Membership of the IDF is open to all industry participants (insurers, reinsurers and brokers), multilateral organizations, non-governmental organizations and public sector institutions who share the same objective of optimising and extending the use of insurance and its related risk management capabilities to build greater resilience and protection for people, communities, businesses, and public institutions that are vulnerable to climate change and natural disasters and their associated economic shocks.
Membership of the Steering Committee and Operating Committee is by invitation. Members are chosen on the basis of their commitment to the cause and principles of the IDF. The Steering Committee reflects the public-private nature of the IDF institution, and includes leadership of multilateral organisations, non-governmental organisations and global industry participants.
Membership of the Working Groups is by invitation or application. Members are chosen on the basis of their expertise and experience in the specific focus area of each Working Group, and each Working Group includes members from both public and private spheres.
Our Members
Steering Committee
The IDF Steering Committee is led by industry leaders, UN agency leaders, international institutions and others, and is accountable for the overall strategy and direction of the IDF. It is Chaired by Michel M. Liès and co-chaired by Achim Steiner (Administrator, UN Development Program (UNDP)) and Hiroshi Matano (Executive Vice President of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) of the World Bank Group).
Achim Steiner
Co-Chair of IDF Steering Committee
Administrator
UNDP (UN Development Programme)
Hiroshi Matano
Co-Chair of IDF Steering Committee
Executive Vice President
World Bank’s MIGA (Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency)
Alexander Moczarski
Member of IDF Steering Committee
Chairman, International
Marsh & McLennan Companies
Ian Brimecome
Member of IDF Steering Committee
Chairman, International
Tokio Marine Holdings
Dirk Meyer
Member of IDF Steering Committee
Head of Directorate-General 4 (multilateral development policy; transformation; climate)
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Ingrid Hoven
Member of the IDF Steering Committee
Member of the Management Board
GIZ (German Corporation for International Cooperation GmbH)
Mami Mizutori
Member of IDF Steering Committee
Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) for Disaster Risk Reduction
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Mark Carney
Member of IDF Steering Committee
UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance, and UK Prime Minister's COP26 Finance Advisor
UN COP26
Hilde Vernaillen
Member of IDF Steering Committee
Chair
ICMIF (International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation)
Rowan Douglas
Ex-Officio Member of IDF Steering Committee and Chair of IDF Operating Committee
CEO Climate Risk & Resilience
Howden
Ivo Menzinger
Ex-Officio Member of IDF Steering Committee, Co-Chair of IDF Operating Committee and Co-Chair of IDF Sovereign & Humanitarian Solutions (SHS) Working Group
Managing Director, Public Sector Business
Swiss Re
Jan Kellett
Ex-Officio Member of IDF Steering Committee and Co-Chair of IDF Operating Committee
Special Advisor: Finance Sector Hub and Team Leader: Insurance and Risk Financing
UNDP (UN Development Programme)
Olivier Mahul
Ex-Officio Member of IDF Steering Committee and Co-Chair of IDF Operating Committee
Practice Manager, Crisis & Disaster Risk Finance Unit | Finance, Competitiveness and Innovations Global Practice
World Bank
Josh Landau
Ex-Officio Member of IDF Steering Committee and Member of IDF Operating Committee
President
International Insurance Society (IIS)
John Huff
Ex-Officio Member of IDF Steering Committee and Member of IDF Operating Committee
CEO
ABIR (Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers)
Michaela Koller
Ex-Officio Member of IDF Steering Committee and Member of IDF Operating Committee
Secretary General
GFIA (Global Federation of Insurance Associations)
Shaun Tarbuck
Ex-Officio Member of IDF Steering Committee, Member of IDF Operating Committee and Co-Chair of IDF Disaster Risk Reduction Task Force (DRR)
CEO
ICMIF (International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation)
Operating Committee
The Operating Committee reports to the Steering Committee and is responsible for overseeing the IDF Working Groups and driving delivery of agreed targets and objectives.
Read moreResponsibilities specifically include:
- Providing executive direction and management of the IDF and its related activities;
- Maintaining stakeholder liaison, public and private institutions and partner organisations;
- Creating IDF Working Groups and appointing Working Group Chairs and Co-Chairs;
- Reviewing and approving Working Group action plans prepared by Working Group Chairs and reviewing on a regular basis the progress of implementation of agreed action plans and ensuring appropriate reporting;
- Setting priorities and developing the IDF work program jointly with the IDF Secretariat.
