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Live With The Maverick

著者: Dominic Lee
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  • Maverick Actuary is a transformational, multi platform content community founded by Dominic Lee in 2021 with the mission of maximizing the impact and value of quant professionals (numbers people) on a global scale. Live With The Maverick is a weekly interview series, hosted by Dominic on Instagram Live. The series features the movers and shakers in actuarial science, risk, and analytics. The overarching goal is to expose quant professionals to individuals who embody the values of Maverick Actuary’s brand and mission. The target audience is quant professionals who are seeking to develop and grow in their careers, and benefit from a broad variety of perspectives from industry leaders and experts with a proven track record of success.
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Maverick Actuary is a transformational, multi platform content community founded by Dominic Lee in 2021 with the mission of maximizing the impact and value of quant professionals (numbers people) on a global scale. Live With The Maverick is a weekly interview series, hosted by Dominic on Instagram Live. The series features the movers and shakers in actuarial science, risk, and analytics. The overarching goal is to expose quant professionals to individuals who embody the values of Maverick Actuary’s brand and mission. The target audience is quant professionals who are seeking to develop and grow in their careers, and benefit from a broad variety of perspectives from industry leaders and experts with a proven track record of success.
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  • Episode 105: Actuaries in Entrepreneurship - Part 2
    2024/12/23
    My guest for Episode 105 is Barry Swartzberg, ASA, B.Sc., CFP, FASSA, FFA, Executive Director and Co-Founder at Discovery Limited.

    The theme for the episode is 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 - 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟮.

    Barry and I covered the following topics:⁣

    ✅ Barry’s motivation for becoming an entrepreneur
    ✅ The vision behind Discovery Limited
    ✅ Starting a business during the fall of Apartheid
    ✅ The shared-value insurance model
    ✅ Shaping South Africa’s insurance and financial services landscape
    ✅ Barry’s biggest entrepreneurial challenges
    ✅ What it takes to be a successful entrepreneur
    ✅ Transitioning from entrepreneur to intrapreneur
    ✅ Areas where actuaries can add value beyond insurance
    ✅ Tips for the next generation of entrepreneurs

    Time Markers

    3:50: Risk-seeking culture in South African actuarial community.

    5:42: First actuarial role as product development actuary.

    13:00: Motivation for becoming an entrepreneur and co-founding Discovery Limited.

    18:20: Addressing unaddressed gaps in the South African insurance market (demand-focused approach).

    21:14: Value creation during political turmoil (post-Apartheid era).

    24:59: Discovery Limited’s shared-value insurance model (medical savings accounts, incentivized wellness programs and risk savings).

    33:14: Developing a system to track diet and exercise before the era of big data.

    37:39: Adapting behavioral mindset in managing health, motor, banking, and retirement risks.

    47:20: How Barry contributed to Discovery’s success as an executive.

    51:44: Notable challenges for Discovery Limited (entering the US market).

    55:05: Getting companies to scale, risk-taking, ideation, sales, pricing, marketing, and implementing marketplace feedback.

    1:01:02: Non-traditional opportunities for actuaries (managing supply and demand of electricity).

    1:04:30: Tips for aspiring entrepreneurs.

    If you are seeking to explore entrepreneurship, you want to watch this.

    My Website: maverickactuary.com
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    1 時間 8 分
  • Episode 104: Actuaries in Leadership - Part 9
    2024/12/12
    My guest for Episode 104 is Dave Dillon, FSA, FCA, MAAA, Senior Vice President & Principal at Lewis & Ellis and President-Elect of the Society of Actuaries.

    The theme for the episode is 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 - 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟵.

    Dave and I covered the following topics:⁣

    ✅ What inspired Dave to run for SOA President
    ✅ Duties of the SOA President-Elect
    ✅ SOA sections/communities and committees
    ✅ How Dave has benefited from posting actively on LinkedIn
    ✅ How actuaries might be impacted by a change in administration
    ✅ Dave’s vision for the actuarial profession

    Time Markers
    2:00: Dave’s SOA Presidential run.

    3:47: Previous downward trend in exam takers, data science as an alternative for actuaries, and modernizing the education path.

    8:49: Dave’s long term vision for presidential term and beyond (tracking exam takers, positioning actuaries in wider fields).

    10:48: Duties of the SOA President-Elect (executive committee, liaison to sections/communities, ambassadorship, and building relationships).

    15:50: SOA sections/communities and focus on professional development.

    23:19: Improving SOA’s engagement with the international community (regional targeted committees).

    24:37: Engaging with actuarial community on LinkedIn (sharing insights, building knowledge base, and starting conversations).

    29:07: How change in administrations impact actuarial work (Affordable Care Act extended premium subsidies, short-term health and hospital indemnity insurance).

    33:20: Healthcare cost trends (services utilization, medical inflation exceeding general inflation).

    35:11: Connection between legislative changes and actuarial work (state-level silver loading, premium impacts, and repricing).

    39:04: Expanding the scope of the actuarial profession (HOA homeowners agreements illustration).

    44:28: Balancing work and life.

    If you are seeking to learn about the most relevant themes for the profession today, you want to listen to this.

    My Website: maverickactuary.com
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    49 分
  • Episode 103: Deep Learning
    2024/11/21
    My guest for Episode 103 is Ronald Richman, FIA, FASSA, FeASK, CPCU, insurtech founder and thought leader in the actuarial data science movement.

    The theme for the episode is 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴.

    Ron and I covered the following topics:⁣

    ✅ Statistics, machine learning, deep learning, and generative AI
    ✅ Whether GLMs are statistical or machine learning models
    ✅ Neural nets and their applicability to insurance
    ✅ Reducing the risk of overparameterization for neural nets
    ✅ Balancing accuracy, complexity, and explainability for deep learning models
    ✅ Smoothness and monotonicity considerations for deep learning models
    ✅ Applying classical actuarial concepts to deep learning
    ✅ Credibility transformers and how they enhance deep learning models
    ✅ An AI vision for the actuarial profession

    Time Markers

    1:52: Ron’s new insurtech venture and the union between actuarial science and modern technologies.

    4:49: Technological shift, commoditization of large language models, and uncertainty quantification.

    7:35: Distinguishing between statistics, machine learning, deep learning, and generative AI.

    14:00: Are GLMs considered statistical or machine learning models?

    17:04: Adoption and deployment trends for machine learning and deep learning models in insurance.

    22:14: Neural networks, overparameterization, and regularization techniques.

    28:22: Balancing accuracy, complexity, and explainability for deep learning models.

    35:00: Addressing smoothness and monotonicity constraints for neural networks, post-job explanations of black box models (ICE).

    40:25: Actuarial deep learning and enhancing deep learning models using credibility transformers.

    46:54: What the actuarial profession can do to capitalize on the era of neural nets and generative AI.

    50:18: Leveraging AI to enhance productivity and improve granularity of reserving analysis.

    If you are seeking to explore deep learning and apply it in practice, you want to listen to this.

    My Website: maverickactuary.com
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    57 分

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