Google VP and internet pioneer Vint Cerf will deliver the keynote speech at the International Insurance Society’s (IIS) annual global forum in New York in June.

Mr Cerf and insurance industry leaders including AIG President and CEO Peter Hancock, Prudential Financial Chairman and CEO John Strangfeld and IIS President and CEO Michael Morrissey will discuss challenges facing the sector.

Other speakers include XL CEO Mike McGavick, Guy Carpenter President and CEO Alexander Moczarski and Validus Re CEO Kean Driscoll.

Speakers will cover natural catastrophes and terrorism, environment and pollution, public-private partnerships, ageing populations and microinsurance.

More than 500 industry executives are expected to attend the event on June 14-17 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Click here for more information.

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