Grand Hyatt Istanbul Hotel, Turkey
The summit is completely organized for and by professionals, ensuring the highest quality program in all aspects.
IIMC 2011 will focus on the future European provisions with regard to the insurance mediation business, taking into consideration the most relevant experiences registered under the IMD regime.
The event will also avail a comprehensive review of how the crisis affected the business of insurance mediation and the main conclusion which can be drawn, in this respect, with regard to the legislative provisions.
Finally, keeping in mind the need to identify further growth opportunities for the industry, the Conference will put forward some of the most promising insurance markets, in terms of potential and business opportunities.
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With the official support of
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 National Association of Insurance Brokerage Societies from Republic of Moldova | ||
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PROGRAM
| SUNDAY, March 27th | |
19.00 - 21.00 | Welcome cocktail - Gezi Hotel Bosphorus |
| MONDAY, March 28th | |
| 9.00 - 9.30 | REGISTRATION |
9.30 - 11.30 | CONFERENCE - part I |
 | In the chair Violeta CIUREL (RO) President AXA Life Insurance |
 | Prof. Dr. Fuat ERDAL (TR) Director, The Insurance Training Center Associate Profesor, Istanbul Technical University |
 | Jetse de VRIES (TR) CEO ING Emeklilik |
 | Bogdan ANDRIESCU (RO) President UNSICAR |
 | James GRINDLEY(RO) CEO CERTASIG |
 | George KARAVIAS (GR) President HIBA |
11.30 - 12.00 | Coffee break |
13.30 - 14.30 | Business Lunch |
14.30 - 16.30 | CONFERENCE - part II |
 | In the chair Romeo JANTEA (RO) Managing Partner INSURANCE Training&Consulting |
 | Mick McATEER (UK) Director, The Financial Inclusion Center; FSA Board Member CEBS' Consultative Panel Member |
 | Mag. Dieter PSCHEIDL (AU) VVO Representative to the EU |
 | Prof. Samim UNAN (TR) Chairman Consumer Protection and Dispute Resolution Working Party, AIDA |
 | Daniela GHETU (RO) Editorial Director IIMC Project Manager |
16.30 - 17.00 | Get together - networking |
Starting 19.30 | Bosphorus Boat trip & Dinner |
| TUESDAY, March 29th | |
| 9.00 - 9.30 | REGISTRATION |
9.30 - 11.00 | CONFERENCE - part III |
 | In the chair Ahmet CELEBILER (TR) Member of the Board Insurance Practitioners' Association |
 | Menekse UCAROGLU (TR) General Manager IUC - Istanbul Underwriting Center |
 | George Koutinas (GR) Insurance Expert KOUTINAS Insurance & Reinsurance Brokers - Lloyd's Cover Holders |
11.00 - 11.30 | Coffee break |
13.00 - 14.00 | Business Lunch |
Insurance in times of crisis: re-entering the growth path. Distribution channels of the future
- Insurance Intermediation on the Turkish market
- Impact of the crisis on the insurance industry
- Distribution trends. Similarities and main differences between CEE, Middle East and CIS countries
- Investment opportunities in the Middle East and other emerging markets - next target for business growth
- Improving customers financial literacy - a priority accentuated by the crisis
- How much transparency is needed to provide an effective consumer protection? Customer protection and operating cost: how much additional cost should bear insurance intermediaries in order to comply with the information disclosure requirements
Major trends on the European intermediation market
- The scope of the new Insurance Mediation Directive
- Should direct sales by insurance undertakings be included within the scope of IMD 2?
- Should reinsurance intermediaries be subjected to IMD 2 provisions?
- Should IMD 2 remain an "activity-based" directive of should it introduce additional definitions of the types of intermediaries included within its scope?
- How should be reflected in the Directive the member states' insurance intermediaries activity in third countries? Should IMD 2 impose certain requirements to the intermediaries registered in non-EU countries which intend to offer services in a member state?
- Role of intermediaries in life insurance distribution - is MLM The Solution?
