2020 Latin American Virtual Conference Agenda

9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time
7:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. – Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
8:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. – Colombia, Ecuador, México, Panamá, Perú
9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.  – Bolivia, Puerto Rico, República Dominicana, Venezuela
10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay

Tuesday, October 6, 2020

9:30 am - 9:35 am - Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:35 am - 9:50 am - Welcome from LIMRA and LOMA

9:50 am - 10:45 am - What’s Next for Insurance? Insights On The Post-COVID-19 Consumer

The COVID-19 pandemic is by no means over, but companies and consumers around the world are at least over its initial shock. People have adapted, and daily life is slowly settling into a different kind of routine. Attention is turning now to what the world might be like once this crisis is behind us. What kind of consumer needs and values will insurers be trying to serve then?

Gaston Messineo - Insurance Leader, EY-Parthenon

10:45 am - 11:00 am - Break

Visit the virtual exhibit hall and network in chat lounges.

11:00 am - 12:00 pm: Concurrent Sessions

1A. Award Winning Sales Strategies - The Journey of an IQA Award Winner

The best sales are not the ones that pay the most premiums, but the ones that are preserved over time, as they reflect an agent that has shown conviction and commitment to their clients and their career. Come and meet two of the best producers from GNP, who have been awarded with the international IQA distinction.

Juan Pablo Estavillo - Insurance Agent, VIDA Seguros

Orlando Farías - Owner, Goldman Insurance Group

Catalina Yannini Flores - Founding Partner, Viya Asesores, S. C.

2A. Marketing Through Disruption: A Unified View

Certain birds fly to a certain height to see more ground, and only then will make decisions on how to act. Jimmy's presentation tries to show how to achieve this bird's eye view in business through methodologies of understanding the environment, navigating information, and creative experimentation.

Jimmy Peña Urbano - Innovation Planner, MullenLowe Group

3A. Operating in a Low Interest Rate Environment

LL Global (LIMRA, LOMA, SRI) partnered with Oliver Wyman at the beginning of the year to form a Low Interest Rate Executive Task Force. The task force was comprised of over 125 senior leaders from 40 companies across the life insurance industry. In light of the outbreak of COVID-19 and the sharp decline in U.S. interest rates from the beginning of the year the task force immediately focused on company readiness. This session will cover some of the key findings of the task force including survey results on readiness topics as well as draw on parallels to the Latin American market.

David Levenson, DBA, FSA, CFA - President and Chief Executive Officer, LIMRA and LOMA

Scott Campion - Partner, Americas Insurance, Oliver Wyman

Pablo Haberer - Partner, Oliver Wyman

12:00 pm - End of Day 1

12:15 pm - 1:15 pm - Viva la Experiencia “Trustworthy Selling” (Digno de Confianza) de Hoopis y LIMRA

Trustworthy Selling (Digno de Confianza) es un programa de entrenamiento comercial, revolucionario y fundamentado en la neurociencia; se ha comprobado que el curso impulsa los resultados de retención y productividad hasta en un 30%.   Si su interés está en implementar técnicas para mejorar la fidelización de su equipo comercial e indicadores de productividad, no dude en participar en este encuentro!

En esta sesión conocerá: 

  • Las últimas investigaciones de LIMRA y el impacto que tiene la productividad en Latinoamérica.
  • El currículo, los resultados de productividad y metodología de aprendizaje del programa Trustworthy Selling (Dingo de Confianza).

Miguel Taveras, CLF, LLIF - Chief Sales Officer, Hoopis Performance Network

Meghan Wilke - Director, Advisor Development, Mutual of Omaha Advisors

Wednesday, October 7, 2020

9:30 am - 9:40 am - Welcome Back

9:40 am - 10:45 am: Concurrent Sessions

1B: The Mindset Behind the Attraction Game: How I Changed My Business From Hunting to Attracting

In this session, Jiale will share his journey on how he changed his business model to go from “hunting” new customers to “attracting” new customers. He will so a deep-dive into the mindset he used to create this new model, outline the proven best practices he followed, and offer resources for other advisers to create the same “attraction” game for their own business.

