1. Australian and New Zealand Institute of
Insurance and Finance – Hong Kong Branch
Annual Conference 2007
Friday 9 November
Understanding of Risk Management:
Employee Compensation
and Climate Change

2. Australian and New Zealand Institute of
Insurance and Finance – Hong Kong Branch
Annual Conference 2007
Time Topics
8:00 – 8:45am Registration
8:45 – 8:50am Opening Remarks
– Branch President
– ANZIIF CEO
8:50 – 9:20am Keynote Address: Key Role of Insurer in Risk
Management of employee compensation
Mr. Bernard Chan JP
9:20 – 9:50am Recent Developments of Employee’s Compensation
System in Hong Kong
Mr Stanley Ng, Labour Department
9:50 – 10:20am Review Employee Compensation Cases Under Current
Legislation – Any Enhancement?
Ms Angela Yim, Johnson Stokes & Master
10:20 – 10:35am Q&A and Panel Discussion
10:35 – 10:50am Tea Break
10:50 – 11:20am Risk Management in Employees’ Compensation
Mr Andy Kung, Willis, HK
11:20 – 11:50am Rehabilitation Scheme
Mrs Agnes K.O. Koon, Falcon
11:50 – 12:20pm Post – Loss Risk Management in Employees’ Compensation
Mr Rod McInnes, Finity Consultancy Firm, Australia
12:20 – 12.35pm Q&A and Panel Discussion
Proudly sponsored by: QBE Hongkong & Shanghai Insurance Limited
Time Topics
12:35 – 1:20pm Lunch
1:20 – 1:35pm Registration
1:35 – 2:05pm The Impact of Climate Change in Hong Kong and Pearl
River Delta – from Economy Perspective.
Dr Andrew Thomson, Business Environment Council
2:05 – 2:35pm The Impact of Climate Change in Hong Kong and Pearl
River Delta – from Scientific Perspective.
Dr. B.Y. Lee, The Observatory Authority
2:35 – 3:05pm Climate Change – Global view from a Legal Perspective
Ms Carmel Walsh, Barlow Lyde & Gilbert, Hong Kong
3:05 – 3:20pm Q&A and Panel Discussion
3:20 – 3:35pm Tea Break
3:35 – 4:05pm Climate Changes – Impact on Insured Loss
Mr Rod McInnes, Finity Consultancy Firm, Australia
4:05 – 4:35pm Climate Change – Risk Managers perspective
Mr Stephen Sayell, Asia Risk (HK)
4:35 – 5:05pm Challenges for Insurer to Covering Risk Resulting from
Climate changes – a Re-Insurer’s Perspective
Ms Rita Hausmann, Munich Reinsurance Hong Kong
5:05 – 5:20pm Q&A and Panel Discussion
5:20 – 5:22pm Closing Remarks
Understanding of Risk Management:
Employee Compensation and Climate Change
Business survival depends on it. Sound
corporate governance rests upon it. Regulators
and legislation require it. Insurers want to see
evidence of it. What is it? Risk Management!
The Understanding of Risk Management –
Employee Compensation and Climate Change
conference will touch on the latest issues and
trends in Risk Management.
Conference Timetable
CPD Accreditation: 6 CPD hours
a) Organiser reserves the right to make alternations to the programme due to unexpected changes in travel commitments or the schedule of speakers
b) The Conference will be conducted in English.
Date: Friday 9 November 2007
Venue: Holiday Inn Golden Mile Hong Kong
Time: 8:45am – 5:30pm
CPD Accreditation: 6 CPD hours
Prices:
Full Day Early Bird
Discount
(before 28 Sept)
Half Day
(Lunch included)
Early Bird
Discount
(before 28 Sept)
Member HK$1200 HK$960 HK$700 HK$630
Non Member HK$1500 HK$1200 HK$800 HK$720

3. Australian and New Zealand Institute of
Insurance and Finance – Hong Kong Branch
Annual Conference 2007
Speaker Profiles
Review Employee Compensation
Cases Under Current Legislation –
Any Enhancement?
Angela Yim, Ms Angela Yim, Johnson, Stokes
& Master
Angela is involved in all aspects of insurance litigation
including policy interpretation and defence of claims
involving Employees’ Compensation, Public Liability, Professional Indemnity,
Contractors’ All Risks and other specialist insurance policies. Angela has been
admitted to practise in Australia - Victoria (1991), England & Wales (1992) (non-
practising) and Hong Kong (1992).
