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Join us for an exclusive insurance and reinsurance event at the SAP America Hudson Yards, New York City.
msg Insurance & Reinsurance Innovation Summit (IRIS) brings together senior leaders, SAP experts, and prominent insurers to examine how AI, data, and modern financial platforms are transforming the insurance and reinsurance sector.
The event features in‑depth presentations, customer case studies, and executive panels focused on advancing modernization across reinsurance, finance, billing, collections, profitability management, and life policy management. Attendees will gain real‑world insights into AI deployment, reinsurance modernization, and finance profitability modeling.
The full‑day program includes a structured approach to moving AI from blueprint to production, real-life AI use cases, a detailed reinsurance case study, a customer panel sharing transformation experiences, an SAP innovation update, and collaborative roundtable discussions. Check out the full agenda below.
Designed for senior leaders across finance, operations, and technology, this conference delivers actionable insights and peer perspectives to accelerate innovation and drive measurable business outcomes.
msg Insurance & Reinsurance Innovation Summit
DATE: October 27, 2026
PROGRAM: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
RECEPTION: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
LOCATION: SAP America | Hudson Yards
10 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001
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Agenda | msg Insurance & Reinsurance Innovation Summit
TIME
TOPIC DESCRIPTION
SPEAKERS
9:00 - 10:00
AI Focus for Insurance and Reinsurance
SPEAKER | Jim Phelan
Gain insight into how AI is reshaping insurance and reinsurance, from smarter decision-making to more efficient operations. This keynote will explore practical opportunities, emerging use cases, and what insurers should consider as they adopt AI responsibly.
10:00 - 10:45
SAP Cloud Innovation for Insurance & Reinsurance
SPEAKER | SAP
Explore how SAP’s latest insurance innovations can help insurers and reinsurers modernize operations, improve agility, and create a stronger foundation for growth.
11:15 - 12:15
AI & Automation for Insurance
SPEAKER | Clemente De Rosa
See how insurers can move AI from concept to production with a structured, practical approach that reduces risk and accelerates value. This session will highlight real-world automation opportunities and how to turn AI ambition into measurable business impact.
12:20-12:50
Insurance Track
From Data to Decisions: The Subledger in Action
SPEAKER | Jan Bornholdt
Discover how real-time subledger insights can help insurance finance teams make faster, more confident decisions. This session shows how msg’s Accounting Rules Engine supports financial agility, transparency, and more strategic performance management.
12:20 - 12:50
Reinsurance Track
Reinsurance as a Service: The Next Operating Model
SPEAKER | Vandana Sharma
Introduction of reinsurance as a service offering from msg global.
2:00 - 2:30
msg.Life Factory: A Modern Policy Administration System for Life Insurance
SPEAKER | Anne Daly
Life Factory has established itself as one of the industry's leading policy administration solutions. Learn how decades of life insurance expertise, a track record of successful implementations, and large-scale migration experience are being brought to the US market to help insurers modernize core operations and accelerate business transformation.
2:30 - 3:30
Reinsurance Track
Precision Allocations: Streamline Reinsurance Premium Allocation
SPEAKER | Vandana Sharma
Learn how reinsurance premium allocation can be modernized through an innovative combination of SAP PaPM and FS-RI. This session highlights how intelligent allocation methodologies can reduce manual effort, increase transparency, and support more informed financial decision-making.
2:30 - 3:30
Insurance Track
Billing & Collections Executive Exchange
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION | Stephanie Hall
Hear from finance leaders on real-world billing, collections, and disbursement challenges, and how they’re modernizing the customer and finance experience. This executive exchange will surface practical lessons, candid perspectives, and ideas attendees can bring back to their own organizations.
4:00 - 5:00
Reinsurance Track
Modernizing Underwriting Operations with AI
SPEAKER | Vandana Sharma
Explore how AI can help underwriting teams reduce manual work, improve consistency, and make faster, better-informed decisions. This session will show how msg.TUC can support smarter underwriting operations through automation, guided workflows, and practical AI-enabled insights.
4:00 - 5:00
Insurance Track
Financial Products Subledger Executive Exchange
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION | Jan Bornholdt
Hear how insurance finance leaders are using FPSL to bring greater transparency, consistency, and control to complex financial products accounting. This executive exchange will share practical perspectives on modernizing subledger operations and turning finance data into more reliable, decision-ready insight.
5:00 - 6:00
Insurance
Performance Insights for Insurance
SPEAKER | Richard Dampf
Discover how insurance organizations can turn complex performance data into clearer profitability insights and faster business decisions. This session will explore practical PaPM use cases, from analytics and traceability to cloud-ready performance management.
5:00 - 6:00
Reinsurance Track
AI-Powered Treaty Extraction & Digitalization
SPEAKER | Vandana Sharma
See how AI can turn complex treaty documents into accessible, decision-ready knowledge for reinsurance teams. This session will show how msg's Treaty AI Ingestion solution helps surface trusted insights, compare treaty language, and accelerate contract digitalization.
6:00 - 7:30
Reception
Insurance & Reinsurance Networking Exchange
End the day with an evening of conversation, connection, and camaraderie. Over food and drinks, you'll have the opportunity to connect with peers from across the industry, share perspectives, and discuss emerging trends. Whether you're reconnecting with colleagues or making new connections, this reception offers the perfect setting to unwind, engage, and expand your network.
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