Health
What you missed at the 2017 Future of Health Seminar
The annual Future of Health Seminar returned to Melbourne this year with a star line-up of speakers. Here is a summary of what you missed out on if you weren't there!
Posted on: June 16, 2017
The Health Insurance Challenge in Australia
Ignatius Li of Deloitte and the Actuaries Institute's Health Practice Committee looks at some key challenges facing the health sector, including private health insurance reforms, ahead of the much anticipated 'Future of Health Seminar in Melbourne next month.
Posted on: May 16, 2017
Ensuring the financial sustainability of the NDIS
Sarah Johnson, Scheme Actuary for the NDIS and the 2016 Actuary of the Year, explains what defines financial sustainability in the NDIS insurance model and the role of actuaries in maintaining it.
Posted on: April 19, 2017
An Introduction to iCare, the "social insurer"
Despite the rain the room was full when Dai Liu presented an Introduction to icare Insights Session at the Institute on 16 March, 2017. Jamie Reid reports on an informative session about the largest general insurance service provider in Australia.
Posted on: April 3, 2017
Revamped Health CPD Course
Bronwyn Hardy and Barry Leung outline the Actuaries Institute's updated online Private Health Insurance CPD Course in light of significant changes in the private health insurance sector.
Posted on: March 21, 2017
The evolution of disability insurance within superannuation
Disability cover has received considerable media attention recently which has led to significant analysis and review from superannuation funds and their insurers (and reinsurers) on several key issues. Here, Senior Consultants at Rice Warner, Geoff McRae and Andrea McDonnell, outline the issues and the future of this evolving provision.
Posted on: January 31, 2017
Practice Update videos now available
The Actuaries Institute has just released the first collection of Practice Update videos! See what each committee has been up to and also earn CPD points.
Posted on: December 22, 2016
The NDIS: Today and Tomorrow
Actuary and Director of the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), Jessica Twigg, reports on the current state of the NDIS and some important lessons gleaned from the trial period of the scheme.
Posted on: November 11, 2016
Analytics-assisted triage of workers compensation claims
Director of Data Science Inna Kolyshkina and Scheme Actuary at ReturnToWorkSA Ivan Lebedev combine forces to explain a project undertaken to explore the usefulness of advanced data analytics capability for ReturnToWorkSA.
Posted on: September 16, 2016
A Claim Pairing Approach to Measuring Superimposed Inflation
There are many ways of measuring superimposed inflation. In this article, Aaron Cutter of Finity explains how to measure superimposed inflation by pairing claims that ‘look-a-like’ - a technique adapted from home price inflation techniques.
Posted on: September 8, 2016
Better Recovery through Neuroscience
An understanding of basic neuroplasticity could help make our worker’s compensation claims systems less harmful and more sustainable. Rob Aurbach outlines his award-winning research paper.
Posted on: August 23, 2016
Seminar eyes Future of Private Healthcare
Nick Stolk reviews the recent ‘Future of Health Seminar’ that saw industry leaders discuss product complexity, premium increases and the lack of customer engagement in Australia’s private health insurance market.
Posted on: June 24, 2016
Paying for Ancillary Health – Why cash is king.
Chris Logan compares six different funding models for ancillary healthcare (AH) against a set of criteria to suggest the optimum way to pay for AH/services like dental, physio and optical.
Posted on: June 21, 2016
How to lose your shirt in private health insurance: Part two
Welcome to the final instalment of the two-part series! This article outlines ways in which capital can be managed to build resilience.
Posted on: June 9, 2016
Health Insurance in Australia: A Sustainable Future?
Health Actuary Ignatius Li discusses risks to the sustainability of Australia’s private health care system, ahead of the Institute’s inaugural Future of Health Seminar.
Posted on: June 1, 2016
The Future of Financial Services – FSF 2016 Wrap Up
FSF2016 examined how disruptors will impact the financial services industry. It asked, how can actuaries reimagine their career in the future world? Where are the opportunities?
Posted on: May 27, 2016
How to lose your shirt in private health insurance: Part one
In this first instalment of a two-part series, actuaries working in the Private Health Insurance (PHI) industry examine the prudential risks to capital in PHI in Australia.
Posted on: May 26, 2016
NDIS update from the Scheme Actuary
[VIDEO]: Five minutes with the Scheme Actuary of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), Sarah Johnson, following her Plenary talk on Scheme Trial Site progress.
Posted on: December 14, 2015
Improving the health of ageing workforces - Q&A with Caroline Howe
Five minutes with Dr Caroline Howe, a leading consultant and researcher with a focus on Ageing Well at Work.
Posted on: December 9, 2015
Ghost of pet industry past, present and future
The market for insuring the health of pets has boomed and the emphasis has moved from a property-based insurance to resembling health insurance. Brian Hau reports.
Posted on: December 2, 2015
