Media Advisory: CAS Annual Meeting
WHAT: Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) Annual Meeting & Live Stream Sessions
WHO: Insurance professionals of all levels, including actuaries, predictive modelers, product managers and underwriters. Members of the press are welcome to attend sessions both in-person and via live stream and are asked to register in advance with Kate Niswander, CAS marketing and communications manager, at 703-276-3100 or kniswander@casact.org.
WHERE: Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, or remotely via the Internet webcast and live stream on November 12 and 13.
WHEN: November 11-14, 2018. Please note that all times are Pacific.
WHY: To discuss industry trends and emerging issues in property and casualty insurance, predictive analytics and risk management.
The meeting will consist of four general sessions as well as concurrent sessions. Five sessions will be made available for remote viewing via live stream on Tuesday, November 13. Topics to be addressed at the meeting include predictive analytics and data science, cyber security, emerging claims issues, captive insurance, automated vehicles, climate change risk and more.
General Sessions
A Tale of Two Analytics Tribes: Actuary vs. Data Scientist (Webcast)
[Monday, November 12 – 11:20 AM to 12:35 PM PST]
This session seeks to answer questions such as: How do actuaries compare to data scientists? Is insurance acumen the only difference? Which profession has the best prognosis for a thriving future? As actuaries develop broader and deeper predictive modeling and big data skills will more work in alternative careers outside mainstream insurance?
Panelists:
Claudine Modlin, FCAS, Head of Strategic Planning and Competitive Intelligence, Farmers Insurance Group
Shane Barnes, FCAS, CSPA, AVP Data Science, The Hartford
Frank Palmer, Senior Expert, McKinsey & Company
Stephen Mildenhall, FCAS, CSPA, CERA, MAAA, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Director of Insurance Data Analytics, St. John’s University Company
Brain Injuries/CTE Impact (Live Streaming)
[Tuesday, November 13 – 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM PST]
This panel will explore what medical research knows about the long-term effects of repetitive head impacts, including risk factors and epidemiology of chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
Panelists:
Barbara Murray, Claims Specialist, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Daniel H. Daneshvar, M.D., Ph.D., Neuroscientist, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Boston University School of Medicine/Founder, Team Up Against Concussions
Heather Schenker, Vice President-Brokerage, Nationwide
William Primps, Attorney, Partner, Locke Lord LLP
Private Flood Insurance
[Tuesday, November 13 – 8:00AM to 9:30 AM PST]
This session will demonstrate how private companies can evaluate the feasibility of offering flood insurance and describe different methods of pricing flood insurance in the private market including their advantages and disadvantages.
Panelists:
Carl Ashenbrenner, FCAS, Principal and Consulting Actuary, Milliman
Matt Chamberlain, FCAS, Consulting Actuary, Milliman
James Watje, Senior Vice President of Private Flood, Wright National Flood Insurance Services, LLC
Mitchell Waldner, FCAS, Actuary, FEMA/DHS
Silicon Valley-Actuarial Style
[Wednesday November 14 – 9:45 AM to 11:30 AM PST]
This panel discussion will address three main questions: What does an actuary in the tech industry do? What unique skills are required to succeed in this field? What is the future for actuaries in tech?
Panelists:
Kudakwashe Chibanda, FCAS, Director of Data Science, The Hartford
Frank Chang, FCAS, Director of Insurance and Safety Analytics, Uber Technologies
Greg Ryslik, FCAS, VP Data Science, Mindstrong
Josh Pyle, FCAS, Actuarial Director, CyberCube
Additional Live Streaming Sessions on Tuesday, November 13
Brain Injuries/CTE Impact (Live Streaming)
[Tuesday, November 13 – 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM PST]
See above for session description.
Opioid Epidemic: Who is Responsible? Doctors – Pharmaceutical Companies – Attorneys – Insurance Companies? (Live Streaming)
[Tuesday, November 13 – 10:00 AM to 11:15 AM PST]
In this session, experts in the insurance and healthcare industries share their insights into the cause of this epidemic, provide an update on recent improvements, and prognosticate on where we are headed.
Panelists:
Martin King, ACAS, Director of Property and Casualty Actuarial Services, Kaiser Permanente
Alex Swedlow, President, California Workers’ Compensation Institute
John Ruser, President and CEO, Workers Compensation Research Institute
Mark Pew, Senior Vice President of Product Development and Marketing, Preferred Metal
Sarah Hunt, Ph.D., Director of UNLV Mental and Behavioral Health Coalition; Assistant Dean of Behavioral Health Sciences; University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Crashing, Crash Avoidance and the Future of Driving (Live Streaming)
[Tuesday, November 13 – 1:15 PM to 2:30 PM PST]
This presentation will share insights into improvements in crashworthiness, evaluations of collision avoidance systems, level 2 vehicle automation, marijuana, vehicle speed, and changes to the vehicle feel that are impacting safety and insurance.
Panelists:
Dave Snow, ACAS, Executive Vice President, Willis Towers Watson
Matt Moore, ACAS, Senior Vice President, Highway Loss Data Institute
Cyber Insurance Through Different Lenses (Live Streaming)
[Tuesday, November 13 – 2:45 PM to 4:00 PM PST]
This session will be a panel discussion featuring a broker, an insurer, a reinsurer, and will be moderated by a cyber expert from ISO. Topics that will be discussed include: the role of the actuary in quantifying cyber risk, current opportunities, challenges, market trends, and issues that keep everyone up at night.
Panelists:
Eduard Alpin, FCAS, MAAA, Lead Cyber Actuary, Verisk ISO
Jonathan Laux, FCAS, Head of Cyber Analytics, Aon Benfield
Ya Jia, FCAS, Sr. Actuary, Munich Re America
Ryan Givens, FCAS, MAAA, Actuarial Practice Leader – Global Professional Lines, AXIS Capital
Analytical Data Stores: Should I Really Use a Database? (Live Streaming)
[Tuesday, November 13 – 4:15 PM to 5:30 PM PST]
In this session, the panelists will share information about the current state of databases and the new database types. After the session, participants will be able to choose the right database for his/her use cases and model traditional table data into a Document database.
Panelists:
Frank Gribbon, FCAS, Senior Actuarial Consultant, Verisk ISO
Michael Thyen, Data Engineer
Jeffrey White, FCAS, Sync Oasis LLC
For more information on the live streaming, visit 2018 Annual Meeting.
