For the first time, the Actuarial Innovation Committee is excited to host an in-person event on 21 September 2023 at the Mira Hotel in Hong Kong. After successful virtual conferences in the last three years, this one-day event will explore the most cutting-edge innovations shaping the actuarial profession, under the theme of "Actuaries of the Future: Navigating Disruption with Innovation”.
Join us to exchange ideas and connect with the most innovative actuaries and experts in the APAC Region. With a diverse lineup of speakers and panellists, the conference agenda will cover the most pressing topics and latest innovation trends, including Artificial Intelligence, emerging risks, InsurTech solutions, and the future of actuaries.
There are many more inspiring topics to highlight. This Conference will definitely be a great opportunity for you to connect to the region’s InsurTech and innovation developments.
Due to overwhelming responses, this event has reached maximum capacity. You may still register* but we will put you on the waiting list and keep you informed of the status in due course.
* Registration payment can be arranged after your place is confirmed.
09:00 - 09:05 |
Opening Remarks |
Sean Deehan, Actuarial Innovation Committee Vice Chairperson - ASHK
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09:05 - 09:15 |
Keynote Speech |
Wynnie Yeung, Associate Director, Group-wide Supervision, Long Term Business - Insurance Authority |
09:15 - 09:50 |
Generative AI in insurance - The silent revolution in the making |
Guillaume Huet, Co-chair AI & Big Data - Fintech Association of Hong Kong; Director - Accenture Financial Services |
09:50 - 10:25 |
The impact of climate change to insurance industry |
Eric Ho, Senior Manager, Actuarial and Insurance Advisory Services - E&Y |
10:25 - 10:45 |
Coffee Break |
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10:45 - 11:45 |
Leadership Panel - Navigating Disruption with Innovation |
Moderator: Sean Deehan, Actuarial Innovation Committee Vice Chairperson - ASHK
Panellists: Chi Wai Ngai, Chief Marketing Officer - BOC Group Life Assurance Joanna Chu, Group Head of Proposition & Protection - FWD Group Jonathan Cheung, Head of Product Proposition and Management - AXA HK Louis Lee, Partner - Deloitte Matthew Hunt, Chief Actuary - Prudential Hong Kong |
11:45- 12:20 |
Insuring digital assets - conquering challenges and embracing opportunities |
Catherine Lu, Consulting Actuary - Milliman Yean Kim Cheng, Consulting Actuary - Milliman |
12:20 - 13:35 |
Lunch |
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13:35 - 13:40 |
Souvenir Presentation to Platinum and Gold Sponsors |
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13:40 - 14:15 |
Reshaping the Actuarial Landscape: A Report of the IAA Future Actuary Taskforce |
Jill Hoffman, Convenor - IAA Future Actuary Taskforce Michael Storozhev, Member- IAA Future Actuary Taskforce |
14:15 - 14:50 |
Reimagine Insurance – How to Embrace Technology Advancement Changing the Operating Landscape for Actuaries |
Sting Fan, Senior Risk Advisor - SAS |
14:50 - 15:25 |
AI / Machine Learning applications across insurance value chain |
Simon Pang, Head of Life & Health Hong Kong - Gen Re Hong Kong |
15:25 - 15:45 |
Coffee Break |
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15:45 - 16:20 |
Investment risk exposure: the difference between 2008 and 2023
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Tom Marlatt, Director of Insurance, APAC - Clearwater Analytics
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16:20 - 16:55 |
Transforming Life Insurance – a journey to improving customer experience and risk assessment |
Hilda Mansukhani, Head of Product Transformation - Munich Re Life and Health |
16:55 - 17:00 |
Closing Remarks |
Sean Deehan, Actuarial Innovation Committee Vice Chairperson - ASHK |
| Actuarial Innovation Committee Chairperson - ASHK Co-founder and Chief Actuary - 10Life
Iris is a renowned actuary with over 20 years in the profession with leadership and board roles across multi-national insurance institutions. She leads the actuarial team at 10Life on research, product analytics and rating models. Her mission is to make insurance fair and transparent for consumers. |
| Actuarial Innovation Committee Vice Chairperson - ASHK Head of Hong Kong & Macau and Hong Kong Market Leader, Insurance Consulting and Technology - WTW
Sean Deehan is the Market Leader for Insurance Consulting and Technology in Hong Kong at WTW. He has over 25 years of life insurance and pensions experience, including 10 years in China and Hong Kong. He has a Global Executive MBA from INSEAD business school. Prior to joining WTW in 2021, Sean was the CEO of a UK-owned life insurer in Hong Kong. |
| Associate Director, Group-wide Supervision, Long Term Business - Insurance Authority
Wynnie joined the IA in 2017 in the Long Term Business Division and was promoted to Associate Director in 2021 following the successful launch of the IA’s new Group-wide Supervision Framework. Wynnie is now responsible for the prudential supervision of major insurance groups designated by the IA and the liaison with local and overseas agencies and professional bodies on group-wide supervision matters. |
| Co-chair AI & Big Data - Fintech Association of Hong Kong Director - Accenture Financial Services
Guillaume has 15 years of experience in financial services transformation (bank, insurance, consulting), several roles as Partner, lead in Data & Digital, Innovation front-runner in renowned financial institutions. |
| Senior Manager, Actuarial and Insurance Advisory Services - E&Y
Eric has extensive work experience in Hong Kong and the Greater China. He has provided consulting service to governments, (re)insurers and insurance brokers on a wide range of actuarial areas of P&C, including but not limited to risk-based capital, ERM, catastrophe risk, reserving, M&A, and IFRS 17. |
