Society Of Actuaries Podcasts Feed
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This is the official podcast channel of the Society of Actuaries.
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Young Professional Advisory Council: Unique Actuarial Career Journeys: Not All Paths to Becoming an Actuary are Linear
29/04/2024 Duración: 31minJoin us for another exciting YPAC podcast as host Shawn Stender, FSA, MAAA, discusses unique actuarial career journeys with Lana Marozava, ASA, CERA, and Joe Long, ASA, MAAA. This podcast will shed light on the numerous different paths that young professionals can take on their journey to become an actuary. Whether that means changing careers from a teacher, project manager, or data scientist or just taking the exams at your own pace—this podcast will help young actuaries understand that there is more than one way to be successful in actuarial work.
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Actuary of the Future: Launching Your Actuarial Career: Frank Yeager
16/04/2024 Duración: 32minJoin Frank Yeager, FSA and Chris Smith, ASA for an insightful discussion about leadership, the future of actuarial consulting, and the value of strong relationships. Frank shares his advice for aspiring and early-career actuaries gleaned over the course of a two-decade long career at Mercer that has culminated in his latest role as US Health Actuarial and Financial Group Leader.
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Health Section: Leadership Series: Tim Rozar
15/04/2024 Duración: 25minListen as host Jackie Lee talks with SOA President and Chair, Tim Rozar. They discuss Tim’s actuarial and volunteer background and the SOA’s goals for the year to come. Be sure to check out Tim’s Presidential address here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BG0AhwX6Ic
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Product Development Section: Promises and Risks of Emerging Data in Insurance
12/04/2024 Duración: 50minPodcast on the industry adoption of emerging data sets across the insurance value chain. The participants include recognized leaders from business, regulation, legal, and innovation. The discussion covers current adoption practices, business opportunity, regulatory and legal considerations.
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Emerging Topics Community: Return to Trees, Part 3: Random Forest
10/04/2024 Duración: 31minBuilding on the discussion of individual decision trees in the prior episode, Shea and Anders shift to one of today’s most popular ensemble models, the Random Forest. At first glance, the algorithm may seem like a brute force approach of simply running hundreds or thousands of decision trees, but it leverages the concept of “bagging” to avoid overfitting and attempt to learn as much as possible from the entire data sets, not just a few key features. We close by covering strengths and weaknesses of this model and providing some real-life examples.
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Health Section: Actuaries Discuss Dare to Lead by Brene Brown
01/04/2024 Duración: 23minDave Dillion and Bryon Robidoux discuss the book Dare to Lead, which was the Joint Risk Management and Leadership & Development Sections book club selection for December. They discuss what it means for managers to be vulnerable. How to give and receive feedback from both a manager’s perspective and the direct report perspective. The end the podcast talking about actuaries can be more curious and innovative.
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Young Professional Advisory Council: Professionalism – The Code and Beyond
25/03/2024 Duración: 29minWhat is professionalism? Is it just following the law? The code/rules of professional conduct? Is it more than both of those? Listen to our podcast where YPAC member Patrick Samborsky, ASA, MAAA discusses professionalism with Charly J Pazdor, FSA retired, who has written about professionalism for The Actuary magazine as well as being a course director and facilitator for the FAC.
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Emerging Topics Community: Return to Trees, Part 2: Single Decision Trees
20/03/2024 Duración: 42minShea and Anders dive into tree-based algorithms, starting with the most fundamental variety, the single decision tree. We cover the mechanics of a decision tree and provide a comparison to linear models. A solid understanding of how a decision tree works is critical to fully grasp the nuances of the more powerful ensemble models, the Random Forest and Gradient Boosting Machine. In addition, single decision trees can still be useful either as a starting point for building more complex models or for situations where interpretability is paramount.
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Health Section: Great Unwinding
18/03/2024 Duración: 23minJoin host Jackie Lee and guest Colby Schaeffer as they delve into the recent SOA research paper, “Modeling the Impact of the Great Unwinding on State Medicaid Programs.” They explore the model presented in the research paper and discuss the societal and actuarial implications of the Great Unwinding. Tune in to learn more about this important topic.
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Health Section: Neurofeedback: A Potential Game Changer for Mental Healthcare?
04/03/2024 Duración: 21minDave Dillon talks to psychologist Matt Fleischman, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Neurofeedback Advocacy Project, and Charlie Doe, a retired group health actuary, about neurofeedback, infra-low frequency (ILF) neurofeedback, the data on over 500 clients who have completed 20 sessions of ILF neurofeedback, and the prospect to expand neurofeedback's availability.
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Financial Reporting Section: Demystifying Regulatory Bodies and Rating Agencies (Part 1): AM Best
29/02/2024 Duración: 28minIn the first of a series to further explore and differentiate the regulatory bodies and rating agencies overseeing the insurance industry, this podcast presents a conversation with Matthew Mosher, MAAA, FCAS, CERA, President and CEO of AM Best Rating Services. Matt presents an overview of the goals of and approaches taken to evaluate insurance companies with a focus on the important considerations for financial reporting actuaries and how they assist the relationship between AM Best and the companies under review.
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Actuary of the Future: Launching Your Actuarial Career: Jim Cristallo
28/02/2024 Duración: 29minJoin Jim Cristallo, FSA and Chris Smith, ASA for an insightful discussion as they dive into the topics of entrepreneurship, blockchain, baseball cards, and - of course - tips and tools for early-career actuaries.
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Long Term Care Section: Update on Public LTC Financing Exploration in California
28/02/2024 Duración: 43minRoger Loomis interviews Stephanie Moench about her research supporting the exploration of a statewide Long Term Care insurance program in California.
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Emerging Topics Community: Return to Trees, Part 1: Overview of Tree-Based Algorithms
28/02/2024 Duración: 10minThis is the first episode in a new mini-series, “Return to Trees”. In this series, Shea and Anders will be covering tree-based algorithms, including single decision trees, Random Forests, and Gradient Boosting Machines. In this episode, we discuss the rationale for re-visiting these models, which were covered in older podcast episodes in the mid-2010s, as well as an overview of what’s to come in the remaining episodes of the mini-series.
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Young Professional Advisory Council: From Career Crossroads to Volunteering: A Non-Traditional Actuarial Odyssey
26/02/2024 Duración: 24minPrepare for a dynamic conversation on the YPAC podcast as host Silver Zhou, FSA, engages in a rich discussion with special guest, Kelly Hennigan, FSA, CFA, a leader in business who transitioned away from traditional actuarial roles. From the impactful influence of mentors on career paths, navigating trust in the workplace, and the intricacies of working with non-actuaries, this episode promises special insights and perspective. Also, discover the secrets of staying motivated and dedicated to giving back to the profession as Kelly shares her experiences as a longtime volunteer.
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Health Section: Critical Illness: Past, Present & Future
19/02/2024 Duración: 24minListen to Ashlee Borcan and Jennifer Howard of Milliman discuss the past, present and future of critical illness insurance. This podcast is based on the article, “Critical Illness Turns 40!”, written by Ashlee and Jennifer.
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The Actuarial Foundation’s Impact: Celebrating our 30th Anniversary
07/02/2024 Duración: 11minJeff Johnson, The Actuarial Foundation immediate past board chairperson talks with Andy Ferris, current board chairperson and incoming board chairperson, Sharon Robinson about the vital work being done by the Foundation. The group highlights how the Foundation’s advancement efforts positively influence the lives of our students and how the actuarial community drives our impact. Visit the https://actuarialfoundation.org/ for more information.
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Health Section: Unveiling Healthcare’s Hidden Numbers: Navigating the Landscape of Price Transparency and Coverage Data
05/02/2024 Duración: 24minDive deep into the world of healthcare data with industry experts discussing the groundbreaking machine-readable files, unraveling hospital charges, discounted cash prices, and negotiated rates with health plans. Learn about the positive applications and pitfalls within these extensive datasets, gaining valuable insights from experts who have navigated the complexities of transparency in coverage.
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Young Professional Advisory Council: Actuarial Career In Reinsurance - The Experience And Insights of Stephen Abrokwah Ph.D, FSA, CERA, MAAA
03/02/2024 Duración: 27minIn this podcast, fast-rising leader in the reinsurance space, Stephen Abrokwah Ph.D, FSA, CERA, MAAA, shares some general knowledge about reinsurance and delves a bit more into his own career journey and experience as a client-facing reinsurance Actuary.
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Actuary of the Future: Launching Your Actuarial Career: Ryan Wodarski
30/01/2024 Duración: 25minIt's a new year and a new episode! Listen in as Ryan Wodarski, ASA, and host Chris Smith, ASA, discuss how to stand out to employers, transition successfully from the ASA to the FSA exam track, and plenty of other tips for early career actuaries.