EAA Web Session 'A Machine Learning Approach to Best Estimate Assumption Setting: Life Insurance Case Study'
2025-01-28 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Vienna) | Online/Streaming
By the end of the online training, participants will leave with an understanding of how Python machine learning libraries can be used for best estimate assumption setting in a life insurer. Participants will also understand how XAI (Explainable AI) techniques can be used for model validation and model comparison.
Anmeldeschluss: 2025-01-24
Link: https://actuarial-academy.com/seminars/seminar?No=E0474

EAA Web Session 'Demand Modelling, Price Optimisation – Techniques, Ethics, Impact'
2025-01-27 10:00 - 12:00 | Online/Streaming
This session will cover various aspects of behavioural pricing, including:
In this online training attendees are given a comprehensive overview of the pricing process, highlighting the strategic role of price optimisation. The session delves into the construction of demand models, emphasizing their benefits in predicting customer behaviour. Participants learn about the mechanics of price optimisation and its significant value and impact on business outcomes. The web session also addresses important ethical and regulatory considerations to ensure responsible pricing strategies. The event concludes with a survey and an interactive Q&A session, allowing for participant engagement and feedback.
Anmeldeschluss: 2025-01-23
Link: https://actuarial-academy.com/seminars/seminar?No=E0479

EAA Web Session 'Worldwide Mortality: From Historical Trends to Future Projections'
2025-01-23 10:00 - 12:00 | Online/Streaming
Life expectancy is a key metric for understanding mortality trends and it varies widely depending on factors such as age, gender and geography. During this websession, we will delve into the latest research and data on mortality trends and explore how they have changed over time.
Since the middle of the 20th century, world-wide mortality has steadily improved, but not at the same rate in all regions, so that clear differences can be recognised between countries. In some OECD – countries, there has even been a recent decline in mortality improvement, and the COVID-19 pandemic has at least temporarily reinforced this trend.
We analyse different age groups, their causes of death and how they coincide with mortality developments. In addition to that, we will discuss the drivers behind changes in mortality, such as advances in medicine and public health, changes in lifestyle and socioeconomic factors.
Understanding the various drivers of mortality is essential for predicting future trends and consequently for the assessment of the biometric risk in life- and pension insurance.
Our online training will also explore the implications of changing life expectancies for our work as actuaries. We will discuss how we can use data and analysis to better understand these changes and make informed decisions about the future. In this context, we also outline the strengths and limitations of the Lee-Carter model as a widely used model for predicting future mortality rates.
Last but not least, we discuss general uncertainties around future mortality, where we focus especially on the demographic and geographical factors analysed in the first part of the lecture.
Anmeldeschluss: 2025-01-21

EAA Web Session 'Volatility Adjustment under Solvency II'
2025-01-22 10:00 - 12:00 | Online/Streaming
The purpose is to explain the objective of the VA, the current formula plus the deficiencies identified by EIOPA. We then present the new formula consisting of a permanent VA and macro-VA. We finally tackle the contributors of over/undershooting effects of the VA and bring additional Actuarial thoughts.
Anmeldeschluss: 2025-01-20
Link: https://actuarial-academy.com/seminars/seminar?No=E0476

EAA Web Session 'Generative AI Crash Course for Actuaries'
2025-01-17 09:00 - 12:30 | Online/Streaming
The purpose of this course is to equip actuaries with a solid understanding of Generative AI concepts and their potential applications in the actuarial field. The course aims to bridge the gap between the technical aspects of Generative AI and the practical needs of actuaries. By the end of this course, participants will be able to identify opportunities to leverage Generative AI in their work and develop strategies for implementing these technologies in their organizations.
Anmeldeschluss: 2025-01-16
Link: https://actuarial-academy.com/seminars/seminar?No=E0471

EAA Web Session 'ESG Investing from a (Retail) Investor Point of View'
2024-12-13 10:00 - 12:00 | Online/Streaming
The aim of this web session is to provide the audience an overview of ESG and sustainability developments first, and then to explore in more detail developments for investment both from a corporate and retail point of view.
Anmeldeschluss: 2024-12-12
Link: https://actuarial-academy.com/seminars/seminar?No=E0457

