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2010 Ratemaking and Product Management (RPM) Seminar Presentations

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Updated: 14 July 2010

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Monday, March 15, 2010

9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m
Product Development Workshop Part 1: Niche Identification
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Basic Ratemaking Workshop Part 1: Overall Rate Level Indication Considerations
9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Catastrophe Modeling Workshop: Opening Session
10:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
Product Development Workshop Part 2: Data Gathering
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Basic Ratemaking Part 2: Ratemaking Relativities
Product Development Part 3: Product Design
1:30 p.m. -2:30 p.m.
Product Development Workshop Part 4: Regulatory
1:30 p.m. -3:00 p.m.
Basic Ratemaking Workshop Part 3: Introduction to Increased Limit Factors
1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Catastrophe Modeling Workshop: Concurrent Session A
Catastrophe Modeling Workshop: Concurrent Session B
2:45 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
Product Development Workshop Part 5: Marketing
3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Basic Ratemaking Workshop Part 4: Introduction to Credibility
3:45 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Product Development Workshop Part 6: Product Monitoring/ Risk Management
4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Catastrophe Modeling Workshop: Closing Session

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Opening Session and Keynote Address
10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Concurrent Session 1:
IC-2: "There’s No Such Thing as a Commodity": A Follow Up To Ron Bakers Keynote Address
R-3: Federal vs. State Insurance Regulation
PM-5: GLM I
PM-12: Handling High-Dimensional Variables
DM-2: Have Your Data Management Best Practices Changed to Reflect Data Management in the 21st Century?
II-1: Intelligent Use of Competitive Analysis
II-2: Price Optimization for the US Market: Techniques and Implementation Strategies
WC-5: Trends in Workers Compensation Medical Costs
12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Concurrent Session 2:
RR-2: An Overview of the Cat Bond Market
CL-2: Cyber Security Insurance
PM-6: GLM II
PM-1: Geospatial Data Visualization and Analysis
IC-3: Is Insurance a Commodity??
R-4: NAIC Speed to Market
PMGMT-2: Pricing Strategy and Risk Management
WC-6: Workers Compensation Ratemaking—An Overview
2:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Concurrent Session 3
IC-1: Championing Price Optimization
CL-3: Commercial Applications of Predictive Analytics
PM-7: GLM III
PM-13: Helping a Company Achieve Its Commercial Lines Underwriting Goals Through Predictive Analytics
WC-3: Predictive Modeling for Cost Optimization in Workers Compensation
RR-3: Quantifying Risk Load for Property Catastrophe Exposure
II-4: There is more to Pricing Optimization than just Price Optimization
R-2: Ask a Regulator
4:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Concurrent Session 4
PM-8: "GLM IV" - Recent Advances in GLM and Classification Modeling
PMGMT-1: Detecting Suspicious Claims
UND-3: Exams Beyond the CAS: Rounding Out the Actuary
PL-2: Predictive Modeling and Vehicle Rating
DM-3: Data Management Call Paper Program: Paper Session 1
Data and Disaster: The Role of Data in the Financial Crisis Duplicate FHA Single Family Homes Mortgage Records and Related Problems
CL-4: Price Optimization in Commercial lines – Key Considerations
PRO-1: Understanding the ABCD
PL-4: Usage Based Insurance: Are you Ready?

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

8:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
Concurrent Session 5
PM-2: Alternatives to Credit Score
DM-1: Essentials of Data Quality for Predictive Modeling
WC-2: Legislative Reform—Case Studies in Workers Compensation and Medical Professional Liability
PM-9: Loss Cost Modeling vs. Frequency and Severity Modeling
UND-2: Personal Lines Pricing Strategies
II-2: Price Optimization for the US Market: Techniques and Implementation Strategies
RR-4: Risk and Return Considerations in Ratemaking
R-5: What Makes a Good Rate Filing?
9:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Concurrent Session 6
UND-4: Account Proposals: A Team Effort
R-1: Responses to Unavailable Personal Lines Insurance in the Voluntary Market
WC-1: Current Developments in Workers Compensation Experience Rating
DM-1: Essentials of Data Quality for Predictive Modeling
II-1: Intelligent Use of Competitive Analysis
RR-1: Logic, Fallacies and Paradoxes in Risk/Profit Loading in Ratemaking: A Socratic Dialogue
PM-11: Multilevel Models, Credibility Theory, and Ratemaking
PRO-2: Using Your Professionalism GPS to Navigate the Actuarial World
12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions 7:
PM-2: Alternatives to Credit Score
CL-1: Applications of Quantile Regression in Commercial Underwriting Models
PM-4: Conversion and Retention Modeling
DM-4: Data Management Call Paper Program: Paper Session 2
Text Mining Handbook
UND-2: Personal Lines Pricing Strategies
PL-1: Predictive Modeling in Homeowners Insurance—Practical Considerations and Potential Applications
PMGMT-2: Pricing Strategy and Risk Management
II-5: Understanding the Benefits and Quantifying the Success of a New Rating Plan
2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions 8:
PM-3: Combining Machine Learning with GLMs in Ratemaking
Topics:
CL-3: Commercial Applications of Predictive Analytics
UND-1: Large Scale Analysis of Renewal Discounts for P&C Insurance
PM-10: Model Validation Techniques
PL-3: Predictive Modeling and By-Peril Analysis for Homeowners Insurance
PRO-3: Using Your Professionalism GPS to Navigate the Actuarial World
WC-4: Recent Developments in Workers Compensation Claim Frequency
II-3: Strategies in Implementing Modeled Results

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