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RGA Leaders of Tomorrow Program Recognizes Industry's Rising Stars

New York, New York – June 30, 2020

The International Insurance Society (IIS) has announced the 2020 RGA Leaders of Tomorrow award winner, Nadia Schmidt of Willis Re for her paper on Robo-Advisors & Insurance-Linked Securities.  Honorable mentions include Jessica Baehr of Equitable for her paper on Leading through Crisis and Eva Csapó of Aegon for her work on Underwriting of Tomorrow Today.

Mike Morrissey Retires as IIS President & Chief Executive Officer

NEW YORK, NY – June 17, 2020

The International Insurance Society and The Institutes have announced that Mike Morrissey will retire as President and Chief Executive Officer, after more than eleven years in the position.

Axco Regulatory Alerts: Non-life and life: CIMA digital insurance regulation further delayed due to COVID-19

Publication of CIMA regulation on digital insurance (in prior discussions referred to as regulation on e-commerce and electronic insurance), expected for several years, has been delayed again because of the need to align it with planned changes to existing microinsurance regulation designed to encourage the establishment of specialist microinsurers. Draft regulation was to be discussed in the first quarter of 2020, but this was delayed due to COVID-19 and there is currently no timeline for its implementation.

Jerry Rosenbloom Named the 2020 Founder's Award Recipient

New York, New York – February 3, 2020

Rajni Varia Named the IIS Vanguard Award Recipient

New York, New York – January 20, 2020

The International Insurance Society (IIS) has announced Rajnikant (Rajni) Varia, former Managing Director of Zep Re as the inaugural recipient of the Vanguard Market Development Award.  The Vanguard Market Development Award, established this year by the IIS, recognizes those who have substantially advanced the development of insurance in an underserved market or emerging economy.