EAA Web Session 'Stochastic Projection Models in Life Insurance'
2024-12-12 09:00 - 12:15
This web session provides an overview of three conceptually different approaches for stochastic life insurance projection models currently observable in the market. It compares their key ideas, explains their strengths & challenges, and introduces the underlying mathematical / actuarial methodologies. Concerning the application of the comparably little-known Liability-2-Step approach, the session will present the operational experience of an Austrian insurance company. Although the comparison of the modelling approaches will mainly be conducted from the viewpoint of Solvency II reporting, the session will also discuss their applicability as basis for the integration of external financial reporting with internal planning and performance management.
Anmeldeschluss: 2024-12-11
Link: https://actuarial-academy.com/seminars/seminar?No=E0448

EAA Web Session 'SCR Interest under Solvency II'
2024-12-11 10:00 - 12:00 | Online/Streaming
This session aims at explaining the evolution of the interest rate capital requirement under the current formula versus the new formula following the SII review, how the deficiencies have been addressed and the remaining issues in an inflationary environment. The purpose is to explain how the current SCR interest has been calibrated based on Principal Component Analysis and the need for changes…
Anmeldeschluss: 2024-12-09
Link: https://actuarial-academy.com/seminars/seminar?No=E0477

EAA Web Session Inflation Risk Management
2024-12-10 10:00 - 12:00 | Online/Streaming
Over the last five years many countries have seen substantial swings in inflation. This volatility, following an extended period of relative stability, has reminded actuaries that unexpected changes in inflation rates can have big implications for organisations that they work for.
Insurers and pension funds wanting to manage inflation risks will typically find it beneficial to approach this task from a range of perspectives. They will likely want to explore recent as well as more historic inflation experiences and the roles played by different actors as well as by broader social and economic trends. They may also want to draw on stylised descriptions of how inflation might be expected to impact assets and liabilities. They then should bear in mind that actual behaviours of many assets and liabilities in past inflationary and deflationary periods have often only loosely corresponded to such stylised descriptions.
Risk management is, of course, ultimately more about seeking to optimise what happens in the future rather than about explaining what went on in the past. So, in this web session we will introduce the contexts referred to above and we will also explore approaches that can be used by insurers to model, manage and hedge risks arising from unexpected changes in inflation rates. In some cases, the inflationary link may be explicit (e.g. if claims include direct inflation indexation clauses). In other cases, the link may be less precise or more indirect, but these risks may still need highlighting and exploring if risk management is to be successful.
Anmeldeschluss: 2024-12-08
Link: https://actuarial-academy.com/seminars/seminar?No=E0464

EAA Web Session 'Life Biometric Assumptions: Bringing Together New & Classic Methods'
2024-12-05 09:00 - 12:30 | Online/Streaming
Advances in data analytics techniques, along with greater availability of data, have significantly impacted many industries. However, in insurance, these advances merely add to the technical foundations upon which the industry was built. It is only recently that modern data analytics techniques have begun to impact insurance companies, especially in the work actuaries do.
The impact has been even slower to emerge in the life insurance sector where, due to the nature of the business, there is significantly less claims and exposure data available compared to non-life insurance. As a result, classic data analytics techniques and data sources are still key to the work actuaries do, especially when developing biometric assumptions. However, given the important role biometric assumptions play in the success of a company, it is important to understand how and if these new techniques should be applied.
To help make sense of the evolving landscape, this web session looks at the various components of life biometric assumptions (e.g. mortality tables, adjustment factors, improvement factors, etc.). For each component the potential sources of internal and external data will be explored. From there the value of classic data analytics techniques, particularly credibility theory, will be discussed, as well as modern techniques, such as machine learning. All of this will be brought together to give an understanding of the benefits, drawbacks, and pitfalls of the various data sources and analytics techniques, including considerations for data privacy and discrimination. The participants can then use this knowledge to effectively gain the benefits from each based on the quality and quantity of data available within their company and its market.
Anmeldeschluss: 2024-12-03
Link: https://actuarial-academy.com/seminars/seminar?No=E0455

