SPEAKERS

ADAM GILESKI

SAA & Markets – Credit Team, Swiss Re

My session title:

• ASSET ALLOCATION & INVESTMENT STRATEGY - PANEL DISCUSSION: Are we seeing a market rotation in response to the market landscape: time to invest in risk assets or is it a period to sit on the side lines – what is the data telling us? : 2:55 PM - 3:35 PM

AMIT AGRAWAL

Head of Fixed Income, AXA XL

My session title:

• TREASURY, CAPITAL, & LIQUIDITY RISK - PANEL DISCUSSION: How are global insurers exposed to multiple currencies and rapidly changing rates maintaining liquidity, risk and stability : 2:25 PM - 2:55 PM

ANGIE CANTILLON

Chief Investment Officer and Treasurer, Wawanesa

My session title:

• TREASURY, CAPITAL, & LIQUIDITY RISK - FIRESIDE CHAT: How climate change is changing treasury management and investment decisions : 1:55 PM - 2:25 PM

BRIAN BUTCHKO

Senior Vice President, Head of Global Portfolio Management, Reinsurance Group of America

My session title:

• ASSET ALLOCATION & INVESTMENT STRATEGY - PANEL DISCUSSION: Are we seeing a market rotation in response to the market landscape: time to invest in risk assets or is it a period to sit on the side lines – what is the data telling us? : 2:55 PM - 3:35 PM

BRIAN MANCZAK

Senior Managing Director, Portfolio Manager and Head of Insurance Solutions, PPM America

My session title:

• ASSET ALLOCATION & INVESTMENT STRATEGY - PANEL DISCUSSION: Are we seeing a market rotation in response to the market landscape: time to invest in risk assets or is it a period to sit on the side lines – what is the data telling us? : 2:55 PM - 3:35 PM

ISAAC LOWENBRAUN

Managing Director, Head of Portfolio Strategy and Derivatives, Guardian Life

My session title:

• PANEL DISCUSSION: Looking ahead: How insurance investment strategies are adapting to when market indicators are at odds (macro versus micro, bottom up versus top down) and with increasing exogenous factors (new technologies and new investment methodologies) : 4:30 PM - 5:10 PM

JUSTIN MUZINICH

Former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, United States of America, Chief Executive Officer, Muzinich & Co.

Justin Muzinich served as the US Deputy Secretary of the Treasury from 2018-2021, with broad responsibility for US economic policy. While Deputy Secretary, Justin was also responsible for the roles of Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial. 

My session title:

• PANEL DISCUSSION: Exposure management: How insurers are steering their portfolios in the face of multiple, concurrent market, and economic challenges : 9:50 AM - 10:35 AM

LAURA SARLO

Emerging Markets Portfolio Manager, Liberty Mutual Insurance

My session title:

• PANEL DISCUSSION: Looking ahead: How insurance investment strategies are adapting to when market indicators are at odds (macro versus micro, bottom up versus top down) and with increasing exogenous factors (new technologies and new investment methodologies) : 4:30 PM - 5:10 PM

MICHAEL HACKMANN

VP of Fixed Income, Shelter Insurance

My session title:

• PANEL DISCUSSION: Looking ahead: How insurance investment strategies are adapting to when market indicators are at odds (macro versus micro, bottom up versus top down) and with increasing exogenous factors (new technologies and new investment methodologies) : 4:30 PM - 5:10 PM

MIKE HUFF

Senior Portfolio Management & Asset Allocation, TIAA CREF

My session title:

• ASSET ALLOCATION & INVESTMENT STRATEGY - PANEL DISCUSSION: Are we seeing a market rotation in response to the market landscape: time to invest in risk assets or is it a period to sit on the side lines – what is the data telling us? : 2:55 PM - 3:35 PM

MILLA TONKONOGY

Chief Investment Officer, General Insurance (P&C) North America, AIG

My session title:

• PANEL DISCUSSION: Exposure management: How insurers are steering their portfolios in the face of multiple, concurrent market, and economic challenges : 9:50 AM - 10:35 AM

MOSHE LICHTENSTEIN

Chief Investment Officer, Converge Re US

My session title:

• PANEL DISCUSSION: Looking ahead: How insurance investment strategies are adapting to when market indicators are at odds (macro versus micro, bottom up versus top down) and with increasing exogenous factors (new technologies and new investment methodologies) : 4:30 PM - 5:10 PM

POOJA RAHMAN

Chief Risk Officer, Transamerica

My session title:

• PANEL DISCUSSION: Exposure management: How insurers are steering their portfolios in the face of multiple, concurrent market, and economic challenges : 9:50 AM - 10:35 AM

SEAN BARNES

VP of Finance, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Investment Officer, United Educators

My session title:

• TREASURY, CAPITAL, & LIQUIDITY RISK - PANEL DISCUSSION: How are global insurers exposed to multiple currencies and rapidly changing rates maintaining liquidity, risk and stability : 2:25 PM - 2:55 PM

THOMAS HOENIG

Distinguished Senior Fellow, Mercatus Center at George Mason University & former-President, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

My session title:

• KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Monetary and Fiscal Policies: Short and Long Run Outlook : 9:05 AM - 9:50 AM

THOMAS HOLZHEU

Chief Economist, Americas, Swiss Re

As Chief Economist for the Americas, Thomas is responsible for the Swiss Re Institute’s economic and insurance market research for the Americas. This includes the sigma studies — Swiss Re’s research series on the insurance industry. Thomas and his team support Swiss Re’s strategic planning on market developments, the economic environment, innovation and regulatory factors affecting insurance and reinsurance markets in the Americas. His research focuses on the relationships between the general economy, capital markets and the insurance and reinsurance markets. Thomas is the author of many research studies on trends in the worldwide insurance industries, covering a broad range of topics including resilience and protection gaps, innovation and insurability, insurance cycles, the impact of inflation on insurance, liability claims drivers, etc. He publishes and speaks frequently on economic, insurance and risk-related topics. Thomas joined the Swiss Re Group in 1990 and has worked in Germany and Switzerland and the US. Prior experiences include marketing services, treaty underwriting, corporate development and competitor analysis. Thomas graduated from the University of Munich with a M.S. and a Ph.D. in economics.

My session title:

• KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Making sense of headlines: The Fed, geopolitics, the economy, and more… : 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

XIAOWEI HAN

Vice President, Head of ALM Rahman, TIAA CREF

Xiaowei Han joined TIAA as the Head of ALM in Feb 2019. She leads the Asset Liability Management function and the construction of economic capital framework. Before joining TIAA, Xiaowei had worked in Transamerica since 2008 with experience in variable annuities, fixed annuities, universal life, retirement & pension, and institutional business. During her time in Transamerica, Xiaowei led the universal life valuation and modelling function. She also headed the Enterprise ALM function which focuses on holistic hedging/ALM management, General Account asset and derivative modelling, and aggregated ALM reporting across all lines of business. Prior to this role, she was a Financial Risk Manager who was responsible for identifying financial risk in ALM/Hedging strategies, modelling and pricing to the annuities, retirement, and institutional business. Her other experience included managing General Account ALM for annuities, retirement, and institutional business, designing and building Variable Annuity hedge strategies as well as Variable and Fixed Annuity Statutory Reporting.

Xiaowei holds a Master of Science degree in Actuarial Science from the University of Iowa, a Master of Science degree in Physical Chemistry from Nanjing University, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Nanjing University. She holds the following designations: Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA), Chartered Financial Analyst

(CFA®) charter holder, and Member of American Academy of Actuaries (MAAA).

My session title:

• PANEL DISCUSSION: Exposure management: How insurers are steering their portfolios in the face of multiple, concurrent market, and economic challenges : 9:50 AM - 10:35 AM