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Tuesday 7 June 2016 09:00 - 17:00

The premier gathering of UK GI pricing actuaries returns to the Inmarsat Conference Centre on 07 June 2016.

Offering the familiar mix of workshops and plenaries, the Pricing Seminar offers delegates the opportunity to further develop their knowledge of the key challenges facing pricing actuaries today. 

Thank you to Bolton Associates for sponsoring this event

Leading practitioners will present on a range of topics aimed at extending the delegates’ understanding of current issues, technical advancements and unusual classes of business.  Sessions will include content relating to Big Data, Aviation and Cat Modelling / Exposure management.  There will also be an interactive session covering Professionalism.

The event will conclude with a drinks reception, providing the opportunity to network with fellow delegates.

The event is aimed at qualified actuaries and students involved in the pricing of personal lines, commercial lines or London Market business in the UK.

Event organiser

Contact Niki Park for more information.

Niki.Park@actuaries.org.uk

020 7632 2152

08.30-09.00 Registration
09.00-09.10 Chair's Introduction
09.10-09.40 Plenary 1: Flight data – the Holy Grail of Airline Pricing
Speaker: Olivier Marre - Head of Aviation, Allied World
09.45-10.35 Workshop A
A1: Application of Machine Learning in Motor Insurance Pricing

1)Machine Learning – Why now?
2)Some examples
3)How does it impact motor insurance?
4)How does it impact our day jobs?

Speakers: Sulabh Soral and James Rakow, Deloitte

A2: Integration of Catastrophe Modelling
Speaker: Nick Barter, Head of Catastrophe Risk, Chaucer

A3: Current Underwriting Challenges
Speaker: Markus Gesmann, Performance Management, Lloyd's
10.40-11.30

Workshop B
B1: Pricing MI within the London Market
This presentation discusses the use of pricing MI to improve underwriter decision-making. Examples are presented across a selection of the new technological platforms available.
Speaker: Matthew Evans, Insight Risk Consulting

B2: History Lessons: Fighting Moore & Parkinson to Achieve Pricing Success
Speaker: James Tanser, Willis Towers Watson

B3: Proactive Networking for Business Impact
How to build your network with authenticity, the mistakes most people make when building relationships and how to create the time and space to do it well. Also discover the different types of 'networker' and the success criteria modelled by the best networkers.
Speaker: Simon Paine, Pop-Up Business School
11.30-12.00 Refreshment Break
12.00-13.00  Plenary 2: Penalised Regression
Penalised Regression refers to the family of methods for building Generalised Linear Models (GLM) using Regularisation. Methods include Lasso Regression, Ridge Regression and Elastic Net. These methods are extremely popular in the machine learning community with applications such as spam filters and Genomics. We introduce the theory behind these methods and benchmark their performance against the traditional approach to GLM, using real world data. 
Speaker: Tony Ward, Statcore
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.00 Professional Skills
Speaker: Neil Hillary, IFoA
15.00-15.50 Workshop C
C1: London Market Pricing Actuaries, Data Science Affects You Too
Speakers: Mark Lee and Buu Truong, Insight Risk Consulting

C2: How should Society Choose where to Direct Flood Resources
Speaker: Neil Chapman, Willis Towers Watson; Philippa King, LCP
15.50-16.10 Afternoon Refreshments
16.10-17.00 Plenary 3: The Role of the Pricing Actuary for Lloyd's Start Ups
Speaker: Stef Raftopoulos, One at Lloyd's (start-up)
17.00-18.00 Drinks Reception

 

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Location

Address

Inmarsat Conference Centre 

99 City Rd

London

EC1Y 1AX

Nearest Public Transport

Old street tube station is a 2 minute walk away