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Full Name | Company | Job Title | Profile Picture | Speaker Bio | Speaking At |
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Brian Grabek | Sompo International | Executive Vice President, Multinational Insurance | Brian Grabek is the Executive Vice President, Multinational Insurance for Sompo International, leading the firm’s multinational platform. In addition to building out an insurance network that clients can seamlessly access, he is responsible for developing common processes and an internal structure. Prior to joining Sompo International in January 2021, Mr Grabek held several senior positions within the industry, most recently as COO, Multinational with a leading insurance carrier. Earlier in his career, he held various roles within distribution, customer service and Small Business and Large Casualty program underwriting. Brian holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Rhode Island. | Presentation & panel discussion: Securing the best possible deal from the insurance market | |
Lasse Wallquist | Swiss Re Corporate Solutions | Head Sustainability Corporate Solutions | Lasse heads the Sustainability team at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions. He is responsible for integrating sustainability into insurance underwriting and for the development of sustainability linked offerings. He brings 10 years of experience in various sustainability linked roles in the industry, both in Europe and in the United States. Before joining Corporate Solutions, he was managing Swiss Re Group's ESG Risk Framework applying to re/insurance and investments. Lasse holds a PhD in environmental sciences from ETH Zurich. | Panel discussion: ESG | |
Marco Carrara | Swiss Re Corporate Solutions | Parametric Nat Cat Underwriter | Marco’s career started in 2018 in Swiss Re's Public Sector Solutions team, where he gathered hands-on experience on parametric transactions for governments. He then joined the Parametric Nat Cat team of Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, where, since 2019, he modelled, priced and underwrote hundreds of parametric nat cat structures for corporate clients and contributed to establish Swiss Re Corporate Solutions as one of the leading commercial insurers in parametric nat cat, with award-winning parametric insurance solutions that provide fast, transparent and flexible protection to natural perils, mainly earthquakes and tropical cyclones. | Presentation: Parametric and capital market solutions | |
Marco Adamo | Swiss Re Corporate Solutions | Senior Innovative Risk Solutions Structurer | Marco is a Senior Innovative Risk Solutions structurer at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions. In his role, he is responsible for structuring, underwriting and marketing non-standard re/insurance solutions for large and midsize corporate clients and public entities headquartered in the EMEA region. He joined the IRS team in 2021. Previously, he was a Fac Property Underwriter at Swiss Reinsurance and was responsible for the coordination and expansion of the network with non-traditional business partners. He also worked as Property Underwriter at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions with the main focus on UK, Middle East, Africa & Eastern Europe markets. | Panel discussion: Captives | |
Charles Froment | Tokio Marine HCC | Head of Global Programmes and Product Development | Charles Froment is Head of Global Programmes and Product Development at Tokio Marine HCC, which he joined in 2010. Together with his team, he is in charge of developing financial lines, cyber and transaction risk insurance policies for Europe/UK and coordinating global insurance programmes worldwide. Previously a lawyer at the Paris Bar, Charles holds Masters degrees in Business Administration and International Business Law, and his working languages are English, French, Spanish and German. | Presentation & panel discussion: Cyber - How to keep the coverage relevant | |
James Straker-Nesbit | Virgin Atlantic | Senior Insurance Manager | - | Presentation & panel discussion: Securing the best possible deal from the insurance market | |
Karen Gorman | WTW | Global Services & Solutions Leader Europe – Corporate Risk & Broking | - | Keynote session – Digital revolution: now is the time | |
Stuart Ashworth | WTW | Head of International, Financial Solutions | - | Presentation & panel discussion: Response to crisis | |
Adrian Ruiz | WTW | Head of Cyber & TMT | - | Presentation & panel discussion: Cyber - How to keep the coverage relevant |