Life & Pensions magazine's Insurance & Risk Management Summit, taking place on Wednesday 11th June 2008 in London, has been specifically designed for insurers to share ideas, discuss risk management strategies, as well as examine the current market and regulatory challenges facing the European insurance industry.

Participants will benefit from best-practice perspectives on key issues such as:

• The impact of sub-prime/credit crisis
• Building a robust ERM framework to quantify risks and capital requirements
• Achieving harmony between international regulation and accounting
• Securitisation of life and non-life insurance
• Impact of mortality and longevity risk on capital requirements
• Developments in guaranteed pension products
• MCEV evaluation and ALM modelling
• Embedded value and its impact on profitability reporting
• New opportunities for diversification

Highlights include:

• 2 keynote addresses:

1. Consequences of the credit crisis for insurance markets
2. Achieving convergence between insurance and capital markets

• Chief Risk Officer perspective
• Solvency II progress and concerns panel discussion
• Special case-study from Folksam Insurance Group

Hear from Europe’s leading lights including:

• Mari Björelind, Head of Risk Management, FOLKSAM INSURANCE GROUP
• John Brunello, Head of Models & Technologies, EURIZON VITA
• David Hare, Chief Actuary, UK & Europe, STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE LIMITED
• Graham Fulcher, Chief Actuary, ACE EUROPEAN GROUP
• Michele Gaffo, Head of Investment Strategies, ALLIANZ S.p.A.
• Reinhardt Schink, Vice President, Group Development, ALLIANZ SE
• Uwe Siegmund, Chief Investment Strategist, R+V INSURANCE GROUP
• Sarah Varney, Head of Solvency 2 Office, FSA
• Randle Williams, Group Investment Actuary, LEGAL AND GENERAL GROUP