ASSAL XV Annual Meeting

V Conference on Insurance Regulation and Supervision in Latin America

San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 24- 27, 2004.

Organised by the Association of Latin American Insurance Supervisors (ASSAL),

The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS),

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and

The Office of the Insurance Commissioner of Puerto Rico (OCS)

Draft Programme

This draft programme is planned as of May the 10th , 2004

Monday, May 24

ASSAL XV Annual Meeting

Time
/ Participants
7:30 – 8:30 / Registration /

All Conference Attendees

8:30 – 10:30 /

ASSAL Committee Meetings

/ ASSAL Members
10:30 – 10:45 /

Coffee Break

10:45 – 12:30 /

ASSAL Plenary Session (1st part: Corporative affairs)

12:30 – 14:00 /

Lunch

14:00 – 17:00 /

ASSAL Plenary Session (2nd part: Plenary discussions and other business TBD)

15:30 – 15:45 /

Coffee Break

15:45 – 17:00 /

ASSAL Plenary Session (2nd part: Plenary discussions and other business TBD)

Tuesday May 25

IAIS–ASSAL Training Seminar

Opening Session

Time
/ Participants
8:30 – 8:40 /

Opening remarks by Dorelisse Juarbe, Annual Conference President

/

OECD/IAIS/ASSAL members and industry representatives

8:40 – 8:50 /

Speech by Luis Armando Montenegro, ASSAL, Chairman of the Executive Committee

8:50 – 9:00 /

Speech by Manuel Aguilera-Verduzco, IAIS, Chairman of the Executive Committee

9:00 – 11:00 /

Session 1 Roundtable on Implementation of Insurance Core Principles in Latin American Countries (Part I)

Moderator: Manuel Aguilera-Verduzco, IAIS, Chairman of the Executive Committee /

OECD/IAIS/ASSAL members and industry representatives

11:00 – 11:15 /

Coffee Break

11:15 – 12:30 /

Session 1 Roundtable on Implementation of Insurance Core Principles in Latin American Countries (Part 2)

12:30 – 14:00 / Lunch / OECD/IAIS/ASSAL members and industry representatives
14:00 – 15:45 / Session 2: Roundtable on Regional Problems (Part 1)
Proposed Moderator: Luis Armando Montenegro, (SSF-El Salvador)
Subjects (to be defined):
1) Consumer Protection
2) Money Laundering /

OECD/IAIS/ASSAL members and industry representatives

15:45 – 16:00 /

Coffee Break

16:00 – 18:00 / Session 2: Roundtable on Regional Problems (Part 2)
20:00 / ASSAL–FIDES, Dinner and Working Session / FIDES / ASSAL Executive Committee and Chairmen of ASSAL Working Groups
Wednesday May 26
Time
/ Participants
8:30 – 10:45 / Session 3: Workshop on IAIS Insurance Core Principles (Part 1)
Moderator: Makoto Okubo, (IAIS, Secretary General) /

OECD/IAIS/ASSAL members and industry representatives

10:45 – 11:00 /

Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:30 / Session 3: Workshop on IAIS Insurance Core Principles (Part 2)
12:30 – 14:00 /

Lunch

OECD–IAIS–ASSAL

V Conference on Insurance Regulation and Supervision in Latin America

Chairpersons:

Kurt Schneiter (OECD), Manuel Aguilera (IAIS) and Luis Armando Montenegro (ASSAL)

15:00 – 15:10 /

Introduction to ASSAL activities by Luis Armando Montenegro, ASSAL, Chairman of the Executive Committee.

/

OECD/IAIS/ASSAL members and industry representatives

15:10 – 15:20 /

Introduction to IAIS activities by Manuel Aguilera-Verduzco, IAIS, Chairman of the Executive Committee

15:20 – 15:30 /

Introduction to OECD activities by Kurt Schneiter, Member of the Board of the Federal Office of Private Insurance (FOPI)

Session 1: Panel on Health Insurance
Time
/ Participants
15:30 – 16:00 /

IAIS speaker: Eric Sema, New Mexico Insurance Commissioner

/

OECD/IAIS/ASSAL members and industry representatives

16:00 – 16:30 /

ASSAL speaker: (Colombia)

16:30 – 16:45 /

Coffee Break

16:45 – 17:15 /

Ms Flore-Anne Messy, , OECD.

17:15 – 17:45 /

Group Discussion

Proposed Moderator: Claudio O. Moroni, (SSN-Argentina)

Thursday May 27

Session 2: Panel on Bancassurance and Financial Convergence

Time
/ Participants
8:30 - 9:00 / IAIS speaker: Makoto Okubo /

OECD/IAIS/ASSAL members and industry representatives

9:00 - 9:30 / Alejandro Ferreiro Yazigi, SVS, Chile.
9:30 - 10:00 /

Mr. Stephen Lumpkin, OECD DAFE.

10:00 – 10:30 /

Group Discussion

Proposed Moderator: Prof. Rafael Santos Badía, SS, Dominican Republic.

10:30 – 10:45 /

Coffee Break

Session 3: Panel on Solvency Issues

Time
/ Participants
10:45 – 11:15 /

IAIS speaker: Jose Montemayor, Texas Insurance Commissioner

/

OECD/IAIS/ASSAL members and industry representatives

11:15 – 11:45 /

OECD speaker: Ms Viviane Leflaive, French Insurance Supervisory Authority

11:45 – 12:30 /

Group Discussion

Proposed Moderator: Ana María Acosta y Lara (SSR-Uruguay)

12:30 – 14:00 /

Lunch

Session 4: Panel on Catastrophic Risks Coverage and Reinsurance

14:00 – 14:30 /

IAIS speaker: Kazuhiro Kawachimaru, NIPPONKOA Insurance Company Ltd. (Japan)

/

OECD/IAIS/ASSAL members and industry representatives

14:30 – 15:00 /

ASSAL speaker: Lic. Dorelisse Juarbe, Puerto Rico Insurance Commissioner

15:00 – 15:135 /

Coffee Break

15:15 –15:45 /

Mr. Paul K. Freeman, OECD, University of Denver.

15:45 – 16:15 /

Group Discussion.

Proposed Moderator: Guillermo Aponte Reyes Ortiz, (SPVS, Bolivia)

16:15 – 17:00 /

Closing and final remarks on the future cooperation for the next OECD conference

Kurt Schneiter, OECD.
Luis Armando Montenegro, ASSAL
Manuel Aguilera-Verduzco, IAIS /

OECD/IAIS/ASSAL members and industry representatives

19:30 / Closing Dinner

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Draft Programme