Global Asia Insurance Partnership (GAIP) Summit 2025
15-16 September 2025, Singapore
Theme: “From Dialogue to Action: Collaborating towards Risk Resilience”
Building on the momentum from the inaugural GAIP Summit 2024, GAIP Summit 2025 aims to move the conversation from dialogue to concrete action. Last year's summit highlighted the urgent necessity of integrated solutions through cross-sector collaboration, robust data, advanced modelling, and targeted skills development to strengthen long-term risk resilience across the region. Since then, GAIP has actively advanced these efforts, having developed an actionable framework to address protection gaps in a holistic, integrated manner, while supporting the data, modelling and skills development challenges with initiatives such as the Asia Risk Platform and our Capacity Building for Risk Resilience programme.
Further emphasising GAIP's commitment to actionable strategies, GAIP Summit 2025 will unite key stakeholders—from insurers and policymakers to development banks and international organisations. Participants will engage in focused dialogues, interactive panels, and collaborative sessions aimed at forging practical partnerships, exploring innovative financing mechanisms, and identifying enhancements necessary for scaling effective solutions across the region.
In a distinctive alignment, the GAIP Summit 2025 will be running alongside with the Geneva Association PROGRES Summit, with the two events jointly aimed at deepening global collaboration. A key highlight will be the 16 September session featuring a fireside chat with the Chairs of GAIP and the Geneva Association, and the IAIS Secretary General, followed by a co-hosted dinner symbolising the shared commitment to building resilience through collective action.
Join us in Singapore as we translate dialogue into impactful actions, fostering collaborative partnerships that will effectively bridge Asia's critical protection gaps and enhance regional resilience.
Ticket Options
GAIP Summit only – $200
Includes access to:
- GAIP Summit (15–16 Sept)
- Networking Dinner (16 Sept)
GAIP Summit and GA PROGRES Seminar – $400
Includes access to:
- GAIP Summit (15–16 Sept)
- PROGRES Seminar (16–17 Sept)
- Networking Dinner (16 Sept)
*For GAIP Partners, please do not use the link above for registration – complimentary passes are available for GAIP Partners and the link to the complimentary passes will be sent via email.
Day 1 (15 September)
Executive Networking Lunch
12.00pm – 1.15pm
Opening Address
1.15pm – 1.30pm
Opening and welcome by GAIP Chairman, Yoshihiro Kawai
Keynote Address – The Future of Risk Resilience: A Global and Asian Perspective
1.30pm – 1.45pm
The keynote will highlight how global risks – climate change, pandemics, and tech disruption – will demand urgent, collective action. Asia's rapid tech adoption and vast markets will offer unique strengths, but large uninsured populations will remain a major challenge.
To truly move the needle, we must break silos, collaborate across sectors and borders, and harness both innovation and shared responsilbility.
The Need for Multi-sectoral Collaboration in Addressing Protection Gaps
1.45pm – 2.45pm
The Asia-Pacific region faces significant protection gaps that leave populations and economies vulnerable to natural disasters and climate-related events. Approximately 83% of natural catastrophe losses in Asia remained uninsured in 20241, highlighting persistent gaps despite numerous initiatives. GAIP's series of papers on protection gaps— “About the Protection Gap,” “The Solutions Landscape”, “Catalysing Resilience and Well-being”, and “Turning Intentions into Resilient Outcomes“—underscore the interconnectedness of risks and solutions, emphasising that addressing these gaps requires integrated actions across multiple stakeholders. This panel aims to highlight why cross-sector collaboration is crucial, explore the interconnectedness of risk management and solutions, and showcase successful collaborative models.
Moderator: Craig Thorburn, GAIP External Expert
Confirmed Speakers:
- Diana Almoro, Regional Lead, Asia-Pacific, UNDP Insurance & Risk Finance Facility
The Missing Links in Cross-sector Collaboration
2.45pm – 3.30pm
Effectively addressing Asia's substantial protection gaps requires sustained and deepened cross-sector collaboration. Yet despite broad recognition of this need, many collaborative initiatives have encountered persistent barriers, impeding meaningful progress. Regulatory misalignment, conflicting stakeholder incentives, silos, limited capacity, and inadequate trust among sectors are some factors that may have hindered effective multi-sectoral partnerships. Building on the insights provided in GAIP's papers—particularly “The Solutions Landscape” and “Catalysing Resilience and Well-being”—this panel will delve into the impediments to scaling successful collaborations. By clearly identifying these specific challenges, this discussion aims to clarify why well-intentioned initiatives frequently stall or fail to reach their potential, providing essential groundwork for subsequent discussions on actionable solutions and improved collaboration frameworks.
