Asian Banking & Finance and Insurance Asia Summit - Philippines - February 2, 2027
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Asian Banking & Finance and Insurance Asia Summit 2027 - Philippines
Asian Banking & Finance and Insurance Asia are honoured to present the Asian Banking & Finance and Insurance Asia Summit – Philippines, with the theme "Trust, Scale, and the Cost of Safety: Building Financial Services That Reach Everyone." This year's summit will convene chief executives, chief risk officers, senior banking, and insurance leaders to discuss how Philippine banks and insurers are funding safer, broader access after a mandated security rebuild, and as consolidation reshapes who competes for a market where the mass market is the whole market.
Institutions are being asked to prove what replaced the one-time password, whilst a genuine credit cycle tests digital bank underwriting for the first time. On the insurance side, new accounting standards and marketplace rules are reshaping bancassurance economics. The summit will examine what scale and consolidation now mean for a market with nowhere left to expand beyond the mass market itself.
Join this influential event to see how the Philippines' banking and insurance leaders are funding safer, broader access — and reinforcing trust as the foundation competitors are now scaling against.
Why the Asian Banking & Finance and Insurance Asia Summit 2027 in the Philippines is a Must-Attend:
NETWORK
Engage with chief executives, chief risk officers, senior banking, and insurance leaders from the Philippines' banks, digital lenders, and insurers.
INNOVATE
Explore how digital banks are managing underwriting and portfolio quality through a full credit cycle.
EXPLORE
Dive into what the mandated security rebuild is expected to prove, and what new insurance accounting standards changed in the numbers.
GROW
Equip yourself with the insights to compete for scale as consolidation reshapes the market.
SPEAKERS
Jonathan Juan "JJ" Moreno
Country Head and CEO
Sun Life Philippines
Country Head and CEO
Sun Life Philippines
Sanjay Chakrabarty
CEO
Pru Life UK
CEO
Pru Life UK
Jesse Lucas
Chief Consumer Credit and Data Analytics Officer
GoTyme
Chief Consumer Credit and Data Analytics Officer
GoTyme
Carlos Santos
Chief Transformation and Technology Officer
AXA Philippines
Chief Transformation and Technology Officer
AXA Philippines
Romulo Delos Reyes, Jr.
President and General Manager
Stronghold Insurance Company, Inc.
President and General Manager
Stronghold Insurance Company, Inc.
Romulo I. Delos Reyes, Jr. is the President and General Manager of Stronghold Insurance Company, Inc., where he has built a career spanning more than four decades across underwriting, operations, management, and executive leadership. He has served as President and General Manager since 2012.
He is also President and CEO of Quickway Holdings, Inc., a diversified holding company with business interests spanning insurance and financial services, as well as other industries in the Philippines and abroad.
Mr. Delos Reyes is actively involved in the Philippine insurance and financial services sector, including leadership roles with the Organization of Insurance Companies of the Philippines, Inc. and the Philippine Insurance and Reinsurance Association. A licensed non-life insurance underwriter, he has also gained extensive international exposure through industry conferences and management programmes across Asia, Australia, Europe, and the United States.
His leadership and contributions to the industry have earned him several distinctions, including Outstanding CEO at the Insurance Asia News Country Awards for Excellence 2025, Outstanding Industry Leader in Insurance and Financial Services at the Asia’s Pinnacle Awards 2025, and Outstanding Leader in Asia at the ACES Awards 2024.
AGENDA
PLENARY
*Subject to change
8:30 - 9:00 AM REGISTRATION
9:15 - 9:20 AM Welcome Remarks
- Tim Charlton, Publisher, Asian Banking & Finance and Insurance Asia
9:20 - 9:35 AM Opening Speaker
9:35 - 9:55 AM Keynote Speaker
9:55 - 10:15 AM Speaker 3
10:15 -10:55 AM Leaders Panel: Competing for the Mass Market: Scale, Consolidation and the Next Wave of Growth
Panelist:
- Jonathan Juan "JJ" Moreno, Country Head and CEO, Sun Life Philippines
- Sanjay Chakrabarty, CEO, Pru Life UK
10:55 - 11:35 AM NETWORKING BREAK
11:35 - 11:55 AM Speaker 4
11:55 - 12:15 AM Speaker 5
12:15 - 12:55 PM Panel Session 2: The Cost of Getting Security Right
12:55 - 2:00 PM MIDDAY BREAK
TRACK 1: BANKING
2:00 - 2:20 PM Speaker 8
2:20 - 2:40 PM Speaker 9
2:40 - 3:00 PM Speaker 10
3:00 - 3:10 PM Speaker 11
3:10 - 3:40 PM NETWORKING BREAK
3:40 - 4:00 PM Speaker 12
4:00 - 4:20 PM Speaker 13
4:20 - 4:50 PM Panel Session 3: Digital Banks and the Loan Book: Underwriting, Collections and Portfolio Quality Through the Cycle
Panelist:
- Jesse Lucas, Chief Consumer Credit and Data Analytics Officer, GoTyme
5:00 PM END OF PROGRAM
TRACK 2: INSURANCE
2:00 - 2:20 PM Speaker 8
2:20 - 2:40 PM Speaker 9
2:40 - 3:00 PM Speaker 10
3:00 - 3:10 PM Speaker 11
3:10 - 3:40 PM NETWORKING BREAK
3:40 - 4:00 PM Speaker 12
4:00 - 4:20 PM Speaker 13
4:20 - 4:50 PM Panel Session 3: Closing the Protection Gap Profitably: Distribution, Product and Claims
Panelists:
- Carlos Santos, Chief Transformation and Technology Officer, AXA Philippines
- Romulo Delos Reyes, Jr., President and General Manager, Stronghold Insurance Company, Inc.
5:00 PM END OF PROGRAM
CONTACT US
For more details, contact:
Asian Banking & Finance and Insurance Asia Events Team
+65 31581386
SPEAKERS
If you are a C-level or senior leader from the banks and insurance companies and are interested in speaking at the Asian Banking & Finance and Insurance Asia Summit 2027, we extend a warm invitation to you. Your expertise and insights can play a crucial role in the success of this momentous occasion. Please do not hesitate to reach out at [email protected] to express your interest in becoming a speaker.
Jonathan Juan "JJ" Moreno
Country Head and CEO
Sun Life Philippines
Country Head and CEO
Sun Life Philippines
Sanjay Chakrabarty
CEO
Pru Life UK
CEO
Pru Life UK
Jesse Lucas
Chief Consumer Credit and Data Analytics Officer
GoTyme
Chief Consumer Credit and Data Analytics Officer
GoTyme
Carlos Santos
Chief Transformation and Technology Officer
AXA Philippines
Chief Transformation and Technology Officer
AXA Philippines
Romulo Delos Reyes, Jr.
President and General Manager
Stronghold Insurance Company, Inc.
President and General Manager
Stronghold Insurance Company, Inc.
Romulo I. Delos Reyes, Jr. is the President and General Manager of Stronghold Insurance Company, Inc., where he has built a career spanning more than four decades across underwriting, operations, management, and executive leadership. He has served as President and General Manager since 2012.
He is also President and CEO of Quickway Holdings, Inc., a diversified holding company with business interests spanning insurance and financial services, as well as other industries in the Philippines and abroad.
Mr. Delos Reyes is actively involved in the Philippine insurance and financial services sector, including leadership roles with the Organization of Insurance Companies of the Philippines, Inc. and the Philippine Insurance and Reinsurance Association. A licensed non-life insurance underwriter, he has also gained extensive international exposure through industry conferences and management programmes across Asia, Australia, Europe, and the United States.
His leadership and contributions to the industry have earned him several distinctions, including Outstanding CEO at the Insurance Asia News Country Awards for Excellence 2025, Outstanding Industry Leader in Insurance and Financial Services at the Asia’s Pinnacle Awards 2025, and Outstanding Leader in Asia at the ACES Awards 2024.
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