Speakers
Public Authoritiess
Mariana Kühnel
Executive Director - Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA)
Petra Hielkema
Chairperson - European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)
Stavros Konstantas
Director of Occupational & Private Insurance Supervision Directorate - Bank of Greece
Industry Representativess
Florence Bailly
Group Director of Public Affairs - CNP Assurances
Gino Del Sesto
Head of Government Relations, Europe - MetLife
Jean-Jacques Bonnaud
Treasurer - EUROFI
Objectives
Objectives
The discussion will assess how insurers can harness technological innovation—particularly AI and data analytics—while maintaining robust consumer protection and managing new risk categories.
The exchange will also evaluate whether the revised prudential framework adequately supports insurers’ role as long-term investors and contributors to SIU objectives and will discuss the balance between regulatory simplification and the need to address evolving risks from climate change, cyber threats, and macroeconomic vulnerabilities.
Finally, the panel will explore opportunities for public-private partnerships and international coordination mechanisms to close protection gaps and ensure market stability across the Union.
Points of discussion
- How to seize existing promising opportunities for the insurance sector in the EU: innovation, technology and long-term investment
- What are the main policy challenges for the sector notably regarding regulatory simplification, new risk patterns management and the contribution to the SIU?