2020 DEC | CAA's 30th Annual Conference
The Caribbean Actuarial Association hosts its 30th Annual Conference online from 30 November to 4 December with the theme "Today's Actuary: Virtually Everywhere". All recordings are now exclusively presented here on actuview.
- Over Ten Sessions Live-Streamed
- Pre-recorded Sessions on Demand through actuview, the actuarial media platform
- Well-known Speakers from Virtually Everywhere
- Student and Member Sessions
- Virtual Social Activities and Surprises
- Opportunity to earn CPD credits
- Content relevant to Actuaries and Non-actuaries
Live Sessions Included:
- Keynote Session: Hon. Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados, and other prominent professionals from everywhere virtually hold a Round Table Discussion on Achieving a Greener, Smarter, Fairer Recovery and Resilience – Moving from Talk to Action
- Presidents of Global Actuarial Bodies participate in a Presidents’ Town Hall
- Diversity of Thought, Chapter Six: Promoting Inclusion in the Actuarial Profession: Tonya Manning President, IAA; Marjorie Ngwenya, Past President IFoA; Cathy Lyn, Past President CAA, Past Chair IACA
- Statistical Perspective of COVID-19 and Analysis: Sylvain Goulet, Eckler Ltd.; Ronald Richman, QED (Pty) Ltd.
- Actuaries Giving Back: Nazir Valani, Valani Global; Mike McLaughlin, Trees that Feed Foundation
- Actuaries Climate Indices and Climate Change: Louise Pryor, President Elect IFoA; Steve Kolk, CAS
- Artificial Intelligence & Ethics: Caribbean and Dutch perspectives
- Demystifying Data Science Buzzwords
Thanks to the CAA's loyal sponsors:
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Achieving a Greener, Smarter, Fairer Recovery and Resilience - Moving from Talk to Action
Added 1 211 ViewsThe Hon. Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados, Chair of the IMF & World Bank Development Committee; and experts from organizations such as the World Bank Group’s Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation Global Practice, the Insurance Develop
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Role of Technology in the Caribbean's Socio-Economic Transformation
Added 0 89 ViewsBrief outline:The Caribbean’s pre-existing conditions Roadmap to an inclusive and sustainable recoveryThe role of technology in driving improved outcomesChanges we must embrace to ensure a prosperous future
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Demystifying Data Science Buzzwords with Life Insurance Applications
Added 3 212 ViewsData science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, predictive modeling are just a few of the buzz words permeating our day-to-day work. New terms and concepts are probably being created right now as you read this description. This presentation focus
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IFRS-17 Progress Report – Views from the Regulators
Added 0 156 ViewsThe pace and progress of the IFRS-17 implementation in the Caribbean, from the perspective of: The Regulator, The Auditor and The Actuary
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Managing Climate Risk
Added 0 145 ViewsHow does climate related risk impact on insurance? Louise Pryor will describe the types of risk, explain how insurers can incorporate them into their risk management process, and discuss potential long term impacts on insurers.
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Diversity of Thought - Promoting Inclusion in the Actuarial Profession
Added 0 172 ViewsThe Black Lives Matter movement received global coverage and unearthed critical questions about equality in society at large and within organisations. In this series of conversations, we seek to uncover areas of structural bias that may exist across diffe
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IFRS-17 Implementation Challenges for the Caribbean
Added 0 143 ViewsA moderate to deep dive with life practitioners into the various implementation issues faced by companies in the Caribbean.
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Measuring Climate Change with the Actuaries Climate Indices: the ACI & ACRI - Past, Present and Futu
Added 0 150 ViewsSteve Kolk will deliver a presentation about the Actuaries Climate Index (ACI) and the Actuaries Climate Risk Index (ACRI). This talk will begin showing why these indices were developed and then explain what the ACI measures and show how it works. He'll a
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Actuaries Giving Back
Added 0 94 ViewsIn this interactive discussion, information and anecdotes about actuaries and their role giving back to the community will be shared:Volunteerism in the professionPublic service aspects of actuarial workCharitable work by actuariesEducation and mentoring.
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Statistical Perspective of COVID-19 and Analysis
Added 0 158 ViewsThe COVID-19 pandemic is an event that most of the 7.8 billion people on earth will remember for the rest of their lives. It is unprecedented in that manner alone. The amount of COVID-19 data available online and from other direct sources is vast. In the
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President's Town Hall
Added 0 85 ViewsPresidents of actuarial associations from around the world will share their strategic plans for the next few years and their views on COVID 19, Climate Change and Diversity.
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Keeping up with COVID-19 – Lessons from Modelling COVID-19
Added 0 296 ViewsCOVID-19 carries additional risk for mortality and morbidity. The ability to model this, or any, pandemic is important to understanding the impact on the general and insured populations. The speaker in this session will discuss specific models used for CO
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COVID-19 Epidemiological Situation in the Caribbean: Data from the PAHO/WHO Dashboard
Added 0 109 ViewsThe COVID-19 pandemic is an event that most of the 7.8 billion people on earth will remember for the rest of their lives. It is unprecedented in that manner alone. The amount of COVID-19 data available online and from other direct sources is vast. In the
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Achieving IFRS 17 Compliance
Added 0 111 ViewsIFRS 17 is the biggest change in insurance reporting standards in more than 15 years, and the clock is ticking. Most companies are still struggling to understand its implications, define their compliance roadmap and get started on the solution. Subject ma
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Mental Health in a Time of COVID-19
Added 0 130 ViewsThe Novel Coronavirus (CoViD-19) represents one of the most recent pandemics in the last 100 years. 11 months into the pandemic, the reality of life being irrevocably changed is dawning on the world, but the effects of these sudden and drastic shifts are
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The Big 4: Non-Communicable Diseases and Caribbean Mortality
Added 1 142 ViewsThough once viewed as ailments of the affluent, deaths related to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) now account for more than double the deaths caused by infectious disease worldwide (PAHO 2002) with steadily increasing figures in developing countries. The
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IFRS 17 Implementation Challenges for P&C Insurers
Added 0 265 ViewsIn this session, Moody’s Analytics will focus on the role of the critical challenges faced by P&C Insurers in the implementation of IFRS 17. Topics covered will include Data Requirements, LRC/LIC Measurement Model, Accounting Treatments, and Rep
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A Finance and Accounting Perspective to IFRS 17
Added 0 113 ViewsIn this session, Moody’s Analytics insurance team will focus on the role of the actuarial function within an accounting driven IFRS17 process. In fact, actuaries are now playing a critical role in companies’ projects, and their influence is ev
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Asset-Liability Mismatch: The Search for Yield in Pension Plans
Added 0 157 ViewsA period of protracted low interest rates presents a precarious position for pension funds seeking to balance risk with return. The unsettling truth is that many pension plans do not have the right yields on their assets to meet their liabilities when the
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Uncertainty and Personal Risk Type
Added 0 93 ViewsOne important element that influences our daily activities, decision-making and predisposition towards risk, is our risk-taking nature. For instance, are you a person that likes to do things by the book or do you experience rules and planning as a burden.
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Artificial Intelligence and Ethics
Added 1 152 ViewsArtificial intelligence is a broad discipline. The subarea of machine learing is, however, closely related to techniques actuaries have already been using for decades. Actuaries are thus in an excellent position to add machine learning to their existing s
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The Dutch Pension – Best in Class, Time to Change
Added 0 116 ViewsAlthough the Dutch pension system is number 1 on the Mercer Global Pension index, a major reform will take place.In this session we will discuss the outcome of 15 years of negotiation. We will bring you insight into- The reasons and content of the reform-
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Caribbean Economics Outside the Box
Added 0 118 ViewsA macro perspective on our Caribbean economies, how we got here, what our goals should be and how do we get there. The Caribbean economies are very small open economies (SOE) with unique features that require both private and public sector to engage in st
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Define, Determine and Develop Your Personal Brand
Added 0 86 ViewsBranding is about deliberate differentiation - a way of separating a product, a service, and a company, from the crowd simply by shaping public perceptions. What if I told you that people have brands, too? You do. In fact, your future career opportunities
