INSURTECH SUMMIT 2021
WINNING THE DIGITAL WAVE
JANUARY 25 - 27
Virtual Conference
In-person selling and servicing have been the traditional means for insurance providers and intermediaries to do business. Due to mobility restrictions and health risks posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the insurance industry is now being challenged to build trust, sustain customer-centricity and pivot to digital innovation.
The pandemic has been a defining moment for all of us and is pushing digital transformation in the insurance sector to a whole new level.
Insurtech Summit 2021: Winning the Digital Wave is a virtual conference by the Microinsurance Intermediaries & Practitioners Association of the Philippines (MIPAP) and the Impact Advisory Services (IAS), along with other supporters, that aims to provide the insurance sector a playbook on how to survive and thrive in these unprecedented times.
THE SPEAKERS
FEATURED INDUSTRY EXPERTS
DAY 01
Philippine Insurance Commissioner, Insurance Commission (Philippines)
Atty. Dennis B. Funa
The Philippine Insurance Industry Developments and Outlook
Atty. Dennis B. Funa is the current Insurance Commissioner of the Philippines after having been appointed by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte in December 2016. As such, he sits as a member of the Anti-Money Laundering Council. Prior to his appointment as such, he was appointed by then President Benigno S. Aquino III as the Deputy Insurance Commissioner for Legal Services in June 2013. Commissioner Funa obtained his Bachelor of Laws Degree in San Beda College of Law and passed the Bar in 1992. Atty. Funa is also an author of various law books, a newspaper columnist, a law professor and law practitioner.
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Theresa Blissing
Global and Regional Insurtech Perspectives
Theresa Blissing is the founder of the Asia InsurTech Podcast, a unique ecosystem of entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and industry experts across Asia. Prior to her current role as Managing Consultant at Q_Perior, Theresa worked for management consultancy Detecon as Asian Insurance Lead, and spent 10 years with multinational insurer Generali.
DAY 01
Founder,
Asia Insurtech Podcast (Singapore)
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DAY 01
First Vice President and Group Head,
Cebuana Lhuillier Insurance Brokers Inc. (Philippines)
Jonathan Batangan
The Philippine Insurtech Landscape
Jonathan Batangan is the First Vice President and Group Head, Cebuana Lhuillier Insurance Brokers Inc. & Executive Director of Cebuana Lhuillier Foundation, Inc. Mr. Batangan is a seasoned insurance executive with a demonstrated track record of success in the insurance product development, sales, and marketing management. He’s the current President of the Microinsurance Intermediaries & Practitioners Association of the Philippines, Inc. (MIPAP) and one of the incorporators of the Mutual Exchange Forum for Inclusive Insurance, Inc. (MEFIN, Inc.).
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Michele Grosso
Insurtech: Democratising Insurance and Enhancing Customer Experience
Driven by the desire to restore insurance to its original purpose of providing mutual aid for those who need it most, but can afford it least, Michele founded Democrance in 2015.
Prior to that, Michele worked in strategy and distribution at global insurance powerhouses AXA and MetLife in France, Egypt and the UAE. He is a frequent speaker at microinsurance, entrepreneurship and social innovation events, as well as a frequent contributor to publications in the Middle East and wider region.
DAY 01
Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, Democrance (UAE)
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DAY 02
Chief Information and Transformation Officer,
FWD Insurance (Philippines)
Adnelle Valeza
Developing Strategic Insurtech Playbook
Adnelle Valeza is the Chief Information and Transformation Officer of FWD Life Insurance Philippines. As the CITO, she is managing a team with over 80 employees, ensuring the accurate data flow in the entire organization, and re-engineering processes constantly to meet the demands of the business. Prior to this role, she was the Head of Project Management Office of the FWD Group, leading projects on acquisitions and integrations, and deployment of technology solutions across the region.
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Michelle Lai
Blockchain & Artificial Intelligence:
The Future of Insurtech
Michelle Lai has had a career in technology and in traditional financial services, and today works with companies that are attempting to blend the two. She advises traditional companies in Asia going through digital transformation, and works with fintech companies based in the US and UK. Michelle started her career in financial institutions M&A, working on deals with banks and insurers, including the acquisition of Nanshan Life Insurance from AIG in 2010. She then moved to private equity investing, where she helped to manage a publicly listed bank.
