Speakers

Dr. Guillermo Pedro Plate

Superintendent, Superintendencia de Seguros de la Nación, Argentina

Guillermo Plate is a lawyer, graduated from Universidad Católica Argentina and has a Master’s degree in International Law from Duke University School of Law (United States) and a Master in Business Law from the Universidad Austral (Argentina).

Plate has an extensive background in insurance, having served in the SSN (Superintendencia de Seguros de la Nación) during the 2017-2019 management. During those years he developed close ties with the NAIC, following his participation as a student in the International Fellows Program.

He also worked for leading law firms and companies and served as manager of fiduciary services in International Banking.

Dr. Zhiyu (Frank) Quan

Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Dr. Zhiyu (Frank) Quan is an Assistant Professor at the Program for Actuarial and Risk Management Sciences of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and InsurTech lead for Discovery Partners Institute. He holds a Ph.D. in Actuarial Science from the University of Connecticut. Before joining Illinois, he worked in a cutting-edge Insurtech company as a R & D data scientist developing data-driven solutions for major insurance companies. He has a broad spectrum of research interests in data science applications in insurance. His research projects are driven by real-life data and are inspired from collaborations with Insurtech and insurance companies. Besides, he is the director of the Illinois Risk Lab, which facilitates research activities that integrate academic training with practical problem-solving in real business settings.

Raghuveer Vinukollu

Head of Climate Insights & Advisory, Munich Re US

Raghuveer Vinukollu is the Head of Climate Insights and Advisory at Munich Reinsurance America, Inc. based in Princeton, New Jersey. He is a member of the Strategic Products team and also a core member of the Nat Cat Solutions group focusing on development of innovative products designed to cover various natural catastrophe and climate exposures.

Raghuveer has a PhD in land surface hydrology from Princeton University.  He has often expressed his thoughts on the impact of flooding and the changing risk landscape on personal property, local businesses and communities. He is a passionate advocate for climate adaptation and resiliency with emphasis on the role of insurance and public private partnerships in building resilient communities.

Peter Windsor

Senior Financial Sector Expert, International Monetary Fund

Peter Windsor is a Senior Financial Sector Expert specializing in insurance supervision and regulation.  He joined the IMF in February 2018 having previously worked for 9 years at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors where he coordinated the development of ComFrame and the global Insurance Capital Standard (ICS).  Prior to the IAIS, Peter spent 15 years at the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority. 

Since joining the Fund, Peter has been involved in delivering technical assistance, policy development and FSAPs, including completing work on insurance supervision and regulation for FSAPs for Canada, France, US and UK.