Description: Reunite with members and non-members in the China actuarial community to discuss recent topics and related issues in areas such as macroeconomic sharing, IFRS 17, product strategy, cross-border communication and discussion, and more. Advance your career through learning and networking opportunities, and share your experiences in the finance and insurance industries, as well as other fields related to actuarial science.

Description: An introduction to the methods and parameters for Bayesian Hyperparameter Optimization in a Life Insurance context.

Description: Learn how modernization of data, models, and technology are influencing workflows. This webcast will address how workflows are changing in response to new regulatory requirements and the impacts the changes have on modeling and end-to-end future state operating models. Industry leading actuaries will discuss: How team collaboration can increase quality and speed of reporting to internal and external stakeholders How to strengthen controls and compliance frameworks across finance and actuarial departments How to modernize actuarial input/output for strategic analysis and insights How to attract and retain top talent by improving opportunities for actuaries There will also be dedicated time to ask questions of those who have made the transition.

Description: This webcast will walk through several statistical methods for imputing race and ethnicity from U.S. datasets, highlighting strengths and weaknesses and evaluating accuracy.

Description: Join us for a lively discussion on how accelerated underwriting (AU) practices have evolved over time and specifically because of COVID-19.

Description: Eager to learn more about what an InsurTech is, how they operate in the insurance ecosystem and how actuaries can participate in this ecosystem? Join actuaries, InsurTechs and participants in the ecosystem to discuss the recent research report on InsurTechs by the SOA. At the conclusion of the session, attendees will be able to: • Know more about InsurTechs and how they operate • Understand how insurers work with InsurTechs • Discover how actuaries can participate in this ecosystem • Learn practical lessons from both InsurTechs and actuaries This session is presented by the Entrepreneurial & Innovation Section.

Description: This practical session would provide a technical overview about Generalized Linear Model (GLM) and describe how GLM can be applied as a business tool in life insurance. The session would also focus on case-studies sharing across different functional areas such as pricing, fraud detection, underwriting, product development and other real-world applications.

Description: This practical session would provide a technical overview about GLM techniques and describe how GLM can be applied as a business tool in solving business problems in life insurance. The session would also focus on recent real-world case-studies across different functional areas like pricing, fraud detection, underwriting and product development.

Description: 2021 Life Meeting - Session 8B: Proxy Discrimination in Life Insurance 9.1.21 Recording

Description: The industry sees extreme value in predictive modeling and its ability to help us meet customer demands and remain profitable, but do customers and regulators look at this as a favorable addition to our process? Hear from a dynamic panel of industry experts who will tackle a variety of issues and questions from the state of the regulatory environment to the responsibilities of the carrier.