Annual Conference 2025
Together, Driving Change
Our flagship Annual Conference marks our 40th Anniversary and will bring together key industry decision-makers from across the insurance and long-term savings industry.
Chaired by Louise Minchin, with expert speakers from both within and beyond our sector, we will explore how we can collectively accelerate change, drive growth, and strengthen resilience to help households, communities, and businesses across the UK.
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Director + level
We’re all in this together - promoting access to affordable insurance through partnerships
The session would focus on how insurers are tackling the challenges associated with both increasing risks and costs and what that means for access to affordable insurance cover. There will be a strong focus on the industry’s role in building resilience and protecting / supporting customers, including how we use partnerships to do this.
Speakers include:
- Ken Norgrove, Deputy President, ABI
- Melissa Collett, CEO, Insurtech UK
- Susan Dreksler, Partner, KPMG
- Laura Evans, Chief Actuary, Flood Re
- Colm Holmes, CEO, Allianz UK
Change is always with us – but its pace and the extent of its potential to reconfigure the world as we know it is significant over the next decade. The ABI commissioned WPI Economics to look at the industry’s role in this ‘big change’ context, including what it needs to be able to do to encourage
greater prosperity and security for households, communities and businesses across the UK. The findings will be published on the day of our Annual Conference and discussed in this panel session.
Speakers include:
- Chair: Hannah Gurga, Director General, ABI
- Joe Ahern, Policy Director, WPI Economics
- Tracy Blackwell CBE, CEO, Pension Insurance Corporation
- Owen Morris, Managing Director, Personal lines, Aviva
- Paul Schreier, CEO, Simplyhealth
Savings Adequacy & Longevity: Preparing for the Long Haul
As our society ages, ensuring that more people can achieve a secure and comfortable retirement is a critical challenge for both the government and the long-term savings industry. This panel will delve into potential policies and strategies for enhancing savings adequacy in an ageing population. Key topics for discussion will include the impacts of increases in longevity on savers, policy interventions to support secure retirements, and the changing meaning of ageing.
Speakers confirmed so far:
- Chair: Yvonne Braun OBE, Director of Policy, Long Term Savings, Health & Protection, ABI
- Clive Bolton, CEO, M&G Life Insurance
- Paul Farmer, CEO, AGE UK
- Michele Golunska, Managing Director, Wealth and Advice, Aviva
- Professor Debora Price, Professor of Social Gerontology, University of Manchester
Stayin’ alive - role of insurance in creating healthier, happier and more productive workplaces
This session will explore the root causes of economic inactivity due to ill health, potential responses and the role that insurance can play as part of the solution.
The UK is faced with an urgent need to improve workplace health to drive productivity and take forward the Government’s mission of securing economic growth.
The Office for National Statistics shows that 2.8 million working age people are out of work due to long term ill health. Findings from the recent IPPR cross-party Commission on Health and Prosperity paint an even bleaker picture if we fail to address this. If current trends continue, they predict that economic inactivity due to sickness could hit 4.3 million by the end of this parliament.
The Government is focused on delivery of its Five Missions with a particular focus on delivering growth. New approaches are being sought to shape government work on economic inactivity, tackling the root causes for people remaining out of work such as poor physical and mental health.
Speakers include:
- Chair: Louise Minchin, broadcaster and journalist
- Diane Lightfoot, CEO, Business Disability Forum
- Sacha Romanovitch OBE, Chair, Commission for Healthier Working Lives
- Mark Till, CEO, Unum UK
Conference Chair
Louise Minchin, Broadcaster and Journalist
Speakers
Joe Ahern, Director of Policy, WPI Economics
Dr Leanne Allen, Partner, UK Head of AI, KPMG
Claire Altman, Managing Director, Individual Retirement, Phoenix
Jason Arday, Professor of Sociology of Education, Cambridge University
Adam Ball, Head Of Loss Control UK, Zurich Resilience Solutions
Claer Barrett, Consumer Editor, Financial Times
Chira Barua, CEO, Scottish Widows and CEO, Insurance, Pensions & Investments, Lloyds Banking Group
Tracy Blackwell CBE, CEO, Pensions Insurance Corporation
Clive Bolton, CEO, M&G Life Insurance
Joeli Brearley MBE, Founder and author, Pregnant Then Screwed
Matt Brewis, Director of Insurance, Financial Conduct Authority
John Canavan, Head of DC Later Life Policy, Department for Work and Pensions
Chris Carroll, CEO, Bupa Insurance UK
Jeremy Chadwick, Client Lead Partner, KPMG
Melissa Collett, CEO, Insurtech UK
Craig Dickson, Chief Executive Officr, DAC Beachcroft Claims Solutions Group
Kevin Doran, Chief Investment Officer, Scottish Widows / Lloyds Banking Group Plc
Susan Dreksler, Partner, KPMG
Audley English MBE, FRSA, Director, Buildeco Offsite Architecture
Laura Evans, Chief Actuary, Flood Re
Paul Farmer, Chief Executive, Age UK
Neil Galjaard, Managing Director, UK, Markel
Michele Golunska, Managing Director, Wealth & Advice, Aviva
Julia Graham, CEO, Airmic Ltd
Nick Hankin, Chief Underwriting Officer, QBE Insurance
Dr Stephanie Hare, Researcher and Broadcaster
Philippa Herz, Chief Financial Officer, OneFamily
Colm Holmes, CEO, Allianz Holdings
Sarah Hughes, Chief Executive, Mind
Sharon Hunt, Head of HR for Customer Success, Microsoft UK
Greg Jackson, Founder and Chief Executive, Octopus Energy
Deepak Jobanputra, Chief Sustainability Officer, Vitality
Shoib Khan, Director, Bank of England
Rhiannon Lambert, Registered Nutritionist, Rhitrition
Diane Lightfoot, CEO, Business Disability Forum
Rotimi Merriman-Johnson, DipFA and Online Financial Educator, Mr MoneyJar
John Middlemiss, Partner, Head of Customer Strategy, Financial Services, KPMG
David Miller, Partner, KPMG in the UK
Seema Misra OBE, Former Subpostmaster, Post Office
Owen Morris, Managing Director, Personal Lines, Aviva UKGI
Oliver Mott, Head of Social Media, Starling Bank
Kavi Myladoor, Retail Retirement Income Director, Just Group plc
Ken Norgrove, CEO, UK & International, RSA Insurance
Professor Debora Price, Professor of Social Gerontology, The University of Manchester
William Pritchett, Managing Director, Global Retirement Services Lead, Accenture
Sacha Romanovitch OBE, Non Executive Director/ Chair of Commission for Healthier Working Lives
Dan Scholey, Chief Commerical Officer, Moneyhub
Paul Schreier, Chief Executive Officer, Simplyhealth
Sarah Stanford, Chief Executive Officer, Aspen UK, Aspen Insurance Group
Katie Sullivan, Manager, Customer Strategy, Insurance, KPMG
Mark Till, CEO, Unum UK
Rosie Trousdell, Digital Campaign Manager, ABI
Dr Katie Tryon, Commercial Director, Health, Vitality
Claire Tunley, Chief Executive, Financial Services Skills Commission
Nick Turner, Group Chief Executive, NFU Mutual
Simmy Kaur Virdi, Senior Social Media Manager, PensionBee
Paul Waters, Partner, Hymans Robertson
2025 Headline Sponsor
2025 Exhibitors
Keynote Speakers
Lee Castleton OBE
Electrical Engineer and
Former SPMR
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