19th Asia Insurance CFO Summit 2026

1. The CFO as Chief Value Architect: From Financial Steward to Strategic Co-Pilot 

• Redefining the CFO mandate in an era of disruption and uncertainty 

• Partnering the CEO and Board on long-term value creation 

• Balancing performance, resilience and transformation agendas 

 

2. Is Your Performance Still Comparable? IFRS 18, IFRS 17, and the New CFO Accountability in Asian Insurance 

• IFRS 18’s impact on operating profit, subtotals, and MPMs—why comparability across insurers may erode and how CFOs defend their numbers to boards, analysts, and regulators 

• The IFRS 17 / IFRS18 intersection: where finance systems, actuarial models, and reporting processes will be stress-tested first 

• CFOs as chief narrators of value—using IFRS 18 to rebuild confidence, consistency, and trust in reported performance 

 

3. FX, Rates, and Regional Complexity: Protecting Earnings in a Multi-Currency Insurance Group 

• Why traditional hedging strategies are being re-examined 

• Managing FX volatility across ASEAN and North Asia operations 

• Aligning ALM, treasury, and group reporting to reduce earnings shocks 

 

4. Capital in the Crosshairs: Navigating RBC 2, Market Volatility, and Shareholder Expectations 

• How much capital is truly “excess” in today’s environment? 

• Balancing solvency buffers, dividends, and growth in a risk-sensitive regime 

• What stress scenarios are keeping CFOs awake at night 

 

5. Navigating Macroeconomic Volatility: Capital, Liquidity and Balance Sheet Resilience 

• Managing interest rate uncertainty and inflation impacts 

• Optimising capital deployment across business lines and geographies 

• Stress testing for black swan and systemic risk scenarios 

 

6. The Future Insurance CFO: What Will Define Success in the Next Decade? 

• Skills, mindset and leadership traits for tomorrow’s CFO 

• Preparing organisations for continuous disruption 

• Personal reflections from CFOs shaping the industry’s future 

 

7. FX Volatility in a Fragmented World: How Insurance CFOs Are Redefining Risk Management, Capital Allocation, and Earnings Stability 

• How international insurance CFOs are managing balance sheet and earnings exposure arising from sustained FX volatility across multiple markets 

• How hedging strategies, capital allocation, and funding decisions are being re-evaluated in an environment of currency instability and interest rate divergence 

• How CFOs are addressing the impact of FX movements on IFRS reporting, solvency positions, and investor confidence while maintaining earnings stability 

 

8. The CFO as Chief Integrator: From Functional Silos to Financial Intelligence 

• Why finance, actuarial, risk, and tech must operate as one 

• Lessons from insurers that have shortened close cycles and improved decision-making 

• What “finance transformation” really means after IFRS 17 

 

9. Reimagining Capital Management in a Climate-Risk World 

• Integrating climate and catastrophe risks into capital planning 

• Rethinking reinsurance, risk transfer and capital buffers 

• Aligning solvency strength with growth ambitions 

 

10. AI, Analytics and the Intelligent Finance Function 

• Moving from backward-looking reporting to predictive finance 

• AI use cases in forecasting, reserving and expense management 

• Governance, controls and ethics in AI-enabled finance 

 

11. The Data-Driven CFO: From Numbers to Actionable Insight 

• Breaking data silos across actuarial, finance and risk 

• Building real-time dashboards for faster decision-making 

• Upskilling finance teams for advanced analytics 

 

12. Cost Transformation Without Compromising Growth 

• Structural cost take-out vs short-term efficiency gains 

• Zero-based budgeting and agile cost management 

• Funding innovation and transformation sustainably 

 

13. Finance Modernisation: Cloud, Automation and the Future Operating Model 

• Designing a scalable, digital-first finance architecture 

• Automation of close, reporting and controls 

• Measuring ROI from finance transformation investments 

 

14. Managing Emerging Risks: Cyber, Digital and Ecosystem Exposures 

• Quantifying and capitalising non-traditional risks 

• Financial implications of platform and ecosystem partnerships 

• CFO’s role in enterprise-wide risk governance 

 

15. ESG, Sustainability and the CFO’s Accountability Agenda 

• Embedding ESG metrics into financial performance frameworks 

• Measuring return on sustainability investments 

• Navigating evolving disclosure and assurance expectations 

 

16. M&A, Partnerships and Inorganic Growth: A CFO’s Playbook 

• Valuation discipline in uncertain markets 

• Post-merger integration and value realisation 

• Strategic alliances vs outright acquisitions 

 

17. Talent, Capability and the Future Finance Workforce 

• Building next-generation finance and actuarial skills 

• Retaining top talent in a competitive market 

• Leading cultural change within finance teams 

 

18. Board, Regulator and Investor Expectations: Mastering the Narrative 

• Enhancing credibility through clarity and transparency 

• Communicating risk, capital and performance under uncertainty 

• Preparing for heightened regulatory scrutiny 

 

19. Smarter Than Your CFO? The Rise of Autonomous Finance and Reinventing the Insurance CFO Agenda 

• How autonomous and AI-enabled finance capabilities are reshaping decision-making, forecasting, and capital allocation—challenging the traditional role of the CFO in insurance 

• Where human judgment still matters: redefining the CFO’s agenda around governance, risk stewardship, strategic leadership, and value creation in an increasingly automated finance function 

• Preparing the insurance finance organisation for the shift—skills, operating models, and controls required to balance speed, intelligence, and accountability 

 

20. The Future Insurance CFO: Lessons from the Boardroom 

• What boards expect from CFOs in the next decade 

• Balancing stewardship, strategy and innovation 

• Personal leadership insights from Asia’s leading insurance CFOs