1) The document advertises the Maximizing Returns with ILS, Cat Bonds, Life Settlements, and Longevity-Based Assets conference on July 14-16, 2010 in Bermuda. It promotes savings of up to $1,198 by registering by May 17th. 2) Over 60 industry leading speakers will discuss topics like earthquake modeling, the future of SPV administrators, and regulatory changes. It will provide new insights into factors affecting life expectancy and the life settlements market. 3) The conference offers networking opportunities including two welcome receptions and interactive session formats to discuss challenges and opportunities in the insurance-linked securities market.

1. Register by May 17th & SAVE up to $1,198!
Maximizing Returns with ILS, Cat Bonds, Life July 14 – 16, 2010
Settlements, and Longevity-Based Assets The Fairmont Southampton, Bermuda
“A great conference in a great location. Rarely is networking as enjoyable as at IQPC’s
excellent ILS Summit in Bermuda.” - Craig Seitel, CEO, Abacus Settlements
60+ industry leading speakers, including the following ILS thought
leaders & investors:
David Rae Commissioner Joe Borg Christian Seidl Philippe Trahan
Senior Analyst, Private Securities Commissioner, Executive Vice Portfolio Director, ILS,
Markets, New Zealand Alabama Securities President, Life Bond Ontario Teachers’
Superannuation Fund Commission Management GmbH Pension Plan
Jeff Mulholland Andre Perez Rupert Flatscher Simon Young
CEO, Insurance-Capital CEO, Head of Risk Trading CEO,
Markets Holdings Horseshoe Group Unit, Munich Re CaribRM
New for 2010: Keynote Speaker:
• Brand new sessions on modeling earthquake risk, the future of the SPV “Risk Management 2.0:
administrator, portfolio securitization, educating pension funds, emerging
market investment opportunities, and life/non-life convergence
Dealing with the
Extraordinary”
• New insights into the demographic factors affecting life expectancy, the
impact of technology on the life settlements market, hybrid life Dr. Erwann
settlement funds, and regulatory changes Michel-Kerjan
• More networking opportunities, with two welcome receptions, longer Managing Director,
refreshment breaks, and new interactive conference formats Risk Management and
Decision Processes
• Greater scope for audience input, including live “in-session” question Center, Wharton
messaging Business School
Sponsors: Media
Partners:
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2. A Look Back at the
2009 ILS Bermuda
Last year’s ILS Bermuda summit was a
resounding success, with delegates praising
the many keynote speakers, panel discussions,
and high-level of the networking on offer.
Maximizing Returns with ILS, Cat Bonds, Life July 14 – 16, 2010
The Fairmont
Settlements, and Longevity-Based Assets Southampton, Bermuda
Dear Colleague,
Welcome to ILS Bermuda: one of
the most important and exciting date
investors in the insurance-linked secu s in the calendar for
rities space.
Taking place at the Fairmont Sout
hampton from July 14 – 16, 2010
attend meeting for the entire insur , ILS Bermuda is a must
ance-capital markets value chain inclu
investors, insurance and reinsuran ding institutional
ce companies, hedge funds, bank
and life settlement providers. The s, law firms, underwriters
structure of the conference – with
the life and non-life sides of the dedicated tracks for
market – ensures you walk away
worth of strategies and solutions with two full days’
on the critical issues facing your mark
et.
This year in particular there is plen
ty to talk about! On the non-life
be a broad consensus that the ILS side, there appears to
market is beyond recovery mode and
Cat bond issuance was strong in 2009 poised for growth.
– approximately $3.4billion was issue
challenging market conditions – and d amid
many market participants are pred
in excess of $5billion. If the mark icting 2010 issuance
et is to sustain its growth, however,
industry will need to do a better job it is clear that the
of educating investors on the uniq
proposition of the asset class, and ue value
there remains much work to be done
enhancing transparency, resolving in the areas of
model uncertainty, and expandin
emerging markets. It also isn’t clear g ILS into
what the impact will be on the mark
ever first quarter for natural catas et of the worst
trophe losses.
On the life side, market participan
ts are getting much more serious
publicity battle that has been ragin about taking back the
g since the publication of that now
Times article some six months ago. infamous New York
The Insurance Studies Institute
of these efforts, and will be leading has been leading many
an exclusive pre-conference workshop
“Winning the War of Words.” at the event on
Furthermore, as the dynamic shift
market to the tertiary one – transactio s from the secondary
ns involving dozens or hundreds of
– a number of due diligence issue pre-settled policies
s are emerging that are causing head
What are the consequences from aches for investors.
a valuation perspective if policies were
ago, when more aggressive LE assu settled several years
mptions were the norm?