She was co-author of the textbook “Insurance Law and Practice in Hong Kong”,
a lecturer in LLM at Hong Kong University on Insurance Law “The Principle
of Indemnity” and “Rights of Subrogation” in the years 2000 and 2001 and a
speaker in “Employees’ Compensation - A Practical Perspective” seminar in the
years 1998 to 2000.
Angela is a member of HKFI General Insurance Council Legal Working
Group (2005 to 2007) served on the Advisory Committee of the Employees’
Compensation Insurance Residual Scheme (2006 & 2007) and is a Law Society
of Hong Kong Insurance Law Committee Member (2005 to 2007).
Risk Management in Employees’
Compensation
Mr. Andy Kung, Executive Director, Willis
Global Construction Practice
Andy is originally Swiss but grew up in New Zealand.
After a career in engineering he joined the insurance
industry as an Engineer Surveyor in 1980.
He then moved to insurance broking in 1985 before coming to Hong Kong in
1990 as part of the team arranging construction insurances for the Chek Lap
Kok Airport and associated core infrastructure projects. He now specializes in
infrastructure and other development related insurance’s including Employer
controlled wrap up insurance programs and contractor arranged insurance’s.
Other areas of strength are providing reports on insurance programs and pricing
for developers and project planners, drafting and reviewing insurance provisions
in construction contracts and providing insurance advice for lenders.
On behalf of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Andy arranged the construction
insurance’s for the Hong Kong Stadium and Happy Valley Racecourse Extension.
He also arranged the construction insurance’s for the Hong Kong Convention
and Exhibition Center Extension and the Ting Kau Bridge. Recently he arranged
the construction and follow on operating insurances for AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong
Kong’s largest Public Private Partnership project.
Andy is Executive Director of Willis Hong Kong Ltd. 2004 to present where he
is the Client Advocate and handles all insurance lines of business for a large
French construction companies Asian operations. He is also Client Advocate and
oversees the handling of all insurance lines for Hong Kong’s newest Exhibition
Centre situated at Chek Lap Kok
Key Role of Insurer in Risk Management of Employee
Compensation
Mr. Bernard Chan JP
Bernard is a member of the Legislative Council, where he represents the
Insurance Industry. In November 2004 Bernard was appointed as a non-official
member of the Executive Council, Hong Kong’s highest policy making body.
He sits on a number of public, insurance industry, business and community
boards and councils. From 2001-06 he was chairperson of the Standing
Committee on Disciplined Services Salaries and Conditions of Service, an
independent body that advises the Hong Kong government on pay and conditions
for public servants in security and emergency services.
He is the deputy chairman of the council of Oxfam Hong Kong and is chairman of
its annual Trailwalker event a fund-raising 100-kilometre race that attracts teams
from around the world and which Bernard himself has completed several times.
He is also deputy chairman of the council of Lingnan University, which, like
Pomona in California, is dedicated to the principles of liberal education.
Bernard is also a chairman of the Hong Kong-Thailand Business Council, which
encourages the development of trade and investment between the two places
and the growth of Hong Kong and Thailand as gateways to their respective
hinterlands in the Pearl River Delta and Mekong Region.
He was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 2002, and a Commander (3rd Class)
of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand in 2004. In 2006, still barely
in his 40s, he was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star by the Hong Kong SAR
Government.
Recent Developments of Employee’s Compensation System
in Hong Kong
Mr. Stanley Ng, Assistant Commissioner
(Employees’ Rights & Benefits) Labour Department
Mr Ng joined the Labour Department in 1979 and was appointed Assistant
Commissioner in 2006.
Throughout his career, Mr Ng has had the opportunity to work in different
positions of the Labour Department. The scope of his experience has spanned
virtually all aspects of labour issues, including employment services, labour
relations as well as employees’ compensation.
Besides holding the position of Assistant Commissioner, Mr Ng is also a member
of various statutory boards and advisory committees.
Mr Ng holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong
and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the National University
of Singapore.

4. Australian and New Zealand Institute of
Insurance and Finance – Hong Kong Branch
Annual Conference 2007
Rehabilitation Scheme
Mrs Agnes K.O. Koon, Falcon
Mrs Koon is Director and Chief Operating Officer of
Falcon Insurance Company (Hong Kong) Limited. She
has extensive experience in general insurance. Mrs Koon
was previously with Jardine Matheson and Lombard
General Insurance. She had overseas postings to Jardine
Taipei and Continental Insurance, Australia for a couple
of years. Before joining Falcon Insurance, Mrs Koon was in charge of Personal
Insurance in HSBC Insurance Limited.
