IIS Executive Insights Life & Health Expert: Ronald Klein, Executive Director, BILTIR
ETHIOPIA’S MEGADAM GENERATES A FLOOD OF ILL WILL
What are you most proud of accomplishing in your career?
When I joined Zep-Re, it was a small, unrated regional reinsurer that relied mainly on statutory cessions from a few countries. When I retired, it was a trusted, innovative, successful reinsurer covering Africa and South Asia. We did this by caring for our clients.
How did participating in the LOT program contribute to your career development?
The Maurice R. Greenberg School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science (GSRM) was founded in 1901 as the Insurance Society of New York and over the years evolved into The College of Insurance (TCI). In June of 2001, TCI merged with St. John’s University, becoming the School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science (SRM), part of The Peter J. Tobin College of Business. On the occasion of celebrating Mr.
Tan Bin Ru, CEO (Southeast Asia), OneConnect Financial Technology
Insurance players have been watching from the sidelines how their banker cousin is taking on digital disruptions. While digital disruption isn’t entirely new, the Covid-19 pandemic now gives the insurance giants a harder nudge to digitalize. There is no better time than now to rethink the values and products needed to serve the new age customer smartly.