On 31 March and 1 April 2022, Actuaires du Monde (AdM) and the Macedonian Actuarial Association organized the First Congress of Actuaires du Monde and the 2022 CEE & SEE Regional Actuarial Insurance Conference at the Marriott Hotel in Skopje, North Macedonia.
Sponsors of these events included the Insurance Supervisory Agency of North Macedonia, the National Insurance Bureau of Macedonia, and the IAA Life and Annuities Section alongside regional insurance stakeholder XPrimm.
With a total of 85 in-person participants and 48 people joining the events online, 31 countries were represented namely Albania, Armenia, Australia, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cote d’Ivoire, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Ireland, Kenya, Kosovo, Mexico, Montenegro, The Netherlands, North Macedonia, Portugal, Rumania, Senegal, Serbia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Togo, Tunisia, the United Kingdom, the USA, and Zambia.
Opening the Congress, His Excellency the Minister of Finance of North Macedonia, Mr. Fatmir Besimi, delivered a keynote address followed by welcome speeches from the President of Actuaires du Monde, Mr. Jean Berthon, the President of the Council of Experts of the Insurance Supervision Agency (ISA), Mr. Krste Shajnoski and the President of the Macedonian Actuarial Association, Ms. Cvetlava Markulevska.
Find the full press release about this extraordinary congress here: English / French / Macedonian
Program
DAY 1
- OPENING SESSION
Fatimir Besimi, Minister of Finance, North Macedonia
Jean Berthon, Chair Actuaires du Monde
Krste Shajnoski, President of the Insurance Supervisory Authority
Cvetlana Markulevska, President MAA - OVERVIEW OF THE INSURANCE MARKETS IN CEE & SEE
Daniella Ghetu, Editorial Manager, Xprimm - LIBERALISATION OF THE MTPL MARKETS
Lidija Pecigos Visnjic, Director of Reinsurance and President of the Croation Actuarial Association - RATE MAKING MTPL
Prof Julien Trufin, Université Libre de Bruxelles – Qualified Actuary IA/BE - IS SOLVENCY II GOOD FOR THE CEE/SEE REGION?
Prof. Karel Van Hulle – KU Leuven and Goethe University Frankfurt - INTRODUCING SIMPLIFIED RISK BASED CAPITAL
Elias Omondi, Senior Manager – Regulations – Financial Sector Deepening Africa - ERM FOR SOLVENCY1 COUNTRIES PREPARING TRANSITION TO SOLVENCY 2
Frank Schepers, Aktuar DAV
DAY 2
- OPENING & MISSION OD ACTUAIRES DU MONDE
Jean Berthon, Chair Actuaires du Monde
Renata De Leers, Chief Executive Officer - HEALTH MICROINSURANCE : PRESENTATION RESULTS FIRST PROJECT, HOSPITAL CASH BENEFIT, CASE STUDY OF HCB
David Akwei, CEO, Lorica
Lisa Morgan, FIA
Francis Gota, CEO, aYo Ghana - INDEX-BASED CROP INSURANCE – CASE STUDIES INDIA AND WEST AFRICA
Vance Abissa, CEO, Inclusive Guarantee
A V Karthikeyan, FIAI CERA, Appointed Actuary, Reliance General Insurance India - INCLUSIVE INSURANCE LANDSCAPE IN THE CEET REGION
Gorazd Cibej, Managing Director, Insurance Supervision Agency, Slovenia
Klime Poposki, Professor, University of St. Kliment Ohridski, Macedonia - FINANCIAL INCLUSION IN LIFE INSURANCE
Moderators: Séverine Arnold-Gaille, Pedro Pacheco Villagrán
Panelists: Norma Alicia Rosas-Rodríguez, Rolf Hüppi, Luciano Devars - CLOSURE OF FIRST CONGRESS
Jean Berthon, Chair Actuaires du Monde
