2019 European Insurance Conference: Will Insurers Survive the Low Rate False Dawn? | S&P Global Market Intelligence | 6 November 2019 | Leonardo Royal Tower Bridge, 45 Prescot St, London E1 8GP, UK

The conference will serve you with topical panels featuring key industry leaders, and provide valuable networking opportunities and face-to-face discussions with S&P Global representatives.

Following recent dovish tones and accommodative actions from major global central banks, the insurance industry’s familiar foe – low, or even negative, interest rates – looks to have regained the top spot as a key concern for insurers’ earnings and balance sheets in the coming years. While Europe’s insurers’ strong balance sheets, ERM capabilities and established market positions help them to withstand the pressure for now, this is a losing game for the industry in the long run without a normalization of rates. At the same time, the industry is on the cusp of a fundamental change to the insurance business model as technology and evolving consumer behaviours demand a re-think of the insurance value proposition. On top of these existential questions, the evolution of regulation and revolution of accounting add further demands to insurers’ already titlbusy agendas.

Against this backdrop, join us in London where we will bring together a number insurance industry executives and thought leaders to discuss these trends and implications for the future of the sector.

Topics and panels will include:
• The impact of the global macroeconomy on insurers’ performance
• Developments in IFRS 17
• Impact of technology, increasing focus on environmental, social and governance risks, and a rapidly growing protection gap present challenges but more importantly opportunities for this industry to reinforce its relevance in the global economy

2019 Speakers

Simon Ashworth
Managing Director, Insurance Ratings, S&P Global Ratings

Lynn Bachstetter
Senior Director, Global Head of Insurance Solutions, S&P Global Market Intelligence

Johannes Bender
Director, Insurance Ratings, S&P Global Ratings

Michelle Brennan
Managing Director, Methodologies - Financial Services, S&P Global Market Ratings

Sylvain Broyer
Chief Economist EMEA, S&P Global Ratings

Mark Button
Senior Director, Criteria Officer, S&P Global Ratings

Daniel Clarke
Director, Centre for Disaster Protection

Alexandra Dimitrijevic
Managing Director, Global Head of Research, S&P Global Ratings

Richard Hartley
Chief Executive Officer, Cytora

Ekhosuehi Iyahen
Secretary General, Insurance Development Forum

Ali Karakuyu
Director, S&P Global Ratings

Volker Kudszus
Senior Director, S&P Global Ratings

Donald Lacey
Managing Director & Chief Operating Officer, Ping An Global Voyager Fund

Milena Lacheta
Global Reinsurance Solutions IFRS 17 Lead, Head of EMEA Ratings Advisory, Aon

Richard Lovie
Industry Editor, Global Insurance & European Financials, S&P Global Market Intelligence

Gareth Mee
Partner, EY

Dr. Michael Menhart
Chief Economist, Munich Re

Ivo Menzinger
Managing Director, Public Sector Solutions

Darrel Scott
Board Member, International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)

Lauren Smart
Global Head of Financial Institutions Business, Trucost, part of S&P Global

Dennis Sugrue
Senior Director and Insurance Sector Lead, Financial Services Group EMEA, S&P Global Ratings

Dr. Nigel Wilson
Group Chief Executive, Legal & General

Justin Wray
Acting Head of Policy Department, EIOPA