Inclusive Insurance Business Models for Africa
7th Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Conference on Inclusive Insurance
13 - 15 July 2022, Livingstone, Zambia
Hosted by
This regional conference is a combination of high-quality training and plenary sessions aimed at sharing insights on inclusive insurance business models that are making access to low-income market segments in Africa possible.
The organisation and implementation of this conference is based on the strong belief of the power of learning and sharing; the conference therefore brings international, regional and local professionals who will exchange experiences and discuss a number of key themes and topics on inclusive insurance business. They include representatives from insurance and reinsurance companies, brokers, distribution channels, international organisations, NGOs, development-aid agencies, policymakers, regulators and supervisors in Africa.
Topics
The Landscape of Inclusive Insurance in Zambia: Insights from Zambia’s journey, led by the TAG, towards inclusive insurance market and an up-to-date portrait of the state of the inclusive insurance market in Zambia.
Digital insurance: Exploratory insights and lessons from trends and business models on inclusive digital insurance solutions; taking stock of what has worked and what has not worked in digital inclusive insurance solutions and business models.
SME Insurance: Emerging as a key growth area for inclusivity of insurance in a number of countries; an exploration of emerging and promising models for extending insurance small and medium sized enterprises.
Health insurance: Exploration on client value and viability dimensions of national health insurance schemes in Africa.
Agriculture insurance: Sharing experiences and lessons learned from various inclusive agricultural insurance schemes; taking stock of emerging and promising models.
Developing and regulating inclusive insurance markets: Sharing lessons and experiences on strategies employed to catalyse the development of insurance sectors for inclusivity and innovation. This includes lessons from insurance regulators on how to balance market development and supervisory roles.
Pre-conference events - July 13
9:00 - 13:00: CEO retreat: Topline and Bottomline Strategies for Inclusive Insurance
Hosted by TAG & FinProbity Solutions
Lorenzo Chan
President, Pioneer Insurance, Philippines
Ovia K.Tuhairwe
CEO, Radiant Yacu, Rwanda
CEO, APA Insurance, Kenya
Agnes Chakonta
Managing Director, Madison Life, Zambia
Bert Opdebeeck
Microinsurance Master, Belgium
Moderator
Lemmy Manje
Founder & CEO, FinProbity Solutions, Rwanda/Zambia
Pre-conference events - July 14
09:00 – 13:00: Digital Insurance Workshop: Trends, Models and Business Strategies for Digital Insurance
Hosted by FinProbity Solutions
Indira Gopalakrishna
CEO, Inclusivity Solutions, Singapore
Andrew Nkolola
CEO, AYO Zambia
Oscar Githinji Ng’ang’a
Business Development Manager, MEDbook, Kenya
Siani Malama
Business Development Manager, Democrance, Kenya
Facilitator
Jeremiah Siage
Co-Founder & Director, CoverApp, Kenya
Facilitator
Lemmy Manje
Founder & CEO, FinProbity Solutions, Rwanda/Zambia
Conference agenda - July 14
14:00 - 15:30: Session 1: The Landscape of Inclusive Insurance in Zambia
Shipango Muteto
President, TAG Association/Zep-Re, Zambia
Engwase Mwale
CEO, FSD Zambia, Zambia
Dirk Reinhard
Vice Chair, Munich Re Foundation, Germany
Keynote Speech
Craig Churchill
Chief - Social Finance Programme and Team Leader - ILO Impact Insurance Facility, Switzerland
Moderator
Mauwa Lungu
Director - Financial Services Supply, FSD Zambia, Zambia
Landscape presentations
Mark Robertson
Knowledge Manager, Microinsurance Network, South Africa
Landscape presentations
Lemmy Manje
Founder & CEO, FinProbity Solutions, Rwanda/Zambia
16:00 – 17:30: Session 2: Developing and regulating inclusive insurance markets
Anselmi Anselmi
Microinsurance Coordinator, Tanzania
Jacky Huma
Head of Micro & Access Product Institutions Supervision, FSCA, South Africa
Elias Omondi
Senior Manager – Risk Regulations, FSD Africa, Kenya TBC
Yizaso Musonda
Manager – Ag Market Development, Pensions and Insurance Authority, Zambia
Moderator
Hannah Grant
Head of the Secretariat, A2ii, Germany
Conference agenda - July 15
09:00 – 10:30: Session 3: Digital Insurance
Indira Gopalakrishna
CEO, Inclusivity Solutions, Singapore
Andrew Nkolola
CEO, AYO Zambia
Valerie Labi
Country Director, BIMA, Ghana
Menna Alla Hegazy
General Manager, Fawry insurance brokerage, Egypt
Moderator
Jeremiah Siage
Co-Founder & Director, CoverApp, Kenya
11:00 – 12:30: Session 4: SME Insurance
Melinda Grace Labao
Head of Microinsurance, Pioneer Insurance, Philippines
Violet Kapeleke
Inclusive Insurance Manager, Hollard Insurance, Zambia
Jeremy Gray
Resilience lead, Cenfri, South Africa
Moderator
Kennedy Siamuwele
Ag CEO, ZSIC Life, Zambia
14:00 - 15:30: Session 5: Health insurance
Dr. Lydia Dsane-Selby
CEO, National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Ghana
Jacob Chirwa
Project Lead, NHIMA, Zambia
Lisa Morgan
Technical Specialist, ILO Impact Insurance Facility, Switzerland
Moderator
Ayandev Saha
Head - Climate Risk Adaptation and Insurance, KMD Dastur & Company London, United Kingdom
16:00 – 17:30: Session 6: Agricultural insurance
Ashok Shah
CEO, APA Insurance, Kenya
Joyce Chirwa Mlewa
Country Director, Pula Advisors, Zambia
Pranav Prashad
Technical Expert- Social Finance and Impact Insurance, ILO Impact Insurance Facility, Switzerland
Ayandev Saha
Head - Climate Risk Adaptation and Insurance, KM Dastur & Company London, United Kingdom
Moderator
Dirk Reinhard
Vice Chair, Munich Re Foundation, Germany
16:00 – 17:30 Closing session - Summary and key messages
Agnes Uwanyiligira
Chief Programs Officer, Access to Finance, Rwanda
Agnes Chakonta
Managing Director, Madison Life, Zambia
19:00 – 22:00 TAG Gala Dinner
Guests
Titus Kalenga (Sky Reinsurance Brokers), Juliet Munro (FSD Africa) and Doubell Chamberlain (Cenfri)
Host
Collins Hamusonde
CEO, ABSA Life, Zambia
Host
Edna Kalenga
CEO, Sky Reinsurance Brokers, Zambia
