Introduction

Welcome to the International Reinsurance Summit, Bermuda 2008

19 May 2008: Pre-summit workshop
20-21 May 2008: Main Summit
Fairmont Hamilton Princess, Bermuda

The International Reinsurance Summit is fast becoming the annual event for all industry professionals who need to keep up with the legal and claims developments and the surrounding issues that impact the global reinsurance industry.

We have developed a programme for the 2008 Summit that focuses on the new and emerging risks that will impact the reinsurance industry from a legal and claims perspective. These risks include:

All these, plus more, will be examined not only from a claims perspective but also from an underwriting and a contract wording perspective.

The unique features of the 2008 Summit include the round-table discussions on Day One which give delegates the opportunity to join a table of up to 10 people to informally discuss a number of reinsurance topics. Day Two of the Summit offers an opportunity to take a further, more in-depth study of some of the Summit themes by way of a series of workshops. Each participant will have an opportunity to attend two of the four workshops on offer. Finally, the afternoon of Day Two features a mock arbitration session where a mock dispute hearing will be demonstrated. The dispute will be based on a coverage dispute arising from a product recall.