- The conflict of interests within the scope of IMD 2
Re/insurance intermediation - under pressure?
- Between B2B and B2C - in search of untapped potential
- The sales commission in non-life insurance - subject to renegotiation?
- Claims adjustment:
- A service with a higher added value during the crisis
- barriers to developing a Claims Adjustment market in the Eastern Europe
- Sharing the crisis' costs between large international insurance brokers and the local intermediaries
- What insurers to recommend on a price-sensitive market? The intermediaries' liability for the quality of the mediated insurance services vs. the clients' need for low insurance premium
| Institutions & Associations | ||
| AIDA - International Association for Insurance Law, Turkey | Mr. Samim UNAN | Chairman, Consumer Protection and Dispute Resolution Working Party |
| APPA - Association for Promoting Insurance, Romania | Mr. Alexandru CIUNCAN | Secretary General |
| Association of Insurance Brokers of Malta | Mr. Sean AGIUS | Chairman |
| Association of Insurance Brokers, Turkey | Mr. Eray TURKER | Secretary General |
| Belarussian Association of Insurers | Mr. Andrei DANILCHYK | Head of Insurance Brokers Department |
| Financial Inclusion Center, UK | Mr. Mick McATEER | Director |
| HIBA - Hellenic Insurance Brokers Association, Greece | Mr. George KARAVIAS | President |
| Insurance Practitioner's Association, Turkey | Mr. Ahmet CELEBILER | Member of the Board |
| Insurance Supervision Agency, Republic of Macedonia | Mr. Lulzim IMERI | Member of Experts Council |
| Mr. Berat MURATI | Senior Assistant in the Licensing | |
| Insurance Training Center, Turkey | Mr. Fuat ERDAL | Director |
| Insurance, Training & Consulting, Romania | Mr. Romeo JANTEA | Managing Partner |
| IUC - Istanbul Underwriting Center, Turkey | Mrs. Menekse UCAROGLU | General Manager |
| Mr. Huseyin AKBULUT | Financial Manager | |
| Mrs. Sevi ACIN | Reinsurance Consultant | |
| Mrs. Muge HORASAN | Training & Events Coordinator | |
| Mrs. Duygu OGUZMAN | Training & Events Coordinator | |
| UNSICAR - National Union of Insurance Brokerage and Consultancy Societies, Romania | Mr. Bogdan ANDRIESCU | President |
| VVO - Austrian Association of Insurance Companies | Mr. Dieter PSCHEIDL | Representative to the EU |
| Insurance, Reinsurance & Brokerage Companies | ||
| ARAB Union Reinsurance, Syria | Mr. Aziz SAKER | Chairman |
| Mr. Yousef JNAD | Technical Manager | |
| ASIGEST Broker, Romania | Mr. Antonio SOUVANNASOUCK | Managing Partner |
| AVRASYA Broker, Turkey | Mr. Nebil HUSEYINI | Joint Executive Chairman |
| AVUS International, Romania | Mr. Ionel DIMA | Vicepresident |
| AXA Life Insurance, Romania | Mrs. Violeta CIUREL | President & CEO |
| BALKAN Broker, Bulgaria | Mrs. Maria VELEVA | Managing Partner |
| BENTEM Broker, Turkey | Mr. Izzet HATEM | Managing Partener |
| BESSO, UK | Mr. Reginald JORDAN | Director |
| Mrs. Candan OZCAN | Managing Director | |
| BEST Re, Turkey | Mr. Hafid HACHANI | General Manager |
| Miss Gulser OZTURK | Studies & Statistisc Department | |