Kah Lok (Jiale) TAY - Executive Financial Consultant, finexis advisory Pte Ltd

2B: How to serve our customers in the new normal

COVID-19 came at us this year as an invisible disruptor that no one could anticipate. Since its inception, we have overcome challenges that were unimaginable a few months ago, and have had to make decisions about necessary changes to continue operating. Panelists will offer a holistic vision of this situation, analyzing the different human, technological and operational elements of the value chain, and conclude with the perspectives and expectations of the coming years within what we call the new normal.

João Leandro Bueno - Senior Partner, McKinsey

Marcela Diaz Velez - IT Assurance Manager, Seguros Sura

Mauricio Monroy - Vice President, LATAM and Spain, Equisoft

3B: Panel: We are not going back…but where are we going?

A conversation with top commercial leaders, sharing how they have helped their teams to adapt to today’s normal. Panelists will offer their perspectives on the modernization of our industry, the innovations that have come from the COVID-19 pandemic, and how they have implemented and automated new business processes.A conversation with top commercial leaders, sharing how they have helped their teams to adapt to today’s normal. Panelists will offer their perspectives on the modernization of our industry, the innovations that have come from the COVID-19 pandemic, and how they have implemented and automated new business processes.

Thad Burr - Head of Latin America & Caribbean, LIMRA and LOMA

Victor Feldmann Gonzalez - Chief Distribution Officer, Seguros Monterrey New York Life S.A. de C.V.

Leonardo Pereira de Freitas - Chief Commerical Officer, Bradesco Seguros S.A.

Mario Potestá Martínez - Executive Vice President of Insurance Business, Rimac Seguros

10:45 am - 11:00 am - Break

Visit the virtual exhibit hall and network in chat lounges.

11:00 am - 12:00 pm - CEO Panel: The Regional Response to COVID-19

Panelists will share what they have done so far to react and reshape their strategies in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.  The conversation will also include insights into some of the challenges they faced and what they did to overcome them, the new strategies and skill sets they believe are necessary to successfully move into the future, and what their plans and predictions are for the next 12 months.

Marcos Gunn - Senior Vice President, Chubb Group, Regional President, Latin America

Sofia Belmar - CEO, MetLife México

Horst Agata - Director General, Oficina de Representación en México, Gen Re

Helder Molina - Chief Executive Officer, MAG Seguros

12:00 pm - End of Day 2

Thursday, October 8, 2020

9:30 am - 9:40 am - Welcome Back

9:40 am - 10:45 am: Concurrent Sessions

1C: The Future of Work is NOW

The pandemic might not have initiated the adoption of new trends and technologies in the workplace, but it has certainly accelerated it. Drawing on current and past experience with implementing major cultural and digital transformation projects, Felipe will address the urgency for companies to promote cultural and digital transformations to remain relevant and increase productivity for the new world we are living in today.

Felipe D' Arco - Customer Success Manager, Gupy

2C: The Salesforce of the Future: How do we attract, manage and retain them?

As a sales leader, you have great responsibilities and goals to meet. You must manage your time properly, attract & select the best talent, and then retain, motivate, and develop high-performing teams to generate optimal profitability in the long term. In this session you will learn about the best business leadership and management practices to attract, manage and retain talent, using LIMRA’s proven methodology.

Álvaro Marquez - Consultant and Trainer, LIMRA

3C: Lessons learned: The Impact of the Pandemic on Our Industry and Clients

This panel will bring together industry association leaders from throughout the region to discuss the current status of the industry and what that means to the consumer. Updates on fiduciary requirements and data trends will be shared, and attendees are encouraged to come to the session with their own questions for panelists.

Miguel Gómez Martínez - President, Fasecolda

Eduardo Morón Pastor - President, Asociación Peruana de Empresas de Seguros (APESEG)

Rene Vazquez - Executive Director of Distribution, Prudential Seguros México, S.A. de C.V.

María de los Angeles Yáñez - Executive Director of Business Lines, Risks and Sector Development, Asociación Mexicana de Instituciones de Seguros (AMIS)

Mauricio Zanatta - President, AVIRA (Argentinean Life Insurance and Annuities Association)

10:45 am - 11:00 am - Break

Visit the virtual exhibit hall and network in chat lounges.

11:00 am - 12:00 pm - The 2021 Economy

12:00 pm - End of Day 3