Hosted by the Actuarial Association of Europe (AAE) together with the Institut des actuaires (IA), this prestigious on-site event brought together leading experts and decision-makers from across Europe and beyond. Building on the success of previous congresses, ECA 2026 offered once again outstanding networking opportunities for more than 320 attendees and a platform for knowledge exchange within the European actuarial community.

Under the theme United in Diversity, the congress programme features a compelling mix of keynote speeches and parallel sessions covering a wide spectrum of actuarial topics, ranging from innovation and sustainability to data science and regulation.

Find the full program here.

The four high-class plenary sessions included the following keynotes and discussions:

Day 1 – Morning: Message from EIOPA and a Strategic Update from AAE
Petra Hielkema, Chairperson, EIOPA

Day 1 – Closing: Future-Proofing Insurance for an Aging Society
– Augusto Diaz-Leante , Head of Life & Health Continental Europe, Swiss Re
– Birgit König, Global Head of Health, Allianz SE
– Hélène Schernberg, Director Public Policy & Regulation, Geneva Association

Day 2 – Morning: Strengthening Trust: Regulation, Risk Management, and Consumer Protection in a Changing World
– Simon Le Dily, President, Institut des actuaires
– Evelyne Massé, First Deputy Secretary General, L’Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution (ACPR)
– Flore-Anne Messy, DAF Senior Counsellor, OECD

Day 2 – Closing: AI in Insurance: Innovation, Responsibility, and Governance
– Nivien Shafik, Head of AI Governance & Strategy, Munich Re
– Fabrice Staad, General Manager France, Alan
– Bogdan Tautan, Chairperson Risk Management Committee, Actuarial Association of Europe
– Cornelius Vogel, Google Cloud Insurance Industry Lead EMEA, Google