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In this special mini-series recorded live at the GIRO Conference in Birmingham, we interview a range of guests from around the insurance industry to discuss their highlights and the top themes coming out of the conference.
Insurance Uncut: GIRO 2024 day 1
On day 1 we caught up with:
- Chehak Jain and Paul Goodenough from AXA XL about their presentation on cyber: the evolving threat landscape and the reserving challenges.
- Kartina Tahir Thomson, President of the IFoA, about her aims for the years and what she is looking forward to GIRO.
- Jake Iveson, who is an Actuary at Oliver Wyman and Chair of the General Insurance Research and thought Leadership Committee.
- Raluca Stefan, Hamda Mosoud and Kamran Garcha from Grant Thornton and the IFoA working party ‘measuring sustainability in the absence of metrics and measurements’ about modern slavery.
- Sheena Suchak, Head of Validation at Lloyd’s and Tom Durkin from LCP about their presentation on topical issues for capital modelling and validation.
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Vote hereInsurance Uncut: GIRO 2024 day 2
On day 2 we caught up with:
- Josie Durley from Nephila Syndicate Management Limited and Sarah Grimshaw from RiverStone International about their presentation on Reserving for climate change – the emerging risk frontier
- Robert Scarth from AXIS Capital about his presentation on Risk aggregation: comparing the covariance method with simulation methods.
- Laura Curtis, Chair of the General Insurance Lifelong Learning Committee, who are responsible for organising GIRO.
- Catherine Drummond and Melissa Tam from LCP about their presentation on the findings from their 2024 global market-wide reserving and transformation research.
Insurance Uncut: GIRO 2024 day 3
On day 3 we caught up with:
- Adam Smylie and Jade Lagrue from LCP who along with Neil Gedalla won the Brian Hey Prize for their paper on ‘Parameterising Capital Modelling Volatility: Allowing for Changes in Volume’.
- Caroline Maguire about her presentation on Decisive mindset: enhancing intuition and emotional intelligence for swift decision-making in the insurance industry.
- Nadeen Griffiths from LCP about her presentation on dependency modelling: combining statistical learning with expert judgement.
- Hassan Morsy who is a business development manager for the IFoA.
- Wendy Kriz-Evans from LCP about her presentation on influencing the future: empowering actuaries to lead with confidence.
