FT Asia Insurance Summit 2017 | Financial Times | 19 October 2017 | Four Seasons Hotel, 8 Finance Street, Central, Hong Kong

Is Asia pioneering insurance innovation globally? It is a diverse and dynamic region which comprises some of the world’s most -as well as least- developed insurance markets coupled with a rapidly growing middle class. Home to several leading global tech centres, how is Asia channelling its own inventions into distributing protection throughout all its communities? What are the business dynamics between traditional incumbents and ‘challengers’? How is the industry collaboratively strategising for longevity? In what way are new technologies facilitating effective new products tailored to local cultures and evolving digital customs? And as business and society become increasingly interlinked in a less than secure cyber-sphere, what are the associated risks and opportunities for insurance companies? How should the industry navigate the business opportunities and ethical pitfalls presenting themselves in the epic ascent of Big Data?

Meanwhile, international regulatory frameworks continue to add complexity. How can the industry manage its capital requirements and investment portfolios to optimum effect? What is the local economic outlook and how are wider global trends and political risks going to impact the region? The FT Asia Insurance Summit 2017 conference convenes a diverse wealth of experience and expertise from across the whole region to discuss how the year ahead will prove pivotal for growth, penetration and innovation in Asia.

2017 Speakers:

Nic Nicandrou
CEO, Prudential Corporation Asia

Guy Mills
CEO, Hong Kong and Macau, Manulife International Limited

Ng Keng Hooi
CEO, AIA

Belinda Au
General Manager of Distribution and Marketing, Sun Life Hong Kong

Chris van Beek
Executive Director, Real Estate & Private Markets, Asia Pacific, UBS Asset Management

Paul Carrett
Group Chief Investment Officer, FWD Group

Aman Dhall
Head of Corporate Communications, Policybazaar.com

Leila Duan
Head of Digital Services, AXA, Hong Kong

Michael Emmett
CEO, Cover-More Group

Marc Franklin
Portfolio Manager, Global Equities and Multi-Asset, Conning Asia Pacific

Alfonso Galante
Head of Strategic Planning, Investor Relations and M&A, Unipol Group

Andries Hoekema
Global Head of Insurance Segment, HSBC Global Asset Management

Alex Kimura
Chief Strategy Officer, Aviva Asia

Mark Konyn
Group Chief Investment Officer, AIA Group

Philippe Latour
Chief Financial Officer, Asia, Ageas

Professor Wanbil Lee
President, The Computer Ethics Society

John Leung
CEO, Insurance Authority

Greg Li
Head of Asia, Bitfury

Edwin Northover
Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton

Naureen Rasul
Senior Vice President, Regional Financial Institutions Industry Leader for Asia, Marsh

Michael F. Rellosa
Deputy Chairman of PIRA and President and COO, Fortune General Insurance

Jean-Charles Sambor
Deputy Head of Emerging Markets Fixed Income, BNP Paribas Asset Managment

Paul Sandhu
Head of Investment Solutions, Conning Asia Pacific

Cynthia Sze
Head of Financial Lines, AIG Hong Kong

Hugh Terry
Founder, The Digital Insurer

Steve Tunstall
General Secretary and Co-Founder, Pan Asia Risk and Insurance Management Association (PARIMA)

Michael Wolczyk
Head of E-Commerce - Chief Digital Office, AXA Hong Kong

CY Wong
Regional Divisional Director, JLT

Jamie Yoder
Global Insurance Advisory Practice Leader, PwC

Alex Ypsilanti
CEO and Co-Founder, Quantifeed

2017 Sponsors:

GOLD:
• HSBC Global Asset Management
• PWC
• UBS Asset Management

SILVER:
• BNP Paribas Asset Management
• Debevoise & Plimpton