- Agreeing IDF administrative arrangements and related resourcing, budgets, and support
with the International Insurance Society (IIS) management and leadership in collaboration with the Secretary General;
The Chair, Deputy Chair and Co-Chairs of the Operating Committee are (non-voting) members of the Steering Committee and report into the Steering Committee in its entirety on progress with respect to implementation of the strategy and work programs.
The Committee is Chaired by Rowan Douglas (Willis Towers Watson). The Deputy Chair is Ivo Menzinger (Swiss Re). The Co-Chairs are Jan Kellett (UNDP) and Olivier Mahul (World Bank Group).
Rowan Douglas
Ex-Officio Member of IDF Steering Committee and Chair of IDF Operating Committee
CEO Climate Risk & Resilience
Howden
Ivo Menzinger
Ex-Officio Member of IDF Steering Committee, Co-Chair of IDF Operating Committee and Co-Chair of IDF Sovereign & Humanitarian Solutions (SHS) Working Group
Managing Director, Public Sector Business
Swiss Re
Jan Kellett
Ex-Officio Member of IDF Steering Committee and Co-Chair of IDF Operating Committee
Special Advisor: Finance Sector Hub and Team Leader: Insurance and Risk Financing
UNDP (UN Development Programme)
Olivier Mahul
Ex-Officio Member of IDF Steering Committee and Co-Chair of IDF Operating Committee
Practice Manager, Crisis & Disaster Risk Finance Unit | Finance, Competitiveness and Innovations Global Practice
World Bank
Andre Belelieu
Member of IDF Operating Committee
Head of Insurance & Asset Management
WEF (World Economic Forum)
Astrid Zwick
Member of IDF Operating Committee and Co-Chair of IDF Inclusive Insurance Working Group
Co-Director
Global Shield against Climate Risks Secretariat
Bill Marcoux
Member of IDF Operating Committee, Co-Chair of IDF Law, Regulation & Resilience Policies (LRRP) Working Group and Co-Chair of IDF Infrastructure Task Force (ITF)
Partner
WCM Advisory
Bridget Gainer
Member of IDF Operating Committee
Global Head Public Affairs & Policy
Global Head Public Affairs & Policy AON
Butch Bacani
Member of IDF Operating Committee
Programme Leader
UNEP PSI (UN Environment Programme – Principles for Sustainable Insurance)
Claudia Thyme
Member of IDF Operating Committee and Co-Chair of IDF Sovereign & Humanitarian Solutions (SHS) Working Group
Director, Strategic Market Development
AXA XL
Elie Aloko
Member of IDF Operating Committee
Vice President, Head of Business Development and Fundraising
AFC
Francis Bouchard
Member of IDF Operating Committee
Managing Director, Climate
Marsh McLennan
Garance Wattez-Richard
Member of IDF Operating Committee and Co-Chair of IDF Inclusive Insurance Working Group
CEO
AXA Emerging Customers
Heike Schmitz
Member of IDF Operating Committee and Co-Chair of IDF Infrastructure Task Force (ITF)
Partner
Herbert Smith Freehills
Jenty Kirsch-Wood
Member of IDF Operating Committee and Co-Chair of IDF Risk Modelling Steering Group (RMSG)
Head, Global Risk Management and Reporting
UNDRR (United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction)
Jean-Baptiste Tricot
Member of IDF Operating Committee and Co-Chair of IDF Infrastructure Task Force (ITF)
Chief Investment Officer
AXA
Jeffrey Manson
Member of IDF Operating Committee and Co-Chair of IDF Risk Modelling Steering Group (RMSG)
Senior Vice President, Underwriting, Head of Global Public Sector Partnership
Renaissance Re
Josh Landau
Ex-Officio Member of IDF Steering Committee and Member of IDF Operating Committee
President
International Insurance Society (IIS)
John Huff
Ex-Officio Member of IDF Steering Committee and Member of IDF Operating Committee
CEO
ABIR (Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers)
Katharine Pulvermacher
Member of IDF Operating Committee and Co-Chair of IDF Inclusive Insurance Working Group
Executive Director
MiN (Microinsurance Network)
Kathryn Stahlberg
Member of IDF Operating Committee
Senior Risk Advisor
USAID
Kathy Baughman McLeod
Member of IDF Operating Committee
Director
Adrienne Arsht Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Centre
