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AIDA US Conference

Please Join Us for the 2026 Insurance Law Forum: Global Perspectives

The 2026 Insurance Law Forum: Global Perspectives will bring together leading academics, insurance industry professionals, and practicing attorneys from across the United States and around the world to examine national and international developments shaping the future of insurance law.

Hosted at Duke University School of Law and the JB Duke Hotel, this inaugural program will highlight emerging issues affecting global insurance markets, facilitate meaningful dialogue, and foster collaboration across the legal, academic and insurance communities.

March 12-13, 2026 | Durham, North Carolina
Duke University School of Law and JB Duke Hotel

If you experience any issues accessing the registration link above, please copy and paste the following URL into your browser:
https://forms.gle/P1HTi5ebJmZnCyfW9

Hotel Information
AIDA U.S. has secured a room block at the JB Duke Hotel, conveniently located adjacent to Duke University School of Law. Attendees may reserve rooms at the special conference rate using the link below or by calling JB Duke Hotel’s reservations department at (919) 660-6400.

Reservation link: AIDA U.S. Insurance Law Forum (Group ID #1172729)

Please note that hotel accommodations are not included in the conference registration fee and must be booked separately by each attendee.

Rooms are limited, and we encourage early booking to ensure availability.

Agenda at a Glance

WEDNESDAY, March 11, 2026
Welcome Reception

Thursday, March 12, 2026
Emerging Risks, Insurance Products, and Issues Presented
Moderator: Richard H. Nicolaides, Jr., Partner, Nicolaides Fink Thorpe Michaelides Sullivan LLP; Senior Lecturing Fellow, Duke University School of Law

Emerging Risk: How Geopolitics is Creating a New Investment Landscape
Dr. Elizabeth Stephens, Ph.D., MSc., BA, Managing Director, Geopolitical Risk Advisory
The pillars of the international system are unravelling. Tariffs are reshaping trading patterns and armed conflicts are raging. Europe is in economic decline, demographics are undermining traditional power structures, and AI is rapidly creating a new world order. This discussion will explore how the transformed geopolitical landscape will impact the insurance sector and the opportunities this will create for growth and innovation.

Credit, M&A, and Political Risks
Dan Riordan, Head of Political Risk, Credit, & Surety, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance
The dynamic and unpredictable global marketplace presents a variety of risks to companies operating in or dependent on foreign or challenging markets, including financial losses due to buyer non-payment or adverse government actions/political instability, expropriation, currency issues, contract breaches, and political violence. This discussion will explore those risks, the nature and scope of credit and political risk insurance products designed to respond to those risks, and related legal issues.

Parametric Insurance
Oliver Brand, Prof., University of Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Parametric insurance offers an alternative to traditional indemnity-based coverage by paying out when a predefined, measurable trigger—such as rainfall levels or seismic intensity—is reached, rather than after loss assessment. This design enables faster payouts, lower transaction costs, and clearer risk pricing. In Europe, parametric insurance has gained particular traction as a policy and market response to climate-related risks. It is increasingly used to complement public disaster compensation schemes, support agricultural resilience, and protect infrastructure and municipalities against extreme weather. European applications are shaped by dense regulatory environments, public–private partnerships, and cross-border risk pooling. Questions—such as whether parametric insurance is insurance at all and which regulatory framework applies—need to be answered and have found answers in Europe, making the European experience a valuable comparative case for scholars and practitioners interested in climate adaptation, insurance innovation, and the evolving role of the state in risk transfer.

Russian Aircraft Lessor Policy Claims
Thomas Marrinson, Reed Smith
Felix Zimmermann, Simmons & Simmons
This program will explore key legal and practical issues involved in the insurance litigation that arose from Russian aviation claims after the invasion of Ukraine. The program will discuss the types of coverage at play, including War Risk coverage and exclusions, possessed vs. contingent coverage, how courts have approached some of the frequently encountered issues, the use of experts, and the challenges posed by litigation involving anonymous and non-English speaking witnesses.

Reinsurance: Developments & Trending Topics
Ozlem Gurses, Prof., Tulane University
Donald Hornstein, Prof., University of North Carolina
Jeff Stempel, Prof., University of Nevada Las Vegas
This panel will provide an overview of reinsurance and the current state of the marketplace, including alternative risk management techniques such as catastrophe bonds along with a review of The Principles of Reinsurance Contract Law (PRICL), a recently completed model code for reinsurance disputes as well as examining recent decisions of note and their implications for reinsurers and reinsureds.

