Modeling/Actuarial

Pinnacle Senior Actuary Consultant Discusses Increased Use of Data & Analytics, Latest Trends, and More...

Oct 4, 2022 / by AAIS posted in Insights, Data & Technology, Data/Tech, Modeling/Actuarial, NAMIC, AAIS Views, Actuarial, PINNACLE

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At the 2022 NAMIC Annual Convention, AAIS interviewed Pinnacle Actuarial Resources Consulting Actuary Gary Wang about issues and trends currently impacting the insurance industry. He also weighed in on future strategies and shared some advice for insurers as we move into 2023.

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Different Ways Insurers Can Deal With Climate Change

Feb 24, 2022 / by AAIS posted in Community, Technology, Issues & Trends, Homeowners, Climate Change, P&C Insurers, AAIS News & Views, AAIS Insights, Modeling/Actuarial, Insurance Line of Business, Conning, NatCats, Colorado State University

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Dr. Phil Klotzbach, Ph. D., from the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University, says climate change is real. In a recent interview he explained that “if you go back to the late 1800s, parts-per-million of carbon dioxide was about 280; now we're sitting at about 420. We've gone up by about 50 percent of what we were about 140 years ago. With that, we've seen a global temperature rise of about eight- or nine-tenths of a degree Celsius … about 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit.”

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Climate Expert Talks Global Warming, Risk Models, ‘22 Hurricane Season

Feb 9, 2022 / by AAIS posted in Issues & Trends, Events, AAIS Event Archive, Climate Change, Modeling/Predictive Analytics, AAIS Pulse, Data/Tech, Modeling/Actuarial, global warming, Colorado State University

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The AAIS Pulse newsmagazine recently featured a discussion with renowned Research Scientist and hurricane expert Phil Klotzbach, Ph. D., from the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University. He joined AAIS Chief Pricing Actuary Michael Payne to cover a wide array of topics including global warming fact and fiction, changes in severe weather patterns, risk model accuracy, 2022's climate outlook, and much more.

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Shifting the Data Sharing Paradigm with openIDL

Jan 10, 2022 / by Matt Hinds-Aldrich posted in openIDL, Data & Technology, Data Management/Distributed Ledger, Tech News, Regulatory/Compliance, Modeling/Predictive Analytics, AAIS Insights, Data/Tech, Modeling/Actuarial

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Clive Humby said it best with his oft-cited quote – “data is the new oil.” It is true that the value of data is in its refinement and synthesis into useful insights, tools, and products, all predicated on the existence of a complex infrastructure to share and transport data from where it is found (those with the data) to where the analysis occurs (those with the questions).

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'Tis the Season for Community Involvement—and Advisory Councils

Dec 20, 2021 / by Matt Hinds-Aldrich posted in Insights, Issues & Trends, Data & Technology, Homeowners, New/Emerging Risks, Modeling/Predictive Analytics, Fire, AAIS News & Views, AAIS Insights, Modeling/Actuarial, Insurance Line of Business, NatCats, Fire Advisory Council, AAIS FLAMES, AAIS Wildfire Resource Center

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With the holidays and the end of the year upon us, it is the time to reflect upon the past year. And it is the time of year we tend to think about coming together, as a community, to share our experiences. In our case, I’m referring to AAIS’s product-focused advisory councils.

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Blockchain: The Next Big Thing

Oct 8, 2021 / by Robin Westcott posted in openIDL, Issues & Trends, Data & Technology, Data Management/Distributed Ledger, Tech News, Regulatory/Compliance, Blockchain, Data/Tech, Modeling/Actuarial

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In August, AAIS Views detailed the results of our hugely successful Proof of Concept (POC) for openIDL (Open Insurance Data Link) that proved the blockchain technology can dramatically improve the insurance regulatory reporting proves for insurers and regulators. We also saw that insurer information could be correlated with data from other sources to reveal deeper insights, and that data could be leveraged by regulators, while remaining private, secure and in full control of participating carriers

