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Day 1
January 22, 2025
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Top Sanctions Compliance Challenges and Successes
Insurers Share the Most Effective, Proven Strategies to Strengthen Programs in 2025

Scott HortonAssociate General Counsel, Global Head of Financial CrimesAIG

Kelvin MillerSenior CounselTravelers Insurance

Kim RamelowAVP, Assistant General Counsel-MulitnationalThe Hartford

Sandra CalmesVice President, Senior Corporate Counsel, Global Financial Crimes OfficerLiberty Mutual Insurance(WSN Member)

Arlette GrabczynskaOf CounselDLA Piper
- Managing the differences between US vs EU vs UK sanctions – and how to reconcile and embed them into your program
- Use of sanctions clauses to protect your company: The newest best practices
- New threats in the Middle East for insurance companies
- Concrete examples of new, emerging issues and how they were addressed
- Testing the effectiveness of your program, and how to detect and remedy weaknesses
Networking Break
Financial Institutions
How Banks Can Work Collaboratively with Insurance Companies to Strengthen Due Diligence

Michaela ArndtRegional Head, CFCC, Europe & Americas Economic Sanctions Compliance & Group Head US SanctionsStandard Chartered Bank

Jennifer DowningManaging Director, Senior Counsel, Group Dispute ResolutionBNP Paribas

Stephen AlsaceGlobal Head of Economic Sanctions RBC
- Understanding the banks’ evolving due diligence processes for insurance transactions
- How to ensure your transactions are processed-and what can cause delays and denials
- Due diligence requirements for third parties
- Tips to increase communication between banks and insurance companies
- Insights into the banks’ risk tolerance and due diligence requirements
Networking Lunch – Industry Roundtables

Ryan FayheePartnerAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Kate HarnettOf CounselA & L Goodbody LLP(Ireland)
- How to handle civil litigation and claims arising out of sanctioned countries
- Aviation lease settlements with Russia over trapped planes
- Fraudulent letters of credit
- Lawsuits in Russia for nonpayment of claims.
- Increased activity in the UK and Ireland

Alexandra GervaseHead of ComplianceLoadsure

Sonia A. PatelAssistant General CounselClear Spring Life and Annuity Company
- How insurance companies are leveraging AI for sanctions risk detection
- Practical takeaways for data driven decision-making
- Using alternative detection models to identify red flags
- AI regulations and the impact on sanctions compliance and screening
Networking Break
Maritime Industry
Monitoring Increased Dark Fleet and the Gray Fleet Used for Shipments to Russian, Iran and Venezuela

Evanthia CoffeeSenior LawyerGard AS

Irina NossovaSenior Legal Counsel Global Ethics & Sanctions ComplianceBunge

Michelle Wiese BockmannEditor/AnalystLloyds List
- How to identify potential sanctions evasion
- Unravelling a complex ownership chain
- Using AIS monitoring to identity issues
- Increased use of China affiliated ships in the Red Sea – and the sanctions risks affecting insurers
Networking Industry Roundtables
Networking Reception
End of Day One
Day 2
January 23, 2025
Women Networking Breakfast
Co-Chairs’ Opening Remarks

Michael OhmChief
Major Economic Crimes BureauNew York County District Attorney’s Office

Menno GoedmanCo-Director, Task Force KleptoCaptureU.S. Department of Justice

George IoannidisActing Deputy Special Agent in ChargeHomeland Security Investigations
This panel will provide insight into the methods used to identify, investigate and succeed in asset recovery. The speakers will share details of recent successes and lessons learned for insurers and reinsurers. In addition to critical updates, ask your questions and gain invaluable takeaways on the enforcement landscape.
Conflicts of Law in the Insurance Context
Unraveling Complex Sanctions Dilemmas When Sanctions Restrictions Differ Across Jurisdictions

Jonathan FroomeGlobal Head of Financial CrimeMarsh McLennan (UK)

Jim SlearFounderSlear Law

Stephen D. MarshallDirectorFinScan Advisory Services
- Addressing blocking (or anti-boycott) statutes in Canada and Europe as a reinsurer and/or U.S. parent company
- Implied limitations and inconsistencies involving OFAC’s apparently broad general license authorizing global travel and health coverage
- Limitations applicable to U.S. Persons or goods in the global effort to supply relief aid to Syria (and potentially Lebanon)
- Claims payment problems created by branches or subsidiaries of U.S. (re)insurance companies operating abroad: Exterritorial legal application and/or facilitation concerns
Networking Break
Special Considerations for Risk Assessments
How Insurance Companies Are Measuring and Monitoring Industry-Specific Risks

Andrew GiffordGlobal General Counsel and SecretaryGeneral Reinsurance

Inna TsimermanChief International Trade CounselGallagher

Jesse AedoFormer Group Head of ComplianceAspen Insurance Group

Melanie GarciaPartnerDLA Piper
- How insurance companies are upgrading risk assessments
- Using metrics to identify low, medium and high-risk categories/regions
- Working with the business units on potential new opportunities and risk factors
- When to include senior management in high-risk decisions
The Interplay of AML and Sanctions
How Insurance Companies Are Mitigating Increased Risks in Latin America and the Middle East

Richard (Rick) McDermottGlobal Sanctions Program DirectorAmTrust Financial Services, Inc.
- Mitigating increased AML Risk in Latin America
- Iran, DPRK and Burma – and the growing convergence of ML and sanctions risk factors
- New designations in Venezuela
- Warning signs for sanctions evasion and money laundering in the Middle East