IUMI 2026

Rotterdam Conference

PROGRAMME

TIMETABLE

Time Event Speaker Room
12.00 – 14.30 Education Forum Meeting IUMI Education Forum members only 11. J.F. Staal Room
15.00 – 17.00 Audio Visual Preview For all conference speakers 6. Penn Room 1
15.00 – 17.30 Secretaries Meeting 12. Blue Room
18.30 Meet for President’s Dinner – Coaches to the Restaurant by Invitation only
18.30 – 22.00 President’s Dinner by invitation only In Den Rustwat

Time Event Details/ Speaker Room
08.30 – 18.00 Registration/Information
09.00 – 17.00 Audio-visual preview For all conference speakers 6. Penn Room 1
12.00 – 18.00 Press Room 3. Mees Room
09.00 – 17.00 Committee Meetings Coffee served in the committee rooms
09.00 – 10.00 Nominating Committee 7. Leeuwen Room 2
09.30 – 12.30 Cargo Committee 11. J.F. Staal Room
09.30 – 12.30 Ocean Hull Committee 8. Leeuwen Room 1
09.30 – 12.30 Inland Hull, Fishing Vessels and Yachting Committee 9. Goudriaan Room 2
09.30 – 12.30 Facts and Figures Committee 14. Van Walsum Room
09.30 – 12.30 Legal and Liability Committee 10. Goudriaan Room 1
09.30 – 12.30 Loss Prevention Committee 12. Blue Room
09.30 – 12.30 Offshore Energy Committee 5. Penn Room 2
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch For IUMI Committee and Forum members only 17. Van Oldenbarnevelt Room
13.00 – 14.30 Informal lunch meeting For President, Members of the Executive Committee, Secretary General, Technical Committee Chairs and Liaison Officers with the Press 3. Mees Room
14.30 – 16.30 Policy Forum Meeting 9. Goudriaan Room 2
14.30 – 16.30 Data & Digitalization Forum Meeting 12. Blue Room
14.30 – 16.30 Salvage Forum Meeting 7. Leeuwen Room 2
16.45 – 17.15 Meeting for President, Secretary General and Committee Chairs for final details 11. J.F. Staal Room
17.15 – 18.15 First Timers’ and Young Professionals‘ Reception For First Timers, Young professionals, IPPs, EC, TC Chairs Conference Venue – Balcony
18.45 Meet to walk to Welcome Reception at de Doelen Guides to be dotted along the route for directions WTC Entrance
19.00 – 22.00 Welcome Reception hosted by hosted by Verbond van Verzekeraars / Dutch Association of Insurers De Doelen

Time Event Details/ Speaker Room
08.00 – 18.00 Audiovisual Preview For all conference speakers 6. Penn Room 1
07.30 – 08.30 Speaker rehearsal in main conference room Rottedam Halls
08.00 – 18.00 Registration – IUMI Conference Office/Hospitality Desk Exhibition Hall
08.00 – 08.30 Tea and Coffee Start of the day
08.00 – 18.00 Press Room 3. Mees Room
08.00 – 18.00 Exhibition / Sponsors Exhibition Hall
08.30- 10.00 Opening Session
 Rotterdam Halls
08.30 – 08.35 Welcome, Introduction, call to order Frédéric Denèfle, IUMI President Rotterdam Halls
08.35 – 08.40 Welcome by the Host Association Local host association representative Rotterdam Halls
08.40 – 09.10 Keynote speaker Rotterdam Halls
09.10 – 09.40 Introduction of the Common Theme Frédéric Denèfle, IUMI President Rotterdam Halls
09.40 – 10.00     Report of the Secretary General

  • IMO from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026
  • Secretariat’s Activities 2025/2026
  • IUMI Policy Statement
  • Announcements / Practical Information
 Lars Lange, IUMI SG, Hamburg Rotterdam Halls
10.00 – 10.30 Coffee Break
10.30 – 12.30 Workshop „Topic Workshop 1 (President’s Workshop): War Challenges for Marine Insurance – Mind the Gap“
 Team: Frédéris Denèfle (lead), Helga Hodne, Jun Lin, Sean Dalton, Ilias Tsakiris Rotterdam Halls
10.30 – 10.40 President’s introduction Frédéric Denèfle, IUMI President
10.40 – 10.50 Marine Reinsurer View on War Exposures, Scenarios (RDS) and Historical Losses
10.50 – 11.05 Statistics/data on war losses Julian Kirkman Page, Russell Group
11.05 – 11.20 Security perspective RADM Philip Sobeck, USA
11.20 – 11.35 Legal challenges Richard Neylon, Partner, HFW, UK-London
11.35 – 12.10 Panel discussion: Industry insights Moderator: Frederic Denefle, IUMI President, F-Paris
Participants:

  • N.N. (war insurer)
  • Alec Russell, Global Head of Cargo, Gallagher
  • Romain Rossier, Head of Marine – Global Clients, Lloyd’s, Energy, P&I, Munich Re, CH-Zurich (tbc)
  • Julian Kirkman Page, Russell Group
  • Richard Neylon, Partner, HFW, UK-London
  • RADM Philip Sobeck, USA
12.10 – 12.30 Q&A and take aways Frederic Denefle, IUMI President, F-Paris
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch Break (participants)
12.30 – 14.00 Partner Lunch with IPPs and Affiliates, Members of the Executive Committee, SG, Committee Chairs, International Observers, Liaison Officers, Affiliates and IPPs with Dutch Delegation (seated Lunch)

By invitation only

 17. Van Oldenbarnevelt Room
13.25 – 13.55 Speaker rehearsal in main conference room
14.00 – 15.30 Workshop „Facts & Figures“
 Rotterdam Halls
14.00 – 14.15 Chair’s Report & Report on World Merchant Fleet and World Trade Jun Lin, Chair Facts & Figures Committee; Gard, UK-London
14.15 – 14.50 Global Marine Insurance Report Veith Huesmann, IUMI, Chief Analyst, GER-Hamburg
14.50 – 15.00 Behavioural Shifts Around JWLA Zone Update / The „Trapped Fleet“ Lifecycle / Going Dark: Identifying AIS Anomalies in Emerging Conflict Areas Farah Bukhari, Product Management, Concirrus
15.00 – 15.25 Macroeconomic Overview Stephen Gordon, Managing Director, Clarksons Research, UK-London
15.25 – 15.30 Q&A /  Conclusion and Take away Jun Lin, Chair Facts & Figures Committee; Gard, UK-London
15.30 – 16.00 Afternoon Break
16.00 – 17.30  Workshop “Legal & Liability” Rotterdam Halls
16.00 – 16.15 Chair’s Report & Introduction Brian F. Murphy, Chair Legal & Liability Committee, Senior Vice President, Berkley Offshore Underwriting Managers, USA-New York
16.15 – 16.25 Legal Update on Ongoing Cases
• Bayesian Superyacht
• X-Press Pearl
• M/V Dali
• Wan Hai 503
• Solong		 tbc
16.25 – 16.45 Presentation: tbc tbc
16.05 – 16.15 IPP Presentation:
16.45 – 17.25 Panel discussion: Moderator: Brian F. Murphy, Chair Legal & Liability Committee, Senior Vice President, Berkley Offshore Underwriting Managers, USA-New York

Panelist:

  • Stephan Hennig (UK SOSREP)
  • Richard Jansen (CEO of Smit)
  • Alan Mackinnon, Head of Claims, UK Club, Chair of the Large Claims Committee at the IG, UK-London
17.25 – 17.30 Q&A; Conclusion and Take away Brian F. Murphy, Chair Legal & Liability Committee, Senior Vice President, Berkley Offshore Underwriting Managers, USA-New York
17.45 – 18.15 Meeting the Press 3. Mees Room
18.30 Coaches to Secretaries Dinner by Invitation only
19.00 – 22.30 Secretaries‘ Dinner
 by Invitation only TBC

Time Event Details/ Speaker Room
08.00 – 18.00 Audiovisual Preview For all conference speakers 6. Penn Room 1
07.30 – 08.30 Speaker rehearsal in main conference room Rotterdam Halls
08.00 – 18.00 Registration/Information
08.00 – 18.00 Press Room 3. Mees Room
08.00 – 08.30 Tea and Coffee Start of the day
08.00 – 18.00 Exhibition  / Sponsors
08.30 – 10.00 Workshop “Cargo”
08.30 – 08.35 Chair’s Report & Introduction Mike Brews, Chair Cargo Committee, Horizon Underwriting Managers, ZA-Johannesburg Rotterdam Halls
08.35 – 08.40 Introduction Karla Scott, Head of Cargo and Logistics, MSIG USA, San Francisco Rotterdam Halls
08.40 – 09.00 Cargo theft: Global statistics & modus operandi Thorsten Neumann, President & CEO, Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) EMEA Rotterdam Halls
09.00 – 09.20 Fake carriers Steffen Maelicke, Salary Partner, ASD, GER-Hamburg Rotterdam Halls
09.20 – 09.55 Panel Discussion / Q&A Moderator: Karla Scott, Head of Cargo and Logistics, MSIG USA, San Francisco

Panelists:

  • Isabelle Therrien, Executive Vice President, Head of Cargo, Falvey Insurance Group, CAN-Oakville
  • James Cooper, Cyber Underwriter, Astaara, UK-London
  • Dan Crewe,
 Rotterdam Halls
09.55 – 10.00 Conclusion and Take away Mike Brews, Chair Cargo Committee, Horizon Underwriting Managers, ZA-Johannesburg Rotterdam Halls
10.00 – 10.30 Coffee Break
10.30 – 10.40 “Meet the Sponsors”

IUMI President + Host Country Organizing Committee Representative

 Rotterdam Halls
10.40 – 12.30 Workshop „Topic Workshop 2: Logistics and Tradey“
 Team: Matthias Kirchner (lead), Mariella Dauphinee, Carla Scott, Christian Dierks, Max Liu Rotterdam Halls
10.40 – 10.50 Workshop Introduction Matthias Kirchner, Underwriting Manager Marine Germany, Austria & Central and South Eastern Europe AXA XL, IUMI EC Member, GER-Cologne Rotterdam Halls
10.50 – 11.20 Freight Forwarding Liability Insurance – an important and dynamic Marine Line of Business Christian Dierks, Senior Underwriter Marine, AXA XL, GER-Hamburg Rotterdam Halls
11.20 – 11.45 Freight Forwarders keep the Supply Chain running in the the Polycrisis tbc Rotterdam Halls
11.45 – 12.10 Loss Prevention Specifics in Logistics Björn Hartong, Zurich, LPC Member Rotterdam Halls
12.10 – 12.25 Q&A, polling, Conclusion and Take away Rotterdam Halls
12.30- 14.00 Lunch Break (participants)
12.30 – 14.00 Meeting of the Secretary General with the Organising Committee of the 2026 Rotterdam Conference and with representatives of the  Japan (2027), Belgium (2028) and Hong Kong (2029) Organising Committees (Buffet Style)

By invitation only

 16. Captain’s Lounge
13.25 – 13.55 Speaker rehearsal in main conference room Rotterdam Halls
14.00 – 15.30 Workshop “Policy Forum”:  The nuclear option
14.00 – 14.10 Chair’s Report & Introduction Neil Roberts, Chair Policy Forum and LMA, UK-London Rotterdam Halls
14.10 – 14.25 Technical insights on nuclear technologies available in maritime Jan Emblemsvåg, Ph.D., Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), NOR-Alesund Rotterdam Halls
14.25 – 14.40 Developments in the regulatory space Eleni Poupaki, Senior Policy Adviser, Directorate for Maritime Affairs / Shipping Policy Division, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, Directorate-General for Civil Aviation and Maritime Affairs, NED-The Hague Rotterdam Halls
14.40 – 14.55 Insurance cover for nuclear power plants – a model for maritime? Mark Tetley, Senior Underwriter, Northcourt Ltd. (UK Branch), Optio, UK-London Rotterdam Halls
14.55 – 15.25 Panel / Q&A Moderator: Franco D’Andrea Partner
Global Risks, DWF Law LLP, UK-LondonPanellists:

  • Jan Emblemsvåg,
  • Eleni Poupaki,
  • Mark Tetley,
 Rotterdam Halls
15.25 – 15.30 Conclusion and Take away Neil Roberts, Chair Policy Forum and Head of Marine & Aviation, LMA, UK-London Rotterdam Halls
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee Break
16.00 – 17.30 Workshop “Inland Hull, Fishing Vessels and Yachts” Rotterdam Halls
16.00 – 16.10 Chair’s Report & Introduction Rick Salway, Chair IFY Committee and Great American Insurance Group, USA-New York
16.10 – 16.25 Inland Hull tbc
16.25 – 16.40 Fishing Vessels tbc
16.40 – 16.55 Yachts tbc
16.55 – 17.10 Seafarer wellbeing [panel or presentation]
17.10 – 17.25 Forum Discussion / Q&A
Follow-up on Inland Hull topics Current and new technology in IFY markets and insurability
17.25 – 17.30 Conclusion and Take Away Rick Salway, Chair IFY Committee and Vice President, Great American Insurance Group, USA-New York

a Economics, Moody’s Analytics, Singapore

Time Event Details/ Speaker Room
07.00 – 15.30 Audiovisual Preview For all conference speakers
07.00 – 08.00 Speaker rehearsal in main conference room
07.00 – 16.00 Registration/Information
08.00 – 18.00 Press Room
08.00 – 08.30 Tea and Coffee Start of the day
08.00 – 15.30 Exhibition Hall / Sponsors
08.30 – 10.00 Workshop “Offshore Energy”
08.30 – 08.35 Chair’s Report and Introduction Michele Cibrario, Chair Offshore Energy Committee, Swiss Re, Co-Head Energy, CH-Zurich
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09.40 – 10.00 Conclusion and Take away Michele Cibrario, Chair Offshore Energy Committee, Swiss Re, Co-Head Energy, CH-Zurich
10.00 – 10.30 Coffee Break
10.00 – 10.30 Council Meeting

