India Marine Conclave 2025

Navigating The Waves of Change : Exploring Marine Insurance Frontiers

December 9th & 10th, 2025

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About the Conclave

National Insurance Academy, Pune, is organising the India Marine Conclave on the 9th and 10th of December, 2025, in the Academy campus. The focus of the meet will be on Marine Cargo Insurance and the challenges it is facing globally as well as in the domestic market.

The conclave aims to facilitate exchange of knowledge, networking, sharing of ideas and collaboration among key stakeholders in the marine landscape. The agenda includes expert-led panel discussions, presentations on current issues, and exploration of new trends in the field of marine insurance.

Eminent speakers from India and abroad, will be presenting on important topics pertaining to marine insurance and delve deep into some aspects of underwriting and claims.

This is the event and place to be in for serious marine practitioners from insurance companies, brokers, agents, surveyors and risk managers of large corporates.

Event Flow

Day 1 – Tuesday, 09 December 2025

Registration
08.00 AM to 09.30 AM
09.30 AM to 10.15 AM
Inauguration
B.C. Patnaik

B.C. Patnaik

Director, NIA, Pune
Girija Subramanian

Girija Subramanian

CMD,
New India Assurance Company Ltd
Inderjeet Singh

Inderjeet Singh

GI Council Secretary General
Tapan Singhel

Tapan Singhel

MD, Bajaj General Insurance Company
Lars Lange

Lars Lange

Secretary General, IUMI
10.15 AM - 11.15 AM
Lars Lange

Lars Lange

Secretary General, IUMI
Conclave Theme Address

Charting Opportunities in Changing Tides: Geopolitics, Technology, Sustainability

Tea Break
11.15 AM - 11.30 AM
11.30 AM to 01.00 PM
K.S. Vishwanath

K.S. Vishwanath

Author & Consultant
Contract Certainty

Clear Contracts, Custom Solutions: The Modern Insurance Dilemma

Lunch Break
01.00 PM to 02.00 PM
02.00 PM to 02.45 PM
Sanjay Mokashi

Sanjay Mokashi

General Manager, GIC Re

Geo-Political Tensions

Understanding Sanctions and Solutions: Indian Perspective

02.45 PM to 03.30 PM
Mike Roderick

Mike Roderick Virtual

Clyde & Co
Geo-Political Tensions

Troubled Times: War & Strikes Coverages

Tea Break
03.30 PM - 03.45 PM
03.45 PM to 04.45 PM
Panel Discussion

Global Headwinds and Marine Insurance in India

Sanjiv Singh Moderator

Director - Marine, Premier Insurance Brokers Ltd, HK

Anurag Rastogi

Vice President,Institute of Actuaries of India

Bharat Virmani

Vice President and Head of Marine Underwriting, Bajaj General Insurance

Sandeep Dighe

Deputy President and Head of Marine, Offshore Energy & Aerospace, Aon India

Nitin Nair

Group Head – Insurance, RPG Enterprises
04.45 PM to 05.30 PM
Tom Shinya

Tom Shinya

Tokio Marine, Japan
Country Study - Japan

Thoughts on profitable cargo underwriting

Dinner By the Poolside
07.30 PM to 10.00 PM

Day 2 – Wednesday, 10 December 2025

9.30 AM to 10.15 AM
Christopher Law

Christopher Law Virtual

SVP, Aon, USA
Future of Marine

Artificial Intelligence and Marine Insurance

10.15 AM to 10.45 AM
Tom Shinya

Tom Shinya

Tokio Marine, Japan
Future of Marine

Update on Digital standard of cargo certificate

Tea Break
10.45 AM to 11.00 AM
11.00 AM to 12.15 PM
K.S. Vishwanath

K.S. Vishwanath

Author & Consultant
Insuring Cargoes

Bulk Cargo- Underwriting Insights and Real World Claim Case Studies

12.15 PM to 01.15 PM
Sujoy Maitra

Sujoy Maitra

Vice President & Head-Marine, ICICI Lombard GIC Ltd
Insuring Cargoes

Marine Delay in Start Up: Hedging against obscure

Lunch Break
01.15 PM to 02.15 PM
02.15 PM to 03.00 PM
R.Balasundaram

R.Balasundaram

Marine Enthusiast
Insuring Cargo

Prescription for Pharma Cargo

03.00 PM to 03.45 PM
Hendrike Kuhl

Hendrike Kuhl

Policy Director, IUMI
Insuring Cargo

Fire safety on container ships and safe carriage of EVs

03.45 PM to 04.00 PM
Pradeepta

Dr Pradeepta Kumar Samanta

Blue Economy and its role for Viksit Bharat 2047
04.00 PM – 04.30 PM
Valedictory- Summary of Proceedings and Way Forward

Lars Lange

Secretary General, IUMI

Amit Misra

Chair Professor, General Insurance, National Insurance Academy

Vote of Thanks

Sibesh Sen

Participation Fees

All Inclusive

Non-residential Delegates

INR 20,650/-

Last Date for Registration: 05 December, 2025

For bank details, kindly refer the brochure

Registration and Payments Portal

Venue

National Insurance Academy

25, Balewadi, Baner Road, NIA P.O.
Pune - 411045
Maharashtra, India

Contact Us

Jayashree Sridhar
sridharjayashree@niapune.org.in
+91 98900 11793
Kshitish Mohanty
kmohanty@niapune.org.in
+91 90518 99900
Ujwala Bagwan
uebagwan@niapune.org.in
+91 83088 41916