All of these issues will be dealt with
at ILS Bermuda, an event that is mad
valuable for the extensive networki e all the more
ng opportunities it offers in refre
luncheons, and multiple drinks recep
tions.
shment breaks, Who Will Attend:
■ 7% Pension Funds & Institutional
I look forward to meeting you in sunn Investors:
y Bermuda this July!
■ 28% Hedge Funds, Asset Management
Kind regards, Firms & Other Buyside
■ 18% Insurance and
Reinsurance
Companies
■ 12% Banks
Toby Donovan ■ 12% Life Settlement
Director, Finance Conferences Companies
IQPC ■ 8% Law Firms
■ 5% LE Providers &
Underwriters
■ 5% Modeling Agencies
■ 5% Other
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3. Our Outstanding Speaker Faculty
Philippe Trahan Pete Vloedman Natalia Gavrilova
Portfolio Director, Insurance-Linked CEO Center on Aging
Securities Anchor Risk Advisors NORC/University
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan of Chicago
Eduard Held
David Rae Head of Sales & Products Christian Seidl
Senior Analyst, Private Markets PERILS AG Executive Vice President
New Zealand Superannuation Fund Life Bond Management
Jack Kelly GmbH
Dr. Erwann Michel-Kerjan Managing Director
Managing Director, Risk Management ILMA Titus Van Heur
and Decision Processes Center CEO
Wharton Business School Andre Perez European Life
CEO Settlements Fund
John DeCaro Horseshoe Group
Founding Principal Michael Stahel
Elementum Advisors Mihail Belostennyj Head of Insurance-Linked
Managing Director Investments
Paul Schultz Lux Kapitalmarkt Clariden Leu
President, Investment Banking Management AG
AON Benfield Christian Bruns
Mark Van Zanden Portfolio Manager
Emmanuel Modu Business Group Leader, Clariden Leu
Managing Director, Head of ILS Outwards Reinsurance
AM Best & Co Catlin Bill Keogh
Senior Vice President,
Don Thorpe Ryan Bisch Strategic Initiatives
Senior Director Senior Investment Associate EQECAT
Fitch Ratings Mercer
Kate Stillwell
Rupert Flatscher Morton Lane Product Manager,
Head of Risk Trading Unit President Earthquake Models
Munich Re Lane Financial LLC EQECAT
Commissioner Joe Borg Henning Ludolphs David Lalonde
Securities Commissioner Head of ILS Senior Vice President
Alabama Securities Commission Hannover Re AIR Worldwide
Jeff Mulholland Michael Freedman Simon Young
CEO SVP, Government Affairs CEO
Insurance-Capital Markets Holdings Coventry CaribRM
Mike Fasano Matthew Browndorf Christopher Kampa
President Founder & CIO Director of Research
Fasano & Associates Browndorf PEM Insurance Studies Institute
Robert Lund Scott Willkomm Thomas Laumont
Medical Director SVP Executive Director
Fasano & Associates Coventry WealthCap GmbH
Dirk Lohmann Leonid Gavrilov George Polzer
CEO Center on Aging Executive Director
Secquaero NORC/University of International Society of Life
Chicago Settlement Professionals (ISLSP)
“It was very well attended and the discussions were very interesting. The organization of
the event was perfect.” – Urs Ramseier, Head of Insurance-Linked Securities, Horizon 21
Sponsors: 3

4. Pre-Conference Workshops
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
“The conference was great and I learned a lot of new things, especially within the pre-
conference workshops! I think you did a fantastic job in pulling everything together, the
speakers had excellent experience and knowledge. Keep up the good work!”
- Sun-Siang Liew, Senior Analyst, Validus Research
A “What’s it Really Worth?” Performing Accurate Valuations on Life Settlement Portfolios
Ever since the LE providers changed their estimates back in 2008, causing many • Understanding the differences between probabilistic and deterministic
investors to lose money on their portfolios, there has been widespread scrutiny approaches to portfolio pricing
and distrust of life settlement portfolio values. In this extended session, your • Examining the major sources of uncertainty in portfolio values
workshop leader will take you on a deep dive into the many factors that influence
How you will benefit:
life settlement portfolio values, ensuring you walk away with the tools needed to • Understand the importance of scrutinizing the assumptions that go into life
perform accurate portfolio valuations and ultimately making you a savvier investor.
settlement portfolio prices
What you will learn: • Become a savvier investor in life settlement portfolios
• Identifying the factors that determine the value of a given life settlement • Improve your IRR
portfolio:
• The face value of the policies within the portfolio Thomas Laumont
1pm – 3.30pm
• The life expectancies of the insureds within the portfolio, including data on Executive Director
the choice of underwriter and the date of the underwriting assessment WealthCap GmbH
• The costs associated with valuation and portfolio maintenance
OR
B Making Better Use of Catastrophe Models
Catastrophe models are a critical part of the puzzle for investors in non-life ILS, • Gain a better sense of the ways catastrophe models are used in the structuring
but there are few outside the modeling agencies themselves who understand – and choice – of cat bond triggers
exactly how the models are designed. In this workshop, take a look “under the
How you will benefit:
hood” of some of the world’s most important and popular catastrophe models, • Learn what the implications are of discrepancies between different catastrophe
and learn how to make better use of models in your investment calculations.