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DAY 02
Insurtech Consultant
(Singapore)
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Saneth Kumar
Managing Data Privacy Risks and Cyberattacks
Saneth Kumar is a Manager with KPMG’s Cyber Security Consulting practice with over seven years of experience in Cyber Security and IT across industries such as Financial Services, Energy, Transportation and Telecommunications. He is primarily focused towards cyber-security strategy and governance, and helps clients reduce risk and improve resilience around cyber-security.
DAY 03
Cyber Security Manager,
KPMG (Canada)
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SESSSION 01
Michael Rellosa
Moderator
Michael F. Rellosa recently retired as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Fortune General Insurance Corporation. Following Mr. Rellosa’s regional stint as Chairman of the ASEAN Insurance Council (AIC) from 2015 to 2016, he still holds the Chairmanship of the Education Committee of the AIC composed of top insurance industry leaders in the Southeast Asian region.
Executive Director, Philippines Insurers and Reinsurers Association (Philippines)
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Dr. Antonis Malagardis
Moderator
Dr. Antonis Malagardis worked mostly as advisor in projects funded by the European Union and the World Bank and joined GIZ in 2009. His assignments in 26 countries covered project management, risk management, social insurance, health financing, microfinance, microinsurance and lately climate finance schemes at the policy design and supervision level. He is currently the Program Director of a BMZ funded regional Program “Regulatory Framework Promotion of Pro-poor Insurance Markets in Asia” (RFPI Asia) with a focus on climate and disaster risk insurance in Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines.
SESSION 02
Program Director,
GIZ (Philippines)
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DAY 02
Chief Executive Officer,
Maria Health (Philippines)
Vincent Lau
Sandboxing and Start-ups: Accelerating Inclusive Insurance
Vincent Lau is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of a tech startup Maria Health, making it easy to shop & buy health insurance for the Philippines. Maria Health operates as the first licensed health insurance only aggregator with a vision to solve the $15B underinsurance gap. To date, Maria Health has served 1M+ online visitors, insured 20,000+ members with over PHP200M in premium generated through the platform.
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DAY 02
Director for Digital Innovation and Architecture, Asian Development Bank
(Philippines)
Ozzier Khan
Sandboxing and Start-ups: Accelerating Inclusive Insurance
Ozzeir Khan is the Director of the Office of Business Relationships and IT Strategy for Digital Innovation within Asian Development Bank. He is currently also heading the ADB Digital Innovation Sandbox Program.
Prior joining to ABD, he was also Chief of Innovation and Business Relationships at United Nations HQ in New York, where he was responsible for developing relationships with departments, member countries, facilitating public-private sector partnerships and leading innovation labs’ development globally.
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DAY 03
Ankit Jain
Lean Product Management in Insurtech
Product Manager,
Facebook (USA)
Ankit Jain is currently a product leader at VMware Pivotal Labs, responsible for delivering on the company’s mission to help enterprises accelerate the delivery of software with digital transformation. He has 7+ years of product leadership experience managing product, engineering and design teams in multiple industries including e-commerce, automotive, healthcare, cloud and insurance.
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Jean Francois Darre
Leveraging Data and Analytics in Insurtech
JF Darre currently serves as the Head of Financial Services and Advance Analytics at Mynt. He joined Mynt in 2016 to lead the integration of data in their business decisions and aims to empower the broader population with innovative, accessible, and inclusive credit, insurance and savings solutions. The Mynt-operated GCash, the No.1 financial app in PH has more tham 33 million registered users in 2020 and has posted over Php 1 Trillion transactions to date.
DAY 03
Head of Financial Services and Advance Analytics, Mynt (Philippines)
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Roger de Pedro
Moderator
Roger de Pedro is currently the General Manager for MicroEnsure Insurance Brokers Philippines and is the Vice President For Microinsurance Intermediaries and Practitioners Association of the Philippines (MIPAP) and Committee Head on Technology. He has over 20 years of experience in the insurance sector. Roger is also a Microinsurance and Emerging Market enthusiast.
SESSION 03
General Manager,
MicroEnsure Insurance Broker Philippines
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SESSION 05
Shayne Rose Bulos
Moderator
Co-founder,
Impact Advisory Services (Philippines)
Shayne’s professional life has been devoted to financial and insurance inclusion through the use of technology. She co-founded Impact Advisory Services, a consulting firm that provides business and regulatory advisory to cooperatives, non-government organizations, fintechs and insurtech companies. She served as a Senior Advisor for Insurtech at the German Development Cooperation in Indonesia, Mongolia, Pakistan, Philippines, Nepal, Sri Lanka, & Vietnam.