International Business Risks: Underwriting and Claims Issues
Chris Carroll, Kennedys
James Dorion, Willis Towers Watson
Ingrid Hobbs & Olivia Delagrange, Simmons & Simmons
Diane Hudanish, BorgWarner Global Risk Manager
John Shugrue, Reed Smith
This program will explore and examine the intricacies and complexities of international insurance programs, including underwriting and claims issues arising from such programs. Topics will include program structures involving master, local, and DIC/DIL policies; claims notice and claims handling for multi-national claims; and priority, timing, and interplay of claims under various types and layers of policies and conflicting or inconsistent dispute resolution regimes.

U.S. & Global Insurance Law Organizations: An Overview
Kathleen Defever, Defever Law
Travis Pantin, Prof., University of Connecticut
Cocktail & Dinner Reception
Friday, March 13, 2026

Artificial Intelligence & Insurance:
AI Risks, Insurance Products, & Regulatory and Legal ImplicationsTy Childress, Jones Day
Leo Martinez, Prof., UC Law San Francisco
Pierpaolo Mariano, Prof., L-Università ta’ Malta, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Latvijas Universitate
Daniel Schwarcz, Prof., University of Minnesota
Peter Wedge, General Counsel, Testudo (Zurich, Switzerland)
Josephine Wolff, Prof., Tufts University
This panel explores how rapid advances in artificial intelligence are reshaping core questions in insurance law and regulation. Speakers will examine how AI is transforming underwriting, claims handling, and risk modeling, and will assess the regulatory and legal implications that follow, including challenges at the intersection of liability, transparency, and consumer protection. The discussion will also consider the extent to which insurers can meaningfully mitigate AI risks through pricing strategies, coverage design, and more proactive measures aimed at reducing the frequency and severity of AI-driven losses.

For questions about The Insurance Law Forum: Global Perspectives, please contact AIDA U.S. Communications Director Jessica DuBrock at jdubrock@nicolaidesllp.com.

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Past Events and Activities

11th AIDA Europe Conference Madrid, 29-30 May 2025

Navigating the Insurance Landscape: Regulation and Innovation in the European Insurance Markets

Notice was given at the 10^th AIDA Europe Conference in Athens on 30/31 May 2024 that the following major events/meetings of AIDA were to be expected:

 5-8 November 2024 – XVIII CILA Congress | Santiago, Chile 

 For more details visit: https://aida-chile.cl/

30-31 May 2024: 10th AIDA Europe Conference | Athens |“ The Growing Challenge of Meeting Customer Needs; Quo Vadis, Insurance Market?”

More than 220 lawyers and professionals gathered in Athens from around the world met to consider how a transforming insurance market might better meet its diverse customer needs and the legal challenges presented.

For more details visit: https://aidainsurance.org/events/10th-aida-europe-conference_2024-05-30

22 February 2024: AIDA Reinsurance Working Party Meeting  

“Cut-Through” clauses and their enforcement in different jurisdictions 

A virtual meeting was held on Thu 22 February 2024, recordings of which may be found here:

https://aidainsurance.org/meetings/reinsurance-working-party-meeting_2024-02-22

and here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTPbguqiLHw.

30 August – 1 September 2023: XVI AIDA World Insurance Congress / WICA 2023 – “Insurance Upside Down” – Melbourne, Australia. 

Full details of the programme and other activities are to be found here:  https://www.wica2023.com/program.php

Postponed from last year owing to the pandemic, over 450 representatives from among AIDA’s 44 National Chapters and 7 affiliated ARIAS societies attended AIDA’s sixteenth quadrennial World Congress held in Melbourne. AILA, BILA’s Australian counterparts within AIDA, hosted the event.

An in-person event only, AIDA Presidential Council meetings and elections took place throughout 29 August, followed by a day of AIDA Working Party meetings on 30 August. Plenary sessions on the final two days of the Congress covered topics ranging from the impact of war and conflict on the insurance market; the market’s responses to climate change and catastrophes; the world of ESG reporting and compliance; and disruptions and innovations affecting traditional methods and lines of business.

Professor Robert Merkin KC, Peter MacDonald Eggers KC, Professor Ozlem Gurses and Tim Hardy were among those from BILA who participated in these sessions.