Program

AIIF 2016 – VII Azerbaijan International Insurance Forum

Thursday, June 23rd 

09:00 - 09:30 Registration 

09:30 – 11:30

Official opening

• Rufat ASLANLI, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Financial Markets Supervision Authority, Republic of Azerbaijan
• Ziyad SAMADZADEH, Chairman of the Economic Policy, Industry and Entrepreneurship Committee, Parliament of Azerbaijan

Conference – Part 1
New realities on the Azerbaijan insurance market. Regulator’s approach and forecasts

• Solutions offered by supervisory authorities
• Macroeconomic trends and their impact on the regional insurance sector
• New lines of insurance business opportunities for Azerbaijan

In the chair:

• Sergej SIMONITI, President of the Council of Experts, Insurance Supervision Agency, Slovenia

Speakers:

• Asim ZULFUGAROV, Director, Financial Markets Supervision Authority, Strategic Services Department, Republic of Azerbaijan
• Mehmet EROGLU, General Secretary,Insurance Association of Turkey
• Mariusz WICHTOWSKI, Chairman of the Executive Board, Polish Motor Insurers Bureau
• Anastasia LITVINOVA, Director, FITCH Ratings, Russia
• Jean-Francois DIET, CEO, Europ Assistance, France

Discussion panel 

• Best practices in supervisory models
• Lessons of the crisis – adjusting the insurance business proposals to the current challenges

11:30 – 12:00

Coffee Break

offered by 

12:00 - 13:30

Conference Part 2 

Reinsurance at a glance

• Global reinsurance market trends and solutions for the region
• Are insurance companies in the region adequately covered?
• How can the reinsurance market support the insurance market’s development and diversification

In the chair:

• Fuad KULIYEV, Chairman of the Management Board, AZ Re Reinsurance, Republic of Azerbaijan

Speakers:

• Alla MYGASHKO, Senior Reinsurance Broker; Head of CIS operations, AON Central and Eastern Europe, Czech Republic
• Sinisa LOVRINCEVIC, Branch General Manager, TRUST Re, Cyprus
• Ekaterina TOLSTOVA, Senior Analyst for the CIS markets, Standard Poor’s, Russia
• Gepa JANSEN-KLAUS, Senior Client Manager Russia&CIS, Swiss Re, Germany
  Dmitry GARMASH, Head of Representative Office, Barents Re, Russia

Discussion panel

• Reinsurance for the Caucasus – ratings, availability, financial sustainability
• Reinsurers’ strategy in the region
• Benefits & drawbacks of the soft international market

13:30 - 14.30 Business lunch

offered by 

14.30 – 16.30

Conference Part 3 

Agricultural insurance – efficient ways of risk mitigation

• International practice and models for agricultural insurance
• Risk evaluation and ways of increasing the penetration degree in agricultural insurance

In the chair:

• Korney BIJDOV, President, National Assosiation of Agricultural Insurers, Russia

Speakers:

• Yusuf SATOĞLU, General Manager, Agricultural Insurance Pool Management Company (TARSIM), Turkey
• Varela SANZ DOMNGO, Deputy Manager of Agri- Insurance, Insurance Compensation Consortium, Spain
• Gepa JANSEN-KLAUS, Senior Client Manager Russia & CIS, SWISS Re, Germany
• Leah SOROKA, Program Manager Eastern Europe&Central Asia, Agri - Financial Services, IFC – International Financial Corporation
• Oleksandr PRYSHCHEPA, Chief Agronomist-Underwriter, Ukrainian Agrarian Surveyor and Loss Adjustment Company

Discussion panel

• Risk evaluation for agricultural insurance – new approaches
• Government regulation on agricultural insurance

09:30 – 18:00 Bilateral Meetings

AIIF Lounge, Boulevard Hotel Baku

20:00 – 23:00 Official Reception

offered by 

Friday, June24th

09.30 – 10.00 Registration

10:00 – 14:00 

Conference: Motor Insurance

supported by

• Tariffs and claims evaluation
• Digitalization for motor insurance market
• News sales channels
• Digital Technologies in support of the motor insurance business

In the chair: 

• Mariusz WICHTOWSKI, Chairman of the Executive Board, Polish Motor Insurers Bureau

Speakers: 

• Sergej SIMONITI, President of the Council of Experts, Insurance Supervision Agency, Slovenia
• Mehmet Akif EROGLU, General Secretary, Insurance Association of Turkey
• Aleksey MERTSALOV, Deputy Head of Department, The Russian Association of Motor Insurers
• Elkhan GULIYEV, Executive Director, Compulsory Insurance Bureau, Republic of Azerbaijan
• Sergey RAZUVAN, Executive Director, Green Card Bureau, Russia
• Radu MATEESCU, Claims Corporation Network, The Netherlands
• Dilyara KARAKULOVA, President of the Board, Guaranty Fund, Kazakhstan
• Raz PELEG, Regional sales Director, Mobileye Vision Technologies, Israel

10:00 – 13:30

Conference: New insurance products – how to better serve the local market?

supported by 

• Insurance products as efficient tools for capital protection in the times of economical turbulences – what do clients need? 
• What products should banks sell considering the decrease in demand for credit insurance?
• Package products  – new developments

In the chair:

• Menekse UCAROGLU, CEO, IUC Group, Turkey
• Jeyhun ALI, TV & Radio Speaker

Speakers:

• Rustam MAMMADOV, Member of Board, PASHA Life
• Korney BIJDOV, Vice-President,All-Russian Insurance Assosiation
• Ekaterina TOLSTOVA, Senior Analyst for the CIS markets, Standard Poor’s, Russia
• Matthew JONES, Customer Engagement, Vice President , Life Capital, Swiss Re Europe, UK
• Farid HUSEYNOV, Deputy Chairman of Management Board, KAPITAL Bank, Republic of Azerbaijan

12:00 – 12:30 Coffee Break

offered by 

13:30 – 14:30 Business lunch

offered by 

10:00 – 16:00 Bilateral Meetings

AIIF Lounge, Boulevard Hotel Baku

19:00 - 22:00 AZERI Evening

offered by