models
What you will learn: • Become a more sophisticated cat bond investor by better understanding the
• Understand how catastrophe models combine actuarial science, engineering, relationship between modeled values and cat bond pricing
seismology, meteorology and expert opinion
• Examine the interrelationship between hazard, inventory and vulnerability Bill Keogh
values within cat models Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives
EQECAT
C Winning the War of Words: How the Life Settlements Industry Can Solve its Messaging Problem
The life settlements industry is getting much more serious about taking back the • Identifying the critical components of a more successful messaging strategy:
publicity battle that has been raging since the publication of that now infamous honesty, transparency, statistically significant data
New York Times article some six months ago. A recent trade mission to Europe • How to position the industry’s good stories in a way to rebalance the
exemplified this new direction, showing the importance now placed on open, clear perception of the asset class in the media
communication with investors and the insistence on high industry standards. But it
How you will benefit:
(Workshops B & C will run concurrently)
is clear that much still needs to be done to improve industry messaging and reclaim • Get the facts needed to engage more effectively with media outlets and reporters
the initiative from those who seek to disparage and discredit the industry. The • Determine the most effective strategies needed to deal with sleaze, fraud, and
Insurance Studies Institute has been active in furthering these initiatives, and in this
a few “bad apples”
key workshop Christopher Kampa – Director of Research - will explore some of • Winning the PR battle: How the life settlements industry can reclaim the
most important areas for industry participants in the upcoming publicity struggle.
initiative in the media
What you will learn:
• Examining the way life settlements have been portrayed in the media over the Christopher Kampa
past 12 months Director of Research
Insurance Studies Institute (ISI)
OR
D Constructing Portfolios of ILWs and Insurance-Linked Securities: Benchmarking Portfolio Performance
For investors new to catastrophe risks, there are bewildering array of different A closer look at silos and DFA analyses
4pm – 6.30pm
•
risks, regions, sourcing channels and maturity levels available for portfolio • Optimizing across "re-modeled" scenario sets
diversification. But what does the "optimal" allocation strategy look like, and • Objectives and risk constraints
how should investors align their risk/reward tolerance with the many options that • Identifying risks other than catastrophe risks to consider
are available? Attending this 2-hour long workshop will provide you with a
How you will benefit:
detailed knowledge of the most effective ILS and ILW portfolio construction • Understand how to balance diversity levels with your required risk-reward
techniques, making you a better investor in this exciting asset class.
tolerance
Note, this session will be conducted as a seminar rather than a workshop - • Achieve visibility over the risk metrics for each region and peril combination
"what to do", rather than "how to do". The seminar will focus on the issues • Walk away with a best practice check-list for ILS and ILW portfolio
that should be included in a "best practice" check list for fund managers, management
together with a reprise of current analytical developments.
Morton Lane
What you will learn: President
• Examining the traditional ways of constructing an ILS / ILW portfolio Lane Financial LLC
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5. Main Conference Day 1
Thursday, July 15, 2010
7.30 Coffee & Registration 9.30 PANEL: Educating Institutional Investors: Strategies
for Conveying the ILS Value Proposition to Non-
8.30 Chairman’s Opening Remarks Specialist Investment Audiences
Longer term, more conservative investors like pension funds are essential
8.45 Opening Keynote Address: Dealing with the to growing the market place for insurance-linked securities. Some
Extra-Ordinary commentators have speculated that there is, potentially, a trillion dollars
Dr. Erwann Michel-Kerjan is Managing Director of the Risk waiting on the sidelines for viable alternative asset classes, and that ILS is
Management and Decision Processes Center at the Wharton School. one of the investment types seriously being considered by major pension
In 2008, he was elected Chairman of the OECD’s High Level Advisory funds, endowments, and other institutional investors. Historically,
Board on Financial Management of Large-Scale Catastrophes, however, the market has done an inadequate job of educating pension
established recently by the Secretary General of the OECD. He also funds on the unique value proposition of the asset class, and this will
serves as a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda need to improve if increased interest is going to turn into actual allocation
Council on "Innovation and Leadership in Reducing Risks from on a significant scale. In this key discussion, our panelists will focus on:
Natural Disasters", and is widely regarded as one of the world’s • Understanding the differences between explaining the asset class to
leading authorities on risk transfer and the financial management of institutional investors and explaining the asset class to hedge funds
