Description: 2003 Valuation Actuary Symposium, San Diego, CA. In this Teaching Session the instructor discussed the importance of making sure the correct inferences were drawn from stochastic testing exercises. Topics included: 1. Applying the assumption of a normal distribution. 2. Drawing inferences about, and creating confidence intervals around, a population mean. 3. Drawing inferences about, and creating confidence intervals around, tail percentiles. 4. Certifying anticipated mortality under XXX in a mathematically concise way.

Description: 1) Vision of the applications and development of data analytics in life insurance industry in Asia; 2) How big is the pie and what are the current obstacles insurers are facing; 3) Utilization of data and analytics target operating models as a competitive advantage, with focus on future readiness, controls, efficiency and effectiveness; 4) Potential roadmap ahead: a) Assessment of the current state of maturity levels of data and analytics initiatives; b) Identification of technology and competency gaps; c) Establishment of data integration and management process within BUs, alignment of advanced analytics tools across departments, with centralized data governance, technology structure and decision making framework; d) Definition of criteria and metrics to measure key outcomes and business value added. 5) Case study on agency behavior management: a practical example on how data analytics is being used in practice: (a) key business objectives: improve agent behaviors and maximize productivity with the lowest possible compensation costs; (b) data collection and current state assessment; (c) detailed predictive modeling process, modeling outcomes, and business implications; (d) implementation and monitoring process.