Moderator:
- Min Cheng, CEO, GAIP
Confirmed Speakers:
- Mr Reynaldo Averilla Regalado, Insurance Commissioner, Philippines Insurance Commission
- Andre Belelieu, Head of Financial Services Industries, World Economic Forum
- Deepali Khanna, Head of Asia, The Rockefeller Foundation
Coffee Break
3.30pm – 4.00pm
Innovative Financing Solutions for Closing Protection Gaps
4.00pm – 4.45pm
Effectively addressing protection gaps in Asia requires substantial capital and innovative financing mechanisms. While important, traditional financing solutions have proven insufficient in scaling resilience efforts. GAIP, in collaboration with Convergence, has developed a comprehensive Playbook guiding insurers in leveraging blended finance to support climate action and resilience. This panel will explore the transformative roles the insurance sector can play—as risk advisors, insurers, and investors—to mobilise resources and enhance financial resilience against climate risks and other large-scale challenges.
Moderator:
- Ritesh Thakkar, Senior Advisor and Head of Asia Pacific, Convergence
Confirmed Speakers:
- Mohit Malhotra, Growth Leader – Natural Resources, Asia, Aon
- Butch Bacani, Head of Insurance, UNEP
Innovative PPPs for Closing Protection Gaps
4.45pm – 5.30pm
Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) have increasingly proven effective in addressing protection gaps across Asia. This panel will provide practical insights and lessons from various innovative PPP initiatives. The discussion aims to identify factors that have driven success, acknowledge and understand encountered obstacles, highlight missed opportunities, and outline strategic actions required to scale PPP efforts effectively.
Moderator:
- Daniel Murphy, Risk and Resilience Specialist, World Economic Forum
Confirmed Speakers:
- Tatsuya Sudou, General Manager, Sustainability Section, MS&AD Insurance Group
- Wilfrid Goh, Head Public Sector Solutions Asia ex-China, Swiss Re
Keynote Presentation – Global and Regional Cross-sector Collaborations
5.30pm – 5.45pm
Plenary Dialogue and Closing
5.45pm – 6.15pm
Day 2 (16 September)
Welcome and recap
8.30am – 9.15am
Driving Collaboration Through an Enabling Environment
9.15am – 10.00am
Establishing an enabling environment through regulatory and policy harmonisation and reducing regulatory barriers is crucial to facilitating robust cross-sector collaboration. This session will delve into the specific regulatory and policy challenges and opportunities, exploring how alignment and simplification of regulations can significantly enhance collaboration and resilience-building initiatives across Asia.
Moderator: Conor Donaldson, Head of Implementation and Assessment, IAIS
Confirmed Speakers:
- Ogi Prastomiyono, Chief Executive of the Insurance, Guarantee Institutions, and Pension Fund Supervision, Otoritas Jasa Keuangan
- Tan Hak Leh, Regional CEO, AIA
Fireside Chat: From Dialogues to Commitment: Collaborating towards Resilience
10.00am – 10.45am
Confirmed Speakers:
- Yoshihiro Kawai, Chairman of GAIP
- Lee Yuan Siong, Chairman of Geneva Association, Group CEO and President of AIA
- Jonathan Dixon, Secretary General of IAIS
Joint Address by GAIP and GA
10.45am – 11.15am
Joint Keynote Address
11.15am – 11.45am
Confirmed Speaker:
- Mr. Alvin Tan, Minister of State, Ministry of National Development & Ministry of Trade and Industry, Republic of Singapore
Closed-Door Roundtable – Invite-only
11.45am – 1.45pm
GA Networking Lunch
11.45am – 1.45pm
*This programme is tentative and subject to change
Conference & Accommodation
Andaz Singapore, by Hyatt
5 Fraser St, Singapore 189354
For hotel room reservations at Andaz Hotel, please use this dedicated booking link.
Dinner
Violet Oon Singapore at Dempsey
7 Dempsey Rd, Singapore 249671
*Coach transfers will be organised from the Andaz Singapore hotel to the dinner venue. Return transfers will be available after the dinner to both the hotel and the nearest train station.
Look forward to photos and videos from the Summit which will be shared here.
Stay tuned for a comprehensive summary of the takeaways from our Summit and the individual panels.
