Finance IQ, a division of International Quality & Productivity Center (IQPC), announced the 6th Insurance Linked Securities Summit for July 15-17, 2009 at the Fairmont Southampton in Southampton, Bermuda (www.ilsbermuda.com). This Summit, a part of the global Insurance Linked Securities event series, brings together senior decision-makers from the entire insurance-capital markets value chain, including institutional investors, issuers, brokers, law firms, underwriters and life settlement providers.
With recent developments in this market (including the issuance of eight new cat bonds in the first half of 2009, representing over $1 billion in new capacity), this year proves to be crucial to the growth of the insurance linked securities asset class. The 6th ILS Summit provides a forum for all parties to ensure a long-term future of this market.
Topics for discussion at this summit include:
- The future of the liquidity landscape for life and non-life ILS
- Pension fund perspectives on investing in insurance-linked securities
- Long-term collateral-management solutions for cat bonds
- New electronic trading platforms for cat bonds and ILWs
- The impact of shifting LE estimates on the value of life settlement portfolios
- Securitization of life settlements
- Evaluating the value of synthetic longevity products compared with traditional cash investments in life settlements
- The effect of new regulation on both the life and non-life ILS sectors
Albert Pinzon, Member of Cozen O’Connor was quoted at Finance IQ’s Insurance Linked Securities Summit Europe held in April 2009 in London, “I was pleased to see that the quality of attendants was so high with all major players including dedicated fund investors and institutions, as well as new faces attending – a sign that this market is growing!”
Bernard Siegel, Executive Director of the Genetics Policy Institute, guest speaker for the conference, will provide startling insights into how long people will live in the 21st century and the effect on investments in life settlements and longevity-based assets. In addition, John Berger, CEO of Harbor Point Re, will deliver the opening keynote address “Risk, Reward, and Reinsurance” – a big picture session on the challenges facing the reinsurance industry and the future of their relationship with the capital markets.
Other industry leading organizations including Munich Re, Hannover Re, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board, Fermat Investments, TIAA-CREF, APG Investments, K2 Advisors, the Bermuda Monetary Authority will lead discussions. Representation is expected to include over 300 senior-level ILS professionals from Bermuda, the US, UK, Europe, Australia and Asia-Pacific.
For more information, contact Toby Donovan, ILS event series Program Director for Finance IQ at +1-646-502-3256 or
toby.donovan@iqpc.com.
About IQPC
IQPC (www.iqpc.com) provides business executives with tailored practical conferences, large-scale events, topical seminars and in-house training programs. Producing over 1,500 events annually around the world, IQPC continues to grow and has offices in cities across six continents including: Berlin, Dubai, London, New York, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Stockholm, Sydney, and Toronto.