  • Minutes of the 2025 Annual Conference Singapore
  1. Council Approvals / Decisions
  • Finances: Approval of the annual Accounts 2025
  • Report External Auditor 2025
  • Determine Membership Fee 2027
 Lars Lange, IUMI SG, Hamburg
10.30 – 12.00 Workshop “Loss Prevention”
10.30 – 10.40 Chair’s Report and Introduction Pascal Dubois, Chair, Loss Prevention Committee and CEO CESAM, FRA-Paris Rotterdam Halls
10.40 – 11.10 Fraud within the supply chain (Panel 1) Moderator: Björn Hartong, Global Head of RE Marine, Security & Supply Chain, Zürich Resilience Solutions, CH-Zürich

Panelists:

  • Tiina Ruhlandt, Managing Director, EIMC, USA-Jersey City
  • Samuel A Markov, Director ARM Services Argentina/Chile, ARG-Buenos Aires
  • Ynse Vos, Partner, Senior Surveyor at TT Experts and Co-founder of CarrierCheck, NL-La Randstad
 Rotterdam Halls
11.10 – 11.45 Recent evolutions concerning ion batteries and corresponding loss prevention recommendations (Panel 2) Moderator: Timothy Kennedy, Vice President, Director Loss Control Services Marine, Starr Insurance, USA-New-York City

Panelists:

  • Maria Dragoumerli, Country Manager, ABL Group, GR-Piraeus
  • Dr Carsten Schulte, Global Head Marine, HDI Group, GR-Hannover
  • Wenxiao Song, Senior Engineer, Shanghai Motor Vehicle Inspection and Certification Technology Research Center Co., Ltd., PRC-Shanghai
  • Jarek Klimczak, Chief Risk Consulting Officer, Specialty, AXA XL, UK-London
 Rotterdam Halls
11.45 – 11.55 ISPM 15 Nicolas Gabriel, Divisional Director/Consultant, Worldwide Survey Coordination, Battermann & Tillery Global Marine GmbH, GER-Bremen Rotterdam Halls
11.55 – 12.00 Q&A; Conclusion and Take Aways John Miklus, Secretary Loss Prevention Committee and President American Institute of Marine Underwriters (AIMU)
12.00 – 13.30 Lunch Break (participants)
12.10 – 13.30 Working lunch: Roundtable on crew wellbeing (Buffet Style)

By invitation only

 17. Van Oldenbarnevelt Room
12.55 – 13.25 Speaker rehearsal in main conference room
13.30 – 15.00 Workshop „Ocean Hull“
13.30 – 13.40 Chair’s Report & Introduction Ilias Tsakiris, Chair, Ocean Hull Committee and CEO, American Hellenic Hull, CY-Limassol Rotterdam Halls
13.40 – 14.05 Presentation tbc Mrs. Meei Wong. Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Circle Digital Ventures Co-Chair All Aboard Alliance
14.05 – 14.30 Presentation tbc Prof. George Theocharidis. Professor of Maritime Law & Policy at WMU, SWE-Malmö
14.30 – 14.55 Presentation tbc Mr. Edward Wollaston Director Global Response, AMBREY
14.55 – 15.00 Q&A / Conclusion and Take away Ilias Tsakiris, Chair, Ocean Hull Committee and CEO, American Hellenic Hull, CY-Limassol
15.00 – 15.30 Final Session
Thanks and Wrap-up Frédéric Denèfle, IUMI President
Address by the new President New IUMI President
Announcment Council meeting results/ new EC + Nominating Committee Isabelle Therrien, Chair of the IUMI Nominating Committee, Executive Vice President, Head of Cargo, Falvey Insurance Group, CAN-Toronto
Handing over of the IUMI flag to the Japanese Delegation Netherlands: Anneke Kooiman, DUPI; Marko van Leeuwen, Verbond van Verzekeraars; Victor van de Lest, Corins; Jenny Groeneveld, HDI; Simon Laros, Nationale-Nederlanden

Japan: tbc
Information on the Yokohama Conference 2027 tbc
Closing of the Conference Frédéric Denèfle, IUMI President
16.00 – 17.00 Wrap-Up Meeting Workshop Chairs  with members of the Executive Committee (old and new)
17.20 Coach transfer to Dutch Evening
18.30 – 22.30 Dutch Evening Cruise Terminal
From 22.00 Coach shuttles back to hotel