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Mr. Daniel Clarke

Executive Director of the Centre for Disaster Protection

Daniel is the Executive Director of the Centre for Disaster Protection. He brings to the role a broad combination of leadership, expertise, and practical experience working with people, countries, and organisations to change how they plan and pay for disasters.

Daniel’s professional background is as an actuary and economist. He has worked with more than 40 developing country governments to develop improved risk finance schemes in close collaboration with bilateral and multilateral development institutions and the private insurance and reinsurance industry. His work has had a major influence on policy and practice at a global, country and organisational level, and his book, Dull Disasters? How Planning Ahead Will Make A Difference is a seminal work on disaster risk financing.

He has a first-class degree from Cambridge University in Mathematics and Computer Science and a D.Phil. in Economics from the University of Oxford. He is a Chartered Actuary (Fellow).

2:30pm - 6:00pm

1 Tuesday, 27th May 2025

Side Event: ACRIFA/African Development Bank Session - Breakout room/Plenary room

  • Bridging the Skills Gap for Agri-Climate Insurance in Africa: Introducing the ACRIFA Academy
  • Bundling Credit with Climate Insurance - The Africa Climate Risk Insurance Facility for Adaptation (ACRIFA’s) model for economic and climate resilience

2:30pm-6:00pm

1 Monday, 26th May 2025

UNDP-Milliman Global Actuarial Initiative – Africa Regulatory Roundtable - Breakout room/Plenary room

Role of Actuaries in building a Resilient Insurance Sector

“The regulatory roundtable will offer senior regulatory officials a platform to exchange insights and gain new perspectives for strengthening actuarial capacity and enhancing the resilience of the insurance sector. The discussion will focus on the value actuaries bring in strengthening the industry, supporting regulatory mandates – including prudential supervision; market development and market conduct– and enhancing overall insurance sector resilience.”

This is a closed forum. Regulators and insurance association leaders interested in attending should contact gain@milliman.com to register for the session.