Description: Over the past three years, we have seen technology take hold of consumerism, becoming the key operational component to remaining competitive in an increasingly digital marketplace. In the insurance sector, today's consumers want digital, personalized solutions for all of their needs, and they are willing to offer up personal information in exchange for more personalized coverage that is based on their behaviors and lifestyle choices. If insurers want their products to be recognized as an essential in the virtual 'wallet' of Millennial consumers, they must re-assess their digital service strategy with an emphasis on customer service and rewarding the consumer. Participate in this session to explore consumer trends in the life insurance industry. You can also join the discussion about the key facets of a successful digital solution, based on the digital service strategies of current market makers who have capitalized on the boom of custom apps, social media sites and other digital distribution channels to market their products to Millennials.

Description: Walk through real-life examples of how artificial intelligence can be used to drive insights and aide actuaries in improving the management of their company’s inforce book of business. A panel of experts will walk through case studies of how, as practitioners, predictive analytics provided solutions to tap further into their data and draw improved insights.

Description: Over the last decade, reinsurance companies have built robust enterprise risk management (ERM)frameworks, but how equipped are they to evaluate the risks and rewards around InsurTechs? How well does the drive for 'test and learn' and agility fit within most reinsurance companies' current risk appetite and business acceptance processes? Discuss considerations when evaluating the suitability of current risk frameworks for innovation, including risk appetites, guidance, and monitoring/communication of risks. In addition, panel experts will offer insight into how actuaries and risk managers can be seen as a valued partner, not just a gatekeeper, in these venturesby providing constructive feedback and maintaining the right skills and expertise in these emerging technologies. By attending the session, you will: Be able to assess ERM frameworks, specifically a framework's ability to manage and monitor innovation as well as better support the strategic decision-making for InsurTech partnerships and ventures.

Description: Blockchain and cryptography have seen significant adoption around the world, and while still in early stages, it has started to make an impact in a few industries such as finance, gaming, and metaverses. There are now organizations providing insurance services on blockchain. Although this is limited to protection against financial losses in markets, the sheer adoption has sparked interest for other insurance use cases and some startups have already started experimenting in the spaceThe presenters will first introduce basic concepts of the blockchain supported by a demo, while explaining how cryptography and distributed ledger technology (DLT) is used to make it work. We will further introduce consensus mechanisms so that participants understand how decentralized blockchains are governed without a centralized party. The session will then shift focus to the broader market and different uses of blockchain focusing on the insurance space, covering both the current and potential future use cases. By attending the session, you will: - Understand the basics of how blockchain and cryptography work, - Have a better understanding of the broad categories of the crypto market answering the question, 'why are there 10,000 crypto currencies and how do I navigate these?' - Understand how blockchain plays a role in insurance and why insurance is important to the blockchain ecosystem.

Description: This webinar is a panel discussion covering the technology behind blockchain and digital assets as well their uses, implications and risks. Investment considerations for both tokens and fund structures, along with a variety of other topics in the space will be addressed.

Description: High level overview on how to implement a risk adjustment chart chase program.

Description: This summary of presentation given at the 2019 Annual Meeting covers a personal perspective on factor behind innovation in insurance. Four key themes are discussed: 1. Customer focus 2. Value of partnerships 3. Experimentation 4. Obstacles to innovation

Description: This article identifies why insurance innovations take so much effort and digs deeper into the underlying causes. It shows and explains the importance of taking an efficient, tactical, and intentional approach when innovating to avoid over-building and over-investing.

Description: Continuing our series related to the exposition of distribution terms that may be unclear or misunderstood, our focus in this article is on critical service and support components for sales and distribution, accompanied by a summary of the regulatory oversight of insurance sellers and distributors and a few common terms related to that oversight