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The Future of General Insurance
Marketforce and the IEA’s 11th Annual Conference: Shaping the market of tomorrow: engage with industry leaders at the UK’s foremost GI conference
1st & 2nd November 2011, Grange St Paul’s, London
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Speakers include:
John O’Roarke
Managing Director, General Insurance, LV=
John O’Roarke
Managing Director, General Insurance, LV=
Biography
John O'Roarke has over 20 years' experience in the insurance industry. After seven years with AIG and American Life, John joined the newly founded Churchill Insurance in 1990 as Finance Director, becoming Managing Director in 1998. In 2003, Churchill was acquired by RBS and John became Chief Operating Officer of RBS Insurance. At LV, John is responsible for the general insurance division.
Stephen Lewis
Zurich Insurance
Stephen Lewis
Chief Executive Officer, UK General Insurance, Zurich Insurance
Biography
Steve Lewis is the CEO of Zurich’s UK General Insurance business, a leading general insurer dedicated to customers in the public and private sectors through direct and intermediated channels. He joined the Zurich Financial Services Group when it was still Eagle Star in December 1989, and has filled a number of appointments in different Zurich companies and locations since.
Steve held several finance and operational roles in the UK prior to moving overseas, early in 2002. He then held the role of Strategic Finance Director for Zurich’s Asia Pacific Region, responsible for driving improved performance in the Region and in 2004 moved to Switzerland to Head the performance reporting function for the Group. Since then he has been responsible for Finance and Operations for Zurich’s Global Corporate business across Europe and most recently has been Head of Group Operations, Planning and Performance Management for the Zurich Group, based in Switzerland.
Steve is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants, having qualified in 1990.
Steve is married with 3 children.
Dr Alexander Scott
Chief Executive Officer, Chartered Insurance Institute
Dr Alexander Scott
Chief Executive Officer, Chartered Insurance Institute
Biography
Sandy Scott graduated in medicine and surgery from Aberdeen University and spent his first ten years in the Royal Army Medical Corps achieving the rank of Major. He then joined the Department of Health where his responsibilities included regulating the pharmaceutical industry in the United Kingdom. In 1989 he joined the medical insurer PPP and in 1995 became Deputy Managing Director. During this period he was also Chairman of the ABI's Medical Insurance Committee.
In 1997 he joined Ingram Micro, a US based technology distribution company, as its Managing Director.
Sandy has recently joined the FSA’s Professional Standards Advisory Group. He is a member of the QAA’s Board Committee on University Degree Awarding Powers, and also the Advisory Board of CASS Business School as well as being on the External Advisory Committee of the Faculty of Actuarial Science & Statistics. He is on the Editorial Advisory Board of Insurance Times. In 2006 he joined The Prince’s Trust Insurance Leadership Group.
He is a Past Chairman of the Institute for Global Insurance Education (IGIE), a Director of the Personal Finance Society, an Honorary Secretary of the Insurance Charities, a former International Governor of the American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters (AICPCU) and Immediate Past President of the London Phoenix Orchestra. He is a Past Chairman of the European Financial Planning Association (EFPA).
Clement Booth
Member of the Management Board, Allianz SE
Clement Booth
Member of the Management Board, Allianz SE
Biography
Clement B. Booth has been a Member of the Board of Management at Allianz SE since January 1, 2006. Clem has Management Board responsibility for the global insurance lines (industrial, specialty, credit and reinsurance) and the regions UK, Ireland and Australia (until the end of 2009 also US and Mexico).
He is Chairman of Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty, Allianz Insurance plc, Euler Hermes SA (a company listed on the Paris stock exchange) and member of the boards of Allianz Australia and Allianz Irish Life Holdings plc.
Prior to joining Allianz SE, he was Chairman & CEO of Aon Re International, the global reinsurance broker, during the period 2003 until the end of 2005. Before joining Aon, Clem spent 18 years within the Munich RE Group, the last 5 as Member of the Board of Management in Munich, Germany.
Amanda Blanc
Chief Executive Officer, AXA Commercial Lines
Amanda Blanc
Chief Executive Officer, AXA Commercial Lines
Biography
Amanda was appointed in February 2011 as the Chief Executive Officer for AXA's commercial business which includes the broking arm, Bluefin.
Prior to this Amanda was Deputy Group CEO of The Towergate Partnership with responsibility for Retail, Powerplace and Broker Network. Before joining Towergate she was Distribution and Customer Services Director of Groupama Insurances and held other senior sales and distribution positions at AXA Insurance and Commercial Union.
In 2008 Amanda was voted the overall winner of Women in the City award and is a member of the Chartered Insurance Institute Broking Faculty board. She is married with two daughters and is currently relocating south from Cheshire where she has lived for 12 years.
Michael Casella
Chief Executive Officer, Chubb Europe
Conference overview:
Now in its 11th year, The Future of General Insurance brings together the key players in the insurance industry to equip you with the insights you need to adapt to the market of tomorrow. Use your time wisely by gaining critical updates on developments with consumer behaviour, pricing and risk, innovation in distribution, regulation, claims and more.
As well as producing the conference, we have simultaneously written a report based on our recent survey of 370 industry professionals. The survey revealed some startling insights and predictions for the future of the sector, with analysis on market trends including consolidation, new entrants, social media, claims, fraud, pricing, risk and Solvency II. Click on the image above to download the report for free.
Video showreel from the event:
Customer Satisfaction
| 'I have been to this event many times both as an attendee and as a speaker. Things are moving faster than ever before in the world of General Insurance - in a couple of days you can make sure you're up to speed'
Martin Oliver, Chief Executive Officer, Barbon Insurance Group |
Feedback from attendees at 2010's The Future of General Insurance:
- 100% of insurers surveyed said they would consider recommending The Future of General Insurance to a colleague
- 97% of respondents said they would consider attending again in 2011
Accredited by the CII
This event has been accredited by the CII and can be included as part of your CII CPD requirement should you consider it relevant to your professional development needs.
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