is passionate for learning new enterprise risk management techniques and providing tools for risk owners. In her role she researches and monitors emerging trends that may impact our industry.

Lorie authored a white paper on the use of UAVs in precision agriculture and how insurance companies could respond with solutions including risk management and insurance products. She has presented various emerging issues topics to CPCU chapters, agricultural operators and the Reinsurance Association of America.

Lorie is an active member of the RIMS, “the risk management society” ERM Committee. She has earned several industry designations including: Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter, Associate in Reinsurance, Associate in Loss Control Management, Associate in Risk Management, Associate in Regulatory Compliance, Associate in Accounting and Finance and Associate in Farm Insurance Services.
 
David Grant
Manager, International Underwriting
Mutual Reinsurance Bureau (USA)

Dave joined Mutual Reinsurance Bureau (MRB) in July 2012 to spearhead MRB's new international underwriting initiative. He has many years of experience in the international reinsurance industry and is well known to brokers and ceding companies worldwide. Dave was a member of the ICMIF Reinsurance Committee from 1994 until 2010, serving as its Chair from 2002 until he retired from American Agricultural (AAIC) in 2010.
 
John Haydon
Executive Director
Willis Re (UK)

John is based in Willis Re's London office for where he is responsible for managing several US, International and London market accounts. In addition to handling individual clients he is also responsible for advanced (re)insurance product design and development, with a particular emphasis on the Professional Indemnity and General Casualty arena, including Healthcare, Financial Institutions, Cyber and Transactional products.

Prior to joining Willis Re in 2009, John worked for over 20 years in the reinsurance business, most recently as a Director of Carvill London Ltd, with responsibility for various Commercial and Mutual insurers, RRG’s, MGA’s and Alternative Risk Transfer vehicles within Carvill’s Specialty Lines division. John joined Carvill in 1985 as a marketing manager, having commenced his professional career with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture).
 
Kimmo Heikkinen
Assistant Director
LocalTapiola (Finland)

Kimmo started in the reinsurance industry in 1993 with Tapiola Group’s old reinsurance run-off. Before the meger of Local Insurance and Tapiola in 2012, he had been involved in negotiating approximately 300 commutation agreements.

Since 2002, Kimmo has been responsible for the buying of the Group's reinsurance (starting with MTPL and Liability) and since 2009 has been responsible for the whole of the company's ceded reinsurance activities. Kimmo's current responsibilities also include international fronting services and a small assumed portfolio which is mainly reinsurance exchange of (short-tail) insurance with LocalTapiola’s reinsurers.

Kimmo studied his first academic degree in law (LL.M) at the University of Turku, Finland, and graduated with an MBA from Henley Management College, University of Reading, UK in 2012.
 
Steve Johnston
Director, Corporate Reinsurance
The Co-operators (Canada)

Steve Johnston is Director of Corporate Reinsurance for The Co-operators Group. Steve joined The Co-operators in 2003 and has held several positons within the Finance team over the past 12 years, including Internal Audit, Operational Finance and Compliance. Prior to joining The Co-operators, Steve worked in public accounting at Deloitte for four years.

In his current role, Steve represents The Co-operators to ensure an effective reinsurance program is in place and material changes to the portfolio are managed within the program. Most recently, Steve has been actively involved in the Flood Initiative at The Co-operators, and helped to ensure successful implementation of a flood product offering in 2015.

Steve is Chartered Professional Accountant, Certified General Accountant, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Dalhousie University. Steve is currently pursuing his Chartered Insurance Professional (CIP) designation.
 
Aidan Kerr
Director of Operations
Flood Re (UK)

Aidan Kerr is the Director of Operations for Flood Re. As part of Flood Re’s Executive Team, he is responsible for ensuring Flood Re’s operations are set up to deliver Flood Re’s crucial objectives, including oversight of Capita and Landmark, the firms that will be delivering the key operational processes for Flood Re.

Previously he was Head of Property, Fraud and Specialist Lines at the Association of British Insurers (ABI), covering the development of Flood Re, the ABI’s work on combatting fraud, as well as the topic of how insurers assess risk and, therefore, price it for their customers.

Aidan is a chartered accountant who joined the ABI from the Environment Agency where he was the Head of Investment and Funding, responsible for delivering the Long Term Investment Strategy for investment in flood risk management. Before that, he was a senior manager delivering finance transformation projects at Accenture.
 