EAA Web Session 'CERA, Module 0: A Refresher Course in Financial Mathematics and Risk Measurement'
2024-12-02 09:00 - 2024-12-03 15:45 | Online/Streaming
The 1.5 day web session serves a double purpose. On the one hand, it is a bridging course designed to prepare actuaries with a more qualitative background for the quantitative parts of the CERA education. On the other hand, it is an independent refresher course for actuaries wanting to brush up their quantitative skills in the fields of financial mathematics.
Anmeldeschluss: 2024-12-01

EAA Web Session 'Mathematical Modelling for Actuaries'
2024-11-28 09:00 - 2024-11-29 17:00 | Online/Streaming
The purpose of the online training is to open the mind for problems which are by nature not actuarial but are very much linked to typical actuarial questions. It should enable actuaries and risk managers to think out of the box and find new ways to solve their challenges.

This web session is very interactive, participants are required to participate in several break-out sessions.
Anmeldeschluss: 2024-11-27
Link: https://actuarial-academy.com/seminars/seminar?No=E0438

EAA Web Session 'Calculation of Life Insurance Products by Means of Markov Chains'
2024-11-27 10:00 - 12:00 | Online/Streaming
The calculation of life insurance products is traditionally based on the approach of commutation values, whose table properties enable extensive actuarial calculations even without large computer capacities. However, especially for modern and more flexible life insurance tariffs, the calculation by means of commutation values reaches its limits, so that the calculation approach based on Markov chains is gaining in importance and has been used for some time in the mathematical cores of new portfolio administration systems.

This web session will provide an insight into the calculation of common life insurance products using the Markov approach. For this purpose, first an overview of the best-selling life insurance products in some European countries and their classic calculation will be given. In the following, the principle of Markov chains is explained and a model for calculating actuarial values is derived.

Finally, the online training also addresses problems that can arise when migrating from classically calculated portfolios to systems with the Markov approach.
Anmeldeschluss: 2024-11-25
Link: https://actuarial-academy.com/seminars/seminar?No=E0447

EAA Web Session 'Storytelling for Actuaries'
2024-11-25 09:30 - 15:00 | Online/Streaming
Through engaging lectures, interactive exercises, and real-world examples, participants will learn the fundamentals of storytelling: transforming data into stories, adapting to the audience and developing their own storytelling.
By the end of this course, participants will emerge with a newfound appreciation for the narrative dimension of their work, equipped with practical tools to convey insights, drive decision-making, and inspire action through the power of storytelling.
Anmeldeschluss: 2024-11-24
Link: https://actuarial-academy.com/seminars/seminar?No=E0456

EAA Web Session 'Cyber Risk and Insurance'
2024-11-21 10:00 - 2024-11-22 12:00
Kurzbeschreibung: In modern economy, cyber risk has become a major challenge across many industries. As every prevention measure is limited, there is an increasing need for cyber insurance. In the last years, there was a strong evolution of cyber insurance.

In this session, the impact of cyber risk on various steps of the value chain is analysed, including (but not limited to) modelling and risk management. The focus of this session is to provide a hands-on approach to actuarial challenges within cyber insurance and to highlight practical solutions. There will be discussions and group interaction, we would appreciate participants willing to actively contribute and therefore recommend to prepare for the agenda items.
Anmeldeschluss: 2024-11-20
Link: https://actuarial-academy.com/seminars/seminar?No=E0454

EAA Web Session 'IFRS 17 Risk Adjustment: Practical Approaches & Lessons Learned'
2024-11-20 10:00 - 12:00 | Online/Streaming
The session aims to provide participants with a comprehensive introduction regarding the risk adjustment concept under IFRS 17. We will shed light on the general concepts behind risk adjustment and its application within IFRS 17 and illustrate the importance of risk adjustment in measuring, presenting, and disclosing insurance contracts.
The online training will also provide insights into the most commonly used practical methodical concepts. Practical examples and case studies will be used to illustrate the application of risk adjustment within the IFRS 17 framework.
In addition, insights into emerging market views will be shared, and participants will have the opportunity to discuss these topics. Challenges and considerations specific to the European markets will also be discussed.
By formulating the points in this way, participants will gain a clear understanding of the objectives of the training and how it will assist them in navigating the complexities of risk adjustment within the IFRS 17 framework.
Anmeldeschluss: 2024-11-19

