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2023
Sought or Sold? Reflecting Motive in Insurance Pricing, CAGNY Meeting, November 29, 2023
Pricing Insurance Risk: Theory and Practice, at SCOR Insurance, September 19, 2023
Introduction to Python, six week CAS online workshop with Brian Fanin
Modern Pricing: Update your Methodology, The Old Library at Lloyd’s, January 17, 2023
2022
Pricing Insurance Risk: Theory and Practice, Bayes Business School, October 19, 2022
Pricing Insurance Risk: Theory and Practice, Convention A (ASTIN Non-Life Insurance), September 22, 2022
When is Premium Riskier than Loss?, Aon Analytics Conference, July 28, 2022
Pricing Insurance Risk: Theory and Practice, ASTIN Colloquia Keynote, June 23, 2022
Reinsurance Decision Making, with John Major, CARe, June 2022
Introduction to Python, six week CAS online workshop with Brian Fanin
2021
When is Premium Riskier than Loss?, CAS Webinar November, with David Wright, November 30, 2021
A Modern Approach to Pricing for Risk, Liberty Mutual Capital Modeling Forum, November 9, 2021
When is Premium Riskier than Loss?, Aon Insurer Analytics Virtual Series, July 20, 2021; Everest Re Actuarial and Modeling Summit, July 26, 2021
The Cost of Goods Sold, with John Major CARe meeting, June 9, 2021
When is Premium Riskier than Loss?, CAGNY May meeting, May 12, 2021
When is Premium Riskier than Loss?, CAS Spring Meeting with David Wright, May 5, 2021
When is Premium Riskier than Loss?, discussed on Not Unreasonable with David Wright in two podcasts:
- Part I on The Macro History of The Insurance Market (video) March 11, 2021
- Part II on Insurance History (video) May 12, 2021
Introduction to Python, six week CAS online workshop with Brian Fanin (2021-03-04, 2021-03-11, 2021-03-18, 2021-03-25, 2021-04-01)
Promise, Perils and Pitfalls of AI, InsurTech Summit, University of California at Santa Barbara, January 29, 2021
2020
Equilibrium Risk Pools in a Regulated Market with Costly Capital, Robert A. Hedges Research Seminar Series at Temple University, October 27, 2020
Equilibrium Risk Pools in a Regulated Market with Costly Capital, World Risk and Insurance Economics Congress, August 7, 2020
Charging for Diversifiable Risk and Proud to Do It: Multiline Insurance Pricing with a Distortion Risk Measure, CAS Webinar Series with John Major, September 24, 2020
Introduction to Python, six week CAS online workshop with Brian Fanin, July-August
How to Allocate Capital if You Really Must, CAS Spring Meeting with John Major, May 13, 2020
AI: Better for Claims than Underwriting?, InsurTech NY TED talk, May 21, 2022
Spectral Risk Measures and Applications in Insurance ERM, ASTIN Special Interest Webinar with John Major (combined deck), March 25, 2020
Market Structure, St. John’s University Brown Bag talk, February 28, 2020
2019
The Promise, Pitfalls and Process of AI, Liberty Mutual Capital Modeling Symposium, Boston, Ma, United States. (November 14, 2019).
The Promise, Pitfalls and Process of AI, Data, Disruption, and Digital Transformation Conference IDMA and iCAS, The Institutes, Newark, New Jersey, United States. (October 24, 2019).
The Promise, Pitfalls and Process of AI, Data in the New Conference at St. John’s University, New York, New York, United States. (October 17, 2019).
The Promise, Pitfalls and Process of AI, ISCM Education Event, New York, New York, United States. (September 19, 2019).
The Promise, Pitfalls and Process of AI, Aon Analytics Conference, Aon, Chicago, IL, United States. (July 11, 2019).
The Promise, Pitfalls and Process of AI, CAS Spring Meeting, New Orleans, LA, US. (May 20, 2019).
Blockchain Mechanics to Insurance Opportunities, at Holborn Insurance Brokers, New York, NY, United States. (April 24, 2019).
Introduction to Python, One-day workshop with Brian Fanin and John Bogaardt, CAS RPM Seminar, Boston, MA, March 25, 2019
Blockchain Mechanics to Insurance Opportunities, Casualty Actuaries of New England (CANE) Meeting, Foxwood, CT, US. (March 8, 2019).
Blockchain Mechanics to Insurance Opportunities, at Verisk Inc., Newark, NJ, US. (January 10, 2019).
