GEB Network – Asia Pacific hosted its annual APAC conference in Singapore between the 14th to 16th of May 2014.
This year the internal meeting on 14th and 15th May took place at a scenic resort – The Shangri La Rasa Sentosa Resort, located on Siloso Beach, overlooking the South China Sea. Mauro Dugulin, GEB Chief Executive Officer, kicked off the event with a welcome speech and he touched on GEB’s strategy within the Generali Group and its long terms goals to be a market leader and market shaper. Ludovic Bayard, GEB Chief Commercial Officer, shared on the Group’s renewed focus to promote global & corporate capabilities and new synergies between GEB, Europ Assistance and Generali Corporate & Commercial. Marc Reinhardt, Director of GEB Americas, and Mr Ainsley Oliveiro, Regional Manager of GEB APAC, shared on market growth trends and business development strategies in the Americas and Asia Pacific respectively.
Throughout the two day meetings which brought together all 14 countries network partners, every participant had the opportunity to connect and interact with key GEB representatives, sharing special topics of interests, exchanging each country’s market trends & developments, sharing ideas and challenges.
This year all GEB network partners were all well represented, with the addition of a new partner, Generali Japan. The new partnership with Generali Japan marks the beginning of a stronger GEB presence in Japan. Mitsui Life remains as the partner for Group Life and Group Medical while Generali Japan is an added solution for GEB clients in the Group Accident and Group Disability Income.
On 16th May, the GEB Network Asia Pacific Annual Seminar held at the Hilton Hotel Singapore, brought together more than 100 participants, including HR practitioners, risk managers, consultants and brokers from across the Asia Pacific region. Audiences at this well attended seminar had the opportunity to receive updates on employee benefits related topics, presented by guest speakers who are industry experts and practitioners.
The event was well organized and very informative. Business partners, clients and consultants appreciated this rare opportunity to re-connect and even find new ways to renew business synergies with each other.
To find out more about this event, please check the July issue of our GEB News.