Actuarial Society of South Africa The ASSA 2018 Wider Fields CPD Event

The ASSA 2018 Wider Fields CPD Event

The Continuing Professional Development (CPD) seminar held in Sandton at the Michelangelo Hotel on the 12th of September 2018 consisted of meaningful and informative presentations and discussions around Big Data and Advanced Analytics. The speaker line-up included a wide range of organisations such as the MTN Rhino Project, Naked Insure, First National Bank, Data Prophet and Analytix Engine
English South Africa Business · Investing
8 Episodes

Welcome & Context

Ashleigh Theophanides Ashleigh leads the Actuarial & Analytical Solutions practice for Deloitte Southern Africa. She specialises in using actuarial and advanced analytics to support organisations in order to make both strategic and operational decisions. She also assists clients to link and execute operational initiatives in line with their strategic vision…
Season 1 / Episode 1 3 min

Live Presentation: Review of Advanced Analytics Programs

Ashleigh Theophanides - Deloitte Africa Ashleigh leads the Actuarial & Analytical Solutions practice for Deloitte Southern Africa. She specialises in using actuarial and advanced analytics to support organisations in order to make both strategic and operational decisions. She also assists clients to link and execute operational initiatives in line with…
Season 1 / Episode 2 20 min

Live Presentation: Naked Tech

Sumarie Greybe & Ernest North - Co-Founders of Naked Insure Sumarié has built a career as one of the leading short-term insurance actuaries in South Africa. She headed short-term insurance consulting at her own firm, Quindiem Consulting, for over 15 years. In 2011, Quindiem was acquired by EY and Sumarie…
Season 1 / Episode 3 44 min

Video Presentation: Machine Learning in a Manufacturing context

Frans is the Managing Director and Co-founder of DataProphet, a Cape Town based company, specialising in the development of machine learning solutions for manufacturing. Since founding DataProphet in 2014, Frans has been involved in a wide range of machine learning projects spanning emotion recognition with computer vision to eDiscovery with…
Season 1 / Episode 4 22 min

Live Presentation: Banking Analytics

Pravin Burra & FC de Vos Pravin Burra - Head: Customer Insights & Analytics, Personal & Business Banking at Standard Bank Group An actuary by training I have a passion for the efficient use of models to add value and manage risk. I am a strict advocate of good model…
Season 1 / Episode 5 37 min

Live Presentation: Survey Results

Lukas Ehlers - AIS Manager with Deloitte Lukas is a Senior Manager in the Short-Term Insurance practice of Deloitte Actuarial & Insurance Solutions. He joined at the start of 2017 having previously fulfilled the role of Head of Pricing at a Short-Term insurer. In addition to Short-Term Insurance pricing he…
Season 1 / Episode 6 26 min