Regional Financial Sector Forum

Fifth Meeting

Challenges and Opportunities for the Development of the Insurance Markets
in Latin America and the Caribbean

Washington D.C., November 7-8, 2005

Presentations

November 7, 2005

Opening Remarks

Dennis E. Flannery, Executive Vice-President, Inter-American Development Bank

Yoshihiro Kawai, Secretary General, International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS)

Challenges and Opportunities for the Development of the Insurance Markets in Latin America and the Caribbean

Guillermo Aponte, President, Asociación de Supervisores de Seguros de América Latina y el Caribe (ASSAL) - presentation

Rodolfo Wehrhahnm, Vice-President, Federación Interamericana de Empresas de Seguros (FIDES)

Robert Gibbons, President, International Insurance Foundation (IIF) - presentation

Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAPs)

Nigel Davies, Financial Supervision and Regulation Division, International Monetary Fund - presentation

Moderator

Dorelisse Juarbe, Commissioner, Office of the Commissioner of Insurance, Puerto Rico

Panelists

Roberto Junguito, Executive Director, Federación de Aseguradores Colombianos

José Gerardo López Hoyo, General Director of Research and Development, Comisión Nacional de Seguros y Fianzas, Mexico - presentation

Diagnosis of the Critical Aspects for the Development of the Insurance Markets in Latin America and the Caribbean - IDB Project

Relevant factors in the Insurance Markets

Pietro Masci, Chief, Infrastructure and Financial Markets Division (SDS/IFM), IDB

Results of the IADB Insurance Survey: A Diagnosis of the Latin American and the Caribbean Insurance Markets

Ian Webb, Director of Research, International Insurance Foundation - presentation

James Sylvester, SDS/IFM, Inter-American Development Bank - presentation

Luis Tejerina, SDS/POV, Inter-American Development Bank

Latin American Insurance Markets

Jaime Tamayo, Executive President, MAPFRE USA - presentation

Moderator

Roberto Degl'Innocenti, Latin America Treaty Reinsurance Manager, Generali Group

Panelists

Luis Armando Montenegro, Superintendent, Superintendencia del Sistema Financiero, El Salvador - presentation

Recaredo Arias, Executive Director, Asociación Mexicana de Instituciones de Seguros (AMIS)  - presentation

Institutional Quality, Uncertainty and  Insurability

S. Nuri Erbas, Middle East and Central Asia Department, International Monetary Fund - presentation

Industry Porblems and Development Opportunities

Solvency

Roberto Westenberger, Managing Principal for Latin America, Towers Perrin - presentation

Reinsurance

Luc Albert, Head of Latin America, Swiss Reinsurance America Corp. - presentation

Human Resources

Luis Huerta-Rosas, President, Comité Latinoamericano de Actuarios - presentation

Moderator

Ana María Acosta y Lara, Superintendent, Superintendencia de Seguros y Reaseguros de Uruguay

Workgroups

Group No. 1: Insurance Industry Issues Panel

Moderators

Jorge Claude and José Luis Moncada

Panelists

FIDES and Experts

Group No. 2: Regulatory and Supervisory Issues Panel

Moderator

Joel Herrera Campos, Superintendent, Superintendencia de Seguros de Venezuela

Panelists

ASSAL and Experts

Group No. 3: Users Issues Panel

Moderator

Carlos Heeren, Managing Partner, Apoyo Consultoria

November 8, 2005

Presentation of the Report Panels

Discussions on rapporteurs' conclusions of previous day.

Moderator

Earl Moore, President, Insurance Association of the Caribbean (IAC)

Panelists

Jorge Claude, Secretary General, Federación Interamericana de Empresas de Seguros (FIDES) - presentation

Joel Herrera Campos, Superintendent, Superintendencia de Seguros de Venezuela

Carlos Heeren, Managing Partner, Apoyo Consultoria - presentation

IDB Thinking and Approaches to Risk Management

Risk Management Tools for the Poor

Luis Tejerina, SDS/POV, Inter-American Development Bank - presentation

Latin America and the Caribbean Agricultural Insurance Markets

Mark Wenner, Senior Financial Specialist, SDS/RUR, Inter-American Development Bank - presentation

Agricultural Insurance Market Development: The Case of the CA-4

Diego Arias, Natural Resources Specialist, RE2/EN2, Inter-American Development Bank - presentation

Disaster Risk Management

Niels Holm-Nielsen, SDS/ENV, Inter-American Development Bank - presentation

Moderator

Robert Kaplan, Chief, RE2/EN2, Inter-American Development Bank

Regulatory & Supervisory, Insurance Issues, and Users

Moderator

Pietro Masci, Chief, SDS/IFM, Inter-American Development Bank

Panelists

Guillermo Aponte, President, Asociacion de Supervisores de Seguros de América Latina y el Caribe (ASSAL) - presentation

Jorge Claude, Secretary General, Federación Interamericana de Empresas de Seguros (FIDES)

José Luis Moncada, President, Technical Committee of FIDES

Nigel Davies, Financial Supervision and Regulation Division, International Monetary Fund

Carlos Heeren, Managing Partner, Apoyo Consultoria

Conclusions and Commentaries

Infrastructure and Financial Markets Division
Private Enterprise and Financial Markets Subdepartment
Sustainable Development Department
Inter-American Development Bank

Last updated: 06/01/07