Jessica Gaudio, Senior Director of Membership, The Institutes CPCU Society

For an industry, and a world, that is becoming increasingly digitized, automated, and reliant on technology, where do people factor in and why should we keep the “human element” top of mind? According to author and consultant, Manuel Palachuk, the human element encompasses those skills and abilities that come purely from being human – drive, ambition, compassion, empathy and understanding.

Nadia Schmidt, Divisional Director, Willis Re

Robo-advisors and Insurance-Linked Securities – two young business models in two different industries that have seen steep growth during the last decade. Robo-advisors have been successful by automating investment advice, making wealth management more efficient and accessible to a broader client base, while ILS sources new insurance capacity by allowing the financial market to invest in insurance risks largely uncorrelated to other financial instruments.

Elaine George, Digital IoT Operations Division, Chubb

Jean-Roch Sibille, Chief Risk Officer, Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America

Jessica Baehr, Head of Investor Relations, Equitable Holdings, Inc.

Maria Schiopu, Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC

Yusun Jeong, Credit Analyst, Kyobo Life Insurance Company

Haotian Wu, Senior Manager, Aviva Asia

Carmony Wong, Senior Vice President, Head of Hong Kong and High Net Worth, RGA

Hui Yen Tai, Regional Director, Head of Analytics - Asia Pacific, Willis Re, Singapore

How similar, or dissimilar, are the principles? What are the parallels, if any? Why do I, as a general consumer, approach them rather differently? The investments industry continues to challenge consumers with exotic products and solutions that stretch the comprehension of risk-return – yet (re-)insurance is arguably stagnated as a commodity most would rather move on from?