AXCO GLOBAL INSURANCE AMERICAS

Where Multinational Risk Experts from Across the Americas Meet

September 23-24, 2026 | Hilton Austin

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250+ Attendees    |    50+ Speakers    |    2+ Days of Networking

Axco Global Insurance Americas is the leading forum for multinational risk and insurance teams across North and South America. 

Taking place 23–24 September in Austin, Texas, the conference brings together risk managers, brokers and carriers for two focused days of technical insight, peer debate and high‑value networking centred on how multinational programmes perform today – and how they must evolve to deliver confidence, consistency and value in a more volatile global environment. 

The agenda is tailor-made for the people who design, execute and govern multinational insurance programmes. Across collaboration hubs, strategic panels and peer‑led roundtables, global experts examine the challenges shaping multinational delivery today: from regulatory fragmentation and cross‑border claims friction, to geopolitical shock and AI deployment at scale. 

Take a look at the 2025 highlights below for a taste of what to expect:

Structured as a cross‑functional offsite for the networked ecosystem involved in programme delivery, the event provides a rare opportunity for multinational teams to build shared understanding, strengthen alignment, and improve how global programmes are governed and executed in practice. 

Axco Global Insurance Americas is where the multinational insurance community comes to exchange experience, sharpen strategy, and define the future of global programme delivery. 

Whether you’re reshaping multinational coverage, working through compliance and sanctions complexity, or aligning stakeholders across the programme, you will leave with clearer judgement, stronger peer connections, and renewed confidence in how your global programmes are taken forward. 

A New Setting for the Multinational Conversation

Now in Austin

Axco Global Insurance Americas comes to Austin, Texas — a fast‑growing centre for technology, energy and advanced manufacturing, and a natural meeting point for the US–Mexico corridor and LATAM‑facing multinational operations.

The location connects the conference more directly to the industries, expansion patterns and cross‑border operating models shaping multinational insurance today, supporting broader participation, stronger corporate representation, and a more joined‑up conversation between the teams responsible for making global programmes work.

Built for Real Dialogue

At Axco Global Insurance Americas, the networking is as intentional as the content. From interactive roundtables to deep-dive learning labs, our agenda is designed to connect you with peers who’ve faced the same challenges - and solved them:

Human Library

Collaboration Hubs

Networking Receptions and Working Lunches

Pull up a chair at a small‑group roundtable with a leader who has navigated a critical multinational pressure point – from tax friction and clause interpretation to compliance bottlenecks – and explore the real‑world lessons learned together. 

Work through execution‑level challenges with peers operating inside multinational programmes. 

Collaboration Hubs convene experienced practitioners to test assumptions, compare approaches and work through real delivery challenges spanning fronting, claims, compliance and network performance.

Continue the conversation, build your network, and connect across functions, lines of business, and geographies in an environment designed for meaningful exchange.

Whether you’re refining your claims strategy, navigating global compliance, or scaling multinational programs, you’ll leave with insight and relationships that last well beyond the closing session. 

Defining Themes on the 2026 Agenda

Multinational Risk Leadership Under Pressure 

 

Examine how the role of the multinational risk leader is evolving under sustained volatility. Sessions explore how risk managers build influence, exercise judgement, and maintain control across complex global programmes – balancing internal alignment, external constraints, and rising expectations around performance, resilience and governance.

Claims Reality: Where Global Programmes Succeed or Fail

 

Explore how multinational claims performance is shaped by programme structure, decision authority and cross‑border execution. From social inflation and litigation pressure to fronting mechanics and local capability, the agenda focuses on what actually determines speed, cost and outcomes when losses occur across jurisdictions. 

Managing Regulatory Fragmentation and Compliance Load 

Understand how regulatory divergence, AML/KYC escalation, sanctions regimes and local issuance requirements are reshaping multinational programme execution. Sessions focus on embedding compliance earlier, clarifying ownership, and managing cumulative friction without undermining global programme integrity or client experience.

Aligning Coverage, Functions and Delivery Around the Client

Examine how organisations are breaking down silos across functions and lines of business to deliver more coherent multinational solutions. From integrating financial lines, cyber and A&H to improving coordination between underwriting, claims and servicing teams, the focus is on client led execution rather than product led structures. 

AI and Technology in Multinational Programme Delivery

Move beyond experimentation to examine how AI and automation are being deployed inside multinational workflows. Sessions address real use cases – from document alignment and compliance interpretation to claims insight and network oversight – alongside the governance, data discipline and safeguards required to scale innovation responsibly.

Regional Concentration, Infrastructure and Execution Risk 

Gain grounded insight into how regional dynamics – from energy grids and climate stress to near‑shoring and geopolitical exposure – are reshaping multinational risk profiles. Using live case studies, the agenda examines how concentration risk accumulates and how global programmes adapt when specific regions become systemically critical. 

Risk Manager VIP Passes

There are a limited number of complimentary VIP passes available for corporate risk managers to attend Axco Global Insurance Americas each year. 

These passes must be applied for and approved by the Axco team, and will be allocated on a first come basis.

Senior Executive's Sharing Insights in 2026 Include

Kristen Bessette
Chief Data Officer
Zurich North America

Warren Kebert

VP, Multinational Practice Leader

Zurich North America

 

 

Brennan Bastyovanszky
GM – Sales & Marketing
World Travel Protection

Burkhard Wittgen

Global Head of Multinationals, Credit Risk Solutions

WTW

 

Marc Lipman
President
Lloyd's Americas

Ben Wright

Principal Economist

The Hartford

 

Erick Anez
Head of Enterprise Risk Management & Resilience
Bridgestone West

Vito Gaeta

Managing Director, Multinational

Howden

Jared Kotler
Global Head of Credit and Political Risk Solutions
The Hartford

Elizabeth Francy Demaret

President, Carrier Solutions

Sedgwick

 

Irene Arenas
Enterprise Risk Manager
Nexa Resources

Jamie Neumann

Vice President

Brown & Brown

 

 

Kevin Nolan
Head of Multinational
The Hartford

Nick Crane

Vice President – Specialty Accident

Berkley Accident & Health

David Moon
Global Practice Leader Aon Global Client Network
Aon

David Moon

Global Practice Leader Aon Global Client Network

Aon

Our Speaker Commitment to Actionable Insights

At Axco Global Insurance Americas, we’re committed to depth, clarity, and impact. To ensure every session offers more than just talk, our speakers agree to the following principles: 

Grounded in Reality

I’ll incorporate real-life situations or case studies to bring theory into practice. 

Transparent Reflections

I’ll candidly share a key moment of success or a valuable misstep to illustrate what works—and what doesn’t.

Ready-to-Use Advice

I’ll give at least one recommendation attendees can apply in their own work within days, not weeks.

Leave-Behind Value

When possible, I’ll provide a concise summary or takeaway slide for future reference and team sharing.

This commitment ensures that every session is not just heard - but remembered, acted on, and discussed long after the event ends. 

Who attends Axco Global Insurance Americas?

What past attendees have said...

Axco Global Insurance Americas 2026 Partners

Headline Partner

NTT Data

Strategic Partners

Gallagher / Inter Proteccion
SOMPO
Zurich

Key Partners

Berkley Accident and Health
HDI Global
Sedgwick

Premium Support Partners

AXA XL
CNA
N2G
QBE
Safety National
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions
Travelers

Support Partners

AIG
beazley

Media Partner

Trust Risk Control
WBN