Experts share insights on the future of pandemic cover

17 November 2020

Hear the latest updates on pandemic insurance risk pools in France, Germany and Switzerland by registering for InsuranceERM's Insurance Risk & Capital EMEA virtual conference, which is being held early next month.

The Insurance Risk & Capital EMEA virtual conference takes place online on 2-3 December.

It combines a mixture of live-streamed and pre-recorded content, as well as offering networking via a virtual event platform.

The future of pandemic cover – and the role of the insurance sector in it – will be one of the current topics discussed at the conference by Axa's group chief risk officer, Renaud Guidée; Ivo Menzinger, Swiss Re's head of EMEA public sector solutions; and Tobias Buecheler, head of regulatory affairs at Allianz.

Guidée, Menzinger and Buecheler will explain how to strengthen the industry's ability to respond to pandemic crises and the importance of public-private partnerships in creating pandemic risk pools that are affordable for all participants.

Other crucial elements covered by these experts include:

  • how to fund pandemic insurance risk pools
  • what can be learnt from other, similar risk pools
  • whether to make the insurance schemes mandatory or voluntary
  • whether pandemic risk pools should simply cover pandemics, or also other systemic risks

The trio offer practical and thought-provoking insights, which make for a compelling discussion.

The Insurance Risk & Capital conference features four streams covering all aspects of risk and capital management, investment and climate issues for re/insurers in the Emea region.

Track 1 will focus on insurance and risk in a world after Covid-19, and examine the global risks and developments that chief risk officers and insurance boards should be considering as part of their enterprise risk management strategies.

The second track will cover climate risk, sustainability and environmental, social and corporate governance.

Track 3 will concentrate on insurance regulation, as well as technological advances in risk management.

Finally, track 4 will explain what operational resilience will mean after Covid-19, as well as examining cyber risk, outsourcing and digital transformation in the face of disruption.

To hear the experts' insights on the future of pandemic cover, register for the conference, and view the agenda, by clicking here.