Description: The old adage 'insurance is sold not bought' has been used to dismiss digital insurance and support the old agent model of distribution. However, modern distribution systems address this with personalization. This is not simply a customized application form based on age or gender. Personalization is much more dynamic and happens in real-time. It's about tailoring the end-to-end experience to meet the needs and expectations of the specific applicant. The core tools to achieve this are AI learning and nudges from behavioral science.

Description: How do we take a Minimum Viable Products (MVP) approach to launch new insurance products? Join this moderated discussion and focus on three key development aspects: Distribution, Systems, and the design and pricing of the Insurance product itself. Come discuss reasons to choose an MVP approach and how it solves many of the product launch challenges.

Description: Discover a modernization journey within finance, actuarial investment and risk domains. Expect to learn about the world we are striving for - an event-based, self-service, automated environment that centers around a cloud-based data lake with proper data quality and governance and provides visual, on-demand solutions for reporting and analysis. We will educate the audience on the technology used to obtain this vision and the approach (including our team structures and project management ideologies) we have taken thus far to start moving there.

Description: Learn how modernization of data, models, and technology are influencing workflows. This webcast will address how workflows are changing in response to new regulatory requirements and the impacts the changes have on modeling and end-to-end future state operating models. Industry leading actuaries will discuss: How team collaboration can increase quality and speed of reporting to internal and external stakeholders How to strengthen controls and compliance frameworks across finance and actuarial departments How to modernize actuarial input/output for strategic analysis and insights How to attract and retain top talent by improving opportunities for actuaries There will also be dedicated time to ask questions of those who have made the transition.

Description: Is your development team or IT staff growing tired of last-minute requests to include additional functionality? Have you strained to explain challenging actuarial topics to non-actuarial staff for implementation? Do your teams find themselves revisiting deadlines & timelines when building solutions? During this interactive panel discussion, three technologists (two software engineering managers and one data scientist) along with three actuaries will discuss real world problems and approaches using experience from previous projects. Although the challenge of running efficient software teams is not unique to actuarial science, this webcast will discuss best practices on how to organize teams to reduce friction and context switching. Presenters will also explore unique actuarial challenges and concepts including how to address standards on data quality when building software, how to build intuitive software that meets actuarial standards and how test-driven development makes it easier to meet actuarial standards of practice.

Description: Digital savvy consumers are demanding a change in the way they engage with their insurance carriers. As smartphone owners utilize their devices for financial management more than ever, insurance carriers aim to create a similar seamless digital strategy, offering customers a personalized experience on multiple platforms. Cloud-based applications also enable productivity, accountability and innovation in the insurance industry. Discover avenues of customer engagement through digital platforms, including new technologies and products, and why the value of data and data science is critical for business, such as adaptability, marketing and insightful pricing. Presenters will also touch on: - managing retention and lapses through data-driven continuous improvement cycling - high-level system architectures illustrating how multiple applications (front/mid/back office systems) will integrate with each other and share connected data example data points being captured within various marketing systems - data collection within various digital platforms - data science applications that help with business growth, retention, lapsation, effectiveness and cross-sell/up-sell opportunities, and the implications to actuarial functions - value and risk to carriers in the new digital paradigm

Description: Discover the benefits of building a shared business model during the Building Digital Platforms: Insurtechs, Carriers and Reinsurers webcast. This is an educational event for the actuary interested in product and channel innovation, in addition to those wanting to understand how to juggle competitive incentives in the market. Representatives from Insurtechs, insurance carriers and reinsurers will discuss their distribution development and product capabilities for marketing insurance products on digital platforms, as well as their collaboration throughout the process.

Description: You’ve written the position papers, updated the models, and designed the required disclosures, but you may be wondering how to explain the results during interim financial reporting periods to company management as well as other stakeholders. This session will explore ways to adapt existing management reporting and offer ideas for new metrics. We will explore various methods for analyzing DAC amortization patterns, market risk benefit reserve patterns, and Liability for Future Benefits (LFPB) movements. In addition, this session will explore ways to integrate changes in LDTI with business planning and other broader business issues such as product pricing considerations and reinsurance strategy.