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 Programme   25rd to 27th April 2012    Vienna

Day 1 – 25.04.2012

 

9:30 – 11:00 Registration and coffee

 

11:00 Welcome Speech

Speaker: John Turner, ELHUA President

 

11:20 Keynote presentation
Mortality is improving: what are the implications for risk assessment?
Speaker: Dr Kevin Somerville, Swiss Re

12:00 It's a small world
Speaker: Dr Phillip Smalley, RGA
  


12:30 Lunch/expo

 

13:45 Medical aspects of disability
Breakout sessions in parallel*
  English German French Dutch

13:45 to 14:30 Back pain

Cillian Tierney, Partner Re

Wirbelsäulenerkrankungen –
Die Herausforderung des Underwriters  
Dr Stephan Becher,
Scor Global Life Re

Dr Agnes Lassalle, Swiss Re

Dr Joyce Vink, Swiss Re

14:30 to 15:15 Psychiatric disorders

Tony Helliwell, THINCS

Psychische Erkrankungen –
Was gilt im Underwriting zu beachten?
Dr Stephan Becher,
Scor Global Life Re

 Laurence Pagnier, Swiss Re

Dr Martine Vanden Wijngaert, AG Insurance


15:15  Coffee break/expo

15:45 Innovation in underwriting
Breakout sessions in parallel*
  English German French Dutch
15:45 to 17:15 Innovation in underwriting Niels Keuker & William Trump, Swiss Re Stefan Wittmann, Deutsche Rück Dr Dominique Lannes, Scor Global Life Re & Ms Lucia Castella, Scor Telemed, Madrid  tbc


Day 2 – 26.04.2012

9:00 Keynote presentation
The value of underwriting

Speaker: Phil Wilson, Chief Underwriting Officer, Zurich Global Life

9:30 Breast cancer – the medical officer’s view
Speaker: Dr John Schoonbee, Chief Medical Officer, Swiss Re Europe

 

10:00 Beyond the guidelines: how to stratify cardiovascular risk in non cardiovascular disease
Speaker: Dr Andrea Di Lenarda, Medical Adviser Assicurazioni Generali and Head of the Cardiovascular Centre Trieste


10:30 Coffee break/expo

 
11:00 Chronic inflammatory bowel disorders

Speaker: Dr Karsten Filzmeier, Munich Re

 

11:30 Diabetes – the medical officer’s view

Speaker: Dr Ian Cox, Consulting CMO for Gen Re Life/Health Research & Development

 

12:00 Diabetes – the underwriting implications

Speaker: Julie Hopkins, Head of Underwriting and Claims Strategy, Hannover Life Re (UK) Limited

 

12:30 Lunch/expo

 

13:45 Heart disease 
Breakout sessions in parallel*
  English German French Dutch
13:45 to 14:30 Understanding heart disease Dr Emma Riva, RGA Dr Karsten Filzmeier, Munich Re Dr Catherine Tchoreloff,
Munich Re
 
14:30 to 15:15 Case studies Gaby Wood, RGA Claudia Allen, 
Munich Re
Dr Catherine Tchoreloff,
Munich Re
 

15:15  Coffee break/expo

15:45 Financial underwriting
Breakout sessions in parallel*
  English German French Dutch
15:45 to 16:30 Taking financial underwriting to the next stage Andrew Wibberley, Swiss Re UK Andrea 
Wollenhaupt,
Munich Re
Olivier Dessus, Partner Re Johannes de Vries, Swiss Re 
16:30 to 17:15 Case studies Michael Rolfe,
Swiss Re CEE
Andrea Wollenhaupt, Munich Re Carole Ostarena,
Swiss Re
 Johannes de Vries, Swiss Re


Day 3 – 27.04.2012

9:00 Keynote presentation
Risk selection and discrimination

Speaker: Dr Peter Eichler, Member of the Board, UNIQA Insurance Austria

9:30 Understanding and underwriting family history

Speaker: Dr Phil Smalley, RGA  

10:00 The underwriting manuals - a piece or the whole?
Speaker: Andrew Morrison, Partner Re

 10:30 Coffee break/expo

 11:00 “Ask the Expert”

Panel session chaired by Ana Villanueva (Mapfre Re and Vice President of ELHUA) with:
Dr John Evans (Medical Director Scor Global Life Re)
Susan Hentschel (Senior Underwriting Consultant Munich Re) 
Andres Webersinke (Head of LifeHealth R&D Gen Re) 


12:00 Conference review, and badge draw for free attendance at the next conference. Announcement of the new President

Speaker: John Turner

 

12:30 Conference end



*
Break out sessions will be offered in English, German, French and Dutch. It should be noted that the presentations will not simply be translations of each other, but the content will be defined by the speaker themselves as this promotes better quality and also enables the speaker to talk about issues particular to the countries where that language is spoken.

  
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