Hard Talk Event: Is Insurance the Answer for Building Resilience to Climate Change?

Moderated by:

Alfonso Garcia Mora

Director, Finance and Markets Global Practice, World Bank Group



Keynote address by:

Thomas Silberhorn

Parliamentary State Secretary, BMZ

A discussion with:

Stephen Catlin

Executive Deputy Chairman, XL Catlin, and Chair of the Insurance Development Forum

Dame Meg Taylor

Secretary General, Pacific Islands Forum

Iván Acosta Montalván

Minister of Finance and Public Credit, Nicaragua

Yasuhisa Nakao

Deputy Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Japan

Tracy Polius

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Economic Development, St. Lucia



Closing remarks by:

Joaquim Levy

Managing Director and CFO, World Bank Group