Asia Industry Awards - 19th Asia Insurance Industry Awards Judging - Finalists put in the hot seat
    
        
            
                
            Source: Asia Insurance Review | Oct 2015
         
     
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Finalists of the Asia Insurance Industry Awards (AIIA) met the judges for a face-to-face interview in the final round of judging to determine the winners of each category. 
 
   Forty-seven out of a total of 428 entries had been shortlisted as prestigious final contenders and for the interview, the finalists were represented by a member of their senior management team.
 
   Now in its 19th year, the AIIA has become a much sought-after mark of excellence and peer group endorsement for insurance players and professionals in the market, with the very backbone of the Awards being the 29 judges drawn from a cross-section of industry leaders, regulators and experts. 
 
   The winners will be announced at a gala dinner to be held in conjunction with the Singapore International Reinsurance Conference on 3 November 2015.
 
 
 

 
 
| The Panel of  Judges | 
| Annie Choi Former Commissioner of Insurance,Hong Kong | Geoff Riddell 
Adviser – Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa, Zurich Insurance Group Ltd | Sara Lamsam 
President, Muang Thai Life Assurance Co Ltd | 
| Alan Wilson Regional CEO, MSIG Holdings (Asia) Pte Ltd | Katsuo Matsushita 
Special Advisor & Liaison Officer for Japan & East Asia,  The Geneva Association | Sharon Ooi Managing Director, Client Markets Asia, Principal Officer, Swiss Re Singapore Branch | 
| Atthaphon Phibunthanaphatthana Assistant Secretary General, Office of Insurance Commission, Thailand | Kazuhito Oura 
Director & General Manager, International Dept, Toa Re | Simon Copley Asia Pacific Insurance Leader, PwC Hong Kong | 
| Chai Sophonpanich 
Chairman & President, Bangkok Insurance Public Co Ltd | Kent Chaplin Head of Asia Pacific & Managing Director, Lloyd’s Asia | Thomas Lillelund Chairman of Singapore Reinsurers’ Association and Managing Director – Asia Pacific, Aspen Re | 
| Christopher Townsend 
President, Asia, Metlife Inc | Malcolm Steingold 
CEO, Aon Benfield Asia Pacific | Dr Till Böhmer CEO, Munich Re Singapore Branch | 
| David L Fried 
CEO, Emerging Markets, QBE Insurance Group | Mark Newman 
Head of Asia & Deputy Chief Executive Asia Pacific, Insurance, XL Catlin | Thomas Yu-Hui Chang Deputy Director, General Insurance Bureau, Taiwan | 
| Franz Josef Hahn | Richard Austen 
Chairman, Reinsurance Brokers’ Association (Singapore) & CEO, Asia Reinsurance Brokers Pte Ltd | Tony Cheng Executive Vice President, Asian Markets, RGA Reinsurance Co | 
| Franck Baron 
Chairman, Pan-Asia Risk & Insurance Management Association (PARIMA) | Dr Roger Sellek 
CEO, A.M. Best – EMEA & Asia Pacific | Tsutomu Terabayashi Managing Director & Chief Operating Officer, Tokio Marine Asia Pte Ltd | 
| International Judges | 
| Gregory Maciag President & CEO, ACORD | Michael J Morrissey President and CEO, International Insurance Society | Yassir Albaharna CEO, Arab Insurance Group (Arig) | 
| Patrick Liedtke Managing Director & Head of Financial Institutions Group, EMEA, BlackRock | Stephen Collins CEO, ReMark International B V |  | 
 