2018
An Actuary’s Guide to the Mechanics and Magic of Blockchains, CAGNY Meeting, New York, NY, November 28, 2018)
Blockchain and Self-Sovereign Identity, CAS Annual Meeting round table, Las Vegas, NV, November 13, 2018
A Tale of Two Analytics Tribes: Actuary vs. Data Scientist, discussion panelist, CAS Annual Meeting, Las Vegas NV, November 12, 2018
An Actuary’s Guide to the Mechanics and Magic of Blockchains, CAS Annual Meeting, Las Vegas NV presentation and round table, November 12, 2018
Driving the Change: Insurtech and Analytics, The FinTech Conference: the intersection between business and research, St. John's University, New York, NY, November 1, 2018
2020 and Beyond: The Future of Insurance, ISCM, New York NY, September 26, 2018
2020 and Beyond: The Future of Insurance, Aon Analytics Insights Conference, Chicago IL, July 11 2018
2020 and Beyond: The Future of Insurance, Next Gen Analytics and The IOT, St. John’s Conference, May 30, 2018
Informal Introduction to Spectral Risk Measures, CAS Spring Meeting, Boston MA, May 15, 2018
Formal Introduction to Spectral Risk Measures, CAS Spring Meeting, Boston MA, May 15, 2018
Sunday Risk Measures, CAS Spring Meeting, Boston MA, May 15, 2018
Where is the Insurance Cycle?, CAS Spring Meeting, Boston MA, May 15, 2018
Impact of Driverless Technology, Emerging Risk Seminar, School of Risk Management, New York, New York, March 10, 2018.
2017
How the Shape of Risk Determines the Cost of Insurance Capital, School of Risk Management lunch seminar, New York, New York, United States, November 17, 2017.
FinTech and the Traditional Insurer: Disrupt or Distract?, Bowles Symposium, Atlanta GA, November 10, 2017
FinTech and the Traditional Insurer: Disrupt or Distract?, Liberty Mutual ERM Symposium, Boston MA, November 1, 2017
Introducing the iCAS/ISCM Catastrophe Risk Management Credential, CAS Institute Webinar, September 2017
2016
Why is Economic Capital Modeling so Difficult?, Liberty Mutual ERM Symposium, Boston MA, November 1, 2016
ERM Town Hall Debate, panelist, CAS ERM for the P&C Actuary Seminar, October 6, 2016
Twenty Five Years of Actuarial Research: Successes and Open Problems, with Stephen D’Arcy and Stephen Lowe, CAS Spring Meeting, Washington DC, May 16, 2016
2015
The Promise, Peril and Threat of Big Data, CAS Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 2015
Risk Management: Theory and in Practice, The Ron and Mary Simon Lecture, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI, November 13, 2015
Big Data and Insurance: Threat & Opportunity, Beyond Tomorrow, Aon Benfield Hazards Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, September 21-23, 2015; also presented Nov 5, 2015 at Ward’s Signs of the Times Conference
Big Data and Insurance: Threat & Opportunity, Aon Benfield Analytics Insights Conference, St. Louis, MO, July 23, 2015; also presented at the Aon Benfield Analytics Conference, Tokyo, Japan
Catastrophe Insight: Actual Results May Vary, with Steve Bowen and Claire Kennedy, Aon Benfield Research Conference, Zurich, Switzerland, June 2015
Risks of the Future, Aon Benfield Research Conference, Zurich, Switzerland, June 22, 2015
2014
Big Data: What is it? And what does it mean for the insurance industry?, with Jim Guszcza, CAS Centennial Annual Meeting, New York, NY, November 10, 2014
Capital Adequacy, Capital Allocation and Risk Pricing: The Current State of Play with Don Mango, CAS Centennial Annual Meeting, New York, NY, November 9, 2014
Re-rating Challenges in the Face of Global Warming and Higher Frequency of Natural Disasters and Greater Severity of Loss, East Asia Insurance Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, November 4, 2014
Big Data and Insurance, Aon Benfield Analytics Insights Conference, Dallas, TX, July 22-24, 2014
Capital Adequacy and Allocation: The Current State of Play, Aon Benfield Analytics Insights Conference, Dallas, TX, July 22-24, 2014
Actuarial Geometry: Volumetric and Temporal Diversification of Insurance Risk, Insurance Risk and Finance Research Conference, NTU, Singapore, June 2014
2013
Modeling Correlation in the Face of Uncertain Parameters, Aon Benfield ReMetrica Conference, London, UK, October 30, 2013
Analytics for Insurance: Finding the Right Balance, Aon Benfield Analytics Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, July 23-25, 2013
Global Trends and Their Insurance Implications, Aon Benfield Research Conference, Singapore, July 18, 2013
Catastrophe Modeling - Lessons From Recent Experience, Midwestern Actuarial Forum, Chicago, IL, March 22, 2013
Actuarial Geometry: Volumetric and Temporal Diversification of Insurance Risk, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, February 1, 2013
2012
What Executives Need to Know about Predictive Modeling, CAS Annual Meeting, Lake Buena Vista, FL
Industry Perspectives: Challenges and Opportunities, CNA Actuarial Conference and Aon Benfield Analytics Insights Conference, July 10-12, 2012 and August 3 version with more cartograms
2011
Separating the Wheat from the Chaff: Efficiently Modeling Thick Tails, Aon Benfield ReMetrica Conference, London, UK, November 15, 2011
