Models

Analysis

14 August 2023

Rethinking our relationship with catastrophe models

Catastrophe models provide insights for underwriters and risk managers about how to price re/insurance and manage accumulation risk. But the relationship is fraught with some fundamental problems that Tom Philp wants to solve, as he explains to Christopher Cundy
28 July 2023

Quantum computing and AI power actuarial modelling breakthroughs

When identifying, analysing and pricing risk, non-life actuaries are finding classical approaches just don't cut it. Artificial intelligence, quantum computing and novel data sources are showing the way forward, as David Walker reports
13 July 2023

Viral load: how actuaries used democratised data to beat Covid-19

The flood of public data on Covid-19 became a silver lining for actuaries amid the dark clouds of the pandemic, as David Walker reports
25 May 2023

Moody's RMS opens the door to open-source cat modelling

The leading catastrophe modelling firm has taken a major step in allowing its users access to third-party models, based on open-source standards, alongside its proprietary offerings. But its embrace of the open-source world is limited, as Christopher Cundy reports
15 May 2023

Inflation risk: not going away, still uncertain

The UK might have passed its peak inflation rate, but that doesn't mean inflation is a historic risk, as Ronan McCaughey reports from the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries' Spring conference

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