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SUMMIT REPORT

4th Annual Insurance India Summit &

Awards 2019

11 July 2019, The Lalit Mumbai, India

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The prestigious 4th Annual Insurance India Summit & delivered a talk and presentation on ''Technology as the
Awards 2019, with the theme "Integrating Technology & Big Competitive Advantage''.
Data to Enhance Distribution Channel, Marketing Strategy
& Customer Experience" provided a platform for industry The next important panel discussion was, Adopting Digital
stake holders to work out a roadmap for unleashing the Platforms for Product Development & Enhancing Customer
future of Indian Insurance Industry in India. The summit was Experience. The expert speaker for this panel were Dr. S
organized on 11 July 2019 at Hotel The Lalit Mumbai, India. Prakash, Joint MD, Star Health and Allied Insurance, Atul
Deshpande, COO, SBI General Insurance, Sonia Notani,
This year a two day Pre-Conference Workshop was also CMO, IndiaFirst Life Insurance, , Abhishek Gupta, CMO,
organized on the topic of "Product Innovation in Insurance". Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance, Vikram Arora, Head-Digital
Two world renowned international trainers, Frederik Experience & Innovation, Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance, Arif
Bisbjerg, Chief Digital Acceleration Officer at Noor Takaful Syed, SVP Technology (CTO), Bharti AXA General Insurance,
Insurance, UAE and Head of MENA & Digital Transformation Ashish Tanna, COO & Co-Founder, Aureus Analytics, and was
Specialist with The Digital Insurer, and Simon Phipps, Head moderated by Sachin Seth, Partner, EY. Later on Parag
of Asia, Global Development & Blockchain, The Digital Sharma, CEO, Mantra Labs delivered a presentation on
Insurer, conducted various session, case studies in two days. "Visual AI Workflow Platform for Automating Insurance
Workflows".
The Conference was inaugurated with the lamp lightening
ceremony and welcome address by Chief Guest Honourable The following panel discussion was "Distribution Challenges
Shri Nilesh Sathe, Former Member- The Insurance & Opportunities in Indian Insurance Sector". The expert
Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI). The speakers at the panel were Sumit Rai, MD & CEO, Edelweiss
honourable chief guest expressed his happiness towards the Tokio Life Insurance,Gaurav Saxena, SVP & Head Third Party
conference and the organizer, Quest Conferences for Distribution, Birla Sun Life Insurance, Simon Phipps, Head
organizing the important summit on Indian Insurance of Asia, Global Development &Blockchain, The Digital
Industry and Facility with the top and eminent experts and Insurer, Satyendra Shrivastava, Partner, Khaitan Legal
leaders. He also mentioned the journey and transformation Associates, Manav Gaur, CEO, Monocept Consulting Pvt. Ltd,
of the industry with digitization and product innovation and the panel was moderated by Alok Shukla, SVP, Bharti AXA
development. General Insurance. The panel was followed by a talk and
presentation by Ashish Singhal, MD, Experian Credit
The first big panel discussion for the day was - CEOs Power Information Company of India Pvt. Ltd "Leveraging data and
Panel: IRDAI Regulation - Challenges & Impact on Insurance analytics for the future of Insurance".
Business. The panel members were, MayankBathwal, CEO,
Aditya Birla Health Insurance, Ashish Vohra, ED & CEO, The further panel discussion was, "How to develop a
Reliance Nippon Life Insurance, Vikas Seth, MD & CEO, portfolio of opportunities through Marketing Channel"? The
Bharti AXA Life Insurance Co. Ltd., V Viswanand, DMD, Max experts on the panel were Srinivasan Iyengar, COO, Reliance
Life Insurance and Dhyanesh Bhatt, CEO, GramCover. The Nippon Life Insurance, Anup Seth, Chief Retail Officer,
CEO Panel was moderated by Rajeev Arora, Partner, EY. Later Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance, K V Dipu, President, Bajaj
on Manav Gaur, CEO, Monocept Consulting Pvt. Ltd Allianz General Insurance, Yusuf Pachmariwala, SVP and

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