Description: Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a key component of the insurance landscape and getting full value from an AI depends on much more than simply building the model. Please join us to hear the challenges and potential solutions around successfully deploying an AI-driven initiative within an organization. Hear from panelists as they describe the human impacts of model implementation, how to assess a model for effectiveness and (lack of) bias, and detail the journey of implementing AI-driven underwriting models at a large insurance company.

Description: As technology continues to improve, the actuarial profession is challenged by the tremendous potential benefits of new technology and the concurrent creation of new risks that accompany it. Technology should enable good work products that meet strict deadlines, deliver meaningful information to regulators and shareholders, and inform management teams about opportunities to develop our businesses. Answering questions about what technology we might use and how it can aid in making the best investment in our operations is key to making value proposition arguments to support the adoption of new technology in the workplace. Learn practical examples of automation as it's applied in actuarial practice, a potential composition of the actuarial toolkit and the business of managing the use of automation. Advance the state of your workplace art through several angles of this topic as: - Categories and purposes of several kinds of automation and supporting tools that might be used in actuarial practice - How management messaging and culture affects the way automation tools are used and how technical risks are managed - Implementing automation based on the presented case studies

Description: This session series is sponsored by Zelis Claim analytics produces valuable insights about provider cost, quality, and referral patterns. Provider networks can be created around high-value providers to improve clinical outcomes while lowering the cost of care. Programs to improve provider performance and/or incentivize members to choose high-value providers exist, but how do you bring all of this together to achieve desired outcomes? Join us to learn how to leverage provider level analytics to build and optimize a network with high-value providers at the center. Analyze the network for competitiveness and adequacy and demonstrate progress toward network cost saving goals to key stakeholders by modeling claim data for a member population. Finally, ensure the success of your network through an incentive program that shifts utilization to those high performing providers. By attending this session, you will be able to: - Build a realistic provider network with high-value providers at the center. - Evaluate the overall financial impact of network build and optimization efforts. - Learn about an innovative member incentive program.

Description: We will share the latest research from the Actuarial Innovation and Technology Strategic Research Program, with a focus on research relevant to health actuaries. Attendees will learn about leading-edge technology that has impacts on actuarial functions, both broad and specific innovations and breakthrough technology, and the resulting impacts.

Description: As actuaries, we learn many facts and techniques and we develop many skills that enable us as professionals. In this session, we'll explore the art of skill development itself, and how to get good, at getting great, at literally anything, in record time. Malcolm Gladwell suggested we need 10,000 hours to become extraordinary in a skill. In this session we'll talk about the shortcut that allows any human to gain new skills to the level of 'world-class' in as little as 108 days, in effect, becoming so good at something that we become 'unrecognizable to ourselves, in all the best ways'. Learning outcomes include: 1. Learn the art of Perfect Practice: how to level up any skill faster than anyone else, using decades of research from BRATLAB and the science of performance into how to create skills and habits. 2. Explore why 'trying harder' is a recipe for stagnation and what it means to 'try different' 3. Leave with insights into the 'Magic Eight' receipt for rapid skill development and how that can transform your career and your life.

Description: The session begins with a brief introduction to Gen AI, including “what it is” and how to optimize outputs. Then, we will to provide some insight into what we are seeing within the Actuarial space – this would include the extent to which actuaries are using Gen AI on a day-to-day basis, how they are going about using it, and some predictions as to where this will go.

Description: Web3, Crypto, and Generative AI are no longer just buzzwords as they reshape the tech landscape. Viewed by many as unconventional technologies, their potential to now revolutionize the insurance industry cannot be ignored. Join us for an enlightening session that delves into the transformative power of these technologies and their current applications within the insurance sector, as well as discover how forward-thinking insurance companies are embracing these tools to unlock innovation and challenge the insurance status quo.

Description: Leveraging advanced technologies like Generative AI is essential for insurers looking to compete and drive business growth. In this high-level webcast, we discuss the transformative potential of Generative AI in actuarial work and how it empowers actuaries to become more efficient and effective.

Description: The InsurTech industry continues vibrant activity. Some areas of focus include transformation of the underwriting process, new data sources being used, focus on the consumer, automation and more. By attending this session, you will hear about some of the latest trends in InsurTech that are impacting the life insurance industry.

Description: Learn to utilize one of the most requested skills in the actuarial science job advertisements. During this webcast, discover the benefits of programming, how to identify and explain complex technical information and ways to create stunning visuals with ggplot2, which exceed the capabilities of Excel. With your webcast attendance, you will receive a document with detailed explanations, codes and underlying data. Enjoy exercises which allow the creation of fully reproducible solutions. This means an easy reproduction of all presented plots learned during this webcast. Register and take the next step toward building enticing visualizations.