catastrophes. In 2009, he co-authored At War with the Weather, a • Gaining a deeper understanding of the asset allocation decision making
work that brought him international acclaim. In this much process for pension funds, endowments, and other institutional investors
anticipated keynote address, Dr. Michel-Kerjan will address: • The pension plan decision-making unit: Examining the dynamic
• Better Understanding the New Risk Architecture: Welcome to Risk between investment officers and the board of trustees, and
Management 2.0 understanding what this means for the investor education process
• Insurance at the crossroads: Considerations on the future of • Illustrating the ILS value proposition: Avoiding the communication traps
insurance-linked securities and other forms of alternative risk involved with explaining a sophisticated, high-complexity asset class
transfer
• Creating value: The World Economic Forum-Wharton initiative on Morton Lane John DeCaro
President Founding Principal
Global Risks
Lane Financial LLC Elementum Advisors
Dr. Erwann Michel-Kerjan
David Rae Ryan Bisch
Managing Director, Risk Management and Decision
Senior Analyst, Senior Investment
Processes Center
Private Markets Associate
Wharton Business School
New Zealand Mercer
Superannuation Fund
10.30 Mid-Morning Coffee & Networking Break
Concurrent Sessions Begin: Choose Track A or B
Track A: Non-Life Track B: Life
11.15 Forecasting Future Issuance Volumes: Sponsor An Update on the Status of US Life Settlements
Perspectives on the Desirability of ILS and its Regulation: Is a Consensus Forming on the Best
Relationship with Traditional Reinsurance Route Forward?
What is the relationship between ILS and traditional reinsurance from a The regulatory environment for life settlements has – for the last few
sponsoring perspective? How will the natural catastrophes witnessed in the years - been rapidly evolving, with regulations varying significantly
first quarter of 2010 affect the pricing of reinsurance and the pricing of between different states and a number of different models competing
insurance-linked securities? What is the perspective of sponsors on the various for dominance. In this panel, Michael Freedman will ask a number of
collateral solutions being mooted, such as money market funds and triparty key regulators in the space: is a consensus forming? What is the best
repurchase agreements? Specific focus areas in this panel discussion include: route forward? Key discussion points include:
• Comparing ILS with traditional reinsurance from a sponsoring perspective • Examining the relative popularity of the NAIC and NCOIL regulatory
• Effective strategies for blending ILS and traditional reinsurance, to models
produce optimal coverage • Understanding the relationship between regulators and legislators
• Understanding the relationship between the frequency and severity of • Regulatory attitudes towards STOLI, insurable interest, and the
natural disasters and the pricing of ILS and reinsurance prospects of large-scale SLS securitization
• Considerations regarding collateral and credit risk • Forecasting the future role of the federal government in the life
• Sponsor considerations on short-term, medium-term and long-term settlements space, including possible activity by the SEC
changes to total cat bond issuance
Michael Freedman
Rupert Flatscher SVP, Government Affairs
Head of Risk Trading Unit Coventry
Munich Re
Commissioner Joe Borg
Mark Van Zanden Securities Commissioner
Business Group Leader, Outwards Reinsurance Alabama Securities Commission
Catlin
Kai Morgenstern
Vice President
Renaissance Re
Sponsors: 5

6. 12.00 The Investors’ Wish-List: Identifying the Most Evaluating the Progress towards Large Scale SLS
Significant Areas of Possible Enhancement within Securitizations: More than Wishful Thinking?
the ILS Asset Class What are the prospects for securitization of life settlements? Many
For investors in insurance-linked securities, there is much to like: the lack commentators have been heralding securitization as a sort of “panacea” for the
of correlation with traditional markets is a major source of attraction, as marketplace, a development that would draw in new, more conservative
are the very healthy rates of return that can be expected. There remains investors like insurance companies and pension funds, and simultaneously boost
significant room for improvement, however, with many investors demand for policies. But we’ve seen precious little activity so far. What more
arguing for greater transparency and more standardized instruments. In needs to happen? Are life settlements suitable for securitization? What are the
this panel we ask a number of key investors in the asset class to risks involved with these types of transaction? Our panelists will focus on:
• Examining the disconnect between the public perception of life settlement
comment about what draws them to the asset class but also, more
importantly, how they would like it to be enhanced in the future: securitizations and the more modest reality of actual deals transacted
• What We Like: Understanding the aspects of the asset class that are • Spotlight on the battle between the life settlement and life insurance industry
most attractive from an investor stand-point over the demand that SLS securitizations be banned: Is there any possibility
• What We Don’t Like: Examining the features of the asset class most of such a demand being successful?
