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BILA is a unique organisation, its membership being drawn from insurers, insurance brokers and other intermediaries, academic lawyers, solicitors and barristers.

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In addition to UK members, there are many from all over the world. BILA is not only a domestic organisation, it is also the British Chapter of Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances (AIDA) and is an active participant in all the activities of AIDA including its quadrennial world congress.

BILA is the UK National Chapter of the Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances (AIDA), a not-for-profit organisation founded in 1960 with the aim, through international collaboration, of promoting knowledge of international and national insurance law and related matters of interest.

Upcoming events

BILA offers members access to an impressive programme of in person and virtual events all year round, including our annual conference. Bringing together key stakeholders, opinion formers and experts, these events allow members to make valuable connections as well as the opportunity to debate and learn about current legal issues within the realm of insurance law.

BILA Conference - Reinsurance And Alternative Risk Transfer

29/04/2025 / 2:00 pm - 5:45 pm

This event will be held in the auditorium of Clyde & Co, The St Botolph Building, 138 Houndsditch, London, EC3A 7AR on 29 April 2025, 2.00 pm – 5.45 pm. To be followed by drinks. The event will also be viewable live online.

PROGRAMME

Opening Address by BILA’s President, James Davey (Professor of Law, University of Bristol)

Panel: Reinsurance wordings – where things go wrong and how they can be avoided, chaired by Özlem Gürses (Professor of Commercial Law, King’s College London)

with:

Sushma Ananda (Barrister, 7KBW)

Peter Wedge (Wordings Director, Gallagher Re)

Jake Fisher (Vice President – Reinsurance, Gard AS)

Panel: ART (cat bonds, industry linked securities, captives, parametric) – perspectives on a changing market, chaired by Dr Caroline Bell (Head of Wordings, QBE Europe)

with:

George Belcher (Partner – Mayer Brown)

Peter Dunlop (Co-founder and General Counsel, Radix ILS)

Carlo Magnani (Managing Director, Aon Securities)

Wynne Lawrence (Partner – Clyde & Co)

Drinks

The event is free to join

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