Mrs Koon is currently the Deputy Chairman of The Hong Kong Federation of
Insurers (HKFI) 2007/2008 and has been elected as councillor of the Governing
Committee of the HKFI since 2005. She was the Chairman of General Insurance
Council (GIC) 2006/2007 and has been serving as councillor of the GIC since
2003. She is representing the GIC on the Insurance Intermediaries Quality
Assurance Scheme Steering Committee of the Insurance Authority. Mrs Koon
was the Chairman of the Provisional Board of the Employees’ Compensation
Insurance Residual Scheme 2005/2006.
Ms Koon was a graduate from the University of Hong Kong in Social Sciences
with major in Economics, Accounting & Business Management. She is a
Chartered Insurer and an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute. She is
also a member of Hong Kong Institute of Human Resource Management.
Ms Koon is active in community services. She has been a Vice President of Hong
Kong Women Professionals & Entrepreneurs Association since 2004.
Climate Change - Global View from a
Legal Perspective
Carmel Walsh, Partner, Barlow Lyde & Gilbert
Ms Walsh was formerly a partner in the Reinsurance
and International Risk team of Barlow Lyde & Gilbert and
is currently seconded to Barlow Lyde & Gilbert’s Hong
Kong office.
She has acted for many of the leading insurance/reinsurance companies and
syndicates, advising on all areas of insurance concentrating on contract wording,
policy coverage and dispute resolution. She has acted for insurers (including
captives) and reinsurers, intermediaries and policyholders and has been involved
in litigation and arbitration in a number of jurisdictions including England, New
York, Bermuda and Hong Kong. More recently her practice has focused on large
scale disputes involving the subscription market and complex international issues.
Ms Walsh is co-author of Reinsurance Practice and the Law (Informa) and a
regular contributor to industry publications.
She is a qualified Barrister and Solicitor in New Zealand, a Solicitor-Advocate in
England and is a Hong Kong Registered Foreign Lawyer.
Post-loss Risk Management in Employees’
Compensation
and
Climate Changes – Impact on Insured Loss
Rod McInnes
Rod is a principal at Finity Consulting Pty Ltd with twenty years experience in
accident compensation insurance and in particular employees’ compensation
schemes. Finity Consulting is a leading firm of actuarial and insurance
consultants, specialising in general insurance, and providing advice in Australia
and the Asia-Pacific region.
Before joining Finity, Rod was the Insurance Adviser to NSW Treasury on the
restructuring and re-tendering of the NSW Government’s self insurance scheme,
the Treasury Managed Fund. Prior to Treasury Rod had a number of senior
executive roles at WorkCover NSW (a government employees’ compensation
insurer) including most recently General Manager Insurance, where he led a major
reform and restructuring program. Rod’s key achievements include:
• Developed strategy, contract management structure, fee structures and tender
documentation for the Treasury Managed Fund tender to achieve a contestable
market for Treasury Managed Fund claims management services
• Restructured remuneration package for claims managers to improve alignment
between Scheme objectives and outcomes, insurer performance and remuneration
• Developed performance measures for service providers to the Treasury Managed
Fund and participated in the development of the related service level agreements
• Led a major reform program at WorkCover focusing on reducing expenses,
dispute prevention and dispute cost reduction (without cutting worker benefits)
saving over $A1,500m in liabilities and cutting dispute rates by over 50%
Since joining Finity at the end of 2004, Rod has worked successfully in key roles
with a number of government and commercial clients on projects such as:
• Strategic reviews of Government insurance arrangements, including reviews of
scheme frameworks and premium structures
• Employees compensation claims file reviews: evaluations against best practice
and claims management process improvement initiatives in Australia and
Hong Kong
• Performance evaluations of employees’ compensation schemes
• Assisting with responses to the NSW and South Australian WorkCover
(government employees’ compensation schemes) claims management
tenders
• Evaluation of major public tenders for workers compensation claims
management and reinsurance broking services
Speaker Profiles

5. Australian and New Zealand Institute of
Insurance and Finance – Hong Kong Branch
Annual Conference 2007
The Impact of Climate Change in Hong
Kong and Pearl River Delta – from
Economy Perspective
Dr Andrew L. Thomson, (Chief Executive
Officer, Business Environment Council)
Dr Thomson has over 20 years working experience
including 14 years in Asia undertaking environmental
and corporate social responsibility programs for business and public clients. As
CEO of the Business Environment Council (BEC), he is responsible for realising
the mission of the organisation; to advocate the business case for sustainable
development, and encourage the uptake of practices, which reduce waste,
conserve resources, prevent pollution and improve corporate environmental and
social responsibility.