EAA Web Session 'Hands-on Adaptive Learning of GLMs for Risk Modelling in R'
2024-11-14 09:00 - 2024-11-15 15:00 | Online/Streaming
The purpose of this web session is twofold:

First, you will gain an in-depth understanding of the algorithm including its underlying theoretical motivation and its statistical properties.

Second, you will receive a comprehensive executable R programme that implements the algorithm. During the web session we will discuss and apply the code hands-on by means of a case study. You will learn how to run the algorithm for different settings and data. After the web session, you will have an R programme to add to your actuarial toolbox, which you can easily apply to own data and extend or modify according to your needs.
Anmeldeschluss: 2024-11-13

EAA Web Session 'Socio-Economic Mortality Curves'
2024-11-13 10:00 - 12:00 | Online/Streaming
The goal of the session is to clarify the impact of various socio-economic factors on mortality and its impact on the valuation and risk-management of retirement products. At the end of the session people will have a good understanding of1) Impact of socio-economic status on mortality rates2) Impact of differences in mortality curves on product valuations3) Adjusting mortality models to take socio-economic factors into account.
Anmeldeschluss: 2024-11-12

EAA Web Session 'Artificial Intelligence Act: The Insurance Fallout'
2024-11-12 09:00 - 13:30 | Online/Streaming
Kurzbeschreibung: The purpose of this session is to introduce the relevant aspects of regulation, timelines and consequences with respect to the actuarial practice. Starting from the study of relevant articles of the AI Act draft, we will develop an understanding of the impending consequences and likely interpretations of the legal framework. The seminar is structured as follows:
1. Contents and objects of regulation
2. Actuarial relevance
3. Example cases
4. Implementation advice
5. Outlook and discussion
Kindly take note: This session is intended as information seminar; no legal counselling will take place.
Anmeldeschluss: 2024-11-11
Link: https://actuarial-academy.com/seminars/seminar?No=E0460

EAA Web Session 'Emerging Risks: Statistical Analysis and Scenario Building'
2024-11-06 08:00 - 2024-11-07 17:00
In a context of widespread instability, the actuarial analysis of emerging risks takes on particular importance to facilitate the adaptation of insurance to these profound changes. Whether it be old risks with poorly anticipated consequences (such as the epidemiological risk, as demonstrated by the recent Covid-19 crisis, whose consequences can significantly exceed purely healthcare boundaries), risks undergoing strong and worrying evolution (such as climate risk), or more recent risks (such as cyber risk), the task of actuaries is particularly delicate. The lack of data is notably a hindrance to a rigorous approach to these important questions. This session aims to lay the groundwork for a scientific approach to this problem and to introduce some tools for discussing the insurability of these new risks.
Anmeldeschluss: 2024-11-04
Link: https://actuarial-academy.com/seminars/seminar?No=E0445

EAA Web Session 'Predictive Modelling in the Insurance Sector'
2024-11-05 10:00 - 12:15 | Online/Streaming
Predictive modeling is a process used to forecast future outcomes or behaviours based on historical data and patterns. By building mathematical models that analyse past data predictive modelling aims to uncover relationships between different variables in a dataset and use those relationships to make predictions about new observations.
Overall, these methods complement the traditional actuarial vision in the insurance sector by providing insurers with advanced analytical tools and techniques to improve risk assessment, underwriting, pricing, and fraud detection processes, ultimately leading to better decision-making and more profitable business outcomes.
During the session, we will provide an overview of how predictive modelling works and highlight some of its applications in the insurance sector. This will be followed by a demonstration of a use case where these models were used to assist in pricing a motor book. We will walk through the process from cleaning and processing data, to analysing and fitting the model, and finally, to finding insights and understanding the outputs. Additionally, we will cover ideas on how to use those outputs to create a pricing guide for policies.
Anmeldeschluss: 2024-11-03
Link: https://actuarial-academy.com/seminars/seminar?No=E0458

