Matthew James
Commercial Director, UK & Ireland
Descartes Underwriting
Matthew is the Commercial Director at Descartes Underwriting, a climate-focused MGA in the UK and Ireland, where he leads business development and works with brokers and clients to offer parametric insurance solutions against natural catastrophes and secondary perils.
Previously, he spent ten years at WTW in Alternative Risk Transfer, specializing in parametric solutions for weather risk. He then served as Head of Business Development at OTT Risk, a parametric insurtech, driving new business and product structuring.
Matthew has extensive experience in (re)insurance, with a focus on innovation in climate, agriculture, and micro-insurance. He holds an Investment Management Certificate, an Advanced Certificate from the Chartered Insurance Institute, and a B.A. in Politics from Durham University.
Panel discussion: Parametrics, capital markets and beyond
Karen Jury
Head of Multinational UK
AIG UK Ltd
Karen started her role with AIG in May 2021. She has spent 20 years in the UK insurance market, specifically in delivering change and transformation, having spent 3 years as an independent consultant working for a large global insurer, on their Multinational Program Initiative.
Prior to that, Karen held a number of roles at RSA, including Change Director within the UK Commercial business. She started her career in Australia and has also worked in London and Singapore, delivering projects and managing global network partners.
Her role within AIG will be to drive the multinational vision, manage the UK fronting portfolio and delivering world class service to our global clients and broker partners. As well as, leading the adoption and execution of the multinational business model, fully leveraging AIG’s Network and capabilities.
Invitation only – AIG training breakfast: Navigating multinational risks
Mark Kendall
Head of International Property & Casualty
DAC Beachcroft
Mark is a partner in the DAC Beachcroft London office and leads the Global London Property and Casualty team.
He is a leading lawyer in insurance and reinsurance, whose practice incorporates policy coverage and international dispute management including arbitration.
His particular areas of focus are casualty and excess casualty, energy, renewables, construction and product liability and recall in all major sectors.
Presentation & panel discussion: Claims
Jonathan Meer
Partner
Wilson Elser
Jonathan Meer is highly experienced in the area of insurance coverage, including monitoring and coverage determinations. He maintains a particular concentration in coverage for directors and officers (D&O), with an emphasis on the growing area of D&Os in cannabis companies; professional errors and omissions (E&O); lawyers (LPL); employment practices; and cyber liability programs.
Jonathan represents the interests of primary and excess insurers based in the United States, China, London and Bermuda in high-exposure claims against directors and officers of public and private companies, nonprofit boards, financial institutions and insurance companies. He has addressed claims related to shareholder class actions seeking multimillion-dollar damages against public companies and their directors and officers, as well as other high-profile fraud cases involving a variety of issues.
Presentation & panel discussion: Cyber – what next?
Dawn Miller
Commercial Director
Lloyd's of London
Dawn oversees Lloyd’s global network across the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific Middle East & Africa (APMEA) and is responsible for distribution, market development, global engagement with brokers and new entrants. She also leads on innovation at Lloyd’s, including the Lloyd’s Lab. She has over 20 years of experience working in the global insurance industry with oversight of underwriting, distribution, clients, and strategy, including leadership positions at AXA, AIG, Willis and Chubb. Having started her career in Washington D.C., Dawn has since taken on senior positions in London, New York, Paris, Dubai, San Francisco and Zurich.
Presentation & panel discussion: Expanding into new markets
Pim Moerman
Head of Insurance & Risk Management, Risk Management Treasury
Philips
Panel discussion: Mind the gap
Stephen Morton
Head of Complex Multinational Solutions
AIG
Stephen has over 20 years’ experience in the global insurance and reinsurance industry and has been with AIG since 2003.
His AIG career started in the Bermuda office, followed by Paris, then London and he is now back in Paris again. In his current role, he is responsible for the design and service delivery of multinational insurance programmes, with or without a captive, for multinational businesses with headquarters in EMEA (excluding UK).
