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The Pensions Plan: Current schemes & future sustainability Conference is being organised by MAPFRE in collaboration with the Department of Insurance and Risk Management, University of Malta. The conference will be held at the Valletta Campus, University of Malta on 27 October 2023, with the participation of key local and foreign speakers, focusing on Pensions. Apart from addressing the current state of the pensions system in Malta, the conference will deal with the outlook for pensions against a backdrop of local and international economic and regulatory developments as well as the challenges faced to be compliant with ESG. Through the various keynote speeches and panel discussions, the conference is set to deliver a number of proposals for strengthening the sustainability and adequacy of pensions in Malta.
About MAPFRE
MAPFRE in Malta operates under MAPFRE Middlesea Group, the largest insurance group in
Malta, holding leadership positions in both the life and non-life market. MAPFRE MSV
Life p.l.c., is the leading life assurance company in Malta offering life assurance protection,
savings, investment and retirement plans. MAPFRE Middlesea p.l.c., is both a direct
operating company and the holding company of MAPFRE Middlesea Group. MAPFRE
Middlesea plc’s general business operations comprise all the non-life classes of business
underwritten in Malta including Motor, Home, Health, Marine, and General Liability and its
long-term business includes the provision of Group Life protection to its corporate
customers.
MAPFRE believes that strong ethical values are fundamental to their business and form the
foundation of their corporate culture. Innovation and customer focus are core to their
business philosophy.
For more information about MAPFRE in Malta please visit www.mapfre.com.mt
About Fundacion MAPFRE
Fundación MAPFRE has more than 45 years of experience as a leading global foundation for
its commitment to people’s well-being and social progress. It is a non-profit institution
created by MAPFRE with the aim to contribute to improving people’s quality of life and the
progress of society through multinational programs and activities.
Fundación MAPFRE is fully aware of the fact that only by understanding the new realities of
this changing world it will be able to move forward with this global project which is
structured around different areas of action. To achieve its goals, it organizes a wide range of
activities worldwide in five key areas which are: Social Action, Culture, Health
Promotion, Prevention and Road Safety and Insurance and Social Protection.
Fundación MAPFRE also have a Documentation Center that offers a free information service
for the general public on Insurance, Risk Management and Social Security, as well as related
subjects such as Economics and Law; and the Ageingnomics Research Center that aims to
promote a positive view of demographic change based on the economic and social
opportunities that come with an ageing population.
About the Department of Insurance and Risk Management, University of Malta
The University of Malta has embarked on a renewed Strategic Plan for the next decade,
which defines its direction, informs its priorities and guides day-to-day decision-making and
operational activity. By this plan, it aims to sustain and further develop its position as a
world-class education provider that plays a strong national role, and it remains geared
towards satisfying the country’s infrastructural and industrial needs, so as to provide
expertise in crucial fields. The University of Malta also maintains its ongoing collaboration
with the public and private sectors, and it continues to offer various services to industry.
The University of Malta Insurance and Risk Management Department (IRM) offers an
insurance stream for the Bachelors of Commerce degree, an MA by research in Insurance
and Risk Management, which enables students to hone their research skills, and an MSc in
Insurance and Risk Management, which enables IRM students to specialise in Insurance,
Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance, (GRC), Internal Controls or in Quantitative
Risk Management.
The IRM is also a pioneer in the professionalization of risk management in Malta, hosting
the Malta Association of Risk Management (MARM), which aims to promote, advance and
encourage the knowledge of, and the use of risk management within the private and public
sectors in the Maltese Islands. MARM is a member of the Federation of European Risk
Management Associations (FERMA), enabling all IRM students to enrol for the RIMAP
(Professional Risk Managers) certification offered by FERMA members.
About the Conference Facilities
The Valletta Campus, popularly known also as the Old University Building; in Valletta, was
constructed to serve as a Jesuit College, the first stone laid in 1595 by Grand Master Martino
Garzes.
Huddled between St. Paul, St Christopher, Merchants and Archbishop streets, the plan of
the structure is typical of Renaissance large public buildings, with a central courtyard.
Almost half of the site is taken up by the Jesuit church, whose construction started in 1592
and concluded in 1609.
The Old University Building housed a long list of different offices and institutions among
them the Anglo-Maltese Library, the Lyceum for male students, an Air Raid Precautions
Centre during World War II, and more recently even the head office of Heritage Malta.
Nowadays it houses the Conferences and Events Unit (CEU), the Research and Innovation
Development Trust (RIDT), and the Centre for the Study and Practice of Conflict Resolution.
Part of the building also houses the offices of the International Institute for Justice and the
Rule of Law (IIJ).
For more historical and artistic details about the structure, one can consult Michael Ellul’s; The Jesuit College and Church in Valletta.
Discover more about the Valletta Campus here