World Risk and Insurance Economics Congress
 
25~29 July 2010 w Singapore
 
2010 Program

 

 
 * Unless otherwise noted, all meetings will be held at the SMU Campus.
 * Dress code: business casual (no jacket) unless otherwise noted.

 

Platinum Sponsors

 


AXA Research Fund
 


  
AXA University

 

 


 
Munich Re

 

 


 

Gold Sponsors
  


  Swiss Re
  



The Geneva Association

 

 

 

 

 


 

Silver Sponsors

 


Singapore Management University
  


  Allianz
 


American Risk and Insurance Association

 


  Asia Insurance Review

 


The Applied Services Economic Centre

 


 Silver Workers Institute

 


 World Fire Statistics Centre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday, 25 July 2010
1:00 PM ~ 5:00 PM Registration Desk Open
9:00 AM ~ 12:00 PM   APRIA Executive Committee Meeting 
2:00 PM ~ 4:00 PM APRIA Board of Governors Meeting
8:00 AM ~ 3:00 PM   ARIA Executive Committee and Board Meetings
4:00 PM ~ 6:00 PM EGRIE Board Meeting
6:00 PM ~ 7:30 PM Welcome Reception
Monday, 26 July 2010
7:30 AM ~ 5:00 PM Registration Desk Open
Corporate Sponsor Exhibition
9:00 AM ~ 10:00 AM Official Opening: Welcome Addresses (business attire)
   Representatives of the Organizers
   Declaration of the Opening -- APRIA President
  
Keynote Address 
   The Honorable Heng Swee Keat, Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore
10:00 AM ~ 10:30 AM Coffee & Tea Break
10:30 AM ~ 12:00 PM Plenary Session I: Insurance Regulation and Supervision
   Moderator: Patrick Liedtke. Secretary General and Managing Director, The Geneva Association
   Panelists:
     Peter Braumüller, Chairman, International Association of Insurance Supervisors
     Terri Vaughan, CEO, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, US.
     Low Kwok Mun, Executive Director, Insurance Department, Monetary Authority of Singapore
     
12:15 PM ~ 1:45 PM Sponsor Appreciation Luncheon
2:00 PM ~ 3:30 PM Plenary Session II: Aftermath and Lessons from Global Credit Crisis 
   Moderator: TBA
   Panelists: 
     TBA 
3:30 PM ~ 3:45 PM Coffee & Tea Break  
3:45 PM ~ 5:15 PM Plenary Session III: Man-made Catastrophes and Natural Disasters: Risk Management and Insurance Issues
   Moderator: TBA
   Panelists:
      Clarence Wong, Director, Client Markets, Swiss Re
     Steven Weisbart, Chief Economist, the Insurance Information Institute (US)
     TBA
5:30 PM ARIA Annual General Meeting (until 6:30 PM)
APRIA Annual General Meeting (until 6:30 PM)
EGRIE Annual General Meeting (until 7:00 PM)
7:00 PM ~ 9:00 PM Reception and Dinner (sponsored by AXA Research Fund)
Tuesday, 27 July 2010 
8:00 AM ~ 5:00 PM  Registration Desk Open
Corporate Sponsor Exhibition
8:30 AM ~ 10:00 AM Concurrent Sessions I  
10:00 AM ~ 10:30 AM   Coffee & Tea Break
10:30 AM12:00 PM   Concurrent Sessions II
12:00 PM ~ 1:30 PM APRIA President's Luncheon 
1:45 PM ~ 3:15 PM Concurrent Sessions III
3:15 PM ~ 3:45 PM Coffee & Tea Break
3:45 PM ~ 5:15 PM Plenary Session IV: Ageing, Pensions and Longevity Risk
     Moderator:
Benedict Koh, Professor and Director of the Centre for Silver Security, Singapore Management University
     Panelists:
        Olivia S. Mitchell, International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Professor, the Wharton School
        Liew Heng San, CEO, the Central Provident Fund (Singapore)
        Andrew Linfoot, Principal Officer and Director (Asia), Pacific Life Re.
        Guy Coughlan, Managing Director ( Pension Advisory Group), J.P. Morgan (UK)
Evening AXA Campus  Evening Presentation (optional; reservation required at the time of conference registration)
Wednesday, 28 July 2010
8:00 AM ~ 12:00 PM Registration Desk Open
Corporate Sponsor Exhibition
(closes at noon)
8:30 AM ~ 10:00 AM Concurrent Sessions IV
10:00 AM ~ 10:30 AM Coffee & Tea Break
10:30 AM ~ 12:00 PM    Concurrent Sessions V  
12:00 PM ~ 1:15 PM ARIA President's Luncheon
1:30 PM ~ 3:00 PM Concurrent Sessions VI  
3:00 PM ~ 3:30 PM   Coffee & Tea Break
3:30 PM ~ 5:00 PM Plenary Session V: Geneva Economics Lecture 2010
   Lecturer: TBA
   Discussant: 
6:00 PM   "Dine-Around Singapore" -- Enjoy networking with others in one of the five restaurants
 of your choice!
(sponsored by Munich Re; reservation required at the time of conference registration)
Thursday, 29 July 2010
8:00 AM ~ 9:30 AM   Concurrent Sessions VII
9:30 AM ~ 9:45 AM   Coffee & Tea Break  
9:45 AM ~ 11:15 AM Concurrent Sessions VIII
11:15 PM ~ 11:30 AM Coffee & Tea Break
11:30 AM ~ 1:00 PM   Concluding Plenary Session: Pedagogical Issues in Collegiate Risk Management and Insurance Education
     Moderator: TBA
     Panelists:

       Wei Zheng (APRIA), Peking University
       TBA (ARIA)
       Andreas Ritcher (EGRIE),University of Munich

 
1:00 PM ~ 2:00 PM Farewell Lunch
2:00 PM ARIA Board Meeting
    

World Risk and Insurance Economics Congress
c/o Singapore College of Insurance  
9, Temasek Boulevard
w #14-01/02/03 w Suntec Tower 2 w Singapore 038989
Tel: (65) 6221-2336 w Fax: (65) 6220-6684
 
Secretariat@wriec.org; WRIEC@scidomain.org.sg
 

 

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