European conference of the national institutes for
professional insurance education

Austria, November 9th & 10th, 2006
Hotel de France - Schottenring 3, 1010 Vienna

1st day
2nd day

PROGRAMME
Thursday, Novemeber 9th, 2006
Topic
Person / organisation
09.00 - 09.15 Registration

09.15 - 09.30 Opening


Fredi Handerek
Heinrich Stremitzer

09.30 - 10.00 Education of the consumer of insurance products - OECD strategies


Eva Kois
Legal and International Affairs Manager; Austrian Insurance Association

10.00 - 10.30 Education of the consumer of insurance products - The European policy approach


Dieter Pscheidl
Legal and International Affairs Manager;
Austrian Insurance Association

10.30 - 11.00 The Austrian Institute for Professional Insurance Education (BÖV) - a short overview

Salina Wong
Fredi Handerek



11.00 - 11.30 Coffee Break



11.30 - 12.30 Encouraging Social and Professional Ladder


Patrick Warin
MD of Group ecole Nationale d'Assurances, France

12.30 - 13.15 European Impact on Vocational Training: The European Qualification Framework (EQF) and European credit Points for Vocational Training (ECVET)

Dr. Katharina Höhn
MD of BWV; Germany



13.15 - 14.45 Lunch

14.45 - 15.15 Professional Standards for Insurance Intermediaires

Roberta Pittaluga
IRSA; Italy

15.15 - 15.30 Coffee break

15.15 - 16.00 Survey: Implementation of the EU Directive on Insurance Intermediation



Dr. Thomas Krämer
Chairman of BWV; Germany
Nadia Zürcher
VBV; Switzerland

16.00 - 16.30 Coffee break

16.30 - 17.00 The Malta International Training Centre experience


Andre Farrugia
Malta International Training Center

17.00 End of the working session

17.45 Evening programme
Friday, November 10th, 2006
09.00 - 09.45 Why people think they do not need insurance. Some explanations.



Prof. Michael Theil
Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration-Department of Risk Management and Insurance

09.45 - 10.00 Coffee break



10.00 - 11.00 Trends and tendencies of the education in the insurance industry -
Panel discussion with training managers of
different insurance companies




Mag. Horst Grottenthaler (Wiener Städtische)
Dr. Peter Kuleff (Uniqa)
Dr. Franz Reisner (Allianz)
Mag. Michael Sprung (Generali)
Dr. Witamwas (Grazer Wechselseitige)

11.00 - 11.30 Coffee break

11.30 - 12.30 How can the Insurance Sector better communicate and manage risks today?


Prof. Ragnar Löfstedt
Director of Risk Management at King's College

12.30 - 13.00
Conclusions / feedback,
next conference
closing


Heinrich Stremitzer
Andre Farrugia,
Malta International Training Center
Fredi Handerek

13.00 - 14.30
Lunch

14.30 - 17.00
Sightseeing tour