11th TASK Annual ConventionThe Next Frontier: Actuaries Beyond Boundaries

Name: 11th TASK Annual Convention
Start: 2026-09-29T07:00:00+03:00
End: 2026-10-02T23:00:00+03:00
Location: Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort and Spa

Dates: 29 September – 2 October 2026
Venue: Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort and Spa, Mombasa

Thank you to all delegates, speakers and partners who took part. The full programme remains available below.

Full programme

About the convention

The Next Frontier: Actuaries Beyond Boundaries

Four days at Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort and Spa, Mombasa, where the East African actuarial profession sets the agenda for the year ahead. Policy, capital, climate, technology — examined together, by the people who actually build the models that price and protect.

The 11th edition pushes past the traditional perimeter: actuaries crossing into climate finance, AI governance, embedded insurance, and policy design — practising beyond the boundaries of where the profession has historically stayed.

Delegates in the plenary hall at Sarova Whitesands — The plenary hall, Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort and Spa.

Highlights

From the convention floor

Moments from the plenary sessions, panels and conversations in between.

A delegate asking a question from the floor

Programme

Papers, panels, keynotes and addresses across the four days. Times are in East Africa Time (EAT).

Opening day · CEO perspectives · innovation & governance

8:00am – 8:30am
Arrival and registration
TASK Secretariat / MC
8:30am – 8:45am
Welcome remarks
Mutuku Nzyoka, FIA, Convention Planning Committee Chair
8:45am – 9:00amAddress
TASK President's address
Lorraine Njue, FIA
9:00am – 9:20amAddress
IFoA President-elect address
Alex Waite, FIA C.Act
9:20am – 10:00amPaper 1
Incentive Misalignment: The Silent Risk in Africa's Financial System
Riziki Kitondo & Michael Thuku, Deloitte & Touche
10:00am – 10:40amPaper 2
From Information to Insight: The Actuary's Role in Providing Value
Christine Van Heerden, Associate Director, QED Actuaries
10:40am – 11:00amMorning tea break
11:00am – 11:40amPanel
The CEO's Perspective: Building Resilient Financial Institutions in a Changing World
Moderated by Sanau Kantai, FIA
Panellists: Githua Ngaruiya — CEO, Madison Life Assurance (K) Ltd.; Philip Lopokoiyit — CEO, ICEA LION Group; Njeri Jomo — CEO, Jubilee Health Insurance Ltd.; Evah Kimani — CEO, Britam Connect
11:40am – 12:10pmKeynote
Keynote address
Philip Lopokoiyit, CEO, ICEA LION Group
12:10pm – 12:20pm
Mental health activity
12:20pm – 1:00pmPaper 3
Balancing Innovation with Trust: How actuaries can embrace new technologies while maintaining governance, regulatory compliance and stakeholder confidence
Anton Clennar, Managing Director, RNA Analytics Limited
1:00pm – 2:00pmPanel
Women in Insurance
Kenya Women In Insurance group, Coordinated by Lorraine Njue, FIA
1:00pm – 2:00pmLunch break
2:00pm – 2:40pmPaper 4
Milliman paper
Chris Van Der Merwe, FASSA
2:40pm – 3:20pmPaper 5
AgriBima AI
Keith Kiptui
3:20pm – 3:30pm
Recap and closing of day 1
TASK Secretariat
3:30pmAfternoon tea break

Speakers

Speakers at the 11th Convention

Presenters, panellists and moderators.

Mutuku Nzyoka, FIA
Convention Planning Committee Chair
The Actuarial Society of Kenya
Lorraine Njue, FIA
TASK President
The Actuarial Society of Kenya
George Odera, FIA
TASK Vice President
The Actuarial Society of Kenya
Alex Waite, FIA C.Act
IFoA President-elect address
Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
David Cummings, FCAS
CAS Presidential address
Casualty Actuarial Society
Ian Duncan, Ph.D., FSA, FIA, FCIA, FCA, MAAA
SOA President-elect address
Society of Actuaries
Philip Lopokoiyit
Keynote · CEO panel
ICEA LION Group
Sundeep Raichura
ICA 2029 update · panellist
Group CEO, Zamara Kenya
Sanau Kantai, FIA
CEO panel moderator
The Actuarial Society of Kenya
Githua Ngaruiya
CEO panel
Madison Life Assurance (K) Ltd.
Njeri Jomo
CEO panel
Jubilee Health Insurance Ltd.
Evah Kimani
CEO panel
Britam Connect
Anton Clennar
Paper 3 · Innovation & trust
Managing Director, RNA Analytics Ltd.
Christine Van Heerden
Paper 2 · Information to insight
Associate Director, QED Actuaries
Riziki Kitondo
Paper 1 · Incentive misalignment
Deloitte & Touche
Michael Thuku
Paper 1 · Incentive misalignment
Deloitte & Touche
Chris Van Der Merwe, FASSA
Paper 4 · Milliman
Milliman
Keith Kiptui
Paper 5 · AgriBima AI
AgriBima
Gloria Asare, FCAS, FCIA, MAAA
Paper 6 · Climate risk modelling
Boniface Kamau, FIA
Panel moderator · Development finance
Chair, Public Policy Working Party
Ann Njoroge, MSc
Panel moderator · ERM
Head of Trade Credit, Underwriting Africa SL
Anesu Shuro, FASSA CERA
Paper 7 · Chain-ladder + ML
Head of Advisory, Dynamo
Jens Brostrøm Hansen
Paper 8 · The AI paradox
Strategic Partner & Life Actuary, ACTEX Learning
Joseph Birundu, FIA, C.Act, FeASK
Paper 9 · ESG performance
Director, LUX Actuaries and Consultants
Tamara Odongo, FIA C.Act
Day 3 opening remarks
TASK Council member
Justin Nyabuto
Paper 10 · Motorcyclist term assurance
Daystar University
Shruti Shah, FIA CERA
Panel moderator · Health tech
Meera Chandria
Paper 11 · Mental health economics
Zamara Actuaries & Consultants Ltd.
Faith Mwasaru
Paper 11 · Mental health economics
Zamara Actuaries & Consultants Ltd.
Elizabeth Kinuthia
Paper 13 · Risk stratification
Zamara Actuaries & Consultants Ltd.
Zainab Shikely
Paper 13 · Risk stratification
Zamara Actuaries & Consultants Ltd.
Donald Were, FIA
TASK Council updates
The Actuarial Society of Kenya