Christoph Lamby
CEO
R+V Re (Germany)

Dr. Christoph Lamby began his professional career at Gerling, Cologne, in 1989. From 1997 to 2000 he worked for Gerling Global Re in New York. After joining R+V Re in 2002 he became a Member of the Board of Management of R+V Versicherung AG in 2004, with responsibility for the Reinsurance Business Unit.

Dr. Lamby received his PhD at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Cologne in 1993.
 
Tim Lamm
‎Senior Manager
Swiss Re (UK)

Tim Lamm leads Swiss Re's Business Development for team for the UK and Ireland. Being based in London, his primary role is to focus on the identification, analysis and origination of new business opportunities, in close collaboration with client management, structuring and other units. His clients include global direct insurers as well as Lloyd's players. Recent key focus areas have been around Solvency II and M&A.

Before joining Swiss Re in 2013, Tim was a management consultant for five years, working on diverse assignments for a broad portfolio of global clients. He holds a Master's degree in International Business from the Maastricht School of Economics and Business in the Netherlands. In his free time, Tim enjoys cycling, golfing and skiing and is a passionate world traveller.
 
Shane Latchman
Assistant Vice President
AIR Worldwide (UK)

Shane Latchman is Assistant Vice President in AIR’s London office. The London Research group’s responsibilities include model evaluation, liaising with clients, documentation, and working on bespoke projects. The Client Services group is responsible for interfacing with AIR clients and prospects on a wide range of matters, including training, communication, project work, and answering client queries. Shane also plays a key role in some of AIR’s Touchstone initiatives, such as the integration of third-party data and models, expanding AIR’s capabilities in marine and energy, the Next Generation Financial Module, and the development of future multi-modeling/blending capabilities. He is a member of catastrophe modeling and actuarial industry groups and interacts heavily with rating agencies and regulators on topics such as Solvency II.

After receiving a National Scholarship from Trinidad and Tobago, Shane studied Actuarial Science at City University and received a B.Sc. with honours. Assisted by a Cambridge Commonwealth Trust grant, he earned a Master’s in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge. He has achieved the designation of Certified Catastrophe Modeler by completing the requirements of the AIR Institute Certified Catastrophe Modeler Program.
 
Greg Lockard
Director of Reinsurance Operations
Shelter Mutual Insurance Company (USA)

Greg currently serves as the Director of Reinsurance Operations for Shelter Insurance Companies. His responsibilities include buying reinsurance for Shelter Mutual Insurance Company, a super-regional carrier in the United States that specializes in insurance for autos, homes, farms and small businesses with premium income of USD 1.4 billion annually. Greg also manages Shelter Reinsurance Company, a global property reinsurer with premium income of approximately USD 120 million.
 
Tor Mellbye
Reinsurance Manager
Länsförsäkringar Sak (Sweden)

Tor started his career in the insurance industry in 1981 after having graduated from University of Wisconsin and Oslo School of Administration with an MBA. After various positions as both an underwriter and buyer of reinsurance for various companies in Norway and Sweden, Tor joined Länsförsäkringar in 2002.

As Reinsurance Manager, his task is both to meet requirements from the member companies as well as to optimize the reinsurance program for the LF Group. Tor has also been a Member of the Board of Nordic Nuclear Insurers since 2003 and has been the Chairman since 2013.

Outside office life and business travelling, Tor enjoys spending time with his partner Yvonne and his two daughters, as well as sports like downhill and cross-country skiing and long-distance running.
 
James Mounty
Executive Director
Willis Re (UK)

James is the Global Practice Leader for Willis Re's Customized Solutions team. Based in London, his role includes responsibility for the overall sales strategy and origination of complex / capital related reinsurance transactions worldwide. He joined Willis Re in June 2015, prior to which he spent 17 years at Miller, where he led the Structured Reinsurance team.

James graduated from The University of Plymouth with a Bachelor of Science degree in Maritime Business and Law and holds a Higher National Diploma in Business and Finance.
 
Andrew Newman
Co-President and Global Head of Casualty
Willis Re (UK)

Along with the wider Willis Re Executive Committee, Andrew is responsible for driving Willis Re’s sales and growth efforts, business production and client relationship management. He also leads Willis Re’s Global Professional Liability and Casualty Groups.

