Meet our Leader
Will McAllister
SVP, Managing Director - EMEA
Guidewire Software
The Maslow Hotel Sandton (Google map)
Thursday, 29 February 2024 at 8:30 am - 6:30 pm (SAST)
Brings together senior management from non-life insurance companies for networking, education, and interactive discussions on common challenges and innovative solutions.
Brings together senior management from non-life insurance companies for networking, education, and interactive discussions on common challenges and innovative solutions.
1. Navigating Technical Debt in Insurance Systems Transformation
2. Crafting an Effective Data Strategy for Seamless System Migration
3. The Evolving Role of the CIO in Insurance Systems Transformation
Customers and partners from the Guidewire community, as well as insurance experts from South Africa and Europe, will discuss these challenges. This one day event will relate how customers successfully implemented Guidewire digitisation projects, hear how our partners brought their solutions, and be informed of the latest Guidewire product releases.
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SVP, Managing Director - EMEA
Guidewire Software
8:30 - 9:00 am |
Registration / Coffee and breakfast | |
9:00 - 9:10 am |
Welcome Note |
René Schoenauer - Director, EMEA Product Marketing, Guidewire
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9:10 - 9:25 am |
Keynote Address
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Will McAllister - SVP, Managing Director EMEA, Guidewire
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9:25 - 9:50 am |
The strategic role of data at SASRIA |
Mpumi Tyikwe - Chief Executive Officer, Sasria |
9:50 - 10:10 am |
Hollard Australia Journey with Guidewire
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Michael Medway - Programme Manager, The Hollard Insurance Company Australia
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10:10 - 10:30 am |
Coffee break | |
10:30 - 10:55 am
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Navigating Technical Debt in Insurance Systems Transformation
This session will guide you through how technical debt can accrue during system evolution, its impact on system performance, cybersecurity, and compliance, and strategies to effectively manage and mitigate this debt. Practical examples and best practices will be shared to empower attendees in making informed decisions when addressing technical debt.
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Kevin Wright - Retired CIO, Non Executive Board Member and Independent Consultant
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10:55 - 11:20 am |
From Technical Debt to Operational Excellence
In today's insurance landscape, cost pressures are escalating with global losses rising by 7%, inflation has surged by 16%. However, there's a silver lining as premium growth exceeds 8%, presenting insurers with profitable growth opportunities. Achieving these goals requires careful budget allocation and efficient OPEX management. |
Animesh Mukherjee - Associate Vice President, Insurance Solutions & Consulting, Zensar |
11:20 am - 12:00 pm |
Powering Digital Insurance Transformation with the Guidewire Cloud Platform Guidewire powers insurance agility with the industry-leading P&C Insurance Cloud Platform. In this session, you will learn how this platform enables continuous innovation and accelerates digital insurance transformation so that insurers in South Africa can engage with their customers through personalised, digital, and omnichannel experiences, can innovate faster with integrated digital experiences and embedded analytics and can leverage the industry’s ecosystem of pre-validated and integrated solutions. |
René Schoenauer - Director, EMEA Product Marketing, Guidewire Arjun Mathai - Global Head of Digital Services, Guidewire |
12:00- 1:00 pm |
Lunch
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1:00 - 1:25 pm |
No time to lose! How insurers can get transformation programmes right
This session is going to cover what it takes for a successful core insurance transformation and share some invaluable insights from their latest cloud surveys they conducted.
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Imran Ilyas - Global & US Guidewire Alliance Lead and Property & Casualty Insurance Transformation co-leader, PwC
Mark Allderman - Cloud and Digital Partner, Insurance Tech Leader, PwC Pieter Crafford - Strategy & Africa Leader, Financial Service Partner, PwC Taryn Salida - Insurance Transformation, PwC |
1:25 - 1:50 pm |
Realising the value of embedded Analytics
Insurers in South Africa are increasing adoption of advanced analytic use cases across the value chain. This session will focus on how Guidewire enables insurers to move from Analytic aspirations to becoming Analytics Driven organizations with a smart core system that's integrated and automated.
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Anish Patel - Client Executive (Data & Analytics), Guidewire |
1:50 - 2:10 pm |
Updraft’s integrated collaboration with Guidewire
This collaboration has leveraged the Marketplace platform to deliver AI driven claims settlement solutions that benefit both the carrier and the end-customer. This session will explore case studies and practical explanations of how intelligent legal technology and systemised legal analysis can drive early and favourable claims settlements within Guidewire - with transformative impacts on the loss ratio of motor insurers.
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Richard van Helden - CEO, Updraft
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2:10 - 2:35 pm |
Open Insurance: Unlocking the Ecosystem Era
Discover how the traditional insurance models are being replaced with dynamic ecosystems where insurers, tech giants, and third-party developers work together. Witness the emergence of API-driven products and the new opportunities they bring for revenue and partnerships. |
Abhishek Mukherjee - Head of Insurance Platforms, Wipro |
2:35 - 2:50 pm |
Mini break
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2:50 - 3:10 pm |
Customer Facing Documents and Communications inside Guidewire with GhostDraft
How business and product teams can take control of customer communications and correspondence using GhostDraft inside Guidewire.
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Wayne Toms - CEO, GhostDraft
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3:10 - 3:50 pm |
A view from the trenches Reflecting on dozens of conversations with industry leaders to establish African Insurance industry trends and sentiments. |
Tony Van Niekerk - Chief Editor, Cover Magazine |
3:50 - 4:00 pm |
Closing remarks / Q&A | |
4:00 - 6:30 pm |
Cocktail Reception |
