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The Actuary May 2023

Issue date: May 2023

In this issue...

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Fancy a chat?

They’re now constantly in the media and opinion is clearly divided. So what about chatbots in insurance – pro or con? By Prateek Didwania
Thursday 4th May 2023
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Delivering the facts

Analysing figures can be hard – but describing findings to non-actuaries even harder. Miro Kazakoff from MIT’s business school has tips for how to persuade with data
Thursday 4th May 2023
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Man vs machine

ChatGPT was asked to come up with a taxonomy for AI ethics risk management. Karen Usher explains the results, which you may find surprising and reassuring. For now...
Thursday 4th May 2023
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Trust exercise

Chris O’Brien takes us though the legal constraints affecting the way in which pension trustees deal with commutations. And should commutation factors be reviewed more frequently?
Thursday 4th May 2023
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Apt apps

While the digital world is often blamed for poor mental health, some areas aim to improve it. Members of the IFoA Mental Health Working Party explain how digital mental health tools help to support insurers and their customers
Thursday 4th May 2023
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Routemaster

Derek Steeden and Andrew Reid discuss how capital-backed funding arrangements can help defined benefit pension schemes map out a satisfying final destination
Thursday 4th May 2023
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What planet are we on?

We are kidding ourselves about the favoured climate-risk scenarios, says Mark Cliffe. A more realistic alternative incorporates the inconvenient truths they ignore: real life and human nature
Thursday 4th May 2023
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X and why

What is it that intrigues us about maths? As her latest book is published, category theorist Eugenia Cheng says it’s the smallest yet biggest question of all: why?
Thursday 4th May 2023
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When the music stops

Assessing the three largest finance crises in recent history, Ree Chen, David Chen and Susan Siew look at their common themes, and lessons to be drawn
Thursday 4th May 2023
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Seismic shift

Earthquakes have literally shaken up our world recently. We still cannot predict them, so how best to model the financial risks? Working on a fault line in Greece, Alexandros Zimbidis and Emmanouil Louloudis have come up with a new method
Thursday 4th May 2023
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