• The ingredients needed for a viable securitization market: transparency,
problematic from the perspective of investors
• What Can Be Changed: Re-imagining the possibilities of the asset greater comfort with LEs, clearly defined rating agency standards
• Understanding possible political challenges to the development of a SLS
class
securitization market
Michael Stahel
Head of Insurance-Linked Investments Scott Willkomm
Clariden Leu SVP
Coventry
Pete Vloedman
CEO Anatoly Burman
Anchor Risk Advisors Managing Director
Aladdin Capital
Greg Hagood
Managing Partner Emmanuel Modu
Nephila Capital Managing Director, Head of ILS
AM Best & Co
Jack Kelly
Managing Director
ILMA
12.45 Networking Lunch Sponsored by
2.15 Re-assessing the Risk-Reward Profile of Emerging Portfolio Construction Techniques: Considerations on the
Market Catastrophe Bonds Most Effective Strategies for Sourcing, Managing, and
Historically, most catastrophe bonds have been dominated by the US, Blending a Portfolio of Longevity Risks
Europe, and Japan, with very being issued in emerging markets. The For investors in life settlements, assembling a portfolio with the right risk-
World Bank’s new initiative, however, suggests that this may be about reward characteristics is one of the most critical aspects of the entire investment
to change, and there is currently a great deal of interest in the prospects process. It’s also the one area in which most mistakes are made. In this
for – and risk-reward profiles of – emerging market catastrophe bonds. important panel discussion, key experts will guide you through the portfolio
Our panelists will explore: construction process, teaching you to how to source clean product, diversify
•
Examining the historical performance of non-US catastrophe bonds effectively between LEs and impairment types, and ensure that the right
• Considerations regarding trigger suitability for emerging market
servicing processes are put in place to maintain the value of your assets:
catastrophe bonds • Determining whether to invest synthetically or through the cash market
•
Understanding the diversification benefit achieved through the •
Evaluating the importance of sourcing clean collateral, and establishing the
inclusion of emerging market catastrophe bonds in an investment clearest indicators that your collateral is clean
portfolio • Diversification within the longevity mix: Identifying the most effective
• Rating agency perspectives on emerging market bonds
combinations of impairment types, LEs, and policy values
• A closer look at the feasibility of catastrophe bond issuance in as-yet-
• Setting up effective processes to ensure issue-free servicing of longevity-
untapped markets including Africa, South America, and Asia – and based assets
examining the investment opportunities these would represent
Scott Willkomm
Dirk Lohmann SVP
CEO Coventry
Secquaero
Thomas Laumont
Christian Bruns Executive Director
Portfolio Manager WealthCap GmbH
Clariden Leu
Andrew Plevin
Simon Young Co-CEO
CEO BroadRiver Asset Management
CaribRM
Kyle Shostak
Director
Rigi Capital Partners
David Hough
Director
PBL Capital
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7. 3.00 The Future of the SPV Administrator: Implications European Investment Considerations: Where the
for Sponsors & Investors Money is Coming from; How Asset Allocation
The role of the SPV administrator has been coming under increased Decisions Are Made
scrutiny in recent years, particularly following the collapse of Lehman in Interest has been increasing in recent years in European investment
2008. In this session, Philippe Trahan from Ontario Teachers will capital: specifically, how European investors are evaluating the US life
exclusively convene a panel discussion on the future role of the SPV settlements market, where new flows will be coming from, and how
administrator, incorporating items on jurisdictions, regulatory pressures, allocation decisions will be made. IQPC is honored to bring together a
governance issues and the elimination of conflicts of interest. number of European investors to speak candidly about the asset class,
• A closer look at the history of the SPV
including:
• SVP administrators and the response to the Lehman debacle • Identifying the sources and types of European investment capital
• Considerations on the choice of SPV jurisdiction: Cayman, Bermuda & • Examining the geographical dispersal of European investors
Ireland throughout Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Switzerland,
• Governance issues and possible conflicts of interest
Luxembourg, Germany, France and the UK
• Regulatory issues surrounding the future of the SPV structure • Understanding the role that life settlements play in European asset
allocation strategies
Philippe Trahan • Identifying the major objections of European investors
Portfolio Director, Insurance-Linked Securities
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Mihail Belostennyj
Managing Director
Andre Perez
Lux Kapitalmarkt Management AG
CEO
Horseshoe Group Christian Seidl
Executive Vice President
Don Thorpe
Life Bond Management GmbH
Senior Director
Fitch Ratings Titus Van Heur
CEO
European Life Settlements Fund
3.45 Afternoon Refreshments & Networking Break
4.30 Interactive Champagne Roundtables
After a jam-packed day of big picture keynotes, panel discussions, case studies, and presentations, ILS Bermuda Back by
gives you the chance to meet and brainstorm with small groups of your peers during our interactive champagne Popular
roundtable discussions. This is a great opportunity to make valuable contacts from your area of interest, and to Demand!
deep-dive into the tricky details that you may have missed in the course of the day’s sessions.
