28th ICMIF Americas Conference Programme

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Wednesday, November 8, 2023
13.00 – 13.30

Official opening of the Conference

Georgina Díaz Sánchez, Chair of the Board, ICMIF Americas and General Manager, Sociedad de Seguros de Vida del Magisterio Nacional (Costa Rica)
Helton Freitas, Chair, Seguros Unimed (Brazil)
13.30 – 14.15

Keynote presentation: Will we have to reinvent insurance for the new AI era?

Paola Neira, Founder & CEO, Latu Insurance (Brazil)
14.15 – 15.30

Blockchain masterclass

Ariel Scaliter, Founder & CEO Agrotoken (Argentina/Brazil)

Digital transformation in the insurance industry: from a strategic intention to the Super App!

Marcelo Smarrito, Serial entrepreneur, PicPay Venture Builder (Brazil)

Moderation
Dennis Cordoba Lopez, IT Director, SSVNM (Costa Rica)

Do you feel like it’s hard to keep up with all the advancements in technologies? In this session, we will level up our knowledge in the field of crypto/blockchain/Web 3. This session will cover the fundamental principles and key terminology regarding blockchain to increase our awareness and understanding of what is happening in this field, and how we can best use this technology for our benefit.
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 – 17.00

Annual General Meeting (AGM)

For ICMIF members only
19.00 – 22.00

Welcome Reception

Musical entertainment from the Instituto Unimed, Belo Horizonte

Thursday, November 9, 2023
09.00 – 09.30

Lakeside chat: Bridging the protection gap of financial stability. Insurance to empower financial stability by raising the population’s resiliency.

Eduardo Avila, Director General, Revolusolar (Brazil), with Belen Gómez, Member of the Executive Committee, Río Uruguay Seguros (Argentina)
09.30 – 10.30

Are the Sustainable Development Goals helping with the protection gaps? Are the SDGs helping with the protection gaps? The ICMIF Americas Sustainability Working Group presents its deliverable

This session will be moderated by Betina Azugna, Sustainability Manager, Grupo Sancor Seguros, (Argentina) who will present a publication based on an extensive survey of the WG members and will introduce two examples of their best practices.

Exequiel Arangio, Head of Communications and Sustainability, San Cristóbal Group (Argentina)
Gricel Di Bert, Head of Strategic Sustainable Management, La Segunda Group (Argentina)
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
11:00 – 11:30

Keynote presentation: How to drive competitive advantage with diversity?

Ana Fontes, Social Entrepreneur, Founder of Women’s Entrepreneur Businesswoman Network, Brazilian delegate at W20/G20 (Brazil)
11.30 – 13.00

Bridging the diversity gap: are we walking the talk? If not for shareholders, what’s our guide for the change?

This session will showcase the insights that the panelists have gained through their diversity endeavors.

Moderated by Catherine Hock, VP, International Relations, ICMIF

Lisa Gardi, Account Executive, Shelter Insurance (USA)
Ruth Soto, Director General, Coop Seguros (Dominican Republic)
Rizick Rosario, VP Cooperative Liaison, Seguros Multiples (Puerto Rico)
Diego Guaita, Director General, Grupo San Cristobal (Argentina)
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
14:30–15:30

Providing coverage to all economic strata of the population

Leave no one behind (LNOB) is the central, transformative promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This roundtable will look at the comprehensive approach needed to LNOB at international and country levels, including two compelling member- case studies to make them work.

Panel discussion moderated by Anthony Phillips, Chairman Latin America & Caribbean, Guy Carpenter, (USA)

Panel discussion
Almudena Fernandez, (online) Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean, United Nations Development Programme (New York, USA)
Liliana Cano, CEO, Tajy (Paraguay)
Gaby Polanco Sorto, Head of Sustainability, Gore Mutual (Canada)
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 – 16.30

Group photo
16.30 - 17:30

Co-visioning the organization of work

This session will seek to share experiences on the organizsation of work and to reflect, together with others, on its challenges. From the contribution of the human management experts of the member organisations in the ICMIF Working Group. Background, successes and failures, best practices to date and a space to generate continuous and interdisciplinary value through open exchange.

Setting the stage: Silvana Tachini, Head of Human Resources Management, Surco, (Uruguay)

Moderation:
Marigeli Baez, Head of Human Resources, Cosvi, (Puerto Rico)

Panel discussion:
Yanybelle Yanis, Head of Human Resources, Seguros Fedpa, (Panama )
Martin Pineda, CEO, Panal Seguros, (Paraguay)
Amilcar Cordoba, CEO, Seguros Fedpa (Panama)
Andrés Elola, CEO, Surco Seguros, (Uruguay)

Friday, November 10, 2023
09.00 – 9.45

Global collaboration to bridge the protection gap

Liz Green, CEO Designate, ICMIF
09.45 – 11:00

Successful experience in cooperatives health insurance

Moderation:
Dr. Adelson Chagas, Unimed Participações (Brazil)

Dr. Helton Freitas, President, Seguros Unimed (Brazil)
Frederico Peret, President, Unimed Belo Horizonte (Brazil)
Dr. Carlos Zarco, Director, Moncloa University Hospital, (Spain)
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11.30 - 13.00

Regulation of insurance cooperatives in Brazil

Yves Pellicier (online), President, MAIF, (France)
Juan Carlos Mosquera, Subgerente General de Operaciones, La Segunda, (Argentina)
Amilcar Cordoba, Gerente General, Seguros Fedpa, (Panama)
Luiz Assi, Managing partner at Cabanellos Advocacia and Chairman of the OAB/PR Insurance Law Committee (Brazil)

Debate with Parliamentarians
Moderation: Tânia Zanella, Sistema Nacional OCB, (Brazil)
13.00 – 13.15

Conference conclusions

Chair, ICMIF Americas
13.15 – 15.00 Lunch
19.00 – 01.00

Host Farewell Dinner and show

Sponsored by Seguros Unimed
meet at 18.20 at the Mercure Lourdes Hotel
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