BREAKFAST & NETWORKING
Join us at Insurance Investor Live | North America 2026, and network with over 70 insurance investment, capital management, finance, and risk leaders, alongside renowned industry experts.
Discover new approaches to maximising returns and managing risk from general account, balance sheet, and cash holdings through risk-diversified strategies, plus explore innovations in financial, capital, and liability management and risk and actuarial modelling.
The Insurance Investor | North American Awards 2026 will recognize excellence amongst insurance investment teams, third-party asset managers, investment consultants, and fund services and solutions providers.
Meet like-minded professionals and industry innovators from across the North American insurance investment, treasury, capital, and risk management sector, providing a fantastic opportunity to connect and engage with fellow insurance leaders.
Have the chance to raise questions with our expert speakers during audience Q&A and designated networking breaks, as well as an opportunity to gain insight into the thoughts and aspirations of your peers.
Your chance to hear from a prestigious line-up of speakers including insurers, regulators, economists, and academic institutes on the hottest industry topics to get first-hand insights, first, to create your market advantage.
Have your chance to raise questions with our expert speaker line-up, through live presentations, panel debates, plus our unique group based Talking Table Workshops, for enhanced learning
opportunities and to inspire new ideas to drive forward your asset management activities.
The Insurance Investor | North American Awards brings together the North American community of insurance investment, asset allocation, capital, risk, and operations management professionals, to recognize those organisations and individuals who have driven positive developments for the industry.
The winners will be revealed and celebrated at the annual Awards Ceremony on 3rd December 2026 in Midtown Manhattan, New York.
BREAKFAST & NETWORKING
CHAIR’S OPENING ADDRESS
Noel Hillmann, Chief Executive, ClearPath Analysis
BREAKFAST & NETWORKING
CHAIR’S OPENING ADDRESS
Noel Hillmann, Chief Executive Officer, Clear Path Analysis
PANEL DISCUSSION: Treasury functions and capital: stress testing and scenario analysis to balance risk and reward
PRESENTATION: Disruptive trends in financial modelling: mastering liquidity in the face of changing technology such as AI and machine learning
PRESENTATION: The liquidity sweet spot: finding the optimal level of liquidity for your organisation’s goals and the efficient frontier
CHAIR’S OPENING ADDRESS
Cristina Melenchon, Senior Content Producer, Insurance Investor Live
FIRESIDE CHAT: Operational planning and regulatory reforms: the practical implementation and reporting challenges
FIRESIDE CHAT: AI and machine learning, its use in your portfolio operations: portfolio optimisation, shortcomings and misunderstandings around its use
PANEL DISCUSSION: Strategies for streamlining holistic decision making and improving operational efficiency in a highly competitive market
MORNING REFRESHMENTS & NETWORKING
PANEL DISCUSSION: Navigating inflation and rate swings: how to optimise cash management and returns in a volatile market
FIRESIDE CHAT: Overcoming treasury constraints on SAA: how can treasury and ALM work together to maximise return on capital?
INDUSTRY INSIGHT SESSION 1
Data Strategy, Reference Architecture, and Adoption Blueprint
INDUSTRY INSIGHT SESSION 2
Operating frameworks for scaling
INDUSTRY INSIGHT SESSION 3
AI and its application to the investment process
LUNCH & NETWORKING
FIRESIDE CHAT: Choosing the right Treasury Management System: tailoring solutions to your needs
PANEL DISCUSSION: How can treasury plan for the unpredictability of investing in private markets: capital calls and irregular distribution
PANEL DISCUSSION: Regulatory arbitrage: identifying opportunities and risks in solvency, capital and liquidity requirements across multiple jurisdictions
PANEL DISCUSSION: Case study insights – transforming investment operations: lessons from market experience
PANEL DISCUSSION: Using AI to manage private credit portfolios: how investors can overcome issues arising from the lack of available data and credit ratings.
PANEL DISCUSSION: Beyond spreadsheets: the panel’s view on the future of investment operations and compliance and preparing for regulatory shifts, digital transformation and data-driven decision-making
END OF SUMMIT & DRINKS RECEPTION
PRESENTATION: Fiscal and monetary policies: how can investment leaders navigate uncertainties and remain competitive?
PANEL DISCUSSION: Global forces and their impact on investment strategies: strategies and tactics to ensure portfolio resilience in a complex macroeconomic environment
PRESENTATION: Topic TBC
MORNING REFRESHMENTS & NETWORKING
PRESENTATION: Credit risk: how to add or reduce risk by moving asset classes
PANEL DISCUSSION: Strategies for sourcing and accessing investment grade assets to optimise yield
PRESENTATION: From Assets to Access: unlocking Private Credit for European Insurers
PANEL DISCUSSION: From vanilla to the more exotic: how to navigate the move to more complex segments in private markets
LUNCH & NETWORKING
FIRESIDE CHAT: Investment and balance sheet management: how can investors ensure portfolio optimisation in the current interest rate environment?