5.30 Welcome Reception Continued…
6.30 End of Main Conference Day 1
Main Conference Day 2
Friday, July 16, 2010
7.30 Registration & Coffee a particular focus on:
• Examining the factors that will continue to play a role in the
8.30 Chairman’s Opening Remarks extension of longevity
• Examining the factors likely to increase levels of mortality
• Combining the factors into a unified model: How will our longevity
8.45 Keynote Guest Address: Life and Death in the
21st Century be influenced by changes in 21st century life?
• What will future longevity trends mean for the future of longevity-
The future of human longevity has profound consequences for many
aspects of the ILS marketplace including A/XXX, mortality bonds, life linked assets including life settlements and life insurance
settlements, and synthetic, longevity-based assets. Our keynote securitization?
guest speakers – Leonid and Natalia Gavrilov, from the Center of Leonid Gavrilov
Aging at the University of Chicago – are two of the most respected Center on Aging
scientists in the field of human longevity, having co-authored several NORC/University of Chicago
award-winning research projects funded by the International Science
Foundation, European Union (INTAS program), the U.S. Civilian Natalia Gavrilova
Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) and by the U.S. Center on Aging
National Institute on Aging. In this keynote session they will reveal NORC/University of Chicago
the results of their research into future human longevity trends, with
Sponsors: 7

8. Concurrent Sessions Begin: Choose Track A or B
Track A: Non-Life Track B: Life
Extended Catastrophe Modeling Double Session The Future of Technology in the Life Settlements
Space: How Tomorrow’s Tools will Enhance
9.45 PART 1: Modeling Earthquake Risk: Comparing Transparency, Promote Price Discovery, and
Seismic Hazard Models across Different Geographies Accelerate the Progress Towards Securitization
The first quarter of 2010 has witnessed a number of horrifying earthquakes, The life settlements market has traditionally been somewhat opaque,
significantly contributing to the worst ever Q1 from a natural catastrophe with multiple intermediaries, limited fee disclosure, and difficulties
perspective. The increased earthquake activity has focused more attention surrounding valuation. Recently, however, a number of innovative
on the cat bonds that track these kinds of disasters and the models that technology companies have begun to rethink (through their solutions)
underpin them. IQPC is pleased to announce a dedicated session on the the way the market operates, aiming to enhance its efficiency. If widely
modeling of earthquake risk, which will be led by key experts from adopted, could this improved efficiency set the stage for securitization?
EQECAT’s risk analysis and earthquake modeling teams. An unmissable George Polzer, executive director of one of the industry’s leading trade
session for existing and would-be investors in – as well as sponsors of - bodies, will convene a panel of technology experts to explore:
quake-related catastrophe bonds. Key discussion areas include: •
Identifying the most promising technologies currently being
• Examining the modules that contribute towards existing earthquake models
developed for use in the life settlements market
• Reassessing the reliability of seismic risk models •
Understanding how new systems and architectures will be able to
• Determining the extent to which earthquake models need revisiting
enhance transparency and promote price discovery in the life
after the disasters in Haiti, Chile and Taiwan settlements space
• A closer look at modeling considerations relating to California •
Examining the role of technology in accelerating the progress towards
earthquake risk securitization
• Considerations regarding the formulation of earthquake models in
developing countries George Polzer
Executive Director
Bill Keogh International Society of Life Settlement Professionals
Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives (ISLSP)
EQECAT
Kate Stillwell
Product Manager, Earthquake Models
EQECAT
10.30 PART 2: Climate Change and Hurricane Risk: Demographics, Wealth and Genetics: What Really
Examining the Implications of Uncertainty in Climate Matters When Estimating Life Expectancy?
Models When it comes to estimating life expectancy, there are many factors
How should climate change be accounted for in hurricane models? that appear to be important. Wealth, political and religious affiliations,
What are the implications of uncertainty in climate change models, race, education levels, and genetic predispositions to various conditions
particularly related to its impact on hurricane activity? How do hurricane all seem to have a powerful impact on expectations of longevity. But
models vary regionally? To what extent is the weather becoming more what’s really important? Put another way: what’s causation and what’s
volatile, and what are the implications for weather-related insurance- correlation? It’s an extremely important question that has profound
linked securities? AIR Worldwide – one of the pioneers in this space – implications for the life expectancy calculations:
• The Wealth Effect: Is our world a "Tale of Two Cities"?
will take a deep-dive into the contentious issue of climate change and
• Can demographic distinctions be used in estimating life expectancy?
hurricane activity, with a key focus on:
•
Identifying the key uncertainties in climate models
•
Medical Improvements - Is there a limit? The biological clock.
