Presentations

Presentations given at the Congress are available individually via the corresponding links below, or as a complete set (as one ZIP file – 27 MB) here.

Time	Thursday 7 June 2012
09.30-10.15	Welcome and registration
10.15-10.25	Welcome by Ron Hersmis (Syntaxyz), Chairman, ECA organising committee
10.25-10.45	Opening remarks and scene setting by Gabor Hanak (KPMG), Chairman, Groupe Consultatif
10.45-10.50	Transfer to meeting rooms
10.50-11.30	Future role of the actuary in relation to pensions Falco Valkenburg (TowersWatson) - Groupe Consultatif	ERM and the Chartered Enterprise Risk Actuary (CERA) Ron Hersmis (Syntaxyz) - Groupe Consultatif	How the actuarial profession will look in 20 years time Ad Kok (KPMG) & Karel Goossens (TowersWatson) - Groupe Consultatif
11.30-11.35	Transfer to meeting rooms
11.35-12.15	The role of the actuary in relation to IFRS Stephen Cooper – IASB	How solvency regulations influence operations Bart De Smet – CEO Ageas	Reinsuring employee benefits contracts to a corporate captive: business model and impact of Solvency II Vittorio Zaniboni – Generali
12.15-13.30	Lunch
13.30-14.10	Financial reporting: issues arising from Solvency II Kamran Foroughi – TowersWatson	Solvency for pensions Chinu Patel – Groupe Consultatif	ERM and actuarial science: the role for universities in ERM Prof. Steven Haberman – Cass Business School
14.10-14.15	Transfer to meeting rooms
14.15-14.55	The implementation of Enterprise Risk Management Eberhard Muller – Hannover Re	The future role of the actuary from the point of view of the industry Olav Jones – Insurance Europe – Deputy Director General and Head of Economics and Finance department	Solvency II and its impact on national supervision Jan Parner – Finanstilsynet (Danish Supervisor)
14.55-15.00	Transfer to meeting rooms
15.00-15.40	Risk measures Athanassios Yannacopoulos – University of Athens	The Big Picture – more holistic job descriptions for actuaries Vicki Njor – SwissRe	Solvency for IORPs Matti Leppälä – EFRP
15.40-16.10	Break
16.10-16.50	Scientific paper by a young actuary Estimating Ruin Probabilities in the Presence of Heavy-tailed Claims Ants Kaasik – Estonia	Actuarial Standards Chris Daykin – GC Standards Project Team	Innovative approaches to identifying and managing interactions within companies Neil Cantle – Milliman/Bath University
16.50-17.20	Future developments in solvency in Europe Burkhard Balz, MEP (Omnibus II rapporteur)
19.00	Transport by bus to dinner venue
19.30	Congress dinner at Cureghem Cellars

Time	Friday 8 June 2012
09.15-09.55	Role of the actuary from perspective of supervisor, and actuarial input to the work of EIOPA Daniela Rode – Director of Regulation, EIOPA
09.55-10.00	Transfer to meeting rooms
10.00-10.40	Flood Risk, Insurance and Climate Change in The Netherlands Wouter Botzen – VU Amsterdam	Scientific paper by a young actuary PrObEx and Internal Model: Calibrating dependencies among risks in Non-life Davide Canestraro – Italy	Scientific paper by a young actuary Dependent competing risks models for measuring health Dimitrina Dimitrova – UK
10.40-11.15	Break
11.15-11.55	A ratings agency perspective of Solvency II Rob Jones – S&P	ERM and the challenges for actuarial consultants Elliott Varnell – Milliman	Scientific paper by a young actuary Pricing Catastrophe Risk in Life (re)insurance Erland Ekheden – Sweden
11.55-12.00	Transfer to meeting rooms
12.00-12.40	A global perspective on ERM: changing risk attitudes David Ingram (IAA/Willis Re) and Michael Thompson (IIASA, Austria)
12.40-14.00	Lunch
14.00-14.40	The role of Groupe Consultatif in development and implementation of Solvency II Seamus Creedon – GC	The Role of Reinsurers in Longevity Risk Transfer Cord-Roland Rinke – Hannover Re	Risk budgetting using internal capital models Wouter Elshof – Milliman
14.40-15.10	Break
15.10-15.50	Regulating the financial industry, and how this influences professionals like actuaries Karel Van Hulle, European Commission
15.50-16.20	Closing remarks – Chris Daykin – Immediate past Chairman, Groupe Consultatif