IA|BE Annual Actuarial Day 2026 'Connected Thinking'
This year's IA|BE Annual Actuarial Day is fully dedicated to the theme Connected Thinking: how different perspectives, risks, and innovations come together in actuarial practice.
Fairness, AI, climate risk, capital and reinsurance, regulation, value for money these are no longer separate conversations. Connected Thinking is about seeing the links, and the value that emerges when we bring them together.
Join us for a full day of inspiring sessions, from a regulatory update on value for money to parallel break-out sessions on fairness, agentic AI, climate risk and reinsurance, plus deep-dives into asset-intensive life reinsurance and the future of cooperative insurers. We'll also honour a valued contribution to the profession with the annual IABE Prize.
Cedric Goovaerts, Daphne Galle and Marc Beckers will be your hosts, introducing and guiding you through the Actuarial Day.
Break-out sessions
This year you can indicate which break-out session you'd like to attend. Your answer helps us plan the rooms.
Put Connected Thinking into practice
As a playful finale, sign up to be connected during the networking cocktail. Register in advance and we'll use AI to match you with two or three people you might not otherwise meet. A new perspective, a new contact, maybe your next collaboration. Taking part is entirely optional. By opting in, you give us permission to use your name and organisation to generate these matches. We use them for this purpose only, and you can withdraw at any time by emailing us.
Curious what the day has in store? Discover the full programme below.
Schedule of IA|BE Annual Actuarial Day 2026
| On Wednesday 14 October: | |
| 9:30 - 9:45 | Welcome and opening by Nicole Verheyen (chair IA|BE Board) and Marc Beckers (General Manager IA|BE) By BECKERS Marc, VERHEYEN Nicole |
| 9:45 - 10:15 | Connected Challenge - Why Independence and Partnership Are Not Opposites for the Actuarial Function by Gil Delcour (AG Insurance) By DELCOUR Gil |
| 10:15 - 11:00 | Value for money & Regulatory view by Henk Becquaert (FSMA) By BECQUAERT Henk |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Break |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Fairness in Insurance by Guy Nyssen (KPMG) By NYSSEN Guy |
| Insurance Underwriting with Agentic AI - Kevin Françoisse (Sagacify) By FRANCOISSE Kevin | |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Impact of physical climate risks on a Belgian Insurance Portfolio by Menno van Wijk (Milliman Brussels Office) By VAN WIJK Menno |
| New Protection Solutions by Annie Laforet Ph.D By LAFORET Annie | |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Networking Lunch |
| 13:30 - 14:00 | Asset intensive life reinsurance transaction by Wim Kinnet (Baloise) By KINNET Wim |
| 14:00 - 15:15 | IA|BE Prize 2026 |
| 15:15 - 15:45 | Break |
| 15:45 - 16:15 | Cooperative Insurers in Today’s Rapidly Changing Technological Landscape by Jeroen Spinoy (P&V Group) By SPINOY Jeroen |
| 16:15 - 16:30 | Closing by Cedric Goovaerts (chair IA|BE Education Committee) and Daphne Galle (Detralytics) By GOOVAERTS Cedric, GALLE Daphne |
| 16:30 - 17:30 | Networking cocktail |