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| 3:00pm - 6:00pm | Registration desk open Rydges Hotel |
| 5:30pm - 6:30pm | Welcome drinks reception REDS Bar, Rydges Hotel |
| 7:30am - 5:00pm | Registration desk open | |||
| Conference opening |
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| Ian Taylor Session kindly sponsored by Deloitte |
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| 10:00am | Morning tea Kindly sponsored by Hannover Re |
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| Concurrent session one | ||||
| Catastrophe Risk Appetite Christian Barrington FULL PAPER POWERPOINT |
A review of the regulatory landscape and some thoughts on where it is all headed David Chamberlain POWERPOINT |
Jamie Reid & Xiaozhou Zhong POWERPOINT |
What happened to John and Jane – New Zealanders' lives after benefit Jacky Sung FULL PAPER POWERPOINT |
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| Concurrent session two | ||||
| The Shakedown: The Role of Government in Natural Disaster Insurance Hannah Gasparini & Emma Vitz FULL PAPER POWERPOINT Highlanders in need of High Land – Rising Sea Levels and its Impact on South Dunedin Amy Dongxue You & John Park POWERPOINT |
The Emperor's New Clothes? Laying Data Science Bare Lourens Fourie & Mariette Thulliez POWERPOINT Future Employability of the Actuarial Profession Zhao (Milan) Li POWERPOINT |
Mortality and Morbidity - fate or free will? Shami Shearer & Lee-Ann DuToit POWERPOINT Liquid Biopsy Andres Webersinke Diabetic risk Chessman Wekwete |
Recent trends and developments Robert Cole FULL PAPER POWERPOINT A Very Brief History of the General Insurance Market in New Zealand Sam Primrose POWERPOINT |
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| Lunch Kindly sponsored by Hannover Re |
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| Concurrent session three | ||||
| Deep dive into IFRS 17 for life insurance actuaries NZSA IFRS 17 working group POWERPOINT |
Remarkably prudent or fit for the future? A critique of resilience capital factors for non-life insurers Daniel Mussett POWERPOINT |
Genetic Testing Chessman Wekewete & Andres Webersinke POWERPOINT |
The Stories of New Zealand's Children - How Social Sector Actuaries are helping describe our children Craig Davis, Scott Lewis & Jonathan Valois FULL PAPER POWERPOINT |
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| The future of CPD Peter Withey President, Actuarial Society of South Africa The future of CPD in New Zealand NZSA CPD Task Force |
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| Afternoon tea Kindly sponsored by Hannover Re |
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| 4:00pm | Scott Pickering Chief Executive, ACC |
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| 5