9.30-10.00 Registration & Welcome Coffee

 10.00 - 10.15
          Mr. Sergiu COSTACHE, General Director, Media XPRIMM
          Opening remarks (Click for download)

In the Chair: Mr. Mihai TECAU, President, BCR Asigurari, Romania

 10.00-12.00 CONFERENCE, Part I

 Role of governments in catastrophe risk management - The crossing point between risk reduction measures and insurance solutions

• Mr. Vasile BLAGA, Minister, The Ministry of Administration and Interior, Romania
  Role of governments in catastrophe risk management
  
  
• Mr. Benoit BLAREL, Country Manager, The World Bank
  The World Bank stance on catastrophe insurance management. World Bank's support for the Romania's Cat program
  
  
• Mr. Radu Mircea POPESCU, Councillor of the Minister, The Ministry of Administration and Interior, Romania
  The key features of the Romanian Catastrophe Insurance Program
  
  
• Mr. Eugene GURENKO, Lead Insurance and Risk Management Specialist Capital and Risk Markets Operations and Policy Department Financial Sector Vice-Presidency, The World Bank, USA
  Catastrophe Risk Management at the Country Level - the World Bank's Perspective (Click for download)
  

 12.00-12.30 Coffee break

 12.30-13.30
 The insurance market - a competent partner in managing catastrophic risks

In the Chair: Mr. Dumitru Mugurel CERACEANU, President, ASIBAN, Romania

• Mrs. Angela TONCESCU, President, The Insurance Supervisory Commission, Romania
  
  
• Mrs. Florentina ALMAJANU, General Manager, UNSAR (The National Association of Insurance and Reinsurance Companies from Romania)
  Technical aspects of the mandatory households insurance - the operators' perspective (Click for download)
  
  
• Mr. Bogdan ANDRIESCU, President, UNSICAR (The National Union of Insurance Brokerage and Consultancy Societies from Romania)
  The insurance brokers' role in the implementation of the Romanian Catastrophe Insurance Program
  
  
• Mrs. Daniela GHETU, Editorial Director, PRIMM Insurance Magazines, Romania
  Parallel evolutions: the catastrophic risks and the Romanian property insurance free market (Click for download)

 13.30-14.30 Lunch

 14.30-15.30
 Public administration - a determinant role in the management of the natural  catastrophe risks

In the Chair: Mr. Bogdan ANDRIESCU, President, UNSICAR

• Mr. Roland NUSSBAUM, Chairman, Natural Hazards Working Group, CEA & Managing Director of Mission Risques Naturels, France
  The public-private partnership - relevant experiences regarding the collaboration of insurers and public administration (Click for download)
  
  
• Mr. Alberto MONTI, Principal Administrator (Insurance), Financial Affairs Division, OECD; Associate Professor of Comparative Law, Bocconi University, Italy
  The Financial Management of Large Scale Catastrophes in OECD Countries: Stocktaking and Comparative Analysis (Click for download)

 15.30-16.00 Coffee break

 16.00-18.00

 Identifying and evaluating the risks as part of the catastrophic risks management

• Mrs. Jane TOOTHILL, Senior Vice-president, GUY Carpenter, U.K.
  Risks used in catastrophic risks modeling (Click for download)
  
  
• Mr. Philippe AUZIMOUR, Head Of Public Entities, MARSH France
  4 steps to Cat Risk Mitigation (Click for download)
  
  
• Mr. Kalra RAJESH, Managing Director, RMSI, India
  South Asia Disaster Insurance and Risk Management - Modeling Catastrophic Risk in India (Click for download)

 20.30 Traditional Romanian Evening, offered by

           at the PHOENICIA Grand Hotel 4*, "Crama Neamului" Restaurant

 9.30-10.00 Registration & Welcome Coffee

 10.00-12.00
 Dealing with the catastrophic risks - case studies

In the Chair: Mr. Eugene GURENKO, Lead Insurance and Risk Management Specialist Capital and Risk Markets Operations and Policy Department Financial Sector Vice-Presidency, The World Bank, USA

• Mr. Patrick BIDAN, Vice-president, CCR (Caisse Centrale de Reassurance), France
  Natural catastrophes in France. Forging the partnership between the public and the private sector (Click for download)
  
  
• Mr. Victor CARDENAS, Deputy Director of Catastrophe Risks, Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, United Mexican States
  Mexico Cat Bond: Lessons to be Learned (Click for download)
  
  
• Mr. Francis GHESQUIERE, Senior Urban Specialist, The World Bank
  The Caribbean Catastrophe Insurance Pool: From Theory to Practice (Click for download)
  
  
• Mr. Ignacio MACHETTI, General Director, Consorcio de Compensación de Seguros, Spain
  The key features of the Spanish Catastrophe Insurance System (Click for download)
  
  
• Mr. Martin PYRKE, Senior Broker, BENFIELD, U.K.
  An Introduction to the Taiwan Residential Earthquake Insurance Program (Click for download)
  
  
• Mr. Anselm SMOLKA, Head of Department Geophysical & Hydraulic Risks, MUNICH Re, Germany
  Extreme weather - From all-time records to risk prevention (Click for download)

 12.00-12.30 Coffee Break

 12.30-14.30
 Current trends in the NatCat reinsurance market:

In the Chair: Mr. Romeo JANTEA, Consultant, JANTEA Profesional

• Mr. Guy HUDSON, Executive Director, WILLIS, U.K.
  Current trends in the NatCat reinsurance market: risk pricing, available capacity, type of contracts (Click for download)
  
  
• Mr. Simon FOREMAN, Director, Central & Eastern Europe AON Ltd., U.K.
  Major losses and their impact on the domestic insurance industry (Click for download)
  

Agricultural catastrophic risks management - assessment and financing methods

• Mr. Leandro FRANCO, Head of Research and Development Department
  AGROSEGURO, Spain
  Agricultural Catastrophic Risk Management in Spain (Click for download)
  

 15.00-16.00 Lunch

 16.00-17.00 Informal reunion - Ideas and useful contacts' exchange with the speakers and the organizers of ICAR 2006