• Genetics - The Wild Card:
• Understanding what model uncertainties reveal about best and worst
• What can genetic testing tell us?
case future climate scenarios, including the frequency and severity of
hurricanes
•
Alzheimer's: Risk Profiling and Longevity Improvements
• Genetic applications that will prolong life
• What is the role of regional models in climate understanding?
• Determining the economic consequences of model uncertainties
Mike Fasano
• Analyzing the possible implications for the future of the ILS market
President
David Lalonde Fasano & Associates
Senior Vice President Robert Lund
AIR Worldwide Medical Director
Fasano & Associates
11.15 Mid-Morning Coffee & Networking Break
12:00 Exploring New Frontiers in Insurance-Linked The Changing Face of the SLS Buyside: Examining
Securities: Why the Future of ILS Lies Beyond the Sources of Future Investment Capital
Catastrophe Risk Who is the natural investor in life settlements? Is the asset class truly
Will ILS continue to be dominated by hurricane and earthquake risk? If suitable for pension funds, or are life insurance companies a more
you accept the argument that the motivation for issuing ILS is really logical purchaser of their own assets? Where do we see the major
capital efficiency, it soon becomes apparent that there are many risks – capital flows coming in future years? What are the major allocation
both catastrophic and otherwise – that might be suitable for obstacles for each investor category? Jeff Mulholland, one of the top
securitization. Some of these deals are already taking place on the experts in life settlement trends, will provide forward-looking insights
fringes of the marketplace, and others are being considered. Dirk into the major sources of future investment capital:
• Uncovering the ratio of investment capital from pension funds, hedge
Lohmann – one of the true veterans and pioneers of the ILS space – will
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9. focus on: funds, high-net worth individuals, family offices, foundations
• Examining new and emerging forms of 21st century insurance risk • Identifying the obstacles to major investment participation by
• To what extent can new risks be effectively modeled? Examining the institutional investors like pension funds
possibilities of securitizing healthcare, airline, and terrorism risk • Forecasting the impact of increased tertiary market volumes on the
• A closer look at some of the most novel modern risk securitizations interest of institutional investors and multi-strategy hedge funds
• Modeling the unknown: Examining the challenges of measuring (and • A vision of the market in 2015: how big will the SLS market be, and
bringing to market) the probabilities of unprecedented risks where will most of the money have come from?
Dirk Lohmann Jeff Mulholland
CEO CEO
Secquaero Insurance-Capital Markets Holdings
12.45 Networking Lunch
1.45 The New Science of Portfolio Securitization: AXXX & Extreme Mortality Bonds:
A Viable Alternative to Single Peril ILS? Is there a Future in Life Insurance Securitization?
The traditional approach to insurance-linked securities has been to What is the risk-reward profile of mortality-linked investments? Can
securitize a single risk – whether that be earthquake risk, windstorm investors trust the assumptions that inform the pricing of these bonds?
risk, or some other, less commonly securitized risk. Investors can then What are the future prospects for this section of the ILS market? How
diversify and spread their money around a number of these individually should investors go about blending life insurance securitizations with
securitized risks. There is, however, a less well-known alternative other insurance-linked securities?
approach, which involves securitizing not a single risk but a basket of
•
Lifting the lid on recent mortality-based transactions
• Understanding the current size of the life insurance securitization
different risks, in what is called “portfolio securitization.” How can
investors access these assets? How does their risk-reward profile space
• Innovations in XXX & AXXX
compare with that of traditional, single peril ILS?
• Comparing A/XXX securitizations with extreme mortality bonds from
• Defining ILS portfolio securitization
• Understanding the investment implications of securitizing multiple, an investor perspective
• Examining the assumptions behind pandemic models
smaller risks
• Examining the benefits of portfolio securitization from the perspective
Jorge Fries
of a reinsurance buyer Managing Director
• Evaluating the success of recent transactions
Calyon Securities
• Gauging the future potential of the market
Henning Ludolphs
Head of ILS
Hannover Re
2.30 The Continuing Evolution of Indices & Triggers Standalone SLS Funds vs. Hybrid Investment
In the continuing evolution of the insurance-linked securities market, Vehicles
indices are an increasingly important tool for improving transparency For traditionally structured life settlement funds, one of the major
and enabling efficient risk transfer. What is the next big thing in the operational dangers is running out of cash to cover the premium
evolution of the indices themselves? How will improved indices lead to a payments. Some fund managers have got around this problem by
more efficient ILS market? blending or “twinning” life settlements with cash flow generating asset
• Examining the benefits of index-linked investments for re/insurers and classes like fixed income. When making allocation decisions, how
investors should investors distinguish between these models? How do the risk-
•
Understanding the connection between indices, transparency and reward characteristics vary between stand-alone funds and hybrids?
