Decentralized
Insurance
Conference
April 21st, 2022
Amsterdam
Meet Berlage
The leading decentralized insurance event
D1Conf is the premier event that brings together the decentralized insurance community, insurtech innovators, and traditional insurance companies who are focused on redefining the possibilities within the industry.
The event’s main objective is to connect a range of industry leaders who are active in the decentralized insurance community with those from traditional insurance companies and others interested in learning more about fair access to on-chain coverage. By creating a space for insurance professionals to collaborate, our community can participate in a forum where on-chain use cases for coverage, innovation in product development, and the role of regulation in blockchain markets can be explored in depth.
Etherisc and Nexus Mutual hosted D1Conf in Amsterdam on April 21, 2022, during Devconnect, a week-long in-person gathering for the Ethereum community to join in conversation and learn from one another. The D1Conf and Devconnect events brought a rare opportunity to build connections with leaders of the community of insurtech startups, developers, actuaries, risk managers, marketers, and distributors, as well as existing insurance technology providers and regulators.
Talks
Real world risks and emerging markets
Understanding inclusive insurance clients
Asier Achutegui
Microinsurance Network
Blockchain based Microinsurance for Good:
Application in Sub Saharan Africa
Benson Njuguna
Acre Africa
What is the context of Agricultural Insurance?
Elise Lee
Pula
Using blockchain and insurance to mitigate climate risk
Roy Confino
Lemonade Foundation
Nexus V2: Creating an on-chain marketplace for risk
Hugh Karp
Nexus Mutual
On-chain Economic infrastructure
Etherisc GIF and staking as a fundamental building block for insurance
Christoph Mussenbrock
Etherisc
A dinosaur’s approach to blockchain related risks
Peter Bärnreuther
Munich Re
Dividing and share risk
Adi Hussein + Antonio Bartulovic
A43
The role of decentralized validation in Parametric Insurance
Andra Maute
Chainlink
Investing the Float in DeFi
Reinis Melbardis
Nexus Mutual
Massive adoption
Safeguarding crypto assets – opportunities for insurers
Arturs Kokins
Capco
From travel to energy – use cases for parametric, decentralized insurance
Martin Baier
InsureBlox
Blocksurance: Peer to Peer Tontine – An Ethereum based community fund
Maximilian Sourisseau
HBA Consulting
Insurance Regulations in a Time of Transformation
Hui Lin Chiew
Access to Insurance Initiative
What role can insurance regulation play for massive adoption (fireside chat)
Hui Lin Chiew
Access to Insurance Initiative
Timo Bernau
GSK
Speakers
Christoph
Microinsurance Network
Understanding inclusive insurance clients
With more than 15 years of experience in development, Asier previously worked in the evaluation, development, and design of social inclusion public policy in Latin America and the Caribbean. He has experience in searching for global development solutions and has worked in budgeting for projects aimed at improving the quality of life of vulnerable communities. He is a Certified Expert on Microinsurance from the Frankfurt School and leads several programmes of the Microinsurance Network.
Asier Achutegui
Microinsurance Network
Christoph
Acre Africa
Blockchain based Microinsurance for Good: Application in Sub Saharan Africa
Benson is an Ethereum Foundation fellow, on a mission to elevate humanity from an economic standpoint, through innovative ideas driven by technology. He is currently working on multiple digitalization projects with ACRE Africa, a microinsurance service provider based in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Zambia. For years, he has been a technology consultant, working on notable projects for the Kenyan Government, software firms and large insurance providers in Africa. He is passionate about financial inclusion and liberation for everyone, which has seen him work as a volunteer and founder in various initiatives such as; Rural Inclusion capacity building, Web3 education , EthKenya community and EthSafari communities in Africa.
Benson Njuguna
Acre Africa
Christoph
Pula
What is the context of Agricultural Insurance?
Elise is a seasoned international management professional with a demonstrated history of leadership in various sectors including non-profit organization management, social investment and social entrepreneurship. Previously based in Hong Kong, she worked in and with innovative NGOs and foundations across Asia which seek to improve the lives of marginalized persons, especially children and women. A South Korean national and native English speaker, Elise has worked extensively across Asia including in China, Vietnam, Philippines, Cambodia and Indonesia, and most recently in Pakistan and Nepal. Elise has her bachelor’s degree in Political Economy from Barnard College, Columbia University, and an MBA from the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) in Shanghai. In her role as a commercial manager Asia, Elise is supporting Pula’s entry into Asian markets to bring smallholder farmer insurance programs to the region.
Elise Lee
Pula
Christoph
Nexus Mutual
Nexus V2: Creating an on-chain marketplace for risk
Hugh Karp is the Founder of Nexus Mutual, an automated discretionary mutual running on Ethereum. He is an insurance professional and actuary with over 15 years of experience in the insurance industry. He has held a variety of roles in both primary and reinsurance companies including as CFO for a global reinsurers’ Life operations in the UK.
