Join leading industry practitioners and financial services professionals for a one-day introduction to insurance-linked securitisation (ILS), risk securitisation and Malta’s emerging role as a European ILS domicile.
The seminar is designed for professionals in insurance, reinsurance, investment, legal, regulatory and financial services, providing practical insight into catastrophe bonds, sidecars, reinsurance special purpose vehicles (RSPVs), securitisation cell companies (SCCs), and the regulatory and commercial considerations relevant to bringing ILS transactions to the local market.
Participants will gain an introduction to the key structures, market considerations and opportunities shaping ILS, together with insight into Malta’s developing ILS ecosystem.
09:00
Opening remarks
Bernice Buttigieg (Chief Strategy Officer, FinanceMalta)
09:15
Introduction to securitisation and insurance-linked securities
Presented by:
Luke Hili (Senior Associate, Ganado Advocates)
Nico Fauser (Associate, Ganado Advocates)
10:15
Risk transfer, accounting and tax treatment
Nadia Cassar (Of Counsel, Ganado Advocates)
10:45
Regulatory considerations and governance
Romina Bonnici (Senior Regulatory Advisor, Ganado Advocates)
11:15
Coffee break
11:30
ILS in a global context
Robert Cannon (Partner, Hogan Lovells Cadwalader International LLP)
12:30
Lunch
13:10
Panel discussion 1: From reinsurance to capital markets: Structuring an ILS transaction
Moderated by:
Beppe Sammut (Senior Associate, Ganado Advocates)
Panellists:
Quentin Perrot (Managing Director, Marsh Re)
Robert Cannon (Partner, Hogan Lovells Cadwalader International LLP)
Frank Cassar (Senior Actuarial Analyst, Zenith Actuarial)
Alfred Parnis (Deputy Head, Insurance and Pensions Supervision, MFSA)
14:00
Panel discussion 2: Malta’s ILS Opportunity
Moderated by:
Elaine Magri (Senior Associate, Ganado Advocates)
Panellists:
Teuta Bakalli (CEO & Co-Founder at DX Technologies)
John Tortell (Managing Director, Jatco Insurance Brokers PCC Ltd)
Mike Pickard (Director, Global ILS and Commercial Management, AON)
14:45
Closing remarks
Matthew Bianchi (Managing Partner, Ganado Advocates)
