Data Analytics
2018 General Insurance Seminar Event Report – Day One
More than 230 delegates gathered at the Sofitel in Sydney this week for the 2018 General Insurance Seminar. The event set out to inspire attendees to "Transform the Future" of the industry with Day One sessions including Consumer Trust, Mental Health, Data Led-Innovations in the Insurance Value Chain, and the launch of the Australian Actuaries Climate Index.
Posted on: November 15, 2018
What makes a good data scientist? - Actuaries Podcast
Effective data scientists need to understand the workings of IT teams and identify the limits of truth in models, says Co-Founder and Chief Scientist at Ambiata, Tiberio Caetano, ahead of his Keynote Address at the 2018 General Insurance Seminar.
Posted on: October 31, 2018
Geospatial Analysis and Data Science - Actuaries Podcast
Head of Actuarial and Analytics at World Nomads and Weapons of Mass Deduction judge Jacky Poon interviews Andrew Xu, Analyst at Finity Consulting, on his entry into the WOMD competition, focusing on Geospatial analysis and a career in data analytics.
Posted on: October 30, 2018
The view from a start-up perspective: Is competition broken? How can it be fixed?
Insurtech, fintech and disruptor are the new buzz words. Ask John Connor a few years ago what these words meant and he would have pictured a mix of bohemian tech-savvy hipsters in a trendy office, a place not for the traditional actuary. He was wrong, there are many actuaries working in fintech and insurtech start-ups.
Posted on: October 18, 2018
How can the government better use data? - The Dialogue podcast
The Institute’s latest Dialogue thought leadership paper explores where better outcomes can be delivered and significant savings can be made in social welfare through better data analytics.
Posted on: September 26, 2018
When analytics projects go wrong - Normal Deviance
Many organisations have seen big-ticket analytics projects turn into a morass of expense, confusion and lacklustre results. While some mistakes are unavoidable, there are ways to make the best of such experiences.
Posted on: September 17, 2018
History of AI Winters
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a very popular topic in the media now, but the concept of AI was first proposed almost 70 years ago. What happened in the AI research community over this time period and why did it take so long for the breakthroughs to occur? Milton Lim looks at the booms and busts of the AI industry over the years.
Posted on: September 5, 2018
The ethics of machine learning - Podcast with Tiberio Caetano
With companies starting to pay the price for inadvertent unethical outcomes created by their systems and engineering, there is a need for data science professionals to understand and respect the discipline of ethics.
Posted on: September 4, 2018
In conversation with the Australian Government Actuary - Podcast with Guy Thorburn and Elayne Grace
As the office of the Australian Government Actuary (AGA) nears 100 years of service, Elayne Grace caught up with the current AGA Guy Thorburn, to find out what the office does.
Posted on: August 27, 2018
Analytics Snippet: Multitasking Risk Pricing Using Deep Learning
Jacky Poon shows you how to build a risk premium pricing model using deep learning, in this example for a motor portfolio - a classic general insurance problem.
Posted on: August 23, 2018
International CPD opportunities
There are over 30 committees, subcommittees, task forces, and working groups of the International Actuarial Association. These groups all commission, create and share content that may be relevant to Actuaries Institute members. Links to some of the content discussed at the recent meetings in Berlin, Germany are provided below.
Posted on: August 21, 2018
Fast five with Fintechs - M&A Solutions Ltd
In this instalment of 'Fast five with Fintechs', we ask Anna Knezevic about her experience setting up M&A Solutions Ltd, working on profit/capital optimisation based on incomplete data, and utilising data analytics to drive business insights.
Posted on: August 15, 2018
Data Science: golden age or AI winter?
Milton Lim assesses the risks (both upside and downside) of the data science revolution and considers how best to ride the “Big Data” wave in the firt instalment of a series that explores the breakthroughs and philosophy of AI, computer science and data.
Posted on: August 8, 2018
Analytics at the Virtual International Congress of Actuaries (VICA)
With over 150 hours of presentations available from ICA2018 in Berlin, we’ve had a look at some of the videos relating to Data Analytics and picked out a handful for suggested viewing.
Posted on: August 8, 2018
Why packages are the new black
Hugh Miller comments on the plethora of packages available to data scientists, and its implications for businesses.
Posted on: August 7, 2018
Trust me, I’m a computer model
“Letting the ATO link to other datasets may feel a little ‘big brother’ but it makes filling out my tax return massively simpler,” writes Hugh Miller as he considers the importance of trust in increasingly advanced use of data and models.
Posted on: July 30, 2018
Actuarial skillset takes top spots in IAPA Top 25 Analytics Leaders list
Two Fellows of the Actuaries Institute and a Chief Data Scientist trained in actuarial science have featured in the Institute of Analytics Professionals of Australia's (IAPA) inaugural Top 25 Analytics Leaders program.
Posted on: July 4, 2018
Fast five with Fintechs - an introduction
Elayne Grace outlines a new Actuaries Digital series where we spend five minutes with Australian Fintech and Insurtech companies, asking about their products and start-up journeys so far.
Posted on: June 28, 2018
Fast five with Fintechs - Plenty Wealth
Greg Einfeld, Director at Plenty Wealth outlines his journey in fintech and where he sees his business, and the broader fintech landscape heading.
Posted on: June 28, 2018
Why is this the most exciting time to be a young actuary? - YAC 2018 report
The 2018 Young Actuaries Conference (YAC) began with more than 150 young actuaries around the country devoting half their day, seeking to be inspired. Chetana Koganti reports.
Posted on: June 22, 2018
Recent Comments