Hugh Karp
Nexus Mutual
Christoph
Etherisc
Etherisc GIF and staking as a fundamental building block for insurance
Christoph is one of the co-founders of Etherisc, a startup developing a free and open protocol for decentralized insurance applications. He has a long record of accomplishment in the cooperative banking sector in Germany. After several years on the board of a cooperative bank, Christoph switched to the IT segment. He is highly experienced in all matters concerning regulatory frameworks.
Christoph Mussenbrock
Etherisc
Christoph
Munich Re
A dinosaur’s approach to blockchain related risks
Peter is a qualified actuary and Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and Crypto Specialist at Munich Re in Munich and responsible for developing Smart Contract covers. He held several positions at Munich Re in the field of finance, big data and business origination for structured reinsurance in international markets. Peter holds a PhD in theoretical particle physics and a Master in Economics and is Crypto enthusiast since 2017.
Peter Bärnreuther
Munich Re
Christoph
A43
Dividing and share risk
A43 is focused on supporting crypto-native organisations thrive in the growing web3 economy, and on enabling Enterprises to bridge their existing businesses into new blockchain ecosystems. A43 is founded by Antonio and Adi, with an established track record of helping organisationsnavigate new and risky digital worlds.
Adi Hussein
A43
Christoph
A43
Dividing and share risk
A43 is focused on supporting crypto-native organisations thrive in the growing web3 economy, and on enabling Enterprises to bridge their existing businesses into new blockchain ecosystems. A43 is founded by Antonio and Adi, with an established track record of helping organisationsnavigate new and risky digital worlds.
Antonio Bartulovic
A43
Christoph
Chainlink
The role of decentralized validation in Parametric Insurance
Thought-leader in the digital business ecosystems space. Member of the Swiss Fintech Innovations Association with focus on “Tokenization of Digital Assets”. Advisory Board Member of Cyverse AG. Extensive experience in leading diverse teams, in large scale digital transformation and data migration-projects in the Financial Services industry. Previous employers: AXA, Accenture and Airbus. Andra loves rock climbing and bouldering.
Andra Maute
Chainlink
Christoph
Nexus Mutual
Investing the Float in DeFi
Rei was the first full employee of Nexus Mutual, where he worked on economic design and business development. He has been an Advisory Board member since 2020 and led the first stage of the Investment Hub from spring 2021. Rei was previously a UK actuary working across a variety of roles in reinsurance and brokerage for Munich Re and Aon.
Reinis Melbardis
Nexus Mutual
Christoph
Capco
Safeguarding crypto assets – opportunities for insurers
Arturs Kokins is a Managing Principal at Capco, a Wipro company, focusing on growth, innovation, and organisational transformation in the insurance sector. He is a strategy and innovation expert with 15 years of experience in supporting international growth, developing customer centric business models, and enhancing operational capabilities of world leading organisations across a range of industries, including Financial Services, Telecommunications, Public Sector, and others. Over the past few years, Arturs has published multiple articles on emerging intangible assets risks and the associated insurance opportunities.
Arturs Kokins
Capco
Christoph
InsureBlox
From travel to energy – use cases for parametric, decentralized insurance
Martin is co-founder of InsureBlox from Cologne. He is an insurance industry veteran with 15+yrs experience. He graduated in economics and has worked for some of the largest international carriers and management consultancies, covering a broad range of areas. He mainly worked in business development and project management, from sales & distribution to product development & actuarial and also digitalization & IT-transformation.
Martin Baier
InsureBlox
Maximilian Sourisseau
HBA Consulting
Christoph
Access to Insurance Initiative
Insurance Regulations in a Time of Transformation
Hui Lin Chiew is an Advisor at the Access to Insurance Initiative (A2ii), an organisation providing capacity building, communities of practice, and learning resources to over 100 insurance regulators, driven by a mission to increase access to insurance. She leads A2ii’s work on consumer protection and regulatory impact, including looking at how tech and innovation are interlinked. She has conducted research, developed toolkits and run workshops for insurance regulators across Asia and Africa on themes such as market assessments, mobile insurance and data reporting. Prior to A2ii, Hui Lin worked at the Malaysian central bank and regulator. She has spent over 10 years working on financial sector development and innovation policy and financial inclusion.
Hui Linn Chiew
Access to Insurance Initiative
Christoph
GSK
Fireside chat: regulation
Dr. Timo Bernau is a Partner at GSK Stockmann in Munich and Luxembourg. Timo advises banks in Germany and abroad, financial service providers, insurers as well as fund and asset management companies in all regulatory matters including the structuring and distribution of their products and business services. Timo has a special focus on innovative business models such as FinTech and InsurTech companies. Timo regularly gives lectures in the area of banking and insurance regulatory law and has published numerous articles on these subjects.