05.11.2025
On November 13, 2025, the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, in partnership with Banker Media, is organizing the forum “CAT Risk & Reinsurance Sofia Summit 2025”.
The event will take place in Room 420 of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and will bring together leading reinsurers, insurers, regulators, representatives of the public sector, academia, and practitioners to discuss trends and solutions in catastrophic risk management and reinsurance.
Key topics of the forum:
- CAT modeling, data, and analytics (incl. AI/ML)
- Capacity and capital: reinsurance, ILS, and capital markets
- Regulatory framework and resilience (Solvency II, ORSA, stress tests)
- Climate and geophysical risks: scenarios and adaptation
- Public–private partnerships and sustainable infrastructure
- Case studies from the region and international best practices
Confirmed speakers and topics:
- Vladimir Stejskal, PhD, Head of CEE Analytics – Uncertainty related to earthquake risk modelling
- Karel Vojak, M.Sc., Catastrophe Analyst; member of EIOPA’s Catastrophe Risks Technical Expert Network, Aon Reinsurance Solutions – Impacts of Natural Catastrophes in a Changing World and Lessons Learned from EIOPA’s Recalibration of the Standard Formula
- Laurentiu Șerban, Daria Broker – The Romanian model
- Nick Koutourais, NGN Autoprotect – The Greek model
Working languages: Bulgarian and English.
Registration: https://forms.gle/hgB7Ae6Lw42EuJ417
Please register by November 11, 2025.
Contact for program and partnerships:
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Radostin Vazov, r.vazov@feb.uni-sofia.bg, +359 886 838 464.
Venue: Sofia, 1113, 125 Tsarigradsko Shose Blvd., Block 3, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Room 420.