Andrew joined Willis Re in February 2009 as an Executive Vice President and Managing Director. Prior to joining Willis Re, he spent 18 years at RK Carvill where he was responsible for the Specialty Lines business, which focused on Management, Professional, Healthcare and Specialist Liability clients leading production, structuring, and client placement in both the US, Bermuda and European markets.

Prior to joining Carvill, he spent 10 years at C T Bowring, part of Marsh, where he helped form Marsh’s specialist Financial and Professional Lines business known as Finpro.
 
Darren Pain
Senior Economist
Swiss Re (Switzerland)

Darren joined Swiss Re in December 2010 and currently works as a Senior Economist in Swiss Re’s Economic Research & Consulting unit in Zurich. He covers European insurance markets with a particular focus on developments in the UK and Ireland. His research interests include understanding the interaction between the macroeconomy, capital markets and insurance and role of innovation in the insurance sector.

Prior to joining Swiss Re, Darren worked for a number of years in central banking having spent time at both the European Central Bank and the Bank of England. Darren has a B.Sc. in economics from the University of Warwick and a M.Sc. (Econ) from the London School of Economics.
 
Jesus Oscar Prieto
General Manager
Reaseguradores Argentinos S.A. (Argentina)

Jesús Oscar Prieto joined AACMS (Argentine Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Association) as technical and administrative assistant in 1990. In 1992, Stop Loss Bureau de Reaseguros was founded, and he became Manager of the institution, a position he still holds.

At present, he is technical and reinsurance manager of AACMS. In 2012, Reaseguradores Argentinos was created where Oscar holds the position of General Manager.

Since 1997 he has been a Reinsurance Professor at the Institute for Senior Training in Insurance and Reinsurance, which falls under the aegis of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires, Sindicato del Seguro, Universiada de la Matanza, Pronvicia de Buenos Aires.
 
Jan Sin Ngor
Senior Underwriter - Customized Solutions
PartnerRe (Switzerland)

With 20 years of experience in non-life reinsurance, Jan Sin is responsible for underwriting customized reinsurance programs covering a broad spectrum of insurer needs including capital optimization, multi-year and/or multi-line covers, loss portfolio transfers and adverse development covers.

Jan Sin joined Winterthur Re in 1996 (acquired by PartnerRe in 1998) as Agriculture Underwriter, working across a diverse spectrum of markets including the US, Canada, Greater China, South East Asia, UK, Israel, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and Scandinavia. In 2013, he joined PartnerRe’s Customized Solutions team.
 
Mogens Skov
Chair
ICMIF Reinsurance Committee

Mogens N. Skov started his career in insurance in 1976. He has had various positions in the Danish and international insurance sector before he became President & Chief Executive Officer for Købstædernes Forsikring (mutual) in 1997. From 1998 he served on the board of The Association of Danish Mutual Insurance Companies and was Chairman from 2008 to 2012. He has served as a board member of the Danish Insurance Association from 2008 to 2012 as well as the Association of Mutual Insurers and Insurance Cooperatives in Europe (AMICE, formerly AISAM) from 2000 up until the end of 2013.

He has been involved in the ICMIF Reinsurance Committee since 2008 and was elected Chair in 2012.

He left Købstædernes Forsikring in 2013 after having served as President & Chief Executive Officer for 16 years. Today he has his own consulting company and sits on a number of boards – including insurance companies.
 
Robin Swindell
Executive Vice President
Willis Re (UK)

Robin works in the London office as part of the Willis Re North America team. His responsibilities include developing bespoke reinsurance solutions and providing a full range of transactional services for some of the group’s largest purchasing clients.

Since joining Willis in 1989, and spending over 10 years working on Japanese accounts, Robin has continuously been involved in Japanese and Global treaty reinsurance placements for Property Casualty and Specialty lines for Market Pools, P&C companies, as well as Mutual Insurers.
 
Shaun Tarbuck
Chief Executive
ICMIF

Shaun joined the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF) in 1995 as Vice-President, Membership and Finance and was appointed Chief Executive in 2005. He is a board member of the Climate Bonds Initiative that promotes Green Bonds and is a board member of Regis Mutual Management that sets up and runs new mutual insurers.