His Asian career has been mainly based in Hong Kong with BEC and its
forerunner the Centre of Environmental Technology. However he spent the
millennium’s first year working as a specialist environmental advisor to BP on the
planning and design of a major gas field development in Southern Vietnam.
Andrew specializes in strategies for corporate sustainability from development of
framework management systems (ISO 14001, ISO 18000, SA 8000 etc) to more
in depth implementation plans for cleaner production, waste minimization, energy
efficiency and corporate governance.
In the course of 14 years of research and consulting in Hong Kong he has
assisted clients in the development and verification of environmental reports,
undertaken studies on eco-labeling and life cycle analysis, completed techno-
economic feasibility studies into waste management and recycling, assisted in
due diligence and compliance audits, contributed to EIA and Planning studies,
and provided numerous training courses.
He serves in the following public and private capacities:
• Governing Council Member - Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency
• Member - HKSAR Government’s Harbour-front Enhancement Committee
• Executive Committee Member - Harbour Business Forum
• Member - HKSAR Government’s Council for Sustainable Development’s
Education and Publicity Sub-Committee
• Founding Member - HK-BEAM Society
• BEC Liaison to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development
• Judging Panel Member - ACCA Sustainability Reporting Awards
• Organising Committee Member - Hong Kong Awards for Industry
• Member - Project Chambers
• Member - Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce
Challenges for Insurers to Covering Risks
Resulting from Climate Change –
A Re-insurer’s Perspective
Rita Hausmann, Diplom Meteorology
Natural Catastrophe Specialist for Atmospheric
Risks, Geo Risks Research, Munich Re, Hong
Kong Branch
Since March 2007 Rita Hausmann is working for Munich Re Hong Kong Branch
office with current responsibilities for Catastrophe Risk Assessment and
Catastrophe Modelling as well as Climate Change Issues for the Asian Market.
Her present responsibilities include the development of tropical cyclone models
for selected Asian countries.
Having joined Munich Re Munich in 1999, she spent the first five years in the Geo
Risk Research Department responsible for Storm Risk Assessment world wide.
These years included a detailed vulnerability study following the winter storms
1999 in Europe, severe weather and hail assessments as well as consulting the
development and use of catastrophe models.
In November 2004 she joined the Munich Re Italia office in Milan as consultant
to the Italian Insurance Association ANIA (Associazione Nazionale fra le Imprese
Assicuratrici) for Project SIGRA (Sistema Integrato per la Gestione del Rischio
Alluvionale) a national market solution to cope with flood risk. Further she
co-ordinated the natural catastrophe accumulation control and other natural
catastrophe related issues for Munich Re Italia office.
She has studied Atmospheric Physics and Applied Mathematics at Munich
University, Monash University (Melbourne) and Frankfurt University and obtained
the German Diplom (equivalent to Masters degree) in Meteorology at Munich
University in 1997. Her studies focused on Parameterization of Convection
for Large Scale Numerical Models. She then started her career as Research
Associate at Meteorological Institute of Munich University before joining Munich
Re Group in 1999.
Climate Change – A Risk Manager’s
Perspective
Stephen P. Sayell, Asia Risk (HK) Limited
Stephen is a highly experienced consultant who has
nearly 40 years’ experience in risk management,
including crisis management. Following an impressive
career in serious crime investigation and as a Chief
Investigator with the Independent Commission Against Corruption, Stephen spent
several years heading a risk management consultancy covering Asia-Pacific and
the Middle East.
Stephen has developed strong links with governments and big business
throughout Asia, including PRC, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines,
Malaysia and Singapore, as well as the Americas and Europe. His personal
expertise includes counter-terrorism, crisis management, corporate ethics,
corporate security and IP protection. He has led a number of assignments on
Avian Influenza Preparedness planning for major multi-national corporations.
Speaker Profiles

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Friday 9 November 2007
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