From “Uncertainty to Confidence” Building reliable, proactive risk & compliance in a volatile world
Join senior insurance, legal and risk leaders for a day focused on one thing:
How to run a reliable business in an unpredictable world.
War, cyber threats, inflation and regulation are reshaping the industry in real time.
This summit cuts through theory to what actually works — where risk is breaking, what regulators expect, and how leading firms are building confidence through better decisions.
Not compliance as obligation. Confidence as capability.
The agenda
ACT I
Uncertainty Is the New Baseline
08:30 Registration Opens
08:30 – 09:00 Registration & Welcome Coffee
Arrive early for coffee, name tags, and informal networking with peers.
09:00 – 09:10 Welcome & Acknowledgement of Country
MC: Andrew Silcox, CEO, Insurance News
09:10 – 09:25 Keynote: From Uncertainty to Confidence
The firms that win the next decade won’t have the thickest manuals — they’ll have turned risk into a decision-making edge. Ends with a live poll: what’s keeping you up at night? We’ll ask again at 4:15pm.
Speaker: Tetiana George, CEO, Curium, Co-Chair Insurtech Australia
09:25 – 09:55 Keynote: The Lucky Country’s Blind Spot (working title)
The world’s 14th-largest economy, ranked 107th of 128 for economic complexity. The biggest risks on your register aren’t in your register at all.
Speaker: Andrew Horton, Former COO, Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), MD, The Horton Group
09:55 – 10:25 Keynote: Turning the Tide: From Vulnerability to World Leader
In February 2022, analysts gave Ukraine days. They were wrong. What happens when an entire nation’s risk framework is stress-tested in real time.
Speaker: H.E. Vasyl Myroshnychenko, Ambassador of Ukraine to Australia and New Zealand
10:25 – 10:35 Held Open Slot — Session TBC
Held in reserve; rolls into morning tea if unused.
10:35 – 10:55 Morning Tea & Networking
ACT II
From Theory to the Front Line
10:55 – 11:35 Panel: Building a Resilient Brokerage in the 21st Century
Leaders who run broking businesses day to day on what resilience actually costs, what paid off, and what they’d fix first. No theory.
Moderator: TBD
Panellists: Allana Dynon, Head of Risk & Compliance – Network Insurance House, Debbi Thorne, General Manager – BMIA Broker Network, Mitchell Lipscombe, Chief Operating Officer – BAC Insurance Brokers
11:35 – 11:50 Keynote: No Policy Covers This
We spend our careers assessing risk on paper. Our speaker met one in person. A true story from the wild about the moment preparation runs out and instinct takes over. What happened? Come find out.
Speaker: Matthew Morgan, CEO, Argyle Insurance
11:50 – 12:20 Interactive: Is This a Breach? IBCCC gives real examples
You’ve argued about it in the office — now settle it in public. Real scenarios, live votes, and the people who make these calls reveal the answers. Top scorer collects a prize at drinks.
Moderator: TBD
Presenters: Daniela Kirchlinde and Carli Kidd
12:20 – 01:15 Lunch & Networking
ACT III
Where Confidence Is Tested
01:15 – 01:55 Panel: Claims: Where Confidence Is Tested
Every promise gets cashed in a claim. Why good processes still produce bad outcomes — and what separates the insurers people recommend from the ones they report.
Moderator: TBD
Panelists: Drew Shnehage, CEO and Co-Founder Clarion Claims, Suneet
01:55 – 02:30 Panel: Whose Neck Is on the Line?
It used to be the company that got fined. Increasingly, it’s you. Boards, responsible managers, and what “reasonable steps” means when it’s your name on the register.
Moderator: Malcolm Wood, Partner, Clyde & Co
02:30 – 03:05 Panel: Your Vendor, Your Problem
You can outsource the work — not the risk. CPS 230 in practice, and how to find your single points of failure before an outage finds them for you.
Moderator: Yvonne Lam, Partner, Clyde & Co
Panelists: TBD
03:05 – 03:30 Afternoon Tea
ACT IV
Confidence in Practice
03:30 – 04:15 Panel: The Buck Stops Here
“Everyone else gets to escalate. The people on this stage are where escalation ends. C-suite leaders on the calls only they could make, the ones they got wrong, and what a business that holds its nerve really looks like from the top table.”
Moderator: Katrina Shanks (CEO, ANZIIF)
Panelists: TBD
04:15 – 04:30 Live poll: The Confidence Check
Same question as this morning, same room, seven sessions later. Did the day move the needle? Plus the Is This a Breach? champion is crowned.
04:30 Onwards Networking Drinks
Wind down with a glass in hand — continue the conversation and build new connections.