EAA Web Session 'System Migrations of Life Insurance Contracts: DON’T JUST MIGRATE'
2024-11-04 09:00 - 12:15
During the seminar, the aforementioned will be concretely illustrated based on a migration of a very diverse classic life insurance portfolio (with guaranteed life and/or death performance in various combinations). On the one hand, we will go over the different steps (actuarial and non-actuarial- in a migration project and on the other hand, we will demonstrate how this portfolio can a) be migrated to a modern generic cash-flow-driven management platform (universal life + unit linked), and b) at the same time the life insurance policies can also be renewed. During the seminar participants will understand that the underlying renewal is fundamental to make the migration a real success: both for the insurer and for the policyholders and beneficiaries.Although the aforementioned will be illustrated from Belgian practice, we believe that this innovative migration strategy is useful, relevant and innovative in many other countries.
Anmeldeschluss: 2024-11-03

EAA Web Session 'Communication for Actuaries'
2024-10-28 09:30 - 2024-10-31 13:00 | Online/Streaming
The Communication for Actuaries course is tailor-made for actuaries and the situations that you encounter. It is an interactive training course that ensures that the theory is immediately applied through various exercises (e.g. exchanges in small groups, role-plays, discussions) that relate to terms or situations of your day-to-day work.

The course is designed to give you a solid foundation on the topic of communication and to practice what you learn so you can use the gained knowledge and confidence in areas that are relevant for your work. The last day offers you the opportunity to make a short presentation specific to your work for which you will be given individual feedback. At the end of the course, you will know exactly how to tackle your next communication challenge.

The overall 12-hour course covers specific topics like:

Communication patterns/models, types of behavior/learning
Verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills
Virtual communication
Presentation (as if “on stage“ and “on screen”) skills
Discussion & Negotiation

During the web session, the participants will learn to:

Communicate effectively a clear message to any stakeholder
Make sure that the message is being understood (Make the „complicated“ „easy-to–understand“ to non-actuaries)
Structure their thoughts and findings in an effective way
Recognize which patterns/words can have the best impact for which target group
Practice in writing, in role plays and in presenting
Participate/lead discussions and negotiations effectively
Use their voice in a healthy and stable way
Increase the chance of achieving their objectives with their work
Come across as credible, confident and constructive business partners

Maximum of 20 participants.
Anmeldeschluss: 2024-10-27
Link: https://actuarial-academy.com/seminars/seminar?No=E0444

EAA Web Session 'LLM Principles and Case Studies for Insurance'
2024-10-24 09:00 - 2024-10-25 14:30
This workshop is designed to provide a comprehensive introduction and hands-on experience with Large Language Models (LLMs), covering their theoretical underpinnings, practical applications, and the broader ecosystem in which they operate.
Participants will embark on a journey from understanding the basics of what LLMs are, including an overview, specifications, evaluations, and their pros and cons, to mastering how to effectively utilize them through various techniques such as prompting, and fine-tuning strategies.
A dedicated part will focus on strategic implementation, featuring case studies and real-world challenges to equip attendees with the knowledge to initiate their own projects or integrate LLMs into existing workflows.
By the end of the workshop, participants will have a solid foundation in the operational and strategic aspects of LLMs, enabling them to harness these powerful tools for a wide range of applications in insurance and risk management.
Anmeldeschluss: 2024-10-23
Link: https://actuarial-academy.com/seminars/seminar?No=E0442
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EAA Web Session 'Cancer Survivors' Right to be Forgotten'
2024-10-23 10:00 - 12:00 | Online/Streaming
This web session aims to give an overview and a deeper understanding of the cancer survivors‘ Right to be Forgotten (RTBF) and its current development inside and outside Europe. We will discuss the different parameters of RTBF, such as product scope, disease scope, minimum remission period (timeline) and others. We will also provide solutions how to estimate the actuarial impact depending on these RTBF parameters. Finally, its purpose is to help understanding and navigating the most recent developments and implications of RTBF for L&H insurance.
Anmeldeschluss: 2024-10-22
Link: https://actuarial-academy.com/seminars/seminar?No=E0466

