Upcoming industry events

Two insurance gatherings are landing within four days of each other, with one focused on the software running policies and claims and the other on public confidence in the business. (connpass.com) (independent.co.ug) Lifenet Life Insurance will hold its second InsurTech meetup on Monday, April 20, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at its headquarters in Chiyoda, Tokyo. The free event lists 20 seats, showed 9 attendees when crawled, and centers on “the systems behind the scenes” that support its insurance service. (connpass.com) The agenda includes a talk on how Lifenet built AI agents for practical internal use, plus sessions for backend engineers and architects and a networking block with food and drinks. Registration stays open until 5 p.m. on April 20, two and a half hours before the event starts. (connpass.com) In Uganda, the Insurance Brokers Association of Uganda will open its 8th annual conference on April 22 and run through April 24 at Hotel Triangle in Mbarara. Organizers and sponsors said more than 450 delegates are expected, including brokers, underwriters, regulators and business leaders. (independent.co.ug) The conference theme is “Trust Reimagined: Delivering on the Promise,” with discussion centered on claims settlement, transparency and reaching customers outside the usual corporate base. ICEA LION General Insurance announced a Shs100 million gold sponsorship for the three-day event in March. (independent.co.ug) (businessfocus.co.ug) The Uganda meeting arrives as insured lives rose to 506,119 in the second quarter of 2025 from 405,837 a year earlier, according to figures cited by Monitor. Even with that increase, insurance penetration remained about 1 percent, and brokers said the next push is toward small businesses and informal-sector customers. (monitor.co.ug) That makes the split between the two events notable: one is about the plumbing of insurance technology, and the other is about whether customers believe the product works when they need it. The Insurance Brokers Association of Uganda says brokers act as claims advocates and help clients compare policies and understand cover. (connpass.com) (ibau.ug) The calendar is tight: Tokyo gets the engineering conversation on April 20, and Mbarara gets the trust conversation starting April 22. In both cases, the near-term question is the same one insurers keep returning to — how to make insurance easier to build, easier to buy and easier to believe in. (connpass.com) (monitor.co.ug)