Against the backdrop of record growth in the catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, Guernsey is to stage its fourth annual ILS masterclass in Zurich in July to share industry expertise on emerging risk opportunity for ILS managers and investors.
The keynote speaker at the free-to-attend event – entitled ILS Insight – is Twelve Capital Managing Partner, General Counsel and Deputy CEO Christoph Buerer, who is also a Non-Executive Director of Ikano Re, a reinsurance company controlled by the Kamprad family - founders of Ikea.
Two panel sessions will examine:
• The features of different types of risk, the attractiveness of such classes of business to ILS investors, the barriers to applying convergent capital and how they might be overcome
• Whether London can compete with ILS-ready domiciles, the conditions required for success, the international tax environment, and how much substance remains in ILS-ready domiciles
Panellists include:
• Scott Mitchell, Head of Life ILS at Secquaero-Schroders
• Florian Heimann, Risk Consultant at AIR Worldwide
• Stewart McLaughlin, Executive Director at White Rock
• Nick Bugler, Partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher
• Mark Helyar, Of Counsel at Bedell Cristin Guernsey
• Rob Proctor, Co-Founder and Chief Executive at Securis
The event will be held on Thursday 6 July. To register click here