ICNZ Conference 2025: Getting Resilience Right

The ICNZ Conference 2025 brought together industry leaders, regulators, and commentators to explore key opportunities and challenges facing the insurance industry. This year’s conference addressed critical industry issues including government priorities, climate change, regulation, building industry trust and getting insurance right for customers. 

Our panelists were:

Panel 1: Climate Change

James Shaw (Former Minister for Climate Change, now operating partner at global infrastructure investment management company Morrison)

Amanda Whiting (ICNZ President and CEO IAG New Zealand)

Ben Kelleher (ANZ Chief Risk Officer)

Michael Stiassney (Tower chairman)

Panel 2: Regulation

Christian Hawkesby (RBNZ Deputy Governor and Head of Financial Stability)

Adam Heath (FMG Chief Executive)

Helen McNeil (Suncorp NZ Chief Risk Officer)

Jo Kelly (Centre for Sustainable Finance Chief Executive)

Panel 3: Building Industry Trust

David Talbot (Talbot Mills Research director)

Kris Faafoi (ICNZ CEO)

Andrew Hall (Insurance Council of Australia Executive Director and CEO)

Sir Jerry Mateparae GNZM QSO KStJ, former Governor General of New Zealand

Karen Stevens (Insurance & Financial Services Ombudsman)

Panel 4: Getting Insurance Right

Suzanne Wolton (Chief Executive, MAS )

Adrian Sweeney (NZ General Manager, Zurich)

Simone Labady (Chief Executive, Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance)

Elissa Downey (Head of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability, AA Insurance)

Keynote speakers

Minister for Climate Change Simon Watts

Sir Ian Taylor.