| Chief Marketing Officer - BOC Group Life Assurance
Chi Wai is a qualified Fellow actuary with more than 20 years of life insurance experience. He is the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of BOC Life, leading product development, marketing and digital innovation departments. He is a true believer in value of insurance for people's lives, and adopting user centric model to drive changes to the industry. |
| Group Head of Proposition & Protection - FWD Group
Joanna Chu is the Head of Proposition and Protection with over 25 years of experience in the insurance industry. She is responsible for developing custom-centric products and propositions that demonstrate FWD’s leadership to innovate and best protect customers across Asia. Prior to joining FWD, Joanna held various senior positions in multinational insurers in New York, Singapore and Hong Kong. |
| Head of Product Proposition and Management - AXA HK
Jonathan is currently responsible for driving new strategic initiatives and bringing differentiated value-adds to AXA’s customers. Despite being a qualified actuary, Jonathan has a very non-traditional career, having navigated through insurance, reinsurance, insurtech and crypto. |
| Partner - Deloitte
Louis is an insurance evangelist, a qualified actuary and a Partner in Deloitte’s Actuarial and Insurance Solution practice based in Hong Kong, where he leads the non-traditional insurance practice. He joined the firm in 2020 and has experience across Asia and Australia, for both General and Life & Health Insurance companies. |
| Chief Actuary - Prudential Hong Kong
Matthew has over 25 years of actuarial experience and built a track record across various markets including the UK, India, Indonesia, Vietnam and HK. While Matthew has created innovative product solutions, he has also got involved in other business areas such as assumption setting with limited data; shortcuts for capital monitoring; financial risks reinsurance; insurance securitisation, etc. |
| Consulting Actuary - Milliman
Catherine Lu joined Milliman Hong Kong in 2018. Her experience includes reserve review, RBC implementation support, M&A appraisal valuation, market studies and reinsurance structure review for different Asian markets. |
| Consulting Actuary - Milliman
Yean Kim Cheng has 9 years of non-life insurance experience in Asia. She has substantial experience in reserve review, M&A appraisal valuation and performance analysis, covering Hong Kong and the Southeast Asia markets. |
| Convenor - IAA Future Actuary Taskforce
Jill is an experienced actuary with over twenty years of insurance experience in senior management teams and technical actuarial roles working across Canada, The Bahamas and Singapore. She is currently Head of Internal Audit, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa and responsible for all actuarial audits for the reinsurance group in a rapidly changing environment. |
| Member - IAA Future Actuary Taskforce
Michael is an accomplished actuary who has pushed the boundaries of traditional actuarial roles, with extensive experience across global markets, focusing on customer-centricity and data innovation. |
| Senior Risk Advisor - SAS
Sting is an actuary who specialises in pricing and analytics for General Insurance, where he supports the modernisation of insurance operations for clients in the Asia Pacific region. Sting has a deep understanding of financial services industry. |
| Head of Life & Health Hong Kong - Gen Re Hong Kong
Simon is responsible for driving Gen Re’s life/health business in Hong Kong by providing reinsurance product solutions and strategic support for clients. He has over 18 years of product pricing and product development experience in particular within the health and protection space. |
| Director of Insurance, APAC - Clearwater Analytics
Tom specializes in helping global insurers and asset managers maximize the efficiency of their investment operations by solving challenges associated with data, integration, reporting, and accounting. He has been with Clearwater since 2011. |
| Head of Product Transformation - Munich Re Life and Health
Hilda is an experience actuary with reinsurance experience in pricing, valuations and business development spanning across the UK, Ireland Hong Kong and Taiwan. She is currently Head of Product Transformation, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa for Munich Re and is responsible for enhancing product propositions to better meet the evolving customer needs. |
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| Actuarial Innovation Committee Member - ASHK Head of Life Products - Hang Seng Insurance
Perkin is an insurance professional with over 20-year experience in multinational insurers, across product development, product marketing, risk and actuarial. He has strong interest in ageing, InsureTech and IoT. He is a member of Actuarial Innovation Committee since 2019 and was the co-chair of Ageing Society Taskforce at the Share Value Initiative Hong Kong in 2019-21. He is trained as an actuary with experiences in Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam.
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Guillaume Huet, Co-chair AI & Big Data - Fintech Association of Hong Kong; Director - Accenture Financial Services
Eric Ho, Senior Manager, Actuarial and Insurance Advisory Services - E&Y
Catherine Lu, Consulting Actuary - Milliman
Yean Kim Cheng, Consulting Actuary - Milliman
Jill Hoffman, Convenor - IAA Future Actuary Taskforce
Michael Storozhev, Member- IAA Future Actuary Taskforce
Sting Fan, Senior Risk Advisor - SAS
Simon Pang, Head of Life & Health Hong Kong - Gen Re Hong Kong
Tom Marlatt, Director of Insurance, APAC - Clearwater Analytics
Hilda Mansukhani, Head of Product Transformation - Munich Re Life and Health