DAY 1 – 20 June

9.30 - 10.00 
Registration & Welcome Coffee
Foyer, Baku Marriott Hotel Boulevard

9.30 - 17.30
Bilateral Meetings
Foyer, Baku Marriott Hotel Boulevard

10.00 – 12.00
Part I –The insurance market of Azerbaijan –realities and development strategies
Tagiyev Ballroom 1, Baku Marriott Hotel Boulevard

Taleh KAZIMOV, Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Sahil BABAYEV, Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Population of the Republic of Azerbaijan 
Majnun MAMMADOV, Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Zaur ALIYEV, Chairman of the State Agency for Compulsory Medical Insurance, Republic of Azerbaijan
Ulviyya JABBAROVA, CEO, PASHA Insurance OJSC, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ASA - Azerbaijan Insurers Association

12.00 –12.30 
Coffee Break
Foyer, Baku Marriott Hotel Boulevard

12.30 -14.30
Part 2 - Insurance under the impact of climate change
Tagiyev Ballroom 1, Baku Marriott Hotel Boulevard

• Insurance trends driven by climate change
• Solutions to reducing the insurance coverage gap
• Current trends in the reinsurance market and their impact on the direct insurance products’ affordability
• Agro insurance – risk modeling and modern insurance solutions

Intro from the Chair
Prof. Karel Van HULLE, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium and Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
Daniela GHETU, Editorial Director, XPRIMM Publications, Romania

Normen KLÖPPERPIEPER, Sr. P&C Solutions Sales Manager, Swiss Re, Germany
Gepa JANSEN-KLAUS, Senior Client Underwriter Nordics & CIS, Vice President, Reinsurance, Swiss Re Europe, Germany
Climate Change – The Heat is on: Impact on (Re)insurance
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• Recent losses and observations
• Impact on Reinsurance
• How to make Azerbaijan more resilient
• Helping Insurers navigate the impact of Climate Change: Using available data to create valuable insights
• Impact of Climate Change on Flood risks

Prof. Ksenija DENCIC-MIHAJLOV, University of Nis, Serbia & Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences, Center for Scientific Interdisciplinary Risk and Sustainability Management, Germany
Insurance trends driven by climate-related risks; Survey on sustainability and the ESG regulatory landscape in the CEET region
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PANEL OF DISCUSSIONS: Climate change impact on the insurance business

• Gepa JANSEN-KLAUS, Senior Client Underwriter Nordics & CIS, Vice President, Reinsurance, Swiss Re Europe, Germany
• Prof. Ksenija DENCIC-MIHAJLOV, University of Nis, Serbia & Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences, Center for Scientific Interdisciplinary Risk and Sustainability Management, Germany
• Fuad SADIGOV, Chairman of the Board, Agrarian Insurance Fund, Republic of Azerbaijan
• Vusal ABBASOV, Chief Executive Officer, AzRe Reinsurance, Republic of Azerbaijan
• Nigar ARPADARAI, UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP29 Azerbaijan

In the chair: Prof. Karel Van HULLE, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium and Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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14.30 -15.30
Networking Lunch
Green House Restaurant, Baku Marriott Hotel Boulevard

15.30 – 17.30
Part3 – Bancassurance–a possible driver for the market growth
Tagiyev Ballroom 1, Baku Marriott Hotel Boulevard

• Bancassurance – the meeting point of banking and insurance expertise
• Bancassurance - a distribution channel to accelerate and increase insurance penetration
• Insurance products’ distribution via banks – going beyond bundling protection products with existing banking products

Intro from the Chair
Prof. Karel Van HULLE, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium and Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany

Jean-Pierre DANIEL, President, VIGIE INT, France
Case study: How bancassurance disrupted the French market. Lessons learned from the decade that multiplied the French life insurance business sixfold through the contribution of bancassurance
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Gleb YAKOVLEV, Vice-president of All-Russian Insurance Association, Russia
Life in bancassurance: Russian market overview, practices and trends
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Vasilis KATSIPIS, General Manager - MENA, South & Central Asia, A.M. Best Europe, UAE
Bancassurance and the rating process
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Klime POPOSKI, CEO, Winner-member of VIG & Professor at St. Kliment Ohridski University, North Macedonia
Lessons learned from the Wester Balkans’ experience in the bancassurance distribution of insurance products
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PANEL OF DISCUSSIONS: Bancassurance - a distribution channel to accelerate and increase insurance penetration

