Description: Predictive analytics is impacting various actuarial disciplines. During this session, we will discuss how predictive analytics could impact and enhance retirement and pensions, along with how pension/retirement actuaries can utilize various enhanced analytical techniques. <em>This breakfast is open to all meeting attendees free of charge. If you plan to attend, you must register in advance.

Description: There is a growing amount of “off-balance sheet” talent in the US and Global workforce. This spans from consultants and contractors, to gig workers and the crowd (both curated crowd and open crowd). One such example is Uber and Lyft workers. Insurance companies and the Actuarial profession have started to experiment with platforms such as Kaggle and this will continue to grow and evolve. This article explores these new sources of talent for companies, the implications to the actuarial function, benefits and challenges of the evolving workforce.