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Programme

Overview

Time	Sunday 26 April 2009	Monday 27 April 2009	Tuesday 28 April 2009	Wednesday 29 April 2009
07.30		Registration Opens
08.00 - 10.40		Plenary Sessions	Plenary Sessions	Plenary Sessions
10.40 - 11.10		Coffee	Coffee	Coffee
11.10 - 12.50		Plenary Sessions	Plenary Sessions	Plenary Sessions
12.50 - 14.00		Lunch	Lunch	Close of Meeting
14.00 - 15.15		Parallel Breakout Sessions	Parallel Breakout Sessions
15.15 - 15.45		Tea	Tea
15.45 - 17.00		Parallel Breakout Sessions (repeated)	Parallel Breakout Sessions (repeated)
17.00 - 18.30
18.30 - 20.30	Welcome Buffet/Reception		Conference Dinner (18.30)

SUNDAY 26 APRIL 2009

17.00	Registration Opens
18.30 - 20.30	Welcome Drinks Reception

MONDAY 27 APRIL 2009

07.30	Registration Opens
	Chair: Dr Kevin Somerville, Assurance Medical Society
08.00 - 08.10	Welcome Dr Kevin Somerville, Assurance Medical Society
08.10 - 09.00	Session 1 Are you worth it? (Do life & health underwriters and claims consultants provide added value for their employers?) Paul Murray, Swiss Re
09.00 - 09.50	Session 2 TCF: Is underwriting inherently unfair? Debbie Akers, Friends Provident
09.50 - 10.40	Session 3 Obesity: Bariatric surgery Dr Phil Smalley, RGA
10.40 - 11.10	Coffee and Exhibition Viewing
	Chair: Jon Parker, Select 74
11.10 - 12.00	Session 4 Right to underwrite: the European debate Jutta Eich, Gen Re
12.00 - 12.50	Session 5 The R D C Brackenridge Memorial Lecture: Musings on the “Medical Selection of Life Risks” Dr Kevin Somerville, President, Assurance Medical Society
12.50 - 14.00	Lunch and Exhibition Viewing
14.00 - 15.15	Parallel Breakout Sessions Breakout Session 1 Chair: Caroline Froude, Select 74 Cardiology update Dr Philip Cummin, Hannover Life Re; Dr Duncan Dymond, Swiss Re Breakout Session 2 Chair: Dave Nicholas, Association of Medical Underwriters How death comes – Alcohol and cocaine in modern society Dr Chris Ball, Gen Re Breakout Session 3 Chair: Peter Maynard, Assurance Medical Society   Reflections on non-disclosure: where we are, and where next? Richard Buttle, Swiss Re; Andy Parkinson, Friends Provident Breakout Session 4 Founding Sponsor Discussion – Medicals Direct Group Innovation in and the future of underwriting Peter Le Beau. Le Beau Visage Mike Benton, Medicals Direct Group Breakout Session 5 Founding Sponsor Discussion – RGA UK Services Limited Oncology update - Trends, advances and market controversies Dr Phil Smalley, RGA UK Services Limited Dr Victor Barley, Consultant, RGA UK Services Limited
15.15 - 15.45	Tea and Exhibition Viewing
15.45 - 17.00	Parallel Breakout Sessions (repeated from early afternoon)

TUESDAY 28 APRIL 2009

07.30	Registration Opens Chair: Professor Michael O'Donnell, Assurance Medical Society
08.10 - 09.00	Session 1 2009 - Meeting the challenge Nick Kirwan, The Association of British Insurers
09.00 - 09.50	Session 2 Social construction of illness Dr David Wainwright, University of Bath
09.50 - 10.40	Session 3 Psycho-social risk assessment: the future? Andrew Potterton, UNUM
10.40 - 11.10	Coffee and Exhibition Viewing Chair: Helen McGee Health Claims Forum
11.10 - 12.00	Session 4 Long term sickness and incapacity Dr Fiona Ford, University of Central Lancashire
12.00 - 12.50	Session 5 Heart breaking declines (joint presentation) Julie Hopkins, Hannover Life Re James Shattock, Hannover Life Re
12.50 - 14.00	Lunch and Exhibition Viewing
14.00 - 15.15	Parallel Breakout Sessions Breakout Session 1 Chair: Michael O'Donnell, Assurance Medical Society Disability claims and life-changing events Professor Mansel Aylward,University of Cardiff; Dr Peter Dewis,UNUM Breakout Session 2 Chair: Helen McGee, Health Claims Forum Understanding critical illness Julie Hopkins, Hannover Life Re; Pam Postlethwaite, Norwich Union Breakout Session 3 Chair: Hilary Butterwick, Select 74 Scope for new customer propositions Clive Allison, HBOS; Peter Maynard, SelectX Time for innovation Peter Maynard, SelectX Breakout Session 4 Founding Sponsor Discussion – 3d Risk Solutions Limited A question of claims Dr Scot Darling, Premex Group Fiona Woods, Julian Pipe, Mike Delamere, 3d Risk Solutions Limited Breakout Session 5 Founding Sponsor Discussion - Swiss Re The knowledge game – a discussion with a twist Sally-Anne Etienne and Jeff Cook, Swiss Re
15.15 - 15.45	Tea and Exhibition Viewing
15.45 - 17.00	Breakout Session (repeated from early afternoon)
18.30	Coaches depart for Conference Dinner
19.30 - onwards	Conference Dinner, Coventry Cathedral

WEDNESDAY 29 APRIL 2009

08.00	Registration Opens Chair: Mary Sinclair-Porter, Select 74
08.30 - 09.20	Session 1 Diabetes mellitus: have the risks diminished? Professor Tony Barnett, University of Birmingham
09.20 - 10.10	Session 2 Novel medical tests Dr Tim Meagher, ExamOne, Montreal, Canada
10.10 - 10.40	Coffee and Exhibition Viewing Chair: Calvin Cole, Association of Medical Underwriters
10.40 - 11.30	Session 3 Genetic testing for everyone? Personalised medicine Dr Christoph Nabholz, Swiss Re, Zurich
11.30 - 12.20	Session 4 From the Gulf to Iraq: a tale of two wars but only one syndrome Professor Simon Wessely, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London
12.30	Close of Meeting and Lunch