June 2019 Newsletter

On the 9th May, we celebrated the launch of Actuartech at Eight Members Club, London and at the Durbanville Hills Winery in Cape Town.

We had some wonderful guest speakers presenting including Dave Reynolds, Shân Millie, François Ducuroir, Erika Bothma and Michael Jordan.

Many thanks to all of our speakers for their insightful and inspiring presentations, and to our guests for making these events a huge success.

Actuartech Launch Party, Cape Town

Actuartech Launch Party, London

Tel Aviv launch announced

We are also pleased to announce that we will be holding a launch event for Actuartech in Tel Aviv.  For further information, or to register for the event, please click here.

Highlights from our webinar on automation


Actuartech hosted its first webinar on the topic of automation for actuaries.

The session was a great success with lots of valuable and insightful discussion on the automation landscape, identifying the potential approaches best suited to different types of processes.

Thank you to our presenters Nick Corrie, Michael Jordan, Mark Dawber and Sabyasachi Roy for your contribution and to the attendees for the interaction and participation.

You can listen to the Webinar recording by registering for the on-demand content here.

Focussing on innovation in Insurance

Actuartech was pleased to read about Lloyds of London's CEO's vision for technology and the important choices we face within the insurance industry.

"But Lloyd’s does need to be more open to change, driven from and helped by those on the outside, rather than always looking to create and internalise solutions within its own confines that may only become a future legacy drag on the market."

Read more here...

Adopting AI in Financial Services: a roundtable event

LONDON...Adopting Artificial Intelligence in Financial Services: a Risk Management Perspective

More and more businesses are starting to adopt Artificial Intelligence based solutions. Besides considering the apparent project risk that implementing such techniques introduce, enterprises need to consider what the overall impact will be on their Risk Profile after the launch. Many might have to change their risk oversight and mitigation approaches before implementing Artificial Intelligence techniques.

Join us for a roundtable discussion over dinner to explore how AI can become a source of competitive advantage in insurance - and the role the actuary can play?

To find out more and to register your place, please click here.

Insights article... Current trends in Claims Management

Claims management has traditionally been a cumbersome and very manual process, complicated by the various types of claim sources.  Claims generate a lot of data and it is worth considering technology that can handle the amount and complexity of data quickly and efficiently.

Please read our latest insights article on Technology Trends for Actuaries here

Crypto Podcast


Visit our
website to listen to our recent podcast on crypto funds and the impact on investment. Learn about

  • The philosophy of Custodianship
  • Backtesting
  • Diversification vs Correlation
  • Regulation
  • Portfolio Construction
  • Risk Management

An Introduction to Enterprise Risk Management: Training course


Actuartech's Introduction to ERM course is designed to help students get ahead with their preparation for the exams.

This online course is entirely self-paced, giving you unlimited access, across all your devices, for as long as you like.  For more information, please visit our website and watch a short video by the course leader, Michael Jordan.

Michael is s a Fellow Actuary for the South African Society as well as a Charted Enterprise Risk Actuary. He has helped thousands of students pass actuarial exams with his YouTube channel.

Upcoming Events

Join us for one of the upcoming events in a city near you.

1  |  LONDON...Adopting AI in financial services: a risk management perspective | 19th September - register your place at London here
2 |  CAPE TOWN... coffee mornings - join us every Friday, more details here
3 |  TEL AVIV... Launch Event | 10th July - for more details and to register your place click here

Facebook page: live


Our Facebook page is now live - please take a look and give us a Like!

Next month

Stay in touch to hear more about upcoming events and developments within the Actuartech space.

Sponsorship options

Find out more about sponsorship opportunities for Actuartech and its partners for upcoming podcasts, videos, and events, info@actuartech.com.

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We would love to hear your thoughts on our newsletter and the articles featured and any suggestions you may have for next month.

You can email us at info@actuartech.com or visit our website to learn more about Actuartech and access our unique database of vendors for specific technology solutions.

We look forward to hearing from you and thank you for reading.

June 2019 Newsletter

Written by Valerie Du Preez

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