Tuesday, October 7
Accreditation/Registration
Infinity room foyer, venue hotel. All participants may collect their material at the venue hotel from 18:30.
End of activity
Wednesday, October 8
XVI INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON SURETY BONDS AND CREDIT INSURANCE
For PASA members and all the players of the surety and credit insurance industry
Current situation for surety bond and credit insurance.
Information about their characteristics
Targets:
Inform about and share with the participants how surety bond and credit insurance are perceived by their different players: insurers, reinsurers, clients, insureds, beneficiaries, and insurance and reinsurance brokers.
Sessions open to:
Presidents, vice presidents, managers, underwriters, commercial staff and officers in charge of risk management areas and legal areas of insurers, reinsurers, insurance and reinsurance brokers; public and private contracting agencies, contractors and consultants.
Accreditation/Registration
Star Bay room, venue hotel
Opening ceremony
PASA Authorities at the podium:
- Paulo Morais, President
- Felix Winzap, First Vice President
- Gustavo Henrich, Second Vice President
Welcoming words
- Luis Enrique Bandera, Insurance and Reinsurance Superintendent of Panama
Opening Conference
Panama’s economic situation and future outlook
Speaker:
- Luis A. Navarro, Managing Partner at Indesa Panama
Conference
The Panama Canal Authority: Water of the future
Speaker:
- Amílcar González, Manager of Program and Contract Control at the Water Projects Office, Panama Canal Authority
Q&A
Coffee break
Panel
Developed by the Host Committee
Surety policies including step-in clauses and claims management
Coordinator:
- Gina Herrero C., General Manager, Aliado Seguros
Participants:
- Rubén Darío Carles Cal, Vice President Surety, Assa Compañía de Seguros
- Martín Delgado, Vice President Surety, Internacional de Seguros
- Ricardo Palomo, Vice President Surety, Acerta Seguros
Q&A
Colloquium
Developed by the PASA Credit Committee
The United States Tariff Policy and its Impact on Global Trade
Moderator:
- Jesús Urdangaray López, Director of Subsidiaries, CESCE, Spain
Speaker:
- Juan Alberto Arias Strunz, President, Chamber of Commerce, Industries, and Agriculture of Panama (CCIAP)
Q&A
Closing ceremony
Lunch at the venue hotel
Afternoon free for meetings
Meeting at the venue hotel lobby
To board the buses that will take the group to the IMAX theater at the Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal.
Screening of the film “Una tierra dividida, un mundo unido” (A Land Divided, A World United)
Transfer by bus to the restaurant
End of activity
Departure of the first buses back to the hotels.
Departure of the last bus back to the hotels
Thursday, October 9
XXI TECHNICAL SEMINAR ON SURETY BONDS AND CREDIT INSURANCE
Opening ceremony
PASA Authorities at the podium:
- Paulo Morais, President
- Felix Winzap, First Vice President
- Gustavo Henrich, Second Vice President
Panel
Developed by the PASA Surety Committee
The challenges involved in underwriting international operations
Moderator:
- Dekker Buckley, Senior Vice President, Head of COG Surety, Chubb, USA
Participants:
- Pedro Palma Neto, Global Head Product Management Surety, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, Brazil
- Cristina Contreras Díaz, Technical and Reinsurance Manager, Seguros Confianza, Ecuador
- Ivo Nijenhuis, SVP, Regional Executive, Latin-America and Asia Pacific, Liberty Mutual, USA
- Flavio Dávila Gutiérrez, General Director, Dorama Institución de Garantías, Mexico
Q&A
Panel
Developed by the PASA Legal Committee
Best practices in International Counterguarantees and Indemnities
Moderator:
- Isidra Vásquez, Senior Risk Underwriter, Munich Re, Germany
Participants:
- Ketlyn Parolin Bertholdi Stefanovic, Claims Director, Junto Seguros, Brazil
- Katie Anagnostou, Senior Counsel, Bond & Specialty Insurance Legal Services, Travelers, USA
- Eric Britton, Litigation & Arbitration and Construction Law Practitioner, Panama
Q&A
Coffee break
Conference
AXA XL Credit & Surety Market Survey
Speaker:
- Alexander Steiner, Senior Underwriter Global Credit and Surety Reinsurance, AXA XL, Switzerland
Q&A
Group photo
Lunch, afternoon and evening free for meetings
(*Executive Committee meeting*)
Friday, October 10
Credit Insurance workshop
Developed by the PASA Credit Committee
The agricultural sector and credit insurance
How the agricultural sector works: specific characteristics and key industry players. The contributions of credit insurance to the sector.
Coffee break
Surety workshop
Developed by the PASA Surety Committee
PPP — Public Private Partnerships
Types of contracts, guarantees divisibility, enforcement terms, financial solutions for long-term projects
Main conference:
- Ana Julia Carreira, Secretary, National Secretariat of Public Private Partnerships (SNAPP), Panama
Technology at PASA
New Platform: WORKVIVO
Reports from the Presidents of the PASA Working Committees
- Surety Committee
- Credit Committee
- Training Committee
- Legal Committee
- Strategy Committee