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 Sunday, October 12

09:00-20:30

Registration

10:00-15:00 PIC Executive Committee meeting and luncheon
15:00-16:30 Meeting of session chairmen, speakers and masters of ceremony

18:30 - 20:30

Welcome reception sponsored by Ernst & Young

 

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Monday, October 13

EXPLOTING NEWOPPORTUNITIES; PRUSUING NEW MARKETS
Chaired by: Victor Apps, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Asia, Manulife Financial

08:00-08:30

Registration

08:30-09:35 Welcome and opening ceremony

 

  • Welcome address by Chairman of 21st PIC
    Edmund Tse, Senior Vice Chairman and Co-Chief Operating Officer,
    American International Group, Inc
  • Opening keynote address by Guest of Honour
    Henry Tang, Financial Secretary, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
  • Welcome address by Chairman of the Hong Kong Federation of Insurers
    Edward Lau, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Hong Kong,
    Manulife (International) Limited

09:35-10:05

Guest speaker session

10:45 - 11:15

- Managing rapid growth
Wang Xianzhang, President, China Life Insurance Company

10:05-10:25

Refreshment Break

10:25-11:45 Plenary 1: Opportunities in developed markets
- North America and Australia: Thriving and surviving in a changing market
Tab Bowers, Director, McKinsey & Company, Inc Japan
- Japan: Overcoming adversity: seizing opportunities
Hiroyuki Koizumi, Managing Director, The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company
- Japan: Mature market or an opportunity for foreign players?
Stephen Conwill, Managing Director, Milliman Japan
11:45-12:45 Plenary 2: Opportunities in new and developing markets
- India: Strategic alliance - roads to success
Gary Comerford, Vice-President, International and General Manager India, Sun Life Financial
- Conquering developing markets: Meeting new challenges; achieving growth
David Skinner, Chief Executive, Asia Region, New York Life International, LLC
12:45-14:00 Lunch sponsored by Swiss Re
14:00-15:45 Day 1 workshops
15-45-17:00 Workshop report-back
  Chaired by: Mel Gottlieb, Chairman, Reponse Systems International (Australia) Pty Ltd

 

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Tuesday, October 14

MEETING TOMORROW'S CHALLENGES; CHANGING THE FINANCIAL MODEL
Chaired by: Douglas Henck, President, Sun Life Financial Asia
08:00-08:30

Registration

08:30-09:00

Guest speaker session
- Capital management
John Fitzpatrick, Head of Life & Health Business Group, Swiss Re

09:00-10:20

Plenary 3: Satisfying customer needs; improving cost-effectiveness
- Succeeding through bancassurance and other marketing alliance
Peter Flavel, Group Head, Sales, Marketing and Distribution, Consumer Banking Group,
Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore

-Succeeding by marrying traditional and non-traditional distribution
Mark Wilson, CEO, South East Asia & Chief Executive, Distribution, AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd

10:20-10:45

Refreshment Break

10:45-12:45 Plenary 4: Risk and financial management
- Coping with low interest rates and shrinking margins in a volatile investment environment
Mark Saunders, Principal and Managing Director, Asia, Tillinghast-Towers Perrin
- Adapting product design to meet changing customer needs
Tan Beng Lee, Director & Group Chief Executive Officer, Great Eastern Holdings Ltd
- Creating a positive regulatory environment
Mark Daniels, Past President and Senior Advisor, Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association
12:45-14:00 Lunch sponsored by Munich Re
14:00-15:45 Day 2 workshops
15:45-17:00 Workshop report-back
Chaired by: Robert Shapiro, President, The Shapiro Network, Inc
19:00-22:00 Gala dinner sponsored by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu & Trowbridge Deloitte
Address by: Nury Vittachi, Author and Columnist

 

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Wednesday, October15

MINING THE FUTURE LANDSCAPE
Chaired by: Mark Pearson, Regional Chief Executive, Life, AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd.
08:00-08:30

Registration

08:30-09:00

Guest speaker session
- Life Insurance in Asia : Yesterday, today and tomorrow
Dominic D'Alessandro, President and Chief Executive Officer, Manulife Financial

09:00-09:30 Guest speaker session
- Financial services in Asia: Will it be gloom, boom or doom?
Marc Faber, Editor and Publisher, The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report
09:30-11:30 Plenary 5: Looking to the future
- Pensions in Asia: An opportunity or an illusion?
Stuart Leckie, Investment Actuary, Stirling Finance
- Defusing the demographic timebomb; satisfying tomorrow's retirement needs
Paul Fyfe, Managing Director, ING New Zealand Ltd
- Asset management; acknowledging the risk and reward conflict
John Chu, Executive Vice President and Ceief Investment Officer, Asia Pacific,
American Internaitonal Assurance Co, Ltd
10:15-10:35 Refreshment Break
11:30-12:40 Plenary 6: Evolving regulatory regimes
- The changing face of insurance regulation: Future directions for Singapore
John Palmer, Deputy Managing Director, Prudential Supervision,
Monetary Authority of Singapore

- Lessons learned from other markets
Chris George, Financial Management Group Leader, Insurance & Financial Services Practice,
Watson Wyatt LLP
12:40-13:00 Cocktails
13:00-14:25 Lunch and closing ceremony sponsored by Invest Hong Kong
- Closing keynote address: Some things old, some things new, much is borrowed,
no reason to be blue
David Eldon, Chairman, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
- Closing remarks by : Edmund Tse, Senior Vice Chairman and Co-Chief Operating Officer,
American Internaitonal Group, Inc

- Invitation to 22nd Pacific Insurance Conference
15:00-17:00 PIC Executive Committee meeting
19:00-21:00 PIC Executive Committee dinner

 

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