Improving insurance penetration across Afria through enhanced insurance inclusion
7 - 9 May 2025, Luxor, Egypt
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The conference will cover the following topics
- Digital Insurance: Exploratory insights and lessons from trends and business models on inclusive digital insurance solutions; practical showcases of promising and working models.
- Top-line and bottom-line strategies for inclusive insurance: Insights on how to make investments in inclusive insurance pay off. Experiences and lessons learned on how to make inclusive insurance profitable and viable.
- Inclusive insurance trends and innovations: Exploratory insights and lessons from trends in innovations that are creating game-changers in inclusive insurance.
- Agricultural insurance: Taking stock of emerging and promising models through lessons from experience and practice.
- Customer centricity in inclusive insurance: Practical tools for designing and delivering appropriate insurance services to underserved or unserved market segments.
- Pricing models for inclusive insurance: Key considerations for pricing inclusive insurance products
- Visions for the future of inclusive insurance: What are the future prospects for inclusive insurance? What will drive the profitability and sustainability of inclusive insurance?
- Regulating for innovation: Taking stock of regulators' experience in promoting innovation and inclusivity by creating an enabling regulatory environment for inclusive insurance.
Agenda
6 May 2025
7 May 2025
10:00 – 13:00 / Pre conference workshop 1: Client-centric inclusive insurance product development: Application of human centred design principles and tools
Speakers
Lemmy Manje
FinProbity Solutions, Zambia/Rwanda
Barbara Chesire
AB Entheos, Kenya
Stella Kimani
Chief Operations Officer, ACRE Africa
10:00 – 13:00 / Pre conference workshop 2: Pricing and actuarial considerations in inclusive insurance
Speaker
Brian Merkey
Data & Analytics Manager, Milliman MedInsight
10:00 - 13:00: Pre-conference workshop 3: Parametric Insurance
Speaker
Ayandev Saha
KMD, India/Rwanda
14:00 – 15:30 / Closed session: Regulating for innovation and inclusvity, lessons and experiences from regulators (by invitation only)
Speakers
Aisha Bashir
National Commission of Insurance, Nigeria
Younis Lamimat
Supervisory Authority of Insurance and Social Welfare, Morocco
Dr. Moustafa Khalil
Deputy Assistant to Chairman, Financial Regulatory Authority, Egypt
Facilitator
Martina Wiedmaier
Senior Financial Sector Specialist CGAP, Germany
19:00 - 20:00 / Opening session
Keynote speakers
Alaa Al-Zoheiry
Chairman, Insurers Federation of Egypt, Egypt
Dirk Reinhard
Vice Chair, Munich Re Foundation, Germany
Matthew Genazzini
Executive Director, Microinsurance Network, Luxembourg
Ahmed Ali Abdelrahman
CEO & Managing Director, PFI, Egypt
Dr. Ameer El Telwany
CEO of Egypt Healthcare Authority
Dr. Islam Azzam
Vice Chairman, Financial Regulatory Authority, Egypt
8 May 2025
9:30 - 10:15 / Open Session: The Pioneer Inclusive Insurance journey
Speaker
Lorenzo Chan
President, Pioneer Insurance, Philippines / Chair of the Microinsurance Network
Facilitator
Wayne Clarke
Founding Partner, Global Growth Institute GGI
10:15 - 11:30 / Plenary 1: The Landscape of inclusive insurance globally with a reflection on Africa and Egypt
Speakers
Matthew Genazzini
Microinsurance Network, Luxembourg
Martina Wiedmaier
Senior Financial Sector Specialist for CGAP, Germany
Dr. Moustafa Khalil
Deputy Assistant to Chairman, Financial Regulatory Authority, Egypt
Facilitator
Michael McCord
Managing Director, Milliman, USA
11:30 - 12:30 / Plenary 2: Inclusive insurance sector development - market facilitators' perspectives
Speakers
Gideon Ataraire
Africa Growth Lead for Ibisa Network, Micro insurance master, Ghana
Miguel Solana
Senior Global Advisor, UNDP
Ahmed Khalifa
Executive Director, Regulatory Sandbox, Financial Regulatory Authority, Egypt
Facilitators
Noheir Khairy
Advisor, GIZ, Egypt
13:00 - 14:30 / Parallel session 1: Climate change responses and inclusive agricultural insurance
Speakers
Ayandev Saha
KMD, India/Rwanda
El Halla Najem
Deputy General Manager CAT Insurance and Reinsurance, Morocco
Hany Mousa
Corporate Business Development Senior Director, EFianance, Egypt
Facilitator
Dirk Reinhard
Munich Re Foundation, Germany
13:00 - 14:30 / Parallel session 2: Innovation in distribution
Speakers
Siani Malama
Insurance Business Development Director, Vision Fund International, South Africa
Amr Aboelazm
Co-founder CEO and vice chairman, Erada micro finance, Egypt
Michele Grosso
Chief Executice Officer Democrance, UAE
Hayk Hakobyan
Cofounder & CEO, InsightGenie AI
Mohamed Mahmoud
Chief Bancassurance Officer, Misr Life Insurance Company
Facilitator
Khaled Emam
Vice Chairman for Retail and Financial product, Egypt Post
13:00 - 14:30 / Parallel session 3: Digital insurance innovators
Speakers
Chaddy Rungawe
Head of Engineering, Inclusivity Solutions, Zimbabwe
Ted Pantone
Co- Founder & CEO -Turaco
Ahmed Eissa
CEO, EG Insurtech
Mohamed Mansour
Chief Product Officer, Amanleek, Egypt
Facilitator
Elias Omondi
Principal - Innovation for Resilience FSDA, Kenya
9 May 2025
9:00 - 10:30 / Plenary 3: Top-line and bottom-line strategies in inclusive insurance
Speakers
Liza Maru
Emerging Customer Innovation, Britam, Kenya
Ovia Tuhairwe
CEO, Radiant Yacu, Microinsurance Company, Rwanda
Helen Osore
Head of Inclusive Insurance, APA Insurance
Amr Aboelazm
Co-founder CEO and vice chairman Erada micro finance, Egypt
Facilitator
Lemmy Manje
FinProbity Solutions, Zambia/Rwanda
11:00 - 12:30 / Closing plenary 4: Visions of the future of insurance & Set the road
Speakers
Alaa Al-Zoheiry
Chairman, IFE, Egypt
Dirk Reinhard
Vice Chair, Munich Re Foundation, Germany
Dr. Tarek Seif
Executive Director, Financial Services Institute (FSI), Executive Director, Egyptian Institute of Directors (EIoD), Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA), Egypt
Lemmy Manje
FinProbity Solutions, Zambia/Rwanda
