Earlier this year, OpenAI launched ChatGPT Health, which it calls “a dedicated experience that securely brings your health information and ChatGPT’s intelligence together, to help you feel more informed, prepared, and confident navigating your health.” 1 This announcement underscores the widespread use of ChatGPT for medical and wellness-related topics. OpenAI reports there are “hundreds of…
For its April issue, The Actuary Asia spoke with Rosaporn Attawiriyanupap, FSA, FSAT, Director, Regulatory & Certifying Actuary at AIA Thailand, about regulatory and other developments affecting the insurance industry and actuarial work across Thailand. Here, Rosaporn shares her perspectives from a career built on a broad foundation across the actuarial landscape. Can you tell…
Women’s History Month invites us to reflect on the women whose careers—sometimes quietly, sometimes boldly—have shaped our profession in lasting ways. I was especially excited to sit down with Laura Bennett, FSA, CFA, MBA, in part because we share a meaningful common starting point: We both began our actuarial careers in Canada, and also because…
Women’s History Month is a time to honor those who’ve paved the way for others while carving their own unique paths. To me, Katrina Lee-Kwen, FSA, FCIA, embodies this spirit perfectly. For more than 30 years, Katrina hasn’t just climbed the corporate ladder—she’s ascended her own. Now, as she prepares for retirement later this year,…
When there is a significant volume of data and associated risks to analyze, an actuary is typically an appropriate fit for the task at hand. One area of focus on the rise, relevant to those with an actuarial background, is sports analytics. While sports analytics isn’t new, it’s a booming field that’s becoming increasingly sophisticated,…
Actuaries are trained in long-term future planning, and yet, in my view, too often we still judge ourselves by how well we are performing based on legacy benchmarking of what “actuaries are supposed to do.” Many activities we perform and consider to be “definitely actuarial,” such as valuation, pricing, business planning and modeling, still operate…
You’re having a normal week, and then it happens: a job posting you weren’t expecting. A stretch role, a promotion, a pivot—something that makes you pause and think, “Should I go for this?” I’m sure some actuaries feel a familiar mix of emotions in this moment: excitement, hope … and uncertainty about whether they’re ready…
As a corporate actuary for a Canadian life insurer, I focused my attention on topics such as IFRS 17, Financial Condition Testing and ORSA. Now retired, I’ve redirected my energy to explore which NHL forward had the most dominant goal-scoring season. Hockey is our national pastime, notwithstanding the fact that it’s been 32 years (as…
In Asia, as reports show, rapid economic growth and an aging population are driving the need for effective retirement income solutions. Ensuring that pension systems can provide a sufficient and stable income across economic cycles is crucial to the well-being of retirees, who now account for an increasing share of the population. Against this backdrop,…
In the current macroeconomic context of low interest rates and interest rate uncertainty, the Chinese life insurance industry may seek to achieve sustainable development through product innovation and risk management. The low-interest-rate environment is not a risk itself, but rather, in my opinion, represents an opportunity to push the industry to return to the core…