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2009 Ratemaking and Product Management (RPM) Seminar Presentations and Audio Recordings

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Updated: 19 March 2009

Monday, March 9, 2009

9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Workshop 1: Cat Modeling: Modeled Catastrophes, Basic Concepts and Commonalities
Workshop 2: Product Development: Niche Identifcation And Data Analysis
Workshop 3: Basic Ratemaking: Overall Rate Level Indication Considerations from both Commercial and Personal Lines Perspectives
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Workshop 1: Cat Modeling: Your Input and the Modelers’ Input
Workshop 2: Product Development: Details Of Implementation
Workshop 3: Basic Ratemaking: Ratemaking Relativities
1:30 p.m. -3:00 p.m.
Workshop 1: Cat Modeling: Different Uses for the Model Output
Workshop 2: Product Development: Marketing Of A New Product
Workshop 3: Basic Ratemaking: Introduction to Increased Limit Factors
3:30 p.m. -5:00 p.m.
Workshop 1: Cat Modeling: Blending Multiple Model Results
Workshop 2: Product Development: Managing The Product
Workshop 3: Basic Ratemaking: Introduction to Credibility

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Opening Session - Keynote Speaker
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
WC-4: Workers Compensation Ratemaking—An Overview
CL-1: Applications of Quantile Regression in Commercial Underwriting Models
R-2: Federal vs State Insurance Regulation
UND-4: Use of Scoring in Underwriting Analytics and Marketing
PMGMT-6: Optimization of Distribution Channels using Statistical Techniques
II-1: Finding a Balance Between Rate Stability and Adverse Selection Avoidance
II-5: Price Optimization for the U.S. Market: Techniques and Implementation Strategies
PL-3: Predictive Modeling for Personal Lines
PM-3: GLM I
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
WC-3: Workers Compensation Claim Frequency
R-1: Ask a Regulator
PMGMT-5: Product Management In Small to Medium Sized Companies
CL-2: Emerging Issues in Commercial Casualty
PM-2: Conversion and Retention Modeling
PL-1: California Auto Class Plan After 7/14/2008 Including a Case Study
PL-6: Implementing Usage Based Auto Insurance as a Segmentation Tool
II-1: Finding a Balance Between Rate Stability and Adverse Selection Avoidance
PM-4: GLM II
UND-1: Marrying Underwriter Intuition & Predictive Modeling - A Workers Compensation Perspective
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
WC-1: Impact of the Economy on Workers Compensation Insurance
CP2: Call Paper Session 2
Class Ratemaking for Workers Compensation: NCCI's New Methodology
More Flexible GLMs Zero-Inflated Models and Hybrid Models
PMGMT-4: Product Management Case Study
PM-5: GLM III
PM-7: Introduction to Multilevel/Hierarchical Modeling
UND-3: Underwriting Cycles-Are They Unavoidable?
II-4: Measuring the Value of Rate Segmentation
DM-2: Raising Your Actuarial IQ (improving Information Quality)
PL-2: Homeowners Catastrophe Ratemaking - Risk Load and Reinsurance Costs
4:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.
DM-1: Missing Data: Advanced techniques for a common problem
WC-2: Trends in Workers Compensation Medical Costs
PL-5: Value of Community Fire Protection in Reducing Insurance Losses
II-2: Implementing Commercial Lines Predictive Models in a Soft Market: Challenges and Best Practices
R-3: Predictive Modeling: Regulatory Concerns
PM-1: Communicating Predictive Modeling Results
PM-10: Predictive Modeling for Small Companies
PMGMT-1: Implementation of Risk Models
CL-2: Innovations in Commercial Auto Insurance

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
PMGMT-2: Is Any Insurance Product a Commodity
CP-1: CP1: Call Paper Session 1
Renewal Price Monitors for Excess Property and Casualty Business
Revenue Management and Insurance Cycles
PRO-1: RPM Case Studies: Ethics in Practice
PM-8: Leveraging Machine Learning Techniques
R-4: Price Optimization versus Regulation
II-3: Maximizing the Business Value of Predictive Modeling
CL-3: Predictive Modeling for Commercial Lines with Schedule Rating
DM-3: Text Mining on Unstructured Data
PL-4: Update on Auto Insurance Costs - Other Make/Model Symbol Issues
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
DM-4: Understanding Data Warehousing Needs
PM-6: Handling High-Dimensional Variables
WC-5: Workers Compensation—State of the Market
II-6: Project Management for Predictive Models
PM-9: Model Validation Techniques
UND-2: Underwriting & Actuarial Interaction: A Panel and Audience Discussion
PMGMT-3: Optimization for the U.S. Market: Introduction and Fundamentals

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