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Maverick Actuary is a transformational, multi platform content community founded by Dominic Lee in 2021 with the mission of maximizing the impact and value of quant professionals (numbers people) on a global scale. Live With The Maverick is a weekly interview series, hosted by Dominic on Instagram Live. The series features the movers and shakers in actuarial science, risk, and analytics. The overarching goal is to expose quant professionals to individuals who embody the values of Maverick Actuaryโs brand and mission. The target audience is quant professionals who are seeking to develop and grow in their careers, and benefit from a broad variety of perspectives from industry leaders and experts with a proven track record of success.
Episode 100: Actuaries in Research - Part 2 (Part 1)
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59 minutes
1 year ago
Episode 100: Actuaries in Research - Part 2 (Part 1)
My guest for Episode 100 is David Wilkie, CBE, FFA, FIA, FSS, FIMA, Hon D Sc, Hon D Math, Chairman at InQA Limited.
The theme for the episode is ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต - ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ.
David and I covered the following topics in ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ญ of this historic episode:โฃ
โ Davidโs early childhood and formative years โ What motivated David to become an actuary โ Building a strong foundation for academic research โ Mortality forecasting for the Committee of Mortality Investigation โ Early development of life and annuity tables โ The Financial Times Actuaries British Government Securities Indices โ Multi-state modeling for income protection insurance โ Mortality modeling for the COVID-19 Working Party โ Promoting the power of programming as an early adopter โ The evolution of programming in insurance and risk management โ The most significant development in the actuarial profession
๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ญ Time Markers
2:34: Early years in Glasgow, education in Lancaster and Cambridge, and national service.
8:24: First actuarial role at Allianz Life in Stuttgart, actuarial exams, and qualification journey.
10:15: First programming experience with Ferranti Pegasus computer at Standard Life.ย
20:03: Early involvement with the Committee of Mortality Investigation (CMI).ย
22:23: Writing Fortran programs to produce graduated mortality tables.ย
24:58: Gompertz-Makeham model for force of mortality.ย
27:31: Developing share indices for the Joint Investment Committee.ย
32:35: Multi-state modeling for income protection insurance and epidemics.ย
43:04: Using historical mortality rates in Sweden, Spain, and Switzerland for COVID-19 modeling.ย
45:17: Fitting Lee-Carter model to population data and using time series to analyze time coefficient.
48:10: Using mixture models to account for kurtosis in COVID-19 data.ย
51:44: Using stochastic methods for modeling small pension funds.ย
54:02: Programming and coding today.
56:06: The impact of computers on the actuarial profession.ย
If you are an actuary interested in research, modeling, and programming, you want to listen to this.
My Website: maverickactuary.com
Live With The Maverick
Maverick Actuary is a transformational, multi platform content community founded by Dominic Lee in 2021 with the mission of maximizing the impact and value of quant professionals (numbers people) on a global scale. Live With The Maverick is a weekly interview series, hosted by Dominic on Instagram Live. The series features the movers and shakers in actuarial science, risk, and analytics. The overarching goal is to expose quant professionals to individuals who embody the values of Maverick Actuaryโs brand and mission. The target audience is quant professionals who are seeking to develop and grow in their careers, and benefit from a broad variety of perspectives from industry leaders and experts with a proven track record of success.