Actuarial and Business Perspectives on the Insurance Cycle, moderated with panelists David Bassi and John Beckman, CAS Annual Meeting, Chicago IL, November 7, 2011
The Impact of Catastrophes on Reinsurance, SOA Fall Meeting
Reinsurance Economics: Revolution and Evolution, Aon Benfield Analytics Insights Conference, July 13-15, 2011
2010
The Use of Economic Capital Models: Internal Applications Success Stories, Aon Benfield Japan Analytics Conference, Tokyo, November 11, 2010
The Insurance Cycle and Value Based Management, CNA Actuarial Conference, Chicago IL, August 2, 2010
Insurance Strategy to Maximize Shareholder Value, Aon Benfield Florida Catastrophe Risk Conference, July 23, 2010
The Insurance Cycle: Historical Perspectives and Speculative Projections, Aon Benfield Florida Catastrophe Risk Conference, July 21, 2010
Navigating Today’s Underwriting Cycle, “Unravelling the Capital Conundrum” Aon Benfield Client Conference, London, UK, May 11, 2010
2009
Reinsurance and How it Affects the Underwriting Cycle, CAS Underwriting Cycle Seminar, Washington DC
View from the Top: The Role of the Board in ERM, CAS/SOA ERM Symposium, Chicago IL
2008
Economic Capital Modeling: A Report Card, CAS Spring Meeting, Quebec, Canada
Actuarial Geometry, Northern Illinois University Symposium Talk, DeKalb, IL, April 11, 2008
The State of the Reinsurance Market, CAS Ratemaking Seminar, Cambridge MA
2007
Risk Based Capital: So Many Models, CAS Annual Meeting, Chicago IL
Extreme Events: Those of Most Concern and How to Model Them, SOA Spring Life Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, May 10, 2007
The State of the Reinsurance Market, CAS Ratemaking Seminar
2006
Natural Catastrophes: Have the Rules Changed? (moderator), CAS Spring Meeting, El Conquistador Resort, Puerto Rico
Actuarial Geometry, Risk Theory Society, Richmond VA, April 23, 2006
2005
- Integration & Aggregation in Risk Management: An Insurance Perspective, CAS Spring Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, May 2, 2005
2004
- The Iman-Conover Method, CAS Spring Meeting, Colorado Springs CO, May 17, 2004
2003
Risk Premium for Insurance Product Pricing, CAS/SOA ERM Symposium, Washington DC, Juley 2003
Discussion of Myers-Read PCAS paper, CAS Spring Meeting, Marco Island, FL, May 2003
Finance and Insurance: Converging or Diverging?, Kellogg Business School MBA Class for Howard Bolnick, Evanston IL, May 2003
Finance and Insurance: Converging or Diverging?, Midwestern Actuarial Forum, Chicago, IL, March 2003
The Time-Evolution of Property-Casualty Insurance Liabilities, Seminar on Industrial Problems, Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications, Minnesota, MN, January 31, 2003
2002
COTOR Actuarial Shareware Proposal, CAS Spring Meeting, Coronado, San Diego CA, May 2002
Finance and Insurance: Converging or Diverging?, Kellogg Business School MBA Class for Howard Bolnick, Evanston IL, May 2002
2001
Actuarial Applications of the Fast Fourier Transform to Computing Aggregate Loss Distributions, Computational Finance Seminar, Purdue University, IN, September 2001
Practical Issues in Computing Aggregate Loss Distributions, CAReSeminar, Washington DC, July 2001
Computing with Bivariate Distributions, ASTIN Meeting, Washington DC, July 2001
The Intersection of Finance and Insurance, Kellogg Business School, MBA Class for Howard Bolnick, May 2001
2000
Actuarial Methods and Reinsurance Company Results talk to Purdue Actuarial Club, Purdue University, IN, October 2000, with Appendix Slides
Property Casualty Insurance talk to Karl Cowan’s class at Purdue University, IN, October 2000
The Intersection of Finance and Insurance, Kellogg Business School, MBA Class for Howard Bolnick, May 2000
Recent Developments in Transferring Risk, CAS Spring Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, May 2000
Applications of the Option Pricing Paradigm to Insurance, Discussion of PCAS paper, CAS Spring Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, May 2000
What Are The Actuarials? A Guide to Correct Usage, CNA Re Training Seminar (jokes only), April 2000
1999
Bayesian-Bootstrap Loss Development, CAS DFA Seminar, Chicago IL, July 1999
The Role of Reinsurance in a Total Risk Management Program with John Beckman, CARe Seminar, Baltimore MD, June 1999
Four Actuarial Applications of the Bootstrap, AIB Bootstrap Workshop, Boston MA, May 26, 1999
A Systematic Relationship Between Minimum Bias and Generalized Linear Models, CAS Spring Meeting, Orlando FL, May 1999
1998
Liability Dynamics, CAS Dynamic Financial Analysis Seminar, July 13, 1998
Pricing and the Use of Aggregate Distributions, CARe Practitioner’s Track, Stanford CT, June 1998
Convergence (John Beckman) and The Impact on Actuaries, CNA Actuarial Seminar, June 11, 1998
1997
Pricing Cash Flow Sensitive Insurance Contracts: A Diffusion Approach, Mathematics in Industry, AMS Regional Meeting, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, October 25, 1997
The Black-Scholes Option Pricing Formula, CNA Re Lunch Bunch, September 24, 1997
Wang’s Proportional Hazard Transform, CNA Re Lunch Bunch, August 27, 1997