Programme

Opening Remarks - David Blake

Plenary Session  1 -  Climate change and longevity risk (Video Presentation)

• Nick Spencer (Gordian Advice) - Expected physical impacts of climate change and impacts on the economy
• Nicola Oliver (Medical Intelligence) – New zoonotic and vector-borne diseases and climate change; specific health effects related to exposure to air pollution and the effects of the climate crisis, both historically, and the continuing legacy.
• Melissa Leitner (Swiss Re) - Forward-looking view on how mortality trends might evolve under climate change, considering both the physical and transition risk elements of climate change and mitigation

Parallel Session  I

Parallel Session  II

Plenary Session 2 -  Pension risk transfers plus new capital introduced from capital markets investors via sidecars - (Video Presentation)

• Rohit Mathur (Prudential Financial) – Prime Time for Pension Risk Transfer: Funded status improvements, attractive pricing support a thriving global market place.
• Kirsty Maclean (Willkie Farr & Gallagher) – Solvency II reforms -  an overview and impact on pension risk transfer market.
• Amy Kessler (Prudential Financial) – When three wheels are better than two: the reinsurance sidecar
  Third-party capital is growing in the life and annuity sector
  A panel discussion with Alex Cochran from Debevoise and Plimpton, and Paul Puleo from Deutsche Bank.
  Panel (chaired by Amy Kessler)

Parallel Session  III

Plenary Session 3 - Challenges and opportunities with longevity risk.  (Video Presentation)

• David Lipovics (RGA) - Exporting Longevity Risk Transfer: Challenges and
  Opportunities in New Markets
• Chris Pigott (Senior Longevity Actuary, Munich Re) and Jess Elkin (Commercial Longevity Actuary, Munich Re)  - The nature and development of international longevity swap markets
• Al Klein (Principal and Consulting Actuary, Milliman) - Long Covid
• Panel - Large Pension Funds' Perspective on Longevity Risk and its Management - with Guy Coughlan (USS), Holly Copley (BA Pension Fund) (chaired by David Blake).

Parallel Session IV

Plenary Session 4 - The development of an exchange market for longevity risk: The time is now.  (Video Presentation)

• Douglas Anderson (Club Vita) – Why capacity constraints in the insurance industry are leading to the introduction of an exchange market.
• Avery Michaelson (Longitude Exchange) – The new Longevity Risk Marketplace
• Steven Baxter (Club Vita) – What does hedge effectiveness mean and the importance of scenario analysis

A panel discussion with David Burton (EY),  Daniel Ryan (COIOS Health) and Uzma Nazir ( Pension Insurance Corporation)
(chaired by Douglas Anderson)

Closing Remarks - David Blake

(Includes optional discussion session with Plenary 4 speakers, after Closing Remarks)