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7 August 2018
Session 1: Opening Session
0820Registration and Arrival
0900

Welcome Greetings
Professor Tso-Chien Pan
Executive Director,
Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management
Nanyang Technological University

0910Presentation 1
Future of Cat Insurance Expansion -
An Asian Story
Professor Haresh C Shah
Professor Emeritus, Stanford University
Chairman, International Advisory Board, ICRM

0930Presentation 2
Closing the Protection Gap - What
would Success Look Like?
Mr Malcolm C Steingold
Former CEO, Aon Benfield Asia Pacific
Member, International Advisory Board, ICRM

0950Presentation 3
Insuring Asian Resilience
Mr Rowan M Douglas
CBE; Head of Capital, Science & Policy
Practice, Willis Towers Watson
Member, International Advisory Board, ICRM

1010Morning Refreshment

Session 2: Reducing the Protection Gap - Cross National Views
1040

Presentation 4
Lessons Learned from International
Catastrophe Pools with Applications to
Financing Asia's Exposure to Extreme
Weather
Professor Shaun S Wang
FCAS; Nanyang Business School
Nanyang Technological University

1100Presentation 5
From CCRIF to SEADRIF: WB's Efforts
in Developing Cat Pool Solutions and
Lessons Learned
Mr Francis Ghesquiere
Practice Manager
Urban Development and Disaster Risk
Management, East Asia & Pacific Region
The World Bank

1120Presentation 6
Closing the Protection Gap: Lessons
learned from an insurer's global
initiatives
Mr Kenrick Law
Regional CEO
Head of P&C Client Management, Asia Pacific
Allianz SE Reinsurance Branch Asia Pacific
Member, International Advisory Board, ICRM

1140Presentation 7
Natural Catastrophe Modelling & Risk
Transfer Solutions
Mr Hemant Nagpal
Director, Model Product Management
Risk Management Solutions

1200Panel Discussion :
Panel Chair:
Mr Malcolm C Steingold
Former CEO, Aon Benfield Asia Pacific
Member, International Advisory Board, ICRM

Panelists:
  1. Professor Shaun S Wang, FCAS; Nanyang
    Business School, Nanyang Technological
    University
  2. Mr Francis Ghesquiere, Practice Manager, Urban
    Development and Disaster Risk Management,
    East Asia & Pacific Region, The World Bank
  3. Mr Kenrick Law, Regional CEO, Head of P&C
    Client Management, Asia Pacific, Allianz SE
    Reinsurance Branch Asia Pacific
    Member of International Advisory Board, ICRM
  4. Mr Hemant Nagpal, Director, Model Product
    Management, Risk Management Solutions

1230Lunch Break

Session 3: Risk Pooling - Regional Views
1330Presentation 8
Establishing Exposure Databases for
Disaster Insurance Purposes in the
Philippines: Solutions and Lessons
Learned Applicable for the Asian
Region
Dr Fouad Bendimerad
Ph.D., P.E.
Chairman and Executive Director
Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative

1350Presentation 9
Trends in Losses and Insurance Gap of
Natural Disasters Globally and for
Southeast Asia
Professor Peter Höeppe
Chair of Munich Climate Insurance Initiative
Former Head, Geo Risks Research of Munich Re
Adjunct Professor, ICRM, NTU

1410Presentation 10
Bridging the Nat Cat Protection Gap via
Digital Solutions
Mr James Park
Regional Head of Property Treaty Underwriting
(India, Japan, Korea, and South East Asia),
Munich Re

1430Presentation 11
Maipark's Experience as a National Pool
Mr Fiza Wira Atmaja
Senior Vice President, Group Head of Research,
Development and Innovation,
PT Reasuransi MAIPARK, Indonesia

1450Presentation 12
China Pilot Nat Cat Insurance
Schemes: An Effective Way to Enlarge
the Insurance Penetration
Dr Junhua Zhou
Director of China Reinsurance Catastrophe
Research Center, China Reinsurance (Group)
Corporation
Head of Innovative Business Department, China
Property & Casualty Reinsurance Company

1510Panel Discussion
Panel Chair:
Mr Rowan M Douglas
CBE; Head of Capital, Science & Policy Practice,
Willis Towers Watson
Member of International Advisory Board, ICRM

Panelists:
  1. Dr Fouad Bendimerad, Ph.D., P.E., Chairman and
    Executive Director, Earthquakes and Megacities
    Initiative
  2. Professor Peter Höeppe, Chair of Munich Climate
    Insurance Initiative, Former Head, Geo Risks
    Research of Munich Re
    Adjunct Professor, ICRM, NTU
  3. Mr James Park, Regional Head of Property Treaty
    Underwriting, (India, Japan, Korea, and South East
    Asia), Munich Re
  4. Mr Fiza Wira Atmaja, Senior Vice President, Group
    Head of Research, Development and Innovation, PT
    Resuransi MAIPARK, Indonesia
  5. Dr Junhua Zhou, Director of China Reinsurance
    Catastrophe Research Center, China Reinsurance
    (Group) Corporation
    Head of Innovative Business Department, China
    Property & Casualty Reinsurance Company


1540Afternoon Refreshment
Session 4: Enabling Parametric Risk Transfer Solutions
1610Presentation 13
GEM Global Hazard and Risk Model
for Asia
Dr Marco Pagani
GEM Seismic Hazard Coordinator
Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation

1630Presentation 14
Pre- & Post-Earthquake Applications
of Large-Scale Dynamic Analysis of
Cities
Professor Xinzheng Lu
Civil Engineering Department
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

1650Presentation 15
Insurance that Pays Out without Proof
of Loss?
Dr Alexander Pui
Natural Catastrophe Manager (APAC)
Swiss Re Corporate Solution

1710Presentation 16
Protection Gap for Indirect Business
Interruption
Dr Gordon Woo
Catastrophist, Risk Management Solutions,
London, UK
Adjunct Professor, ICRM, NTU

1730Panel Discussion
Panel Chair:
Professor Edmond Lo
Deputy Director, Institute of Catastrophe
Risk Management, NTU

Panelists:
  1. Dr Marco Pagani, GEM Seismic Hazard
    Coordinator, Global Earthquake Model (GEM)
    Foundation
  2. Professor Xinzheng Lu, Civil Engineering
    Department, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
  3. Dr Alexander Pui, Natural Catastrophe Manager
    (APAC), Swiss Re Corporate Solution
  4. Dr Gordon Woo, Catastrophist, Risk Management
    Solutions, London, UK; Adjunct Professor, ICRM, NTU


1800Closing Remarks
Professor Tso-Chien Pan
Executive Director,
Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management
Nanyang Technological University

1810Cocktail Reception

1930End