Leigh Wolfrom
Member of IDF Operating Committee
Policy Analyst, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs
OECD
Lesley Ndlovu
Member of IDF Operating Committee
CEO
African Risk Capacity Limited (ARC Ltd)
Matthias Range
Member of IDF Operating Committee
Head of Risk Finance and Insurance Unit
GIZ
Marike Komen Brady
Member of IDF Operating Committee and Co-Chair of IDF Law, Regulation & Resilience Policies (LRRP) Working Group
Deputy Managing Director
Milliman
Maryam Golnaraghi
Member of IDF Operating Committee
Director, Climate Change and Emerging Environmental Topics
Geneva Association
Masaaki Nagamura
Member of IDF Operating Committee
General Manager International Initiatives
Tokio Marine Holdings
Mathieu Dubreuil
Member of the IDF Operating Committee
Lead Programme Advisor for Climate and Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance
World Food Programme
Mathieu Verougstraete
Member of IDF Operating Committee and Co-Chair of IDF Disaster Risk Reduction Task Force (DRR)
Resilient Infrastructure and Finance for Resilience Lead
UNDRR
Michaela Koller
Ex-Officio Member of IDF Steering Committee and Member of IDF Operating Committee
Secretary General
GFIA (Global Federation of Insurance Associations)
Mark Davies
Member of IDF Operating Committee
Disaster Risk Finance Adviser
UK FCDO (Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)
Premasis Mukherjee
Member of IDF Operating Committee
Senior Financial Sector Specialist with the migration and remittance team
UNCDF
Ruth Lux
Member of IDF Operating Committee
Head of Europe, Middle East and Africa Public Sector Solutions Practice
Guy Carpenter
Saoirse Jones
Member of IDF Operating Committee and Co-Chair of IDF Disaster Risk Reduction Task Force (DRR)
Executive Director and Head of Insurance Development Forum Engagement
Zurich Insurance Group
Sebastian Lesch
Member of IDF Operating Committee
Head of Division Climate Policy
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Shaun Tarbuck
Ex-Officio Member of IDF Steering Committee, Member of IDF Operating Committee and Co-Chair of IDF Disaster Risk Reduction Task Force (DRR)
CEO
ICMIF (International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation)
Sophie Evans
Member of IDF Operating Committee and Co-Chair of IDF Sovereign & Humanitarian Solutions (SHS) Working Group
Associate Director – Advisory
Centre for Disaster Protection
Thomas Kessler
Member of IDF Operating Committee
Principal Disaster Risk Insurance & Finance Specialist
ADB (Asian Development Bank)
Tuga Alaskary
Member of IDF Operating Committee and Co-Chair of IDF Sovereign & Humanitarian Solutions (SHS) Working Group
Technical Specialist for Risk Financing
UNDP
Secretariat
The IDF Secretariat is located in London and led by the Secretary General who manages the Secretariat team and provides a focal point for the Forum’s day-to-day activities, engagement and administrative needs.
Read moreThese includes:
- Providing a visible and central point of contact for the IDF
- Liaising with IDF-related facilities, programmes, initiatives and stakeholders
- Supporting the IDF Chair, SteerCo, OpCo and Working Groups
- Serving the OpCo in the implementation of IDF activities, projects and programmes
- Conducting due diligence to ensure alignment with IDF objectives, policies and procedures
- Supporting the design, development and implementation of the IDF Working Groups / Sub-Working Groups and annual work plans;
- Monitoring and reporting results to the OpCo and SteerCo and liaising with development partners and industry (as needed);
- Informing and communicating with industry and development partners on the activities of the IDF;
- Advocating on behalf of the IDF with public and private sector institutions and bodies and ensuring visibility of the activities supported by the IDF;
- Implementing (i) the operational activities of the IDF in collaboration with the OpCo, and (ii) providing operational support to the activities of the Chair of the SteerCo.
