20 July 2022, Day 1
Venue: Neubau Biozentrum, University of Basel, Spitalstrasse 41, Basel

11.30–13.00h (Lobby): Registration

13.00–14.15h (Auditorium): Opening Session
Opening message by Andrea Schenker-Wicki (Rector, University of Basel)
Opening address by Martin Lengwiler (University of Basel)
Keynote lecture: “Who do you trust? Trust and insurance through the history of Africa” by Grietije Verhoef (University of Johannesburg)

14.30–16.30h (Room U1, 197): Comparing Risk Management Strategies in the Mediterranean and East Asian Maritime Business (Double Session, Part 1)
Chair: Giovanni Ceccarelli

14.30–16.30h (Room U1, 19): Developments of Insurance Market in Emerging European Economies
Chair: Monika Wieczorek-Kosmala and Marijana Curak

14.30–16.30h (Room U1, 195): The Rise of Actuaries in 19th century Europe and in Global Perspective
Chair: Geoffroy Legentilhomme and Christofer Stadlin

16.30–17.00h (Lobby): Coffee Break

17.00–19.00h (Room U1, 197): Comparing Risk Management Strategies in the Mediterranean and East Asian Maritime Business (Double Session, Part 2)
Chair: Giovanni Ceccarelli

17.00–19.00h (Room U1, 191): The Many Meanings of Mutuality in Insurance History
Chair: Phillip Hellwege

Starting at 19.00h (Lobby): Reception

21 July 2022, Day 2
Venue: Neubau Biozentrum, University of Basel, Spitalstrasse 41, Basel

09.00–10.00h (Auditorium): Opening Session
Keynote lecture: “Shaping the Future of Insurance Through the Eyes of History” by W. Jean J. Kwon (St. John`s University)

10.15–12.15h (Room U1, 191): Post-Demutualisation Insurance: Efficiency or Corporate Profitability?
Chair: Antti Talonen, Grietjie Verhoef, Monica Keneley

10.15–12.15h (Room U1, 195): Risky Business: Building an Integrated Insurance Pricing Database
Chair: Giovanni Ceccarelli, Sabine Go, Antonio Iodice

10.15–12.15h (Room U1, 197): History of Insurance Markets in the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe the First Decades of the 21st Century (Double Session, Part 1)
Chair: Jacek Lisowski, Piotr Manikowski and Adam Sliwinski

12.15–13.45h (Restaurant Bacells’): Lunch Break

13.45–15.45h (Room U1, 191): The Health Insurance Business: From Marginality to the Fastest Growing Sector in the First Decades of the 21st Century
Chair: Jerònia Pons-Pons and Margarita Vilar-Rodríguez

13.45–15.45h (Room U1, 195): The Price of Risk in History
Chair: André Straus and Leonardo Caruana

13.45–15.45h (Room U1, 197): History of Insurance Markets in the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe the First Decades of the 21st Century (Double Session, Part 2)
Chair: Jacek Lisowski, Piotr Manikowski and Adam Sliwinski

15.45–16.15h (Lobby): Coffee Break

16:15–18.15h (Room U1, 191): Private and Public Insurance and Protection against Social Contingencies
Chair: Bernard Harris, Liselotte Eriksson, Lars-Fredrik Andersson

16:15–18.15 (Room U1, 197): Global and Long-Term Perspectives in the History of Insurance
Chair: Philip Hellwege

16:15–18.15h (Room U1, 195): History of Insurance in Russian Markets
Chair: Martin Lengwiler

Starting at 18:45h (Restaurant “Zum Isaak”): Reception and Gala Dinner

22 July 2022, Day 3
Venue: Neubau Biozentrum, University of Basel, Spitalstrasse 41, Basel

09.00–11.00h (Room U1, 197): Going Global? Marine Insurance and the Limits of Early Modern Globalization (Double Session, Part 1)
Chair: Antonio Iodice, Mallory Hope and Lewis Wade

09.00–11.00h (Room U1, 195): Natural Disasters and Risk Management from a Global North-South Perspective
Chair: Natalie Rauscher and Welf Werner

09.00–11.00h (Room U1, 191): Beyond the State. Insurance in Habsburg Central Europe from a Global Perspective
Chair: Matyas Erdelyi, Thomas Rohringer and Vojtech Pojar

11.00–11.30h (Lobby): Sandwichlunch

11.30–13.30h (Room U1, 197): Going Global? Marine Insurance and the Limits of Early Modern Globalization (Double Session, Part 2)
Chair: Antonio Iodice, Mallory Hope and Lewis Wade

11.30–13.30h (Room U1, 195): Legal Perspectives in the History of Insurance
Chair: Philip Hellwege

11.30–13.30h (Room U1, 191): Insurance in non-Western Contexts: Comparing Business Strategies in Different World Regions (19th/20th centuries)
Chair: Martin Lengwiler and Robin Pearson

13.30–14.15h (Auditorium): Award Ceremony (Best Paper Award; Best Junior Paper Award) and Closing Remarks

Starting at 14.15h (Lobby): Reception