Swiss Re's Claims and Underwriting conference 2019

9:15

Arrival refreshments and morning tea

10:00

Welcome

Session 1
10:15 – 11:15

The Dementia Dilemma

Ingrid Thorn
Senior Underwriter Consultant, Swiss Re Australia

Our consumer research shows that fear of dementia is one of the top concerns of our growing ageing population. Why has this become one of our greatest global public health challenges? What are the contributing risk factors? How and where can the insurance start to make a difference?

Session 2
11:15 – 12:15

Technology, Data & Digitalisation (What's ahead?)

Yannick Even
Head Digital & Smart Analytics APAC, Swiss Re Asia

The future is overrun with new technologies, new sources of data and digitalisation of almost everything. It presents opportunities for change, and promises for the new, but will it really change what we do as Underwriting and Claims professionals? Can we ever keep up with the pace of change? How do we remain 'human' in this new world?

12:15 – 13:30

Lunch

Session 3
13:30 – 14:30

Emerging Risks – Concussion in Sport

David North
Claims Expert, Property & Casualty, Swiss Re, Australia & New Zealand

Understanding emerging risks is not about forecasting the future, but rather about preparing for its potentialities. Ignoring emerging risks is not an option. Concussion in sport is one such risk that has the potential to impact on both general and life insurance, and one that we are unfortunately seeing on the rise. With increasing prevalence of concussion in sport, what precautions need to be taken now to protect tomorrow's generation?

Session 4
14:30 – 15:30

How technology is changing lives

Join Michael Renny as he leads an intimate panel discussion on how technology is changing the lives of people, with:

Duncan Wallace, Executive Director & CEO of SpinalCure Australia

Professor Peter R Schofield AO FAHMS PhD DSc, CEO of Neuroscience Research Australia and Professor of Medicine at University of New South Wales

Insurance is in place to protect us when life doesn't go as it should. What we are fortunate to see as we move into tomorrow is that for many, what once were considered to be barriers to living an ordinary life (or the very things we as insurance professionals insure) are changing. How is technology changing these lives? Will technology eventually find a cure? What is the pace of this change? What challenges are there to bringing this technology to everyone living with a chronic condition? What's next? Is this an opportunity for the insurance industry to be ahead of the game?

15:30 – 16:00

Closing remarks

16:00 – 18:00

Drinks