• Klime POPOSKI, CEO, Winner-member of VIG & Professor at St. Kliment Ohridski University, North Macedonia
• Niyaz ISMAYILOV – Chief Executive Officer, PASHA Life Insurance, Republic of Azerbaijan
• Abbas IBRAHIMOV – Chairman, ABB Bank, Azerbaijan
• Jean-Pierre DANIEL, President, VIGIE INT, France

In the chair: Prof. Karel Van HULLE, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium and Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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Strating 19.00
Networking dinner
By invitation only

DAY 2 – 21 June

9.30 -10.00 
Registration & Welcome Coffee
Foyer, Baku Marriott Hotel Boulevard

9.30 - 14.30
Bilateral Meetings
Foyer, Baku Marriott Hotel Boulevard

10.00 - 12.00
WORKSHOP 1: Health insurance –affordable for customers, sustainable for providers
Tagiyev Ballroom 1, Baku Marriott Hotel Boulevard

• Case studies – inspiring health insurance systems
• Latest technologies to support the efficient functioning of the private health insurance sector and improve customers’ journey

Intro from the chair
Daniela GHETU, Editorial Director, XPRIMM Publications, Romania

Tamerlan MASHADIHASANLI, Head of the Identification Security Unit of the Product Service Division, AzInTelecom, Republic of Azerbaijan
Digitalized Insurance System with SIMA
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Melda ŞUAYIPOĞLU, Executive Vice President Health, QNB Sigorta, Türkiye
Behavioral Change for better health outcomes
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Sanem ÇINGAY BUÇUKOĞLU, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, Head of Health and Excom Member, AXA Türkiye
Digital Health Insurance
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PANEL OF DISCUSSIONS: Health insurance in the post-pandemic era

• Melda ŞUAYIPOĞLU, Executive Vice President Health, QNB Sigorta, Türkiye
• Murad MAMMADZADE, Health Tribe Officer, PASHA Insurance, Republic of Azerbaijan
• Gasim AMRAHLI, Medical Insurance Specialist, A-Group Insurance, Republic of Azerbaijan

In the chair: Prof. Karel Van HULLE, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium and Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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12.00 –12.30 
Coffee Break

12.30 –14.30
WORKSHOP 2: Motor insurance & changing mobility preferences
Tagiyev Ballroom 1, Baku Marriott Hotel Boulevard

• Challenges affecting the motor insurance business
• How the affirmation of e-mobility options is changing the motor insurance business
• Digital solutions to improve customer’s experience and support better underwriting and more efficient business processes

Intro from the chair
Daniela GHETU, Editorial Director, XPRIMM Publications, Romania

Vyacheslav CHERNYAKHOVSKY, Director General, Insurance Business Association, Ukraine
Recent developments in the Ukrainian MTPL business
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Irina MERZLYAKOVA, Belarusian Association of Insurers
Latest trends and challenges in the Belarusian motor insurance market 
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Bogusław SKUZA. Managing Director, Global Business Development, uAvionics Technologies, Poland
UNDERWRITING 4.0 - technology trends and opportunities
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Tomasz TARKOWSKI, Managing Director, Claims & Benefits Division, UNIQA, Poland
Image recognition technology in the motor claims handling and in anti-fraud solutions
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PANEL OF DISCUSSIONS: Motor insurance – technology driven changes 

• Rashad AHMADOV, Executive Director, Compulsory Insurance Bureau, Republic of Azerbaijan
• Adil BEKIROV, Motor and Digitalization Tribe Lead, PASHA Insurance, Republic of Azerbaijan
• Tomasz TARKOWSKI, Managing Director, Claims & Benefits Division, UNIQA, Poland
• Irina MERZLYAKOVA, Belarusian Association of Insurers

In the chair: Prof. Karel Van HULLE, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium and Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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