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A Conversation with...AAIS Chief Pricing Actuary, Michael Payne

Sep 9, 2021 / by Michael Payne posted in openIDL, Insurance, Issues & Trends, Data & Technology, Blockchain, Data, Modeling/Actuarial, Risk, AAIS Views, risk management, Actuarial

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This is the next installment in a series of conversations with AAIS leadership to get to know them, their background, and the unique work they’re doing within AAIS to further the insurance industry. In this edition, AAIS Views spoke with Michael Payne, Chief Pricing Actuary, about his career, being creative as an actuary, the role data is playing to create better pricing models, and how AAIS is leveraging those models to deliver value to our Members.

Tell us about your background.

Michael Payne: When I was in college, I liked math, but really didn’t know what I wanted to do. Then I heard about Actuarial Science from an alum who came back to campus and gave a presentation about the career path. That’s what sparked my interest. I got an internship at Zurich and that turned into my first job out of school. I started out doing pricing at Zurich, went to SCOR Re to do reinsurance pricing, and went back to Zurich to eventually lead a pricing tools team.

One not-so-traditional role in my career was a stint I did at Sears in their Home Services unit where I was the Director of Underwriting Analysis. Basically, if you bought a refrigerator at Sears, they were going to offer you a protection plan. It was my role to figure out the prices for those protection agreements based on how likely the appliance was going to need to be repaired or even replaced.

Overall, I really like pricing. It’s prospective in nature as you try to determine what might happen in the future.

In the winter of 2018, I joined AAIS where I’ve been able to leverage my pricing experience. My role includes product development and delivering loss costs that are appropriate for the coverage being offered. Not all carriers have a large team of actuaries or loads of data, so our rating plans offer them a faster speed to market for a new line of business, or even insurtechs to get their first policies written.

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Keeping Pace & Setting the Rate: Looking ahead to the role of the new pricing actuary

Apr 28, 2021 / by AAIS posted in Technology, Insurtech, IoT, Data, AAIS Pulse, Data/Tech, Modeling/Actuarial, Data Management, Lewis & Ellis, AAIS Views, Actuarial, Autonomous Vehicles

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The AAIS Pulse newsmagazine recently featured AAIS Chief Pricing Actuary Mike Payne and Somil Jain, VP & Consulting Actuary at Lewis & Ellis Actuaries and Consultants, spotlighting forces reshaping the role of pricing actuaries.

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Tracking CATs and Taming Risk

Jan 7, 2021 / by AAIS posted in Community, Technology, Issues & Trends, Data & Technology, Insurance News/Current Events, New/Emerging Risks, P&C Insurers, Data, AAIS Insights, AAIS Pulse, Underwriting, Modeling/Actuarial, Risk, Analytics Insurance, AAIS Views, risk management, NatCats, AAIS Risk Awareness Service

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In August 2020, AAIS introduced its new Risk Awareness Service (RAS), a digital resource center tracking catastrophic risk and providing risk information in real time. At the inaugural AAIS Pulse Newsmagazine, AAIS VP Data and Actuarial Services Phil LeGrone described the Risk Awareness Service, its goals, and the value it can provide insurance carriers and the customers they serve. He also welcomed Jeff Waters, a Senior Product Manager at Risk Management Solutions (RMS), the leading modeling firms, to add his perspective on emerging modeling approaches and tools.

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Product Configuration: A “Brite” Future for Insurance

Aug 4, 2020 / by AAIS posted in Community, Insights, Technology, Issues & Trends, Data & Technology, Events, Tech News, Insurance Operations, AAIS Webinar Series, Data/Tech, Insurance Services/TPAs, Modeling/Actuarial, BriteCore, AAIS Views

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In a well-attended edition to the AAIS Webinar Series, BriteCore’s Director of Product Configuration, Tricia Pattee discussed ways in which technology can support product changes, product configuration, rapid product development while giving a competitive edge.

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