AM Best's 2020 Insurance Market Briefing - Europe and Methodology Seminar

AM Best's
Europe Insurance Market Briefing & Methodology Briefing - London (London)

AM Best's Europe Insurance Market Briefing & Methodology Briefing - London returned on 11 November 2020.

The two online sessions featured senior AM Best analysts and executives who presented updates on the EMEA re/insurance markets and discussed various market trends and challenges that are of importance to the industry.

When:

Wednesday, 11 November 2020

AM Best's Europe Insurance Market Briefing - London
10:05–11:35 GMT

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AM Best’s Insurance Methodology Briefing - London
14:00–15:30 GMT

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Insurance Market Briefing Agenda

Morning Webinar Sessions Session Chair and Analytical Respondents

EMEA (Re)Insurance Market Overview
Update on Credit Rating Activity and Market Segment Outlooks

  • Notable rating trend developments
  • Non-life market segment outlooks
 Session Chair: Nick Charteris-Black
Managing Director, Market Development - EMEA

Greg Carter
Managing Director, Analytics - EMEA & AP

Angela Yeo
Senior Director, Analytics

Ghislain LeCam
Director, Analytics
Panel Discussion: Insurance and Reinsurance Markets Issues Relating to the Impact of COVID-19
  • A moderated discussion, tackling the issues and aspects of the insurance and reinsurance businesses, as well as industry sectors, impacted by the COVID-19 crisis, and how the pandemic might also be shaping the industry's future

Session Chair: Nick Charteris-Black
Managing Director, Market Development - EMEA

Carlos Wong-Fupuy
Senior Director, Global Reinsurance Ratings

Catherine Thomas
Senior Director, Analytics

Mathilde Jakobsen
Director, Analytics

Methodology Briefing Agenda

Afternoon Session and Topics Session Chair and Analytical Respondents

Best’s Credit Rating Methodology: Reflections on Emerging Industry Issues
Analytical Deliberations; Market Trends and Challenges; and Rating Experiences

 Session Chair: Mahesh Mistry
Senior Director, Credit Rating Criteria Research & Analytics
Innovation
Key components of innovation criteria, market developments and benchmarking analysis

Valeria Ermakova
Associate Director, Analytics

Victoria Ohorodnyk
Associate Director, Analytics
Environmental Social Governance (ESG)
Changes to rating criteria, market practices and key themes (climate risk, financial disclosures)

Jessica Botelho-Young
Associate Director, Analytics

Michael Dunckley
Associate Director, Analytics
IFRS 17
Development to the standard, ratings perspective, market developments and challenges

Anthony Silverman
Director, Credit Rating Criteria, Research & Analytics

Pierre Tournier
Associate Director, Analytics

Lessons Learnt from COVID-19: Enterprise Risk Management Observations and Importance of Stress Testing

  • Developments of ERM practices from past events (with a focus on stress testing capabilities)
  • Observations and challenges raised from COVID-19
  • Prospective ratings deliberations on ERM

Ghislain Le Cam
Director, Analytics

Alex Rafferty
Associate Director, Analytics
Q&A AM Best Credit Rating Analysts
Closing Comments Mahesh Mistry
Senior Director, Credit Rating Criteria Research & Analytics

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