Description: Join this session to awaken your “Inner Actuary” and identify new, state-of-the-art resources and perspectives to discover purpose, direction, and value in embracing and growing the competencies for career and life.

Description: Looking to the upcoming 2024 year and looking back at the 2023 year in the International Section.

Description: Distribution channels matter because they impact how products reach the clients, client experience with the company, and are a key driver in total company performance. Think about this, the pricing actuaries could design innovative products that meet client needs, but without distribution channels communicating the right messages to the clients and addressing their questions, the products probably would not sell.

Description: An interview between Timothy Morant and Jinnah Cox. The chair of the reinsurance council discusses with the chair of the product development section, including personal questions and volunteering for the reinsurance section.

Description: Actuarial functions are being asked to do more with less: being challenged to provide more value to the business through applying insight and foresight. This article examines ways in which actuaries can provide business insights with very limited investment. The article provides actionable steps that actuaries easily apply to their daily work.

Description: In this session, industry leaders in both actuarial work and organization design/change management will focus on how the past three years have accelerated, changed, or slowed trends in the nature of actuarial work, particularly for larger-scale projects with a technology or development life-cycle component.

Description: As actuaries progress in our careers, making connections with others can become increasingly important. It’s not always obvious how to go about growing one’s professional community. Come learn how to gain insight into various effective techniques for networking for business. You will also see case studies and test out some of these techniques during this conversation.

Description: Leadership is not confined to managerial roles. It can be manifested and nurtured even as an individual contributor. In this session, we will delve into the concept of Growth from three distinct yet interconnected perspectives.

Description: Throughout the past three years, the insurance talent landscape has experienced extreme shifts. Remote and hybrid work has become the norm, individuals have adjusted their personal and professional priorities, and a sense of empathy and emotional intelligence has become key to successful leadership. As the industry experienced “the Great Resignation,” followed by “the Great Reshuffle” and “the Great Realignment,” it was a time of evolution and ongoing learning for actuarial leaders.

Description: Read how to combine people management and mentorship to create positive and open environments and improve employee engagement and productivity.