Data Science

Neptune Jin shares the Data Science Research Working Party’s work looking at the merits of different supervised learning techniques for claim frequency modelling

Joel Walmsley writes about the past, present and future of artificial intelligence from a philosophical point of view

Alastair Black looks at how the increasing use of analytics is affecting life insurance pricing

Edward Plowman explains some of the developments currently taking place in insurtech, and why actuaries must embrace this change if they are to succeed

Nefeli Pamballi, Phanis Ioannou and Yiannis Parizas outline how machine learning could help increase the efficiency of fraud detection in motor insurance

Paul Papenfus explains how a clustering approach can help when binning dynamic risk factor data

Richard Plat discusses how deep learning techniques could allow insurers to use image recognition when assessing claims

What is the Certificate in Data Science, and how is it boosting actuaries’ data literacy? Manuel León-Urrutia explains

Is there a role for automation in selecting a reserving technique? Caesar Balona and Ronald Richman share their thoughts

The COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group was one of the winners at InsuranceERM's 2021 annual awards for Europe last week following its contribution to the industry during the pandemic.