• Understanding the cash-flow problems that can arise within life
standardization
• The impact of new indices on the future of the ILWs market settlement-only investment vehicles
•
Tracking the expansion of index-linked risk transfer beyond
•
Exploring the possibility of twinning SLS with fixed income style
catastrophe risks investments in order to match coupon payments with premium
• Evaluating the growth prospects for index-linked instruments around requirements
• Understanding the implications of such a strategy on start-up capital
the world
and expected returns
Eduard Held • Considerations on the selection of fixed income investment type
Head of Sales & Products needed to cover premium requirements
PERILS AG
Matthew Browndorf
Founder & CIO
Browndorf PEM
David Nelson
CFO
Charlton Private Wealth Management
3.15 End of Conference
“The conference was exceptional. The program and speakers, as well as the attendees,
were all excellent.” – Michael Freedman, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs, Coventry
Sponsors: 9

10. About Our Sponsors
For over 25 years, Coventry has been redefining insurance. Founded in 1982, Coventry began as an insurance
marketing, product development and policy administration firm. Known as a leading innovator in the industry,
Coventry assisted insurance carriers in the development of product, software and distribution. It established itself
as one of the top corporate life insurance companies in America during the 1990s, servicing over 70,000 policies
for its corporate clients. In 1998, Coventry created the secondary market for life insurance in the United States and
coined the term “life settlement”. As the market leader, Coventry has structured and financed transactions
representing more than $25 billion of death benefit and has been a key driver behind the market’s rapid growth.
Today, Coventry is the largest purchaser and servicer in the longevity and mortality market, employing more than
200 people. Based in Pennsylvania, Coventry was the first secondary market firm to earn Standard and Poor’s
highest servicer ranking (2004 and reaffirmed in 2006). In 2005, Coventry was first in revenue in the insurance
category of the annual Inc. 500 listing of the fastest growing private companies in America.
www.coventry.com
Established in 1971 the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) is now the world’s leading fully electronic offshore
securities market, with a current market capitalization (excluding mutual funds) in excess of US$200 billion.
There are 650 securities listed on the BSX of which nearly 350 are offshore funds and alternative investment
structures. Trading occurs daily and settlement on a rolling T+3 basis using BEST, the BSX’s Central Limit Order
Book trading mechanism which is tightly integrated with the Exchange’s clearing, settlement and depository
platforms.The success of the BSX lies in its innovative approach to new products and markets and its ability to
offer a ‘commercially sensible’ regulatory environment. The Exchange specializes in listing and trading of capital
market instruments such as equities, debt issues, funds (including Hedge Fund structures), derivative warrant
programmes and Insurance Linked Securities, including Catastrophe Bonds.
www.bsx.com
EQECAT, Inc. provides state-of-the-art products and services to the global property and casualty insurance,
reinsurance and financial markets. EQECAT is the technical leader and innovator of catastrophe risk management
models that quantify exposure to a range of natural and man-made catastrophic risks. These models are based
upon innovative applications of the latest science, engineering expertise, claims and exposure data and advanced
mathematics. Among EQECAT’s offerings are risk modeling services to assist clients with the placement of
catastrophe insurance risk in the capital markets. EQECAT has also developed eCAT, an analytical tool that helps
investors in insurance-linked securities efficiently manage a portfolio of correlated and un-correlated risks.
EQECAT, a subsidiary of ABSG Consulting Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Oakland, California.
http://info.eqecat.com/IQPC2010.html
AIR Worldwide Corporation (AIR) is the scientific leader and most respected provider of risk modeling software
and consulting services. AIR founded the catastrophe modeling industry in 1987 and today models the risk from
natural catastrophes and terrorism in more than 50 countries. More than 400 insurance, reinsurance, financial,
corporate and government clients rely on AIR software and services for catastrophe risk management, insurance-
linked securities, detailed site-specific wind and seismic engineering analyses, and property replacement cost
valuation. AIR is a member of the ISO family of companies and is headquartered in Boston with additional offices
in North America, Europe and Asia.
www.air-worldwide.com
Sponsorship and Exhibition Opportunities
Sponsorships and exhibits are excellent opportunities for your company to showcase its products and services to high-level, targeted decision-makers attending the 8th Insurance
Linked Securities Summit. IQPC and Finance IQ help companies like yours achieve important sales, marketing and branding objectives by setting aside a limited number of event
sponsorships and exhibit spaces – all of which are tailored to assist your organization in creating a platform to maximize its exposure at the event.
For more information on sponsoring or exhibiting at the 8th Insurance Linked Securities Summit, please contact Mario Matulich at 212-885-2719 or sponsorship@iqpc.com.
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