Program

AIIF 2015 – VI Azerbaijan International Insurance Forum

Thursday, July 2nd 

09:00 - 09:30 Registration & Welcome coffee
09:30 – 09:45 
Official Opening

• Samir SHARIFOV, Minister, The Ministry of Finance of The Republic of Azerbaijan
• Ziyad SEMEDZADE, Chairman of the Committee of Economic Policy, Parliament of Azerbaijan

09:45 – 11:00 Insurance-reinsurance market in the current economic realities – new business lines 

• 2015 – a challenging year in the Caucasus region
• New lines of business opportunities: life insurance, non-life insurance, compulsory insurance
• Investment opportunities in the Caucasus region’s insurance field

In the chair:

Giles WARD, Regional President Eurasia & Africa, ACE European Group, UK 

Speakers:

• Namik KHALILOV, Head of State Insurance Supervision Service, Azerbaijan
• Orkhan BAYRAMOV, Chairman, Azerbaijan Insurers Association
• Victor NIKOLSKIY, Associate Director, STANDARD & POOR's, Russia
• Parviz GULIYEV, Head of Project Management and Training Center, PASHA Life Insurance, Azerbaijan
• Orkhan MAMMADOV, Deputy Chairman of the Board, ATA Insurance, Azerbaijan
• Irina MOMOT, Senior Audit Manager, DELOITTE & TOUCHE, Russia

11:00 – 11.30 Coffee Break

11:30 - 13:30 Property insurance within the Caucasus Region 

• Risks and coverage: property insurance as a market growth reservoire
• State subsidized agricultural insurance – relevant experiences across the region and worldwide
• National pooled insurance programs development with PPP mechanisms

In the chair:

Daniela GHETU, Editorial Director, XPRIMM Publications, Romania

Speakers:

Peter TALBOT, Director, Non Marine International Division, RFIB Group, UK – download

Korney BIJDOV, President, National AgroInsurers Union, Russia – download

Rashad AHMADOV, Chairman of the Board, AZERBAIJAN Industrial Insurance – download

Alla MIGASHKO, Senior Reinsurance Broker, Head of CIS Countries excl. Russia, AON Benfield, Czech Republic – download

Nicoleta RADU-NEACSU, General Manager, PAID, Romania 

Andrey YURIEV, Vice President, All-Russian Insurers Association & President, National Union of Liability Insurers, Russia – download

13:30 – 14:30 Lunch

14:30 – 16:30 Reinsurance capacity and new underwriting techniques 

• Current capacities and alternative markets for reinsurance
• Reinsurance for engineering high risks – current trends in the worldwide reinsurance market and their application in the Caucasus region

In the chair:

Christian KREUTZER, Director Market Head Russia & CIS, SWISS Re, Germany

Speakers: 

Sinisa LOVRINCEVIC, Branch General Manager, TRUST Re, Cyprus 

Irina POSTNIKOVA, CEO, TRANSSIB Re, Russia

Menekse UCAROGLU, Chairman, IUC Group, Turkey

Denis NIKOLAYTSEV, Deputy Head of Moscow Representative Office, BARENTS Re, Panama

Tural ALIYEV, Management Board Member, PASHA Insurance, Azerbaijan

16.30 – 18.00 Coffee Break

15:00 – 18:00 Bilateral Meetings
20:00 – 23:00 Official Reception

Friday, July 3rd

09:30 – 10:00 Registrations 

10:00 – 13:30 Workshop - Motor Insurance & IT solutions for the market development 

• Green card system requirements and experience of European countries
• Claims and vehicle evaluation solutions
• Direct compensation systems
• The use of data in motor insurance
• How to reduce number of uninsured vehicles

In the chair:

Elkhan GULIYEV, Executive Director, Compulsory Insurance Bureau, Azerbaijan

Speakers: 

Stanislav VASILKO, Business Development Director, GRATEX International, Slovakia

Xavier LEGENDRE, Director, Bureau Central Francais, CoB - Council of Bureaux

Holger BACKU, Chairman of the Executive Board, CEO Attorney at Law, InterEurope, Germany

Zakir KERIMZADE, Azerbaijan Managing Director, AUDATEX Systems, Azerbaijan

Marina SHIPOVALOVA, Vice President, Insurance Guaranty Fund, Kazakhstan

Daniela GHETU, Editorial Director, XPRIMM Publications, Romania

10:00 – 13:30 Workshop - Bancassurance & Life Insurance 

• Simply selling insurance at the bank counter and/or selling insurance designed for the bank counter
• Key success factors in bancassurance
• Product design and market segmentation
• Customers’ financial literacy – a task for life insurers’ communication channels

In the chair: 

Menekse UCAROGLU, Chairman, IUC Group, Turkey

Speakers:

Maxim CHERNIN, General Director, SBERBANK Life Insurance, Russia

Hakan SEZIK, Director of Bancassurance Department, HSBC, Turkey

Tatiana SAVELYEVA, Director of Underwriting and Reinsurance Department, Member of the Board, QALA Life, Azerbaijan

Emmanuel DJENGUE, Head of Marketing & Sales Support, LIMRA EMEA

Tural HAJIYEV, Audit Director, DELOITTE & TOUCHE, Azerbaijan

11:30 – 12:00 Coffee Break

13:30 – 14:30 Lunch

10:00 – 18:00 Bilateral Meetings

19:00 – 24:00 Special Evening

• Dinner
• Olympic Games for insurers