The Secretariat is led by the Secretary General, Ekhosuehi Iyahen and supported by Rebecca Lewis, Programme Associate.
Pedro Pinheiro
Inclusive Insurance Working Group Coordinator
Coordinator
MiN (Microinsurance Network)
Insurance Development Forum Limited
The IDF was formally incorporated as a company limited by guarantee in England & Wales in June 2020. The independent legal entity enables the IDF to fulfil its administrative roles and functions with members, stakeholders and projects.
IDF Working Groups include over 200 experts and practitioners from industry, governments, international institutions, NGOs and academia that have been engaged across different priority areas since April 2016.
Read moreThese priorities are assessed and driven forward by five dedicated working groups whose evolving membership is drawn from private and public institutions. The working groups are:
- Risk Modeling Steering Group
- Sovereign & Humanitarian Solutions
- Law, Regulation & Resilience Policies
- Inclusive Insurance
- Investment
Rowan Douglas
Ex-Officio Member of IDF Steering Committee and Chair of IDF Operating Committee
CEO Climate Risk & Resilience
Howden
Swiss Re
Member
Member
IDF Ltd
AXA
Member
Member
IDF Ltd
Clyde & Co
Company Secretary
IDF Ltd
IDF Members
Private Sector
- African Risk Capacity Insurance Company Limited
- Ageas
- AIG
- AIR Worldwide
- Allianz
- AON
- Asia Affinity Solutions
- Aviva
- AXA
- AXA Climate
- AXA XL
- AXCO
- AXIS Capital
- Blackstone Impact Investment
- Blackstone Insurance Solutions
- Blue Marble
- Celsius Pro
- Cerulean Consulting
- China Reinsurance Group
- Chubb
- Clyde & Co
- Convex
- The Co-Operators Group
- CoreLogic
- Descartes Underwriting
- DLA Piper
- DWS
- Europa Re
- Fairfax
- FCM
- Gallagher Re
- Generali
- Global Parametrics
- Guy Carpenter
- Hamilton Re
- Hannover Re
- Herbert Smith Freehills
- Hiscox
- Howden
- ICMIF (Intl. Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation)
- ImageCat
- JBA Consulting
- JBA Risk Management
- KatRisk
- KPMG
- Liberty Mutual
- Lloyd's Disaster Risk Facility - DRF
- Lloyd’s of London
- Marsh & McLennan Co.
- MIlliman
- MS Amlin
- Munich Re
- Oasis LMF
- Prudential
- PwC
- Renaissance Re
- RMS
- SCOR
- Simplitium
- Swiss Re
- Talbot
- TetraTech
- Tokio Marine Holdings
- WCM Advisory
- Willis Towers Watson
- Xceedance
- Zurich Insurance Group
Government Institutions
- Bank of England
- BMA (Bermuda Monetary Authority)
- BMZ (German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development)
- Centre for Disaster Protection
- DfID (UK Department for International Development)
- GIZ (German development agency)
- GCRF (Global Challenges Research Fund)
- Insurance Europe
- KfW (German Development Bank)
International Institutions
- A2ii (Access to Insurance Initiative)
- ADB (Asian Development Bank)
- AFC (Africa Finance Corporation)
- Convergence Blended Finance
- GCA (Global Commission on Adaptation)
- Global Shield against Climate Risks
- International Monetary Fund
- InsuResilience Solutions Fund
- International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- Micro Insurance Network
- OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development)
- UN DRR (United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction)
- UN OCHA (United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs)
- UNDP (United Nations Development Programme)
- UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme)
- USAID
- WFP (World Food Programme)
- World Bank (Disaster Risk Financing & Insurance) Programme
- World Bank MIGA (Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency)
Insurance Industry Associations
- ABIR (Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers)
- Geneva Association
- GFIA (Global Federation of Insurance Associations)
- International Insurance Society
Civil Society / NGOs / Think tanks /Foundations
- Adrienne Arsht - Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center
- Cenfri (The Centre for Financial Regulation & Inclusion)
- ClimateWise
- GEM (Global Earthquake Model)
- MCII (Munich Climate Insurance Initiative)
- START Network
- World Economic Forum (WEF)
Academic Institutions
- The Institutes
- Insurance Institute of India
Observers
- International Association of Insurance Supervisors
