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SUNDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2011

17.00 Registration Opens
18.30-20.30 Welcome Reception and Buffet - EXHIBITION OPEN


MONDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 2011

07.30
Registration Opens
Chair: Mr Jon Parker, Select74
08.00-08.10

Welcome
Mr Jon Parker, Chair, LUCID 2011 Organising Committee
08.10-09.00


Session 1
Risk and rationality
Mr Tim Harford, Senior Columnist, Financial Times
09.00-09.50



Session 2
All change in protection

Mr Stephen Griffiths, Protection Actuarial and Product Director,
Legal & General Assurance Society Limited
09.50-10.00 Break
10.00-10.50



Session 3
Balancing the evidence: the role of NICE in health policy decision making

Professor Peter Littlejohns, Clinical and Public Health Director, NICE
10.50-11.20

Coffee and Exhibition
Chair: Dr Kevin Somerville, AMUS
11.20-12.10


Session 4
Older applicants; are you ready?

Mr Kevin Oldani, Chief Underwriter, Hannover Life Re America
12.10-13.00



Session 5
Inflammatory rheumatic disease: an outline

Dr David D'Cruz, Consultant Rheumatologist, St Thomas' Hospital, London
13.00-14.00 Lunch and Exhibition
14.00-14.45




Parallel Breakout Sessions

Breakout Session 1:  Gen Re
What keeps the Heads of Underwriting and Claims awake at night?

Breakout Session 2:  Hannover Life Reassurance UK
Judge and Jury
A debate handling difficult claims involving murder and suicide
 
Breakout Session 3:  3d Risk Solutions
A 3 dimensional view of tele-interview conversations

Breakout Session 4:  Health Claims Forum/FOCUS Session
Claims 2020 – Myopia or crystal vision
Join us for an interactive quiz looking into the future as we consider Protection insurance and how your claims departments might be at the cutting edge of thinking and technology.
14.45-14.55 Break
14.55-15.40 Parallel Breakout Sessions (repeated)
15.40-16.15 Tea and Exhibition
16.15-17.00 Parallel Breakout Sessions (repeated)


TUESDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 2011

07.30
Registration Opens
Chair: Mr Dave Nicholas, AMUS
08.10-09.00



Session 1
Risks; are they local or global?

Mr Andres Webersinke, Head of Life/Health Research and Development, Senior Vice President, Gen Re
09.00-09.50



Session 2
Are lab tests worth the paper they're printed on?

Dr Kevin Somerville, Medical Consultant, Life and Health, Swiss Re Services Ltd
09.50-10.00 Break
10.00-10.50



Session 3
The nerve of it - a claims and underwriting dilemma

Dr Phil Smalley, Vice President and Medical Director, RGA International
10.50-11.20
Coffee and Exhibition
Chair: Mrs Mary Sinclair-Porter, Select74
11.20-12.10



Session 4
Unexplained chronic pain and disability after accidents

Dr Chris Bass, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
12.10-13.00



Session 5
The R.D.C Brackenridge Memorial Lecture

Professor Sir Mansel Aylward, Chair, Public Health Wales and Director, Centre for Psychosocial and Disability Research, Cardiff
13.00-14.00 Lunch and Exhibition
14.00-14.45




Parallel Breakout Sessions

Breakout Session 1: Medicals Direct Group Ltd
Knowledge is power
Through effective data capture and following dynamic analysis, can the results provide a positive strategic impact?

Breakout Session 2: RGA UK Services Ltd
The heart of the matter
What’s new in cardiology for underwriters and claims assessors

Breakout Session 3: Swiss Re Services Ltd
Mind games
Testing your knowledge on all things related to the brain, including your mental agility

Breakout Session 4: Select74/AMUS Underwriting Session - hosted by Cardiff University
Healthy lifestyle - who are you kidding!
Ok! So you know about the benefits of not smoking, weight control, a healthy diet and regular exercise etc. but is this just our perception of a healthy lifestyle? Is there any downside?
14.45-14.55 Break
14.55-15.40 Parallel Breakout Sessions (repeated)
15.40-16.15 Tea and Exhibition
16.15-17.00 Parallel Breakout Sessions (repeated)
19.30-onwards Conference Dinner, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff


WEDNESDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2011

08.00
Registration Opens
Chair: Mr Rhys Dudding, Health Claims Forum
08.30-09.20



Session 1
The gateway to cancer assessment - which way for the challenges of cancer?

Dr Andreas Armuss, Medical Consultant, Munich Re
09.20-10.10



Session 2
Our troubled relationship with alcohol and drugs in the UK – is regulation the answer?

Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, Consultant Physician, Royal Liverpool Hospital, University of Liverpool
10.10-10.20
Break
Chair:
Tom Green, FOCUS
10.20-11.10


Session 3
Changing the face of distribution

Mr Richard Verdin, Protection Director, Aviva UK
11.10-11.40 Coffee and Exhibition
11.40-12.30











Session 4
"Subject to change?" - Panel debate

Chair: Tim Dickinson - Head of Communications, Swiss Re

Panel Members:
 
Melissa Collett, Ombudsman, FOS
 Sally-Anne Etienne, Head of Claims, Swiss Re
 Paul Lewis, Personal Finance Journalist
 Richard Verdin, Protection Director, Aviva UK
 Russell Whitworth, Claims and Underwriting Director, L&G

Chair: Jon Parker, Select74

12.30-13.20




Session 5
Bull's Eye - an alternative view on medicine, marketing and media matters

Dr David Bull, Broadcaster & Author, Chairman of IncrediBull Group
13.20 Close of meeting followed by lunch



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