This intensive learning program is led by some of the industry's senior experts and combines hands-on syndicate group work, expert presentations, knowledge sharing and team building activities. Participants can immediately apply their learning to real-life scenarios including designing and testing the optimal reinsurance program.
Keynote Address
We are thrilled to have Scott Hawkins, Managing Director of Munich Re Australasia, joining us on the first day for a thought-provoking keynote on career development and an interactive discussion on current topics.
It’s an exciting time to be in the insurance industry. Scott will share his personal journey and provide valuable insights on how to advance your career and thrive in the dynamic field of insurance.
During the session, Scott will delve into current topics such as insurance affordability and the future of the industry. By the end of the session, you will have gained practical strategies and a renewed understanding of why insurance is a rewarding and fulfilling field to work in.
What Makes RISC Unique?
- Exclusive learning opportunity: Participants will get access to, and guidance from, senior practitioners who are among the industry’s top reinsurance experts. All have deep technical expertise honed from decades of international and regional industry experience.
- Uniquely structured: Four days of intensive experiential learning that combines hands-on syndicate group work, expert presentations and knowledge sharing.
- Active learning: Participants are grouped into syndicates and immersed in a real-life case study to design and test the optimal reinsurance program. Using physical tools , they will be mentored by a syndicate adviser in a small group to collaborate on the creation of the reinsurance program.
- Assessment benefits: Participants that complete all the assessments can gain credit towards their ANZIIF membership. They also are eligible to claim a digital badge, which can be shared via LinkedIn, email or a variety of other online formats.
- Course inclusions: Accommodation, meals and activities are provided throughout the four days, as well as complimentary return transport from Sydney CBD.
For further information please contact Melanie Hansen, Event Manager.
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Learning Outcomes
At the conclusion of RISC, participants should be able to demonstrate proficiency in four key areas.
1. Strategic
- Articulate the importance of reinsurance in relation to a company’s strategy, growth and underwriting philosophy.
- Demonstrate how a company’s reinsurance program interacts with its risk appetite.
- Analyse how reinsurance programs interact with portfolio management and underwriting practices.
2. Technical
- Distinguish between the various types of reinsurance.
- Choose the types of reinsurance applicable to specific portfolios and classes of business.
- Describe how various reinsurance programs interact.
- Explain how to read reinsurance contract wording.
- Demonstrate an understanding of catastrophe modelling.
- Apply the following tools to monitor underwriting performance at portfolio level:
- Risk profiles
- Large loss reports
- Underwriting results
3. Financials
- Analyse and interpret the impact of reinsurance on a company’s financial position.
4. Legal and regulatory
- Explain the regulatory minimum standard requirements for reinsurance.
- Describe the purpose and calculation of the Natural Perils Vertical.
- Requirement (NPVR) and Natural Perils Horizontal Requirement (NPHR).
- Illustrate the relationship between reinsurance programs and regulatory capital requirements.
Getting to the Event – Complimentary Coach Service for RISC Participants
You can book your seat during the registration process or by emailing [email protected].
Sunday, 11 August
- Departs 10:00am, Sydney CBD - Corner Bathurst & George Street, Sydney
- Arrives: 11:30am, Crowne Plaza Hawkesbury Valley, 61 Hawkesbury Valley Way, Windsor
Wednesday, 14 August
- Departs: 3:00pm, Crowne Plaza Hawkesbury Valley, 61 Hawkesbury Valley Way, Windsor
- Arrives: 4:30pm, Sydney CBD - Corner Bathurst & George Street, Sydney
Acknowledgements
ANZIIF gratefully acknowledges the generous assistance and support of the Reinsurance International Study Course Organising Committee.
- Ben Miliauskas – Treaty Broker, Aon (Organising Committee Chair)
- Andrew Allison – Principal, Allison Group Consulting
- Teresa Aquilina – Senior Vice President, Guy Carpenter
- Adam Baker – Executive Director - Broking, Gallagher Re
- Victoria Clifford – Reinsurance Manager, icare
- Jurgen Hoffman – Consultant
- Bo Jiang – Head of Public Sector Solutions, ANZ, Swiss Re
- Irene Lai – Group Head of Underwriting Governance, Sustainability, and Standards, QBE
- Carl Longmore – Senior Specialist RI, Suncorp
- Sally Nickerson – Senior Underwriter, Berkley Re
- Tobias Pfau – Chief Underwriting Officer, Unimutual
- Jonathan Wang – Client Manager, Munich Re
Scott Hawkins
Scott Hawkins
Managing Director
Munich Re
Scott has over 25 years’ experience in the reinsurance industry. Before becoming a Managing Director within Munich Re, he had varied roles running Non-Life reinsurance businesses, technical underwriting, underwriting management and client management.
Prior to joining Munich Re, Scott worked in both direct insurance and reinsurance companies in underwriting based roles spanning various lines of business involving both Australian and International regions.
Dr Chris Wallace
Dr Chris Wallace
Chief Executive
Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation (ARPC)
Chris is an insurance executive with experience in general insurance, workers compensation, health insurance, medical indemnity and reinsurance. He has worked extensively in insurance leadership roles within insurers and as a consultant to the insurance industry. Chris has leadership experience in most aspects of the insurance sector including small, specialised insurers and large insurers.
Chris is also a non-executive director and Chair of MIPS Insurance Pty Ltd, a medical indemnity insurer. Through his role with ARPC, Chris is also a member of the OECD High Level Advisory Board for the Financial Management of Large-Scale Catastrophe Risks. Previous professional roles include being General Manager Workers Compensation at GIO, Executive Director at Ernst & Young, and General Manager Benefits Management at HCF.
Chris has a Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, specialising in general insurance pricing and strategy. He is a fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance, a Certified Insurance Professional, and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
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Sponsorship
Are you interested in sponsorship opportunities for this event? For more information on how your organisation can benefit as a sponsor of this leading professional development program, please contact Barbara Maruno, Partnerships Manager.