EAA Web Session 'Introduction to Natural Catastrophe Modelling'
2024-10-17 09:00 - 13:30 | Online/Streaming
During the web session, the basic components of a Nat Cat model will be explained: Exposure data, the hazard, vulnerabilities, and the financial model. Additionally, sources of uncertainty will be discussed together with methods for quantification. After the first part, we will build our own simple Nat Cat model in a hands-on case study. Lastly, we will look in more detail at the results a model can produce and how to use them for pricing in the reinsurance context.
Anmeldeschluss: 2024-10-16
Link: https://actuarial-academy.com/seminars/seminar?No=E0440

EAA Web Session 'Assets and Liabilities Management (Part 2: Advanced)'
2024-10-14 09:00 - 2024-10-16 12:30 | Online/Streaming
For an insurance company, ensuring the proper coordination between assets and liabilities in order to achieve targeted financial objectives is of paramount interest. A strategy used to reach such objectives is „asset and liability management“ (ALM in short). ALM can therefore be viewed as any ongoing process that defines, implements, and monitors financial strategies to manage assets and liabilities together.

In recent years, the modelling tools used in ALM strategies have become increasingly sophisticated and the technical aspects of current insurance regulation have increased. As a result, some ALM aspects have become more and more difficult to understand and master.
The second part is more advanced and intended for those wishing to gain more in-depth expertise on the topics.
Anmeldeschluss: 2024-10-10
Link: https://actuarial-academy.com/seminars/seminar?No=E0426

EAA Web Session 'Strategic Balance Sheet Management (Business Game)'
2024-10-10 09:30 - 13:00 | Online/Streaming
The goal of the workshop is to teach the participants the impact of the various levers an insurer can pull to manage its capital position and in turn manage its balance sheet towards the requirements of the different viewpoints an insurer has, i.e. IFRS17, Solvency II, Local GAAP and of course an economic asset view.
We will start the day by introducing the concept of strategic balance sheet management. Set goals and ambitions to optimize the key performance indicators to which insurance companies manage themselves. We will demonstrate how you can replicate the balance sheet of an insurer in a platform designed to do this. We will then show you tools you can use to alter the capital position of the insurer.
From here we will move onto exercises. We are going to make the game real and create smaller groups. Each group has its own insurer inside its own environment. Each group will be set goals, to manage towards certain KPI’s. They get their time to confer with their colleagues and present their findings.
The ultimate goal is to demonstrate how the activity of one group can differ. We will illuminate how the activity of departments in isolation can influence the balance sheet of the wider insurer and by extension other departments.
Anmeldeschluss: 2024-10-08
Link: https://actuarial-academy.com/seminars/seminar?No=E0463

EAA Web Session 'Climate Change Scenarios in Context – A Stress Testing Case Study'
2024-10-09 09:30 - 13:00 | Online/Streaming
Climate Risk scenarios are commonly used in the insurance industry for stress testing, but interpreting and communicating results is often challenging, given strong limitations and complex assumptions. Why are physical stresses often so low, and what can be done about this? What is the impact of the recent surge in fossil fuels on transition risk? What is the role of inflation and interest rates within the scenarios?
Furthermore, the scenarios have also substantially evolved over the last years. This has not only substantial implications on results and key messages from stress testing, but also on how scenarios can be applied for stress testing purposes.
This session will have a practical focus around a case study in order to illustrate not only the practical elements of stress testing, but also discuss challenges and limitations and provide context around the foundations surrounding the scenarios. We will introduce commonly used scenarios, provide practical guidance on implementation of stress tests, and discuss key evolutions, challenges, and limitations in the interpretation of stress test results. We will conclude with an outlook on how key challenges are expected to be addressed going forward.
Anmeldeschluss: 2024-10-07
