Products and all related features and options are the core service of a life insurance company. In the recent past, defensive topics such as risk management and new solvency regimes have been predominant and they have triggered new product developments decisively. However, new developments have still some further motives. Since products generate new business and profits, knowledge on products and their potential of innovation is essential nowadays.

Organised by the EAA - European Actuarial Academy GmbH in co-operation with the Dutch Actuarieel Instituut (AI).

The seminar is suited for actuaries and actuarial trainees as well as life insurance professionals who are directly or indirectly involved in product management, product development (projects), investment management, product strategy projects or corporate and business development.

No laptop is needed for this seminar.

The two-day seminar deals with life products and life product management. It focuses on new aspects of product development such as modular product concepts and alternative investment opportunities. The seminar will focus on saving and annuity products as well as products that cover biometrical risks. In addition and besides concrete product topics, the seminar will also touch strategical and tactical considerations on cooperation & cooperation management. It concludes with an insight into aspects of modern product management.

The language of the seminar will be English.

David Bernert
David has been working for Swiss Re in Munich for 5 years – initially as L&H Marketing Actuary for Central & Eastern Europe and since 2 years as regional Senior Product Expert for Mortality and part of the Innovation Team for the German market. Prior to that, David was responsible for francophone markets and global employee benefits programs in the L&H department at Allianz Re for 6 years. Since 2008, David is member of the German Actuarial Association (DAV).

Frank Genheimer
Frank is Managing Director and Partner with New Insurance Business GmbH (St. Gallen, Switzerland), a consulting company that offers strategic and tactical business and management consulting for insurance companies and their cooperation partners. The focus of his work is set on (disruptive) innovations, new business strategy, products & related investments as well as cooperation management. Frank is a regular speaker and moderator at events, seminars and workshops throughout the financial service industry. Before he started his career as consultant, he worked within European life insurance industry for about eleven years. Frank is member of the German Actuarial Association (DAV), the Swiss Actuarial Association (SAV) and the German Association of Insurance and Financial Mathematics (DGVFM) as well as member of Actuarial Sciences for Africa (ASA).

Melissa Leitner
Melissa started her career as a pricing and product development actuary for group life and disability benefits in a major South African life insurer. She joined Swiss Re in 2009 as a Senior Client Manager for the South African market, and in 2013, she joined Swiss Re's newly created team in Zurich for L&H Product Strategy & Innovation in Europe, Middle East and Africa. The team applies cross-functional and collaborative approaches to develop alternative solutions that have the potential to close consumer protection gaps and deliver growth in the L&H insurance markets across the region. She holds a Bachelor of Business Science (Hons) degree from the University of Cape Town, and is a Fellow of the Actuarial Society of South Africa, and a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries UK.

Dr Axel Wachsmann