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GI Research and Thought Leadership Committee (GIRTL)

The GI Research and Thought Leadership Committee (GIRTL) is responsible to the GI Board for all matters relating to research and thought leadership, specifically within the GI Practice Area.

The GI Research and Thought Leadership Committee's main objectives are to ensure relevance and research for the GI community and consider new and emerging research over a continuous time horizon. The work of the committee is split into four workstreams:

  • a) Identifying questions for research
  • b) Support ongoing research
  • c) Promoting outputs of research to GI actuaries and other professionals
  • d) Developing IFoA research environment

Membership of the General Insurance Research and Thought Leadership Committee 2020/21

  • Adhiraj Maitra (Chair)
  • Christian Bird
  • Cherry Chan
  • Thomas Day
  • Zvi Ebert
  • Laura Hobern
  • Yuming Mei
  • Dimitris Papachristou
  • V S Rajeshwarie
  • Chris Smerald
  • Martin White

GIRTL operates within a Terms of Reference and supports the IFoA's Council in the delivery of its corporate strategy.

How to join GIRTL

All vacancies arising on Boards and their sub-committees are advertised on our volunteer vacancies web page.  Further information for volunteers, including tips on how to chair a meeting, can be found in the Volunteer Information Pack (VIP).

Research Groups

GIRTL is supported by research groups as follows:

Commissioning Research

The committee is seeking comments and assessing interest from members of the GI actuarial community on five areas of research.  Initial thinking has been put together on research questions relating to Claims Inflation, Super Trends, Insurance Risk Dependencies, Learning from Others and Public Data (Find Presentation here).  After considering the community’s responses, the committee will begin the process of putting together appropriate volunteering teams to carry out what is hoped to be rewarding research work.

We look forward to hearing your thoughts on these questions through our email address girtl@actuaries.org.uk. You could of course contact any of us in person.  Who would the research be useful for?  Are these the right questions?  How do these questions link with existing research output?  How should we go about answering them and how would you help?

A short survey has been set up to assess your interest levels for volunteering to carry out the research.  You would be asked to provide your name, email address and which topic(s) you would be interested in helping.  A free text box is available for you to tell us how you may like to participate. Another question relates to any other future-looking topics that would be useful to look into.

In order for the work to go onto the next stages, it would be helpful to have your views and hear of your interest before 31 October 2019.  But of course, the committee is always happy to hear from you on all matters relating to GI research at all times, even on these topics after this specific date.

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  • Asia Conference Webinar Series

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    7 September 2020 - 25 September 2020

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    There will be a prestigious line-up of international speakers discussing the insurance and financial industry’s innovation and change in Asia.  The conference will take place throughout September via an online platform. The webinars consist of plenary speaking sessions and a series of workshop sessions including Life, GI, Data Science, Sustainability, Risk Management and Investment.

    This will be the perfect opportunity for you to discover,ask questions and be at the forefront of current and developing actuarial/financial topics and trends in Asia.

     

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    23 September 2020

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    This free 90 minute webinar is designed to support the IFoA CPD Co-ordinators, and others, involved in supporting our members to achieve their CPD requirements. 

    The programme will include an overview of the new CPD Scheme; specifically sharing with you key messages to support you implement and embrace the new CPD Scheme for our members within your organisation and regional community; how to arrange a reflective practice discussion; and an interactive reflective practice discussion learning exercise.  In addition, delegates will gain information about accessing, and making the most of the IFoA event Toolkits which you can make use of to run your own in-house events and events for regional communities. 

  • Asia Conference Webinar: The Role of Data Science in Customer-centric Insurance

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    23 September 2020

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    16.00-17.00 GMT+8

    Consumer expectations are changing Insurance. The Royal Commission in Australia, Design Obligations in the UK, the insurtech ecosystem, and digital-first consumers demanding personalised solutions will all revolutionise how insurance looks like in the future.

  • Asia Conference Webinar: Ageing/Mortality Panel Session

    Webinar
    24 September 2020

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    12.00-13.00 GMT+8

    This presenter / panel workshop hybrid will be anchored by two presentations examining the socioeconomic, medical and technological factors that will have a significant impact on mortality and our pricing over the next 20 years and beyond. It will also discuss whether significant mortality improvement will continue in Asia or whether varying experience of low improvements or deterioration. 

  • Asia Conference:The C-Ross Phase II and its Potential Impact on Chinese Market

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    25 September 2020

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    12.00-13.00 GMT+8

    This presentation aims to provides an overview of the reformation of current Chinese regulatory solvency regime, how industry coping with the new normal after pandemic time and how the reformation of the regulation could help the insurance industry gets back on its feet as well as coming back to the “protection” core value for the policyholders. The presentation would include:

  • Asia Conference:Changes of China’s 2nd set Standardized CI definitions and Mortality Table

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    25 September 2020

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    16.00-17.00 (GMT+8) | 09.00-10.00 (BST)

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  • Autumn Lecture 2020: Professor Elroy Dimson

    Online webinar
    14 October 2020

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    Many individuals and institutions have a long-term focus, and invest funds for the benefit of future generations. Their strategy should reflect their long horizon. University endowments are one of the oldest classes of institutional investor, and I will present the first study of the management of these endowments over the very long term.

  • GIRO Conference 2020 Webinar Series

    Available to watch globally in November.
    02-13 November 2020
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    This year's GIRO has been re-designed as a virtual conference to offer members and non-members the opportunity to get up to date content from leading experts in the general insurance field via online webinars. All sessions will be recorded and made available to purchase and re-watch post-event on the IFoA's GI Online Learning Resource area.

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    The talk will provide an understanding of the priorities and relationships between deficit reduction contributions, in the context of wider scheme funding, and different types of value outflow from the employer based on the working party’s recently published report.