PANEL DISCUSSION: What opportunities are there now to invest in new asset classes?
PRESENTATION: Alternative assets: how to unlock value and maximise returns for short and long term gains
PANEL DISCUSSION: Diversifying your investments through strategic partners and how to identify under-valued opportunities
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Insurer business models of the future and impact on investment strategies
END OF CONFERENCE & PRE-AWARDS DRINKS RECEPTION
2026 Speakers Coming Soon
If you are interested in joining the speaker line-up for 2026, please contact our Senior Content Producer Cristina Melenchon at cristinamelenchon@clearpathanalysis.com.
Increase your Profile Amongst Leaders in Insurance Investment
As a free to attend event for representatives of insurance, regulatory bodies, and select consultants, we’d like to thank our valued Event Sponsors for their continued support of free-to-access learning and events for asset allocators and investment professionals.
If your organisation could benefit from sponsorship or you would simply like to know more about how you can engage with our attendees, get in touch today. Call Noel Hillmann, Chief Executive Officer, on +44 (0) 207 160 6357 or email noelhillmann@clearpathanalysis.com.
Mike is the Chief Investment Officer of PartnerRe. He is responsible for management of all investment activities for PartnerRe’s global investment portfolio. Prior to joining PartnerRe, Mike was Head of Asset Allocation and Derivatives for TIAA’s General Account investment portfolio. Earlier in his career, he held various roles in derivatives, risk management, and portfolio management at Genworth Financial and Principal Financial Group.
Mike holds a BS in industrial engineering from University of Michigan and an MBA in finance from University of Illinois. He is a CFA Charterholder and a Professional Risk Manager (PRM)
Milla Tonkonogy is the Chief Investment Officer for General Insurance North America at AIG, a
global multinational insurance corporation. Milla joined AIG in 2014 and is responsible for allocation
strategies and manager oversight for ~$60B of fixed income, alternative and equity investments for
the AIG Property and Casualty insurance companies located in the US, Bermuda and Canada. Milla is
an officer and the Deputy CIO of several GI US insurance companies and sits on several investment
committees at AIG.
Prior to joining AIG, Milla was responsible for global asset strategies and manager oversight for a
~$6B portfolio of fixed income investments for American Express and was part of the core team
responsible for developing the Federal Reserve macroeconomic stress testing program for the
investment portfolio.
Milla began her career in consulting and holds a BA in Economics from The Johns Hopkins University
and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon.
Ruth joined Resolution Life as Chief Investment Officer in September 2024.
Previously, Ruth worked at MetLife for 13 years where she held a variety of Investment roles, most recently as Global Head of Insurance Asset Management. In this role, Ruth was responsible for the execution of investment strategies for the MetLife general account and development of strategic solutions for insurance company third party clients. This included management of multi-strategy portfolios across public and private assets, market strategy as well as insurance advisory services. Prior to this, Ruth held a variety of roles within the Investments division including Head of EMEA Portfolio Management and Head of Investments for Western and Central Europe.
Before joining MetLife, Ruth spent ten years at Gordian Knot Limited, a London-based fixed income asset manager specializing in investment grade credit. At Gordian Knot Ruth held several roles from structured finance credit analyst to senior portfolio manager.
Ruth holds an LL.D. (Doctor of Laws) from the University of Malta, a Masters in International Commercial and Shipping Law from the International Maritime Law Institute (United Nations) and a Master of Philosophy focused on Banking, Corporate Finance and Securities Law from the University of Oxford (Pembroke College).
Xiaowei Han joined TIAA as the Head of ALM in February 2019, where she leads the asset liability management function. Her team focuses on liability-driven investment strategies, interest rate risk management, economic capital framework, dividend optimization, stress testing, asset and derivatives modeling, economic scenario generation, and supporting various corporate initiatives.
Before joining TIAA, Xiaowei worked for Transamerica since 2008, gaining deep experience in variable and fixed annuities, universal life, retirement & pension, and institutional businesses. She led the universal life valuation and modeling functions and also headed the Enterprise ALM function, which focused on holistic hedging, ALM analytics and strategies, capital management, asset and derivatives modeling, and ALM reporting across all lines of business. Prior to this, she worked as a Financial Risk Manager responsible for identifying financial risk in ALM/hedging strategies, modeling, and pricing related to annuities, retirement, and institutional businesses. Her other responsibilities at Transamerica included managing general account investments and hedging programs, liquidity management, designing and implementing variable annuity hedging strategies, reinsurance, capital initiatives, as well as statutory reporting for variable and fixed annuities.
Xiaowei holds a Master of Science degree in actuarial science from the University of Iowa, a Master of Science degree in physical chemistry from Nanjing University, and a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from Nanjing University. Additionally, she attained the following designations: Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA), Chartered Financial Analyst
(CFA®) charter holder, and Member of American Academy of Actuaries (MAAA).