Insuring Short Term Trade Finance Conference, London – 27 November 2018

The ITFA Board is pleased to inform you about the upcoming event; Insuring Short Term Trade Finance conference. This event will be held on 27th November 2018 in London. We are also pleased to announce that Lora Pillow, ITFA Deputy Chairperson and Head of Communications and Memership, will be speaking at this event.

We are delighted to inform you that ITFA has secured 2 passes, each with a 50% discount for ITFA members to attend this event. As is customary, the discounted passes will be available to ITFA members only on a first come first serve basis. In addition, any other registrations made by ITFA members will be at a 15% discount. In order to register for the discounted passes and benefit from the ITFA discounts please send an email to alexiavella@itfa.org. Please keep in mind that these offers are not available in conjunction with each other and are eligible for new registrations only. Moreover, each member institution is, at most, entitled to one pass at 50% discount.

The insurance industry is rapidly changing but not just because of technology. Could we finally be seeing moves towards standardised policy wording for insurance? What will this mean for capital relief? These are exciting times in short term trade finance but with so much change, it is easy to get left behind.

Why you should attend…

• Futureproof your business

The conference has assembled some of the most innovative minds in the trade insurance space to share their thoughts on where the industry should go and where it is actually going

• Get the cutting-edge data

Get cutting edge data from across insurance and trade finance to strategically place your business and maximise profit

• Meet the right people

With some of the biggest users and providers of insurance attending, you can meet the right people to make your business flourish

Who’s going to Speak?

• François Terrade, Managing Director – Working Capital Solutions, Demica
• Christophe Spoerry, Founder, Alpine Style
• Lorna Pillow, Deputy Chairperson and Head of Communications and Memership, ITFA
• Andrew van den Born, Managing Director, Willis Tower Watson
• Marilyn Blattner-Hoyle, Global Head of Supply Chain and Trade Finance, AIG
• Marian Boyle, Partner, Sullivan and Worcester
• Paul Coles, Portfolio Management & Distribution in Global Trade & Receivables Finance, HSBC
• Vinco David, Secretary General, Berne Union
• Antonio Di Marzo, Product Owner Commercial Insurance, B3i
• Chris Hall, Senior Underwriter, Liberty Specialty Markets
• Charles Nahum, Independent Managing Director, Europe, Finacity
• Robert Nijhout, Executive Director, ICISA
• Igor Zax, President, Tenzor AI

Key Sessions:

• Where Trade is Going: The Berne Union Experience
• Policy Wording: Standardisation and the Hunt for Capital Relief
• Artificial Intelligence: Hidden Game Changer in Trade Credit?

As always we do hope that our ITFA members make the most of the additional benefits that ITFA is bringing to them through such collaborations.