Media Advisory: Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) Spring Meeting & Live Stream Sessions
WHAT: Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) Spring 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: Hyatt Regency New Orleans, New Orleans, LA or remotely via the Internet live stream on May 21.
WHEN: May 19-22, 2019. Please note all times are Central.
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, May 21. Topics to be addressed at the meeting include predictive analytics, innovation and emerging trends, artificial intelligence, professionalism, regulation and more.
General Sessions
Insurance Market Dynamics
[Monday, May 20 – 11:20 AM to 12:35 PM]
In this session, speakers will discuss the state of insurance and its financial performance over the last 15 years with a special focus on rising auto costs, and why some disruptions may be killing the insurance cycle or prolonging the soft cycle.
Panelists:
Sean Kevelighan, Chief Executive Officer, Insurance Information Institute
Benoit Carrier, FCAS, Managing Director, Aon Analytics
Clamping Down on Fraud (Live Streaming)
[Tuesday, May 21 – 8:00 AM to 9:15 AM]
Two insurance fraud professionals will weigh in on how data analytics is changing the insurance fraud landscape.
Panelists:
J. Michael Skiba, Vice President of International Counter Fraud Strategies, INFORM
Jeffrey Rapattoni, Co-Chair, Fraud/Special Investigation Practice Group, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin
Wildfires: What Can We Do to Stop Them?
[Tuesday, May 21 – 8:00 AM to 9:15 AM]
This session will cover strategies, tools, and innovations designed to keep pace with the rapidly escalating peril that is wildfire in the twenty-first century.
Panelists:
John Rollins, FCAS, Actuary, Milliman
Cody Webb, FCAS, Consulting Actuary, Milliman
Chris Folkman, Senior Director of Product Management, RMS
Insurtechs and IoT: Changing the Face of Insurance
[Wednesday, May 22 – 9:45 AM to 11:30 AM]
This session will explore the marketplace of insurtechs and how insurers are preparing and reacting to current insurtech trends.
Panelists:
Matteo Carbone, Director, Connected Insurance Observatory
Robert Galbraith, Author, The End of Insurance as We Know It
Denese Ross, Managing Partner, Denese Ross Consulting Group
Live Streaming Sessions on Tuesday, May 21
Clamping Down on Fraud (Live Streaming)
[Tuesday, May 21 – 8:00 AM to 9:15 AM]
See above for session description.
Impact of Brexit on the (Re)insurance Industry (Live Streaming)
[Tuesday, May 21 – 9:45 AM to 11:00 AM]
This session will include a general discussion about Brexit, including potential impacts on the (re)insurance market.
Speaker:
Thomas Harris, Head of Pricing & Analytics, AXA XL
Annette Spencer, Director of Public Affairs and Research, Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
Machine Learning – Moving Away from GLMs to New Techniques (Live Streaming)
[Tuesday, May 21 –11:15 AM to 12:30 PM]
This panel will discuss the practical aspects of incorporating machine learning algorithms into the analyst’s toolkit, as well as applications where machine learning approaches may replace standard GLMs.
Panelists:
Jason Rodriguez, Data Science Lead, Willis Towers Watson
Dana Ferguson, Director, Data Science, AF Group
G Edward Powell, Jr., Ph.D., Chairman, SNOPTICS
The Promise, Pitfalls and Process of AI (Live Streaming)
[Tuesday, May 21 – 2:30 PM to 3:45 PM]
This session will place AI within the broader context of big data, predictive analytics, machine learning, data science and statistics. From there, the panel will explain the process of getting started with AI through some basic examples focusing on the technology stack, workflow, data needs and implementation issues.
Panelists:
Stephen Mildenhall, FCAS, CSPA, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Risk Management and Insurance and Director of Insurance Data Analytics at the School of Risk Management, St. John’s University
Brian Fannin, ACAS, CSPA, Research Actuary, Casualty Actuarial Society
Not a Talk About Autonomous Vehicles: Advanced Driver-Assisted Systems and Insurance (Live Streaming)
[Tuesday, May 21 – 4:00 PM to 5:15 PM]
This session will discuss how an insurtech startup is building a company that embraces vehicles equipped with advanced safety features.
Panelists:
Steve Walsh, FCAS, Director, PwC
Ed Combs, Chief Insurance Officer, Avinew
For more information on the live streaming, visit casact.org/spring.
About the Casualty Actuarial Society
The Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) is a leading international organization for credentialing and professional education. CAS credentials demonstrate the expertise to identify, analyze and advise on the potential financial impact of risk and uncertainty. Professionals educated by the Casualty Actuarial Society empower business and government to make well-informed strategic, financial and operational decisions.
