Normal Deviance
Christmas is a Time for Sharing (Reading Lists and Google Trend Plots)
In his final Normal Deviance column for the year, Hugh writes on how he plans to sneak data science into the season. It’s been a busy year. I say…
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Life Insurance
Release of Australian Life Table 2020–22
As the Australian Government Actuary (AGA), I am pleased to bring to your attention the publication of the latest Australian Life Table (ALT) covering the years 2020 to 2022 (ALT2020–22).
Features
Understanding the Value of the Associate Actuary
Forget what you think you know about actuaries – the image of the maths whizz, number cruncher buried in spreadsheets is about to be shaken up. A new generation of…
Covid-19 Blog
Mortality in First Eight Months of 2024 2% Higher Than Predicted
In their latest article, the Mortality Working Group shares excess mortality analysis for the first eight months of 2024. In summary For the first eight months of 2024, against…
Features
An Actuarial Centenary to Celebrate
To mark a century of the Office of the Australian Government Actuary (AGA), the Institute hosted a special event in Old Parliament House. The gathering included guests with whom…
Appointed Actuary Insights
2024 General Insurance Appointed Actuaries Forum
If someone were to summarise what has been happening in the General Insurance industry this year, they might liken it to George Lucas’ attitude on the Star Wars prequel films.
Climate Change
COP29 Update – Actuaries Ramping Up Climate and Sustainability
The actuarial profession has been building its capacity and profile in climate and sustainability.
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Data Science
ConverseAI: Data Science Applications in Superannuation
In the latest episode of ConverseAI, host Tong Zhang speaks with Estelle Liu about how data science can help address key challenges in superannuation, including large-scale projections, understanding customer lifetime…
Data Science
Applications and Development
In our latest episode of ConverseAI, host Aidan Sussman chats with actuaries Ean Chan and Minh Phan, and data scientist William Zheng on large language model (LLM) applications they…
Data Science
The Actuarial Algorithm
In our latest episode of ConverseAI, host Meg Yang chats with industry experts Jacky Poon, Jon Shen, and Andres Villegas Ramirez on the integration of generative AI within the actuarial…
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