Shaun has established working relationships with key global policymakers in areas as diverse as climate change; disaster risk resilience; poverty alleviation; economic growth; and regulation/legislation. This includes regular contact with the G20 and B20 (where he is a member of the B20 Financial Regulation taskforce); the United Nations, including speaking at the UN General Assembly; the UNISDR where he spoke at the WCDRR Conference on integrating risk into the financial system; the UNDP; the IMF; the World Bank; the OECD; and the more insurance specific arenas of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) and the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS). Shaun is also an ex-officio member of the newly formed Insurance Development Forum (IDF) Steering Group which brings together insurance industry leaders with global policymakers from the UN, World Bank and FSB to ensure insurance-related issues are discussed at the highest level.

Shaun regularly speaks at conferences and to mutual boards on mutuality, regulation, governance, marketing, branding and other strategic issues affecting the mutual and cooperative insurance sector and the wider insurance industry. He writes leadership articles and blogs and is regularly interviewed by the global insurance media in both written and video format. He has also contributed to several research projects on the sector.
 
Catherine Thomas
Senior Director, Analytics
A.M. Best (UK)

Catherine is a Senior Director in A.M. Best's London office. She is responsible for managing a team of analysts that follow a range of insurers and reinsurers worldwide. In addition, Catherine contributes to articles on insurance topics for A.M. Best publications as well as for various external insurance industry publications.

Prior to joining A.M. Best in 2006, Catherine worked at Jardine Lloyd Thompson, where she spent three years as an insurance company analyst in its market security department. Catherine began her insurance career as an analyst at Arium Risk Architecture, a risk modelling consultancy.

Catherine holds a BSc from the University of Liverpool and was awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter in 2006.
 
Simon Wigzell
Underwriting Manager
UnipolRe (Ireland)

Simon Wigzell is Underwriting Manager for UnipolRe, responsible for the management of the team of underwriters currently developing UnipolRe’s European book via a global service approach across all classes and types of business; and ensuring the delivery of efficient, cost effective reinsurance programmes, satisfying Solvency II requirements.

He began his career with Barclays Bank International Ltd and then assumed various roles in the London Market as an international reinsurance underwriter. Mr Wigzell was involved in developing one the largest excess of loss books of business underwritten at ITT Hartford Re. At Lloyd’s of London he held the position of Deputy Treaty Underwriter. Prior to assuming his current role Mr Wigzell was the Senior Reinsurance Manager of the Fondiaria Sai Group of companies where his responsibilities included the reinsurance underwriting activities of the Group’s captive company.

Simon’s previous experience as a buyer of reinsurance affords him a unique understanding of cedant’s requirements, and he can offer access to UnipolSai Group know how and specialised product development capabilities.
 
Robert Wildbore
Regional Director
Willis Re (UK)

Robert Wildbore is Head of Africa, Middle East, Turkey and India for Willis Re International. Robert has spent his entire career at Willis, starting in support and claims. In 1994, he was seconded to Miami, USA, to assist in the establishment of the new Willis Re operation there and from 1996 to 2009 was part of the Latin America & Caribbean team based in London. In 2010, Robert moved to Toronto where he was responsible for building Willis Re’s new business platform in Canada, whilst continuing to oversee the Caribbean book of business. In October 2014, Robert returned to London to head the newly-established formation of Willis Re’s business in Africa, Middle East, Turkey and India. Robert has worked closely with ICMIF and some of its members over the years.

 
Scott Williams
Adviser and Global Lead Director, ARISE
PwC (Switzerland)

Scott is an international adviser, speaker and facilitator focused on articulating the information asymmetries and perverse incentives that currently inhibit the transformation needed to achieve global and corporate sustainable development and systemic resilience.

Scott is an Adviser who works across the PwC global network. He is also a Director in PwC’s Global Crisis Centre team, and the PwC global lead Director on the Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies (ARISE) Initiative working with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and the other private sector members of the ARISE Alliance to make all investments risk-sensitive by integrating risk information into management decision-making processes and systems.

Prior to taking on these current roles, Scott led the Sustainability Team for PwC Japan based in Tokyo from 2010 to 2013 where he was responsible for leading a team of about 25 professionals. He is a member of the Global Steering Group for the resilience.io integrated systems model being developed by The Ecological Sequestration Trust together with Imperial College London and the Institute of Integrated Economic Research (IIER), and a contributing author to the Financing and Implementing the Global Goals in Human Settlements and City Regions by 2030 roadmap prepared for UN Habitat III (#roadmap2030).