He is a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute and a Chartered Insurer.
Presentation & panel discussion: Vive la revolution! The captive revolution in Europe – next steps?
Jan Mumenthaler
Regional Insurance Lead Asia
International Finance Corporation
Jan is in charge of leading IFC’s Insurance Services Group in Asia and is providing services for IFC’s Infrastructure, Manufacturing/Agriculture/Services and Financial Markets clients and building capacity in emerging insurance markets as well as placing IFC’s corporate insurances.
Prior to joining IFC, he worked as a Captive/Risk Manager for a major automotive group, spent more than 10 years with a leading reinsurance group and his career has also taken him through the various operations of the insurance business (insurance broker, primary life and non-life insurer).
Panel discussion: Parametrics, capital markets and beyond
Jonathan Newbery
Global Head of Broker & Customer Proposition, International Programs, Commercial Insurance
Zurich Insurance Company
Jonathan joined Zurich in 2004 in the UK claims function for Zurich Municipal before moving into Global Corporate Underwriting in 2006. In 2008 he relocated to Switzerland to support Global Corporate operations with target operating model and excellence initiatives focusing on preparing the underwriting units for the future. In 2010 Jonathan joined the International Programs unit, working across multiple functions including network operations, governance and global sales and distribution roles.
Jonathan joined the Global Customer & Distribution team in 2015 to head up broker strategy for Global Corporate before moving into his current digital role in 2019 based in London.
Workshop: Digitalisation
James Rayner
Global Relationship Leader
Crawford & Company
James was appointed Global Relationship Leader at Crawford in 2020. He is responsible for generating opportunities for growth through the development and implementation of strategic, corporate account planning and by further strengthening relationships for major corporates and their captives, London Market and multi-national insurers / Lloyd’s underwriters and brokers.
After starting his career as an underwriter with a general insurer, James moved into loss adjusting and has held a variety of roles in a 30-year career at GAB Robins and Crawford, including Major & Complex Loss Specialist, Head of City Operations, London Market Director and Head of Global Markets. His current role includes responsibility for management and oversight of Crawford’s largest corporate multi-national clients.
In addition, he has extensive experience in coordinating a response to major / high profile incidents.
Presentation & panel discussion: Claims
Praveen Sharma
Global Leader, Multinational Insurance Regulatory and Tax Consulting
Marsh
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Panel discussion: Mind the gap
Sebastiaan van Gilst
Parametric Nat Cat Underwriter, Corporate Solutions
Swiss Re
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Panel discussion: Parametrics, capital markets and beyond
David Vigier
Chief Commercial Officer & Head of Captives Strategy
HDI Global SE
David has 28 years’ experience in global major risks insurance and risk management.
He started as facultative underwriter at French State Owned Reinsurer CCR and then joined AIG where he led Captives services and ART practice in France, Belgium and Luxembourg overlooking books of global insurance programs for major accounts for 12 years.
He then joined Europcar Mobility Group and served for 6 years as Group Director, Insurance and Risk Management. During his remit, he developed and strengthened the Group's insurance programs, self-financing strategy and loyalty programs.
He then served 4 years as CCO and member of the executive committee at Sanlam Pan Africa developing a portfolio of pan African programs for global customers.
He also spent two and a half years with loss survey firm Erget as CCO and member of the executive committee.
Presentation & panel discussion: Vive la revolution! The captive revolution in Europe – next steps?
Caroline Wagstaff
CEO
London Market Group
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Panel discussion: Captives in the UK – why, what, where, how and when?
David Warr
Portfolio Manager - Cyber
QBE Europe
David joined QBE in 2016 and has over 16 years insurance experience. David has led the UK cyber and technology team since 2018 and is responsible for the strategy and performance of the UK cyber portfolio. David sits on QBE’s Global Cyber Leadership team as well as the LMA Cyber panel, and manages relationships with some of QBE’s largest cyber and technology clients.
Presentation & panel discussion: Cyber – what next?