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Meelendra Singh
Moderator
As a business and international development consultant, Mr. Meelendra Singh focuses on digital solutions which enable organizations to scale impact. He has a diverse experience across Asia, Africa and the US working with UN Agencies, Development Organisations and Technology Companies.
SESSION 04
Co-founder,
Impact Advisory Services (USA)
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SESSION 07
Manager and Head, Digital and Retail Sales,
Cebuana Lhuillier Insurance Brokers, Inc. (Philippines)
Ghay Mapano
Moderator
Ghay Mapano is the Head of the Digital and Retail Sales of Cebuana Lhuillier Insurance Brokers (CLIB) where she oversees the implementation of various insurance programs and partnerships outside the Cebuana network including non-traditional channels like online platforms. When she joined then CLIS in 2017, she served as Head of the Product Development and Management Unit where she spearheaded the development of new microinsurance products and monitor product performance, client feedback and insurer’s support to the agency’s operations.
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SESSION 06
Director for Business Development and Strategic Project, Geniusto Philippines, Inc.
Dennis Pena
Moderator
Dennis Peña is the Director for Business Development and Strategic Project of Geniusto Philippines, Inc., a global fintech company that has its Asian base at the Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Metro Manila. At Geniusto, Dennis performs directorship duties covering business development for ePera, a social financial B2B2C platform that has insurtech capabilities and is the product owner of DTAP, Geniusto’s premier digital transformation workshop.
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DAY 1: JANUARY 25
SESSION 1
9:00 - 9:05
Welcome by the Host
9:05 - 9:45
The Philippine Insurance Industry Developments and Outlook
Atty. Dennis B. Funa - Philippine Insurance Commissioner,
Insurance Commission
9:45 - 10:30
Global and Regional Insurtech Perspectives
Theresa Blissing - Founder,
Asia Insurtech Podcast (Singapore)
10:30 - 10:55
The Philippine Insurtech Landscape
Jonathan Batangan - First Vice President and Group Head,
Cebuana Lhuillier Insurance Brokers Inc. (Philippines)
10:55 - 11:20
Insurtech: Democratizing Insurance and Enhancing Customer Experience
Michele Grosso - Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder,
Democrance (UAE)
11:20 - 11:35
Questions and Answers
11:35 - 11:40
Synthesis and Closing
DAY 2: JANUARY 26
SESSION 2
9:00 - 9:05
Welcome by the Host
9:05 - 9:25
Developing Strategic Insurtech Playbook
Adnelle Valeza - Chief Information and Transformation Officer,
FWD Insurance (Philippines)
9:30 - 9:40
Questions and Answers
9:40 - 9:45
Synthesis & Closing
SESSION 3
9:45 - 9:50
Welcome by the Moderator
9:50 - 10:10
Blockchain & Artificial Intelligence: The Future of Insurtech
Michelle Lai - Insurtech Consultant (Singapore)
10:10 - 10:20
Questions and Answers
10:20 - 10:25
Synthesis and Closing
SESSION 4
10:25 - 10:30
Welcome by the Moderator
10:30 - 11:00
Sandboxing and Start-ups: Accelerating Inclusive Insurance
Vincent Lau - Chief Executive Officer,
Maria Health (Philippines)
Ozzier Khan - Director for Digital Innovation and Architecture, Asian Development Bank (Philippines)
11:00 - 11:10
Questions and Answers
11:10 - 11:15
Synthesis & Closing
DAY 3: JANUARY 27
SESSION 5
9:00 - 9:05
Welcome by the Host
9:05 - 9:30
Leveraging Big Data and Analytics in Insurtech
Jean Francois Darre - Chief Executive Officer,
FUSE (Philippines)
9:30 - 9:50
Questions and Answers
9:50 - 10:00
Synthesis & Closing
SESSION 6
10:00 - 10:05
Welcome by the Moderator
10:05 - 10:30
Lean Product Management in Insurtech
Ankit Jain - Product Manager,
Facebook (USA)
10:30 - 10:50
Questions and Answers
10:50 - 11:00
Synthesis and Closing
SESSION 7
11:00 - 11:05
Welcome by the Moderator
11:05 - 11:30
Managing Data Privacy Risk and Cyberattacks
Saneth Kumar - Cyber Security Manager,
KPMG (Canada)
11:30 - 11:50
Questions and Answers
11:50 - 12:00
Synthesis and Closing
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