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ASTIN Masterclass Webinar

ASTIN Masterclass Webinar

The Insurance-Risk Landscape: An Eclectic Survey by Michael Powers 

In this webinar, Michael will introduce his Masterclass on The Insurance-Risk Landscape. He will preview the first episode in this 10-part series and navigate the metaphorical landscape formed by the many manifestations of insurance risk — from natural and humanmade perils to insurance company insolvency. Along the way, he stops to explore some of the most intriguing twists and turns in the landscape, with an ability to make the complex simple, and the simple profound. We will close with a Q&A session for the audience.
If you are working in Insurance and Risk Management, you should attend this webinar!

“The Insurance-Risk Landscape: An Eclectic Survey” is a Masterclass video series written and narrated by Professor Michael R. Powers of Tsinghua University. Through a collection of ten engaging episodes, Professor Powers navigates the metaphorical landscape formed by the many manifestations of insurance risk — from natural and human-made perils to insurance company insolvency. Along the way, he stops to explore some of the most intriguing twists and turns in the landscape, with an ability to make the complex simple, and the simple profound. 

Speaker:

Michael Powers
Michael R. Powers is Professor of Finance at Tsinghua University’s School of Economics and Management. He also holds a joint appointment as Professor of Economics and Business at Tsinghua’s Schwarzman College. From 2012 to 2015, he served as chair of Tsinghua’s finance department — a unique assignment for a foreign academic in China.
 
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Moderators:

Eric Dal Moro
Eric Dal Moro is Group P&C Chief Actuary at Baloise. Eric has over 20 years of experience in reserving and risk management. Prior to Baloise, he worked in the consulting industry both in Paris and Zurich, and also for AXA in France, Japan and Italy and SCOR in different functions. He also gained some good experience in credit and surety pricing when working at Swiss Re. Eric has been serving as the Chairman of ASTIN Board of the International Actuarial Association since 2022 and between 2014 and 2017 and is an active researcher within the global actuarial community.

Brian Fannin
Brian Fannin has been an actuary for over 20 years. The data lack sufficient credibility for him to give a more precise estimate. Brian has been an Associate of the CAS since 2002 and a Certified Specialist in Predictive Analytics (CSPA) since 2017. He has worked in a variety of roles in commercial insurance, both primary and excess, here in the US as well as Europe, London and Asia. He has taught various workshops and seminars on R and is the author of the book “R for Actuaries and Data Scientists”, published by Actex. He currently works for Milliman, supporting their Arius loss reserving software.

These webinars are complimentary and anyone can register using either time slot below  We do encourage you to join the ASTIN Section to view Michael's complete Insurance-Risk Landscape: An Eclectic Survey Masterclass as well as other ASTIN Masterclasses.  

October 30, 2024
Session 1:
10:00 - 11:15 EDT
16:00 - 17:15 CEST
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    October 30, 2024
Session 2:
21:00 - 22:15 EDT
03:00 - 04:15 CEST (31 October)
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When
10/30/2024 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM