Insurance Council of Australia
2009 Regulatory Update



2009 Regulatory Update

Wednesday 4 February 2009

Four Seasons Hotel, 199 George Street Sydney

7.45am Registration
8.15am Welcome, Kerrie Kelly, Executive Director & CEO, Insurance Council of Austrralia
8.30am Address by Roger Wilkins AO, Secretary, Federal Attorney General's Department
9.15am Address by Federal Opposition, The Hon Chris Pearce MP, Shadow Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law
10.00am Morning Tea
10.30am Plenary Session 1 - Market conduct - What are the likely supervisory arrangements in the future?
Chair: Chris Crowder, Managing Director, GenRe
John Briffa, General Counsel Australasia, AIG
Professor Deborah Ralston, Acting Director, Melbourne Centre for Financial Studies
Jeremy Challen, Director Group Legal, Swiss Re
Stephen Lardner, National Manager Retail, AON Risk Services
11.30am   Views from the Australian Prudentiual Regulation Authority, John Trowbridge, Member
12.15pm Lunch
1.30pm Plenary Session 2Re-insurance in modern finance - The implications for primary insurers
Chair: John Peberdy, CEO, Ansvar Insurance 
David Rush, General Manager Policy Development, APRA
Russell Higginbotham, Head of Australia & New Zealand, Swiss Re
Tony Smith, Executive Manager, Group Re-Insurance, Suncorp
2.30pm    Views from the Australian Securities and Investment Commission, Jeremy Cooper, Deputy Chairman
3.15pm       Plenary Session 3 - Australia's Accounting Standards - Are they appropriate in the financial crisis?
Chair: Tim Plant, Managing Director, Elders Insurance
David Southwell, Senior Manager Governance & Policy, IAG
Kim Smith, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
George Thwaites, Chief Risk Officer, QBE Insurance Group 

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