| CAN Sigorta, Turkey | Mrs. Zeynep OZKAN | Director |
| Mrs. Sevi GULOGLU | Deputy Director | |
| CAROM Broker, Romania | Mrs. Rodica CERNATESCU | General Manager |
| CATLIN, Germany | Mr. Kerim TARMAN | Project Manager |
| CERTASIG, Romania | Mr. James GRINDLEY | General Manager |
| Mr. Mihai BLAJAN | Maritime Insurance Manager | |
| Mrs. Mihaela COJOCARU | Insurance Manager | |
| CIG Life Insurance | Mrs. Cornelia SCARLATESCU | Operations Manager |
| Mrs. Madalina PIRVULESCU | Brokers Department Manager | |
| CMC Group | Mr. Marius MAIER | General Manager |
| CORIS Roumanie | Mrs. Tatiana IONESCU | Managing Director |
| CORIS Turkey | Mrs. Ozlem BANKAL de WIT | General Manager |
| ESSL - Premium, Croatia | Mr. Kresimir NOVOSEL | Director |
| Mr. Berislav NOVAK | Controling Director | |
| GRECO Austria | Mr. Friedrich NEUBRAND | Member of the Board |
| GRECO Bulgaria | Mr. Rumen GALABINOV | General Manager |
| IBS, Turkey | Mr. Cem COLAK | Assistant General Manager |
| Mr. Murat CIFTCI | Assistant General Manager | |
| ING Emeklilik, Turkey | Mr. Jetse de VRIES | CEO |
| INSTRADE Broker, Bulgaria | Mrs. Zornitsa KALINOVA | Regional Manager |
| Mrs. Liliana NIKOLOVA | Corporate Clients Manager | |
| INTERLINE 95, Turkey | Mr. Sani BASKOL | |
| Mr. Faruk ABIDIN | ||
| IRIB, Romania | Mrs. Oana ILIUTA | Managing Director |
| KAPITAL Re, Russia | Mr. Andrey KOZLOV | Director, Reinsurance Division, CIS Market |
| Mr. Georgiy KHILKO | Head of Facultative Reinsurance Department, Reinsurance Division | |
| KOUTINAS Brokers, Greece | Mr. George KOUTINAS | CEO |
| LION Broker, Romania | Mrs. Carmen PITU | Manager |
| Mr. Mihai VRISCU | Manager | |
| MARSH Broker, Romania | Mr. Cristian FUGACIU | General Manager |
| MARTIN & MARTIN Brokers, Turkey | Mrs. Meltem YIGIT | Managing Director |
| MOI Broker, Kazakhstan | Mrs. Olga PAK | Development Director |
| NATIONAL General Insurance, Dubai | Mr. Mohammad YOUNES | Sales Manager |
| PIRAEUS Broker, Romania | Mr. Cristian BALANICA | General Manager |
| VERASIG Broker, Romania | Mrs. Georgeta SARACIN | Sales Director |
| VIARA Broker, Bulgaria | Mrs. Anelia ANGHELOVA | Manager |
| - | Mrs. Daniela TANASE | Insurance Specialist |
| - | Mrs. Feride DEMIRTAS | IT Consultant |
| - | Mrs. Sebnem URALCAN | Academician |
| Press | ||
| ASFALISTIKI AGORA, Greece | Mrs. Amalia ROUCHOTAS | Editor |
| INSMARKET, Bulgaria | Mr. Mario E. KOSTOV | Editor |
| XPRIMM Publications, Romania | Mr. Sergiu COSTACHE | President |
| Mrs. Adriana PANCIU | CEO | |
| Mrs. Daniela GHETU | Editorial Director | |
| Mrs. Mihaela CIRCU | New Media Director | |
| Mr. Vlad PANCIU | XPRIMM TV Director | |
| Mrs. Oana RADU | Editor | |
| SIGORTA DUNYASI, Turkey | Mrs. Dunya YAZMAN | Senior Editor |
Conference venue
The location of the IIMC 2011 will be The Grand Hyatt Hotel Istanbul, Turkey.
Hotel accommodation
For the 2011 IIMC attendants, the following hotels in the center of Istanbul offer a special rate. Click the hotel name for more information.
Please consider the limited availability and BOOK NOW!
The Grand Hyatt Hotel(5*)
Taskisla Caddesi, Taksim,
Istanbul, Turkey 34437
Tel: +90 212 368 1234 Fax: +90 212 368 1000
Email: istanbul.grand@hyatt.com
Rates:
Single Room - EUR 180/night + VAT 8%
Double Room - EUR 200/night + VAT 8%
Gezi Hotel Bosphorus (Boutique Hotel)
Mete Caddesi no.34, Taksim
Istanbul, Turkey
Tel: +90 212 393 2700 Fax: +90 212 393 2749
Email: info@gezibosphorus.com
Rates:
| Room Type | Single Room EUR | Double Room EUR |
| Deluxe Garden | 120 | 140 |
| Deluxe Park | 140 | 160 |
| Deluxe Bosphorus | 170 | 190 |
| Superior Corner | 190 | 210 |
Daniela GHETU
Editorial Director, PRIMM Publications
Phone: + 40.744.366.069
E-mail: daniela.ghetu@mxp.ro
Organizing Committee
Menekse UCAROGLU
General Manager, Istanbul Underwriting Center
Phone: + 90.212.328.33.33
E-mail: menekse.ucaroglu@iucre.com
Bogdan ANDRIESCU
President, UNSICAR - The Romanian Insurance Mediation Union
Phone: +40 021 322 8235
E-mail: office@unsicar.ro
Eray TURKER
General Secretary and Member of the Executive Board, Turkish Association of Insurance Brokers
Phone: + 90 212 274 04 85
E-mail: eray@turkerbroker.com
Dilshod SULTANOV
Director of the Financial Analysis and Rating Department, SAIPRO
Phone: + 998 712 335 5764
E-mail: Dilshod@corp.uzreport.com
Kalin DIMITROV
Manager, INSMARKET.BG
Phone: +359 2 963 0879
E-mail: info@insmarket.eu
Alexandru CIUNCAN
Business Development Director
Phone: + 40.752.111.400
E-mail: alexandru.ciuncan@mxp.ro
Event Coordinators
Daniela ALECU
Media XPRIMM
Phone: + 40.0752.111.410
E-mail: daniela.alecu@mxp.ro
Georgiana OPREA
Media XPRIMM
Phone: + 40.0752.111.411
E-mail: georgiana.oprea@mxp.ro
Muge HORASAN
Training & Events Coordinator, Istanbul Underwriting Center
Phone: + 90.212.328.33.33
E-mail: muge.horasan@iucre.com
Part I
Violeta CIUREL, President, AXA Life Insurance Romania
"The impact of the crisis on the insurance industry" - download
Prof. Dr. Fuat ERDAL, Associate Profesor of Istanbul Technical University, Member of Turkish Economic Association, Director of the Insurance Training Center
"How insurance sector is affected from economic fluctuations?" - download
Jetse de VRIES, CEO of ING Emeklilik
"Intermediation in the Turkish life insurance and pension market" - download
James GRINDLEY, CEO, CERTASIG
"CertAsig and Marine Underwriting in Turkish Market" - download
Bogdan ANDRIESCU, President, UNSICAR
"2008 - 2011: " TO BE OR NOT TO BE" INSURANCE BROKER THESE YEARS" - download
George KARAVIAS , President, HIBA
"Intermediation on the Greek insurance market" - download
Part II
Daniela GHETU, Editorial Director, XPRIMM Publications
"IMD2 - a challenging improvement" - download
Mick McATEER, Director, The Financial Inclusion Center; Non-executive FSA Board Member; Member of the Consultative Panel of the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS)
"Creating a consumer-focused, fair, efficient, and inclusive insurance market - The role of regulation" - download
Mag. Dieter PSCHEIDL, VVO (Austrian Insurance Association) Representative to the EU
"IMD 2 - Challenges & changes" - download
Prof. Samim UNAN, Chairman, Consumer Protection and Dispute Resolution Working Party, AIDA
"IMD2: New Tendencies" - download
Part III
George KOUTINAS, CEO, KOUTINAS Brokers
"Corporate & Professional Liability Insurance - Challenging prospect for emerging markets!" - download
Menekse UCAROGLU, General Manager, Istanbul Underwriting Center
"Re/Insurance Intermediation - Under Pressure ?" - download
