Description: A review of changes in the last two years with respect to investing, geopolitical risks and the markets.

Description: An Overview of Stochastic Simulation modeling techniques and usages

Description: This article, directed at actuaries, will explain the basics of blockchain in very simple terms and we will then examine some UK/European-based use cases where blockchain is already being used or developed.

Description: Update from the life insurance industry trade's perspective on tax policy and political issues

Description: Under the new reporting regimes actuaries have the opportunity to become leaders for all aspects of cash flows and related insights, rather than just the reserve change line on the income statement, to help educate the organization and informed business decisions. This session will provide practical examples and scenarios where actuaries take on leadership roles to drive reporting compliance and organizational changes; as well as provide an opportunity to discuss what didn’t work as well when it came to deploying new technologies to the valuation and pricing teams.

Description: Manulife has been preparing on the system development for IFRS17 implementation since 2018. Manulife will start official parallel run in 2022. The purpose of this presentation was to share the valuable system development experience gained over the past 3 years. The practical cases would be shared, to discuss key areas including projection, implementation and expectation. After IFRS17 implementation, on top of being data experts, the future actuary will play an more active role in corporation analysis and strategy planning.

Description: What do data, technology, offices, skills, and cultural perspectives all have in common? Significant transformation.

Description: As an undergrad student, I discussed about my understanding of how AI is going to influence insurance industry through my volunteer experience with the SOA Actuarial Innovation and Technology Repository.