2026 91É«ÇéƬ Workshop on Risk and Actuarial Frontiers: Climate Risk & Insurance
Friday 22 May | 9am - 5pm | 91É«ÇéƬ HTH Seminar Room
The 2026 91É«ÇéƬ Workshop on Risk and Actuarial Frontiers: Climate Risk and Insurance will bring together 91É«ÇéƬ experts and industry thought leaders to discuss a broad range of issues related to climate risk and insurance. The workshop is hosted by the School of Risk and Actuarial Studies at 91É«ÇéƬ, in collaboration with the 91É«ÇéƬ Innovations in Risk, Insurance and Superannuation (IRIS) Knowledge Hub, the 91É«ÇéƬ Business Insights Institute (BII), and the 91É«ÇéƬ Institute for Climate Risk & Response (ICRR). It will feature industry and research presentations, panel discussions, and networking opportunities for participants. Registration is free, but places are limited. We warmly welcome academics, research students, industry practitioners, and policymakers to attend.
Registration is free, but places are limited. We warmly welcome academics, research students, industry practitioners and policymakers to attend.
Date
Friday 22 May 2026
Host
The University of New South Wales
Date: Friday 22 May 2026
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Please Register here before April 23:
Contacts
- Jinxia Zhu: jinxia.zhu@unsw.edu.au
- Alan Xian: a.xian@unsw.edu.au
- Paris Lome: p.lome@unsw.edu.au
Speakers
- Séverine Arnold – University of Lausanne
- Peiman Asadi – IAG
- Jonathan Barratt – CelsiusPro
- Vanessa Beenders – Actuaries Institute
- Alison Drill – Swiss Reinsurance Group
- Chetan Dwivedi – APRA
- Omid Ghasemi – 91É«ÇéƬ Institute for Climate Risk & Response
- Sanaa Hobeichi – 91É«ÇéƬ Climate Change Research Centre and the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century
- Fei Huang – 91É«ÇéƬ School of Risk and Actuarial Studies
- Tobias Huber – University of Georgia
- Rai Ibaceta – NSW Reconstruction Authority
- Francesca Kirby – Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation
- Patrick Laub – 91É«ÇéƬ School of Risk and Actuarial Studies
- Xi Lin - Taylor Fry
- Kate Lyons – Independent
- Matteo Malavasi – 91É«ÇéƬ School of Risk and Actuarial Studies
- Ramona Meyricke – Taylor Fry
- Rade Musulin – Finity Consulting
- Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick – ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society
- Tim Raupach – 91É«ÇéƬ Climate Change Research Centre
- Rhys Whitley – Suncorp
- Qihe Tang – 91É«ÇéƬ School of Risk and Actuarial Studies
- Bernard Wong – 91É«ÇéƬ School of Risk and Actuarial Studies
More details to be added
Program
Please note:Â Program details are tentative and subject to change.Â
Organizing committee:
- Katja Ignatieva
- Paris Lome
- Matteo Malavasi
- Yang Shen
- Alan Xian (Co-chair)
- Jinxia Zhu (Co-chair)