Actuarial Convention 2015: “The future belongs to the curious”

17 - 18 November 2015 , Sandton Convention Centre , Johannesburg, the Society’s 42nd Convention. Albert Einstein famously said that he has no special talents, he is only passionately curious. What are you passionate or curious about? The Actuarial Society’s 2015 Convention is fresh and different in a couple of ways: Cutting-edge, progressive thinking, New formats and practical ideas, More interaction and connection opportunities, A range of new topics and session types on offer with some impressive international speakers. This channel contains the recordings from the event. KEY: ℗ = paper. --SEE THE LINKS BELOW FOR THE PROGRAM AND SUMMARIES--

English 17 Nov 2015 South Africa Business · Health & Fitness

27 Episodes

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OPENING PLENARY SESSION: The Blue Zones Project- Nick Buettner

Nick Buettner is the Community and Corporate Program Director at Blue Zones, LLC. He is responsible for leading the development and implementation of the Blue Zones Project in all of the Blue Zones Communities and corporate sites across the US. In the last 20 years, Nick has lead 17 expeditions…

17 Nov 2015 1AM 52 min

CLOSING PLENARY SESSION (DAY 1)

Professionalism Symposium by M Lowther, P Doyle, P Lewis and AF Marais. Teaching Ethics to Actuaries by AF Marais. Chair: N van der Colff

17 Nov 2015 8AM 1 hr 43 min

PLENARY SESSION (DAY 2)

RESEARCH PRIZES AND GREEN EXHIBITOR AWARD: Peter Temple, PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS: Roseanne Murphy da Silva, Chair: Peter Temple

17 Nov 2015 12AM 1 hr 16 min

CLOSING PLENARY SESSION (DAY 2)

PLENARY ADDRESS: Vusi Thembekwayo – Business Leadership for Actuaries in both Management and Specialist Roles, CLOSING REMARKS: Roseanne Murphy da Silva, Chair: Roseanne Murphy da Silva. Vusi Thembekwayo is the youngest JSE director in South Africa and has influence over R4.27bn in capital through board appointments. As a business speaker…

18 Nov 2015 6AM 1 hr 05 min

Track A: ADVICE AND INSURANCE

2 x TED-style talks: GETGUIDANCE.COM, - LESSONS FROM AN ONLINE START-UP (G Becker, O Becker), AUTOMATED NEXT BEST OFFER FOR BANKING, (S Laenen) Chair: David O’Brien (Investments; Life Assurance; Finance and Banking)

17 Nov 2015 2AM 1 hr 25 min

Track A: BEHAVIOURAL ECONOMICS

2 x TED-style talks: BEHAVIOURAL ECONOMICS AND ITS INFLUENCE ON INSURANCE (P Temple), THE SOUTH AFRICAN REGULATORY CONDUCT LANDSCAPE: A GLIMPSE INTO OUR FUTURE (P Carswell), Chair: Trevor Pascoe (Life Assurance; Short-term Insurance; Retirement Matters; Wider Fields)

17 Nov 2015 5AM 1 hr 06 min

Track A: IFRS

Panel discussion - IFRS 4 PHASE II IN SOUTH AFRICA (H Muller, H van Wyk, M Fuchs, Q Greyling, R Bennett, J Menzies) Chair: Peter Tripe (Life Assurance)

17 Nov 2015 7AM 58 min

Track A: PROFESSIONALISM CASE STUDIES

Workshop: PROFESSIONAL AND ETHICAL CHALLENGES: A WEEK IN THE LIFE OF A CONSULTING ACTUARY (C Nel, D Ferreira, K Meissner-Roloff, N McGavin, C Basson), Chair: Sandile Mbili (Professional Matters )

18 Nov 2015 1AM 58 min

Track A: OPERATIONAL STRATEGY

Lecture: OPERATIONAL STRATEGY: SUSTAINING CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE (Y Moodley), Chair: Judy Faure (Life Assurance; Shortterm Insurance; EFRM)

18 Nov 2015 3AM 56 min

Track A: FINANCIAL SERVICES INNOVATION

3 x TED-style talks: DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION IN FINANCIAL SERVICES (L Rossouw), PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: SOUTH AFRICA VS THE REST (G Becker, G Rutherford), THE SCIENCE OF CUSTOMER LOYALTY PROGRAMMES (S Burnstone), Chair: Ashleigh Theophanides (Life Assurance; Short-term Insurance; Wider Fields; Healthcare; Finance)

18 Nov 2015 5AM 1 hr 28 min

Track B: EXPERIENCE OF INSURANCE IN AFRICA

--We apologise for the music playing in the first 11 minutes of the recording-- 3 x TED-style talks: DOING INSURANCE IN THE REST OF AFRICA: A BRIEF SNAPSHOT (P Tripe, N Kelly), INSURANCE IN AFRICA: THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE UGLY (A Reinke), INTRODUCTION TO THE PROPOSED NEW KENYAN MICROINSURANCE…

17 Nov 2015 2AM 1 hr 31 min

Track B: OVERVIEW OF INSURANCE IN AFRICA

Lecture: AN INVESTIGATION INTO LIFE ASSURANCE MARKETS IN AFRICA (KS Ngwenduna, MG Hayes, J Angove) ℗ Chair: Peter Withey (Life Assurance; Short-term Insurance; Retirement Matters)

17 Nov 2015 5AM 54 min

Track B: RETIREMENT LIFE STAGING

Lecture: DEFINED-CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT FUND INVESTMENT STRATEGIES: AN APPROPRIATE DEFAULT? (SM Levitan, RC Merton) ℗, Chair: Tommie Doubell (Retirement Matters; Investments; Life Assurance)

17 Nov 2015 7AM 1 hr 02 min

Track B: USER-BASED INSURANCE

2 x TED-style talks: TELEMATICS: DISRUPTING MOTOR INSURANCE IN SOUTH AFRICA (S Greybe, K Pather), THE USE OF COGNITIVE MAPPING IN USER-BASED INSURANCE (D Stone, A Potgieter). Chair: Philippa Wild (Short-term Insurance; Wider Fields)

18 Nov 2015 1AM 1 hr 01 min

Track B: SHORT-TERM RISK

2 x TED-style talks: HAIL AND QUAKE IN SOUTH AFRICA: WHAT SHOULD YOU BE WORRIED ABOUT? (C Fasana, A Parmar), RISK VISUALISATION: SEEING IS BELIEVING (H Van Rensburg), Chair: Nicola Stephens (Short-term Insurance; Wider Fields)

18 Nov 2015 3AM 56 min

Track B: AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE

2 x TED-style talks: FRAUD IN THE HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT: A CASE STUDY (S Windell), LOW-COST HEALTHCARE COVER IN AFRICA: AN INVESTIGATION OF AFRICA’S ALTERNATIVES TO THE MEDICAL SCHEME MODEL AND REDEFINING “LOW COST” (K Chigiji), Chair: Wynand Neethling (Healthcare)

9 Dec 2015 5AM 1 hr 24 min

Track C: TECHNICAL INVESTMENTS

3 x TED-style talks: THE SOURCES OF SOUTH AFRICAN EQUITY FUND PERFORMANCE (N Lester, D Corubolo) ℗, HOW A SINGLE-FACTOR CAPM WORKS IN A MULTICURRENCY WORLD: RESULTS FROM THE LATEST RESEARCH (RJ Thomson, Ş Şahin, TL Reddy) ℗, THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN ARBITRAGE AND DIRECTIONAL TRADING (D Stone,…

17 Nov 2015 2AM 1 hr 11 min