• Middle East insurance overview
• Focus: Health insurance
• Focus: Life insurance

Speaker: Hussain Hadi, editor, Policy magazine
Speaker: Dr Michael Bitzer, CEO, National Health Insurance Company (Daman)
Speaker: Elias Fakhoury, group VP and chief strategy & distribution officer, MEDGULF
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• New AML and capital requirements
• Code of conduct and ethics for insurers

Speaker: Tanya Janfada, associate - corporate insurance, Clyde & Co LLP |
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Speaker: Lisa Kelaart Courtney, technical advisor, CCL Ltd | Download Presnetation

• Sales, marketing and distribution strategies
• Consumer buying behaviour
• Competition and pricing

Panelist: Karl Gray, head of personal lines, RSA Middle East
Panelist: Mustafa Vazayil, managing director, Gargash Insurance Services
Panelist: Rumi Sanjana, director of general insurance, Nexus

• D&O
• Professional liability

Chair: Peter W hite, deputy general manager, Marsh Insco LLC
Speaker: Alexander Blom, financial lines leader, Chartis | Download Presentation
Panelist: Jonathan Abela, assistant general manager – general insurance, Bahrain National Insurance | Download Presentation

• Market potential
• Challenges and claims trends

Chair: Nick Jefferson, trade credit leader, March Insco LLC | Download Presentation
Panelist: Peter Boberg, country manager, A l Mulla A tradius Insurance
Panelist: David Venediger, managing director, Coface Emirates Services
Panelist: Anil Berry, Country CEO, Euler Hermes GCC

• Catastrophe exposure in the region
• Case study: Cyclone Gonu

Speaker: Michael Gertsch, chief underwriting officer, Gulf Re
Speaker: Murtadha Jawad Ibrahim A l Jamalani, board member, Oman Re |
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• Global trends and industry initiatives
• Differentiating takaful operators and conventional insurers
• A more proactive role for takaful policyholders

Speaker: Mohammed Iqbal Mankani, COO, Dubai Islamic Insurance & Reinsurance (AMAN)
Speaker: Dr Omar Clark Fisher, PHd Takaful

• Health Trends
• How to define Wellness
• The dynamic between health insurance and health programs

Speaker: Mark Jardin, managing director, Aetna Global Benefits Middle East
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• What are the public health and chronic conditions / lifestyle disease current and future concerns in the region?
• What programs are employers thinking about/launching? What works?
• What are the potential partnerships between employers and healthcare facilities?
• What are the potential partnerships between employers and health insurers?

Panelists: IBM, DUPLAYS, American University of Dubai, Baker and Mckenzie, Dubai Mall Medical Centre, Smith International, Aetna, and Daman

*Exclusive participation of Dr Haidar Al Yousuf, Director of the Funding Department, Dubai Health Authority

• Employers to share experiences and lessons learned
• Review of strategic planning approach to setting up a wellness plan
• Discuss specificities and applicability in the UAE

Facilitator: Isabelle Hebert, head of marketing & communication, Aetna Global Benefits Middle East | Download Presentation

• Process and procedures
• Marketing and internal communications
• HR and training

Facilitator: David Youssef, managing director, DTY Associates
Speaker: Alexis de Beauregard, chief marketing officer, Axa Insurance
Speaker: Dr Suzanne White FCII, general manager, JWZ Solutions

• Strategic Positioning
• International Examples

Facilitated by: UAE Regional Group of the Institute of Risk Management (UK)
Panel Chairman: Dr. Mohammed A l Otaibey, risk management specialist, Dubai Customs
Speakers: Thomas Alexander FIII ACII , director of nom marine and hull, Nasco ME Insurance Brokers LLC and James Portelli FCII FIRM, executive vice president - head of risk, Oman Insurance