Lead sponsor: Qatarlyst

Partner sponsor: Dewey & LeBoeuf

Dewey & LeBoeuf is an international law firm with more than 1,100 lawyers located in 26 offices throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland, Russia, Kazakhstan, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, China and South Africa. The firm has distinguished itself through market-leading practice groups in areas such as capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, complex litigation, intellectual property litigation, white collar and government investigations, international trade, structured finance, private equity and tax. Industry focuses and experience include banking, energy, utilities, insurance, sports and entertainment, life sciences and healthcare and telecommunications

www.deweyleboeuf.com

Partner sponsor: Ernst & Young

Ernst & Young is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. Worldwide, our 152,000 people are united by our shared values and an unwavering commitment to quality. We make a difference by helping our people, our clients and our wider communities achieve their potential. Ernst & Young refers to the global organization of member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited, each of which is a separate legal entity. Ernst & Young Global Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, does not provide services to clients. For more information about our organization, please visit www.ey.com

Partner sponsor: Eurobase

Eurobase is a leading independent software and services provider to the world wide insurance market. Our innovative solutions enable our customers to exploit investments in technology for greater business agility and competitive advantage.
Working in partnership with our customers we deliver tangible benefits that they can quantify through reduced operational costs, greater processing efficiencies, improved customer service and greater flexibility for growth.

Synergy Insurance Software- Synergy, our flexible suite of insurance software solutions, is dedicated to supporting the needs of insurance underwriters, agents and brokers in General Insurance, Reinsurance, Captive Management and the London Market.

Every insurance solution covers the complete lifecycle of the business, including client management, underwriting, claims, reinsurance /retrocession, accounting and management information and caters for a very wide range of classes, including property, motor, casualty, aviation, marine and other specialist lines, putting you in control of the entire insurance and reinsurance process. Eurobase is a member of Microsoft Partner Network with multiple competencies.

www.eurobase.com

Partner sponsor: Gulf Re

Established in 2008 as a GCC home-based reinsurer, Gulf Reinsurance Limited, (Gulf Re) was formed as a 50/50 joint venture between Gulf Investment Corporation (Kuwait) and Arch Capital (Bermuda).

Gulf Re is a strategic part of the GCC’s initiative to create a sustainable regional reinsurance market that offers insurers an ever richer access to choice, local focus, market understanding, flexibility, expertise and stability. We therefore directly support the region’s growth and infrastructure development, which is underlined by the fact that our geographic reach focuses on business emanating from the sic GCC states. In 2012 we are looking to expand our business into the broader Middle East. One of our core principles is to apply a highly technical and selective underwriting approach.

In a competitive environment such as the Middle East any excessive growth will put any company’s capital at an increased risk, which given the volatility of the underlying business, would not be sustainable. We have made a strong commitment to this region and will not venture away from it.

Understanding our client’s business, their strategies, values and long term goals is key to providing adequate reinsurance products and lead to relationships that will last throughout the market cycles. We operate to international best practices and standards and provide our clients with the same professionalism and expertise previously only found in established markets such as London, Europe or the US. By providing swift, constructive and insightful responses we aim to provide contract certainty in all the transactions we make and to protect our clients from any disputes that could arise from incomplete or late contract documentation.

Our aim is to serve our clients and brokers by offering high quality capacity backed by superior security and with a strong focus on technical risk selection. We offer proportional and non-proportional facultative reinsurance for On and Offshore Energy, Property, Engineering and Marine Hull and Cargo through regional and international brokers as well as directly with insurance companies.

www.gulfre.com

Welcome cocktail reception sponsor: Willis

Bold | Dynamic | Driven | This is Willis

These are the traits that permeate the way we do business. In 2009, Willis Group delivered solid financial performance and demonstrated that our Shaping our Future strategy – specific initiatives designed to drive profitable growth – is working. We showed top-line growth, operating margin expansion and improvement in adjusted earnings. We continued to position ourselves for growth in some of the world's fastest developing regions. The diversity of our business mix and targeted growth strategies position us well for success.

Willis is known for its consistent, excellent financial results. But in a professional service industry like ours, the ultimate test will always be – or should always be – client service. We have built a culture that is passionate about putting our clients first. As the first broker to disavow contingents and refuse supplemental compensation, Willis has taken an unwavering stand on acting in the best interests of the client.

www.willis.com