1st Annual Insurance & Re-insurance Conference,(AIRC 2011)

Online, May 30, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Nairobi- Industry leaders are gearing up for the Annual Africa Insurance & Re-insurance Conference 2011 which will be held in Nairobi Kenya on the 21-22 June 2011 Kenya under a timely theme "The Africa Insurance & Reinsurance Environment in Perspective - Capturing the Growth Potential"

Supported by Global Credit Rating Co. ("GCR") and Fitch Ratings, the 1st Annual Africa Insurance & Reinsurance Conference (AIRC 2011) will bring together the regional as well as global players for discussions and debates that will act as launching pad for much needed innovative products that will shape the feature industry growth trajectory and help tap the underexploited growth.
Melanie Brown, Managing Director, Global Credit Rating and Roland Cooper, Managing Director, Fitch Ratings will speak at the event.

The conference will also feature topical issues with a major focus on how to foster insurance penetration in a profitable way. Nelson C. Kuria, Managing Director, CIC Insurance Group Limited, Michael Ikupolati Director General/Head of Mission West African Insurance Institute and Kate Waiganjo Country Manager MicroEnsure, Kenya will look at the issues of micro insurance in Africa

Manoj Kumar, ACII (UK), CPCU (USA) the President & Managing Partner, Bancassurance Consultants and Barack Otieno, Head of Bancassurance, Barclays Bank of Kenya will address bancassurance opportunities in Africa. Mohammed Hussein El Dishsi Managing Director & CEO- Nile General Takaful Company, Chairman Nile Family Takaful Company, Vice Chairman- Insurance Federation of Egypt, Hassan Bashir, Chief Executive Officer, Takaful Insurance of Africa and Hajia Thaibat Adeniran Coordinator Halal Takaful Nigeria will address the Takaful and Retakaful opportunities in Africa

Other speakers include Stewart Kinloch Chief Underwriting Officer African Trade Insurance Agency who will be speaking on risk management issues in Africa insurance industry. Natalie de Wit, Investment Manager, DEG - Deutsche Investitions und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH FI - Financial Institutions and Ewan Wheeler- Africa Development Bank will look at development or macroeconomic benefits of insurance and reinsurance in Africa.

The exhibition will run alongside the conference and will provide a showcase for latest developments in the industry, new insurance services, product launches and innovative solutions, with an emphasis on improving efficiency and performance to capture growth. Leading regional & global institutions, consulting & advisory firms and IT solution providers are the main partners of this event, a platform designed to meet