Insurance Development Forum 2023 | Zurich Event Management | 31 May 2023 | Zurich Development Center, Keltenstrasse 48, 8044 Zürich, Switzerland

The IDF Summit is the global flagship event of the climate and disaster risk finance and insurance community. It brings together members of the Partnership and the wider resilience and development community to debate pressing issues, exchange knowledge and share best practices and innovations.

The 2023 Summit will be focused on the theme "Ambition, Action & Impact“. Concerted ambition as we build towards the decade of delivery for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). An ambition which must be matched by Action and Impact focused on those who need it most and by those with the ability to deliver.

In driving impact, the IDF Summit calls for a systematic shift and urgency in forging partnerships across the public and private sector that can bring efficiency and scale in implementation that will be required to meet our collective expectation of the decade.

2023 Speakers

Dr. Achim Steiner
Administrator, UNDP

Mr. Alexander Moczarski
Chairman, International, Marsh & McLennan Company

Ms. Alicia Montoya
Head of Research Commercialisation, Director, SwissRe Institute

Ms. Angelika König
Team Leader Rigorous Impact Evaluation Funding Programme, German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval)

Dr. Annette Detken
Head of Secretariat, InsuResilience Solutions Fund (ISF)

Mr. Antoine Gosset-Grainville
Chairman Board of Directors, AXA

Mr. Ashok Shah
Chief Executive Officer, Apollo Investments Limited

Dr. Astrid Zwick
Head, InsuResilience Secretariat

Ms. Ayaan Zeinab Adam
Senior Director and Chief Executive Officer, Africa Finance Corporation Capital Partners

Mr. Chip Cuncliffe
Programme and Risk Director, Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA)

Ms. Ekhosuehi Iyahen
Secretary General, Insurance Development Forum

Ms. Eleanor Hevey
Associate Director of Engagement, Centre for Disaster Protection

Ms. Elizabeth Rees
Technical Lead for Crisis and Anticipation Hub, StartNetwork

Mr. Ethiopis Tafara
Vice President and Chief Risk, Legal & Sustainability Officer and Partnerships, World Bank Group’s Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

Mr. Francis Bouchard
Managing Director Climate, Marsh & McLennan Company

Ms. Garance Wattez-Richard
Head of Emerging Customers, AXA

Ms. Ingrid Hoven
Member of the Management Board, GIZ

Mr. Ivo Menzinger
Managing Director for Public Sector Business Europe, Middle East and Africa, SwissRe

Mr. Jaime de Pinies
Chief Executive Officer, Blue Marble

Mr. Jan Kellett
Team and Corporate Lead, Insurance and Risk Financing, UNDP

Mr. Jeff Manson
Senior Vice President, Underwriting, Head of Global Public Sector Partnership, RenaissanceRe

Ms. Jenty Kirsch-Wood
Head of Global Risk Management and Reporting, UNDRR

Jochen Flasbarth

Mr. Julian Enoizi
Global Head Public Sector Risk Solutions, Guy Carpenter

Karina Whalley
Head of Public Sector, AXA Climate

Katharine Pulvermacher
Executive Director, Microinsurance Network

Kathy Baughman McLeod
Senior Vice President, Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center

Kati Kraehnert
Professor of Climate Change and Development Economics, Ruhr University Bochum and Leibniz Institute for Economic Research

Kay Tuschen
Advisor, InsuResilience Global Partnership

Ken Mungan
Chairman, Milliman

Kipkorir Koskei
Director of Strategic Partnerships and Policy, Insurance Development Forum

Liam Carter
Senior Vice-President, Sustainability, International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation

Mami Mizutori
Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction

Mario Greco
Group Chief Executive Officer, Zurich Insurance Company

Mathieu Verougstraete
Resilient Infrastructure and Finance for Resilience Lead, UNDRR

Mathieu Dubreuil
Senior Programme Advisor for Climate Risk Insurance, World Food Programme

Michel Liès
Chairman, Steering Committee Insurance Development Forum & Zurich Insurance Group

Nick Moody
Coordinator, Risk Modelling Steering Group, Insurance Development Forum

Dr. Nicola Ranger
Executive Director, Oxford Martin Systemic Resilience Programme

Mr. Pedro Pinheiro
Coordinator, Inclusive Insurance Working Group, Insurance Development Forum

Mr. Rob Wesseling
President & Chief Executive Officer, The Cooperators Group

Mr. Rowan Douglas
Chair, Operating Committee, Insurance Development Forum

Ms. Ruth Lux
Head of Europe, Middle East and Africa Public Sector Solutions Practice, Guy Carpenter

Saima Shafique
National Project Manager, Ministry of Climate Change, Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Saoirse Jones
Head of Insurance Development Forum Engagement, Zurich Insurance Company Ltd

Mr. Selwin Hart
Special Advisor to UN Secretary-General on Climate Action and Just Transition

Mr. Shaun Tarbuck
Chief Executive Officer, International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation

Mr. Shubasish Barua
Head Of Impact Business & Sr. Executive Vice President, Green Delta Insurance

Dr. Simon Young
Senior Director, WTW

Mr. Solomon Thomas
Chief, Innovative and Alternative Finance for Children Private Sector, UNICEF

Dr. Stuart Fraser
Technical Lead Risk Modelling Steering Group, Insurance Development Forum

Ms. Sumati Rajput
Financial Sector Specialist in Crisis and Disaster Risk Finance, World Bank

Ms. Tuga Alaskary
Technical Specialist for Risk Financing, UNDP

Dr. Ulrika Modéer
UN Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the Bureau of External Relations and Advocacy, UNDP

Ms. Veronica Scotti
Chairperson, Public Sector Solutions, SwissRe

Yoshihiro Kawai
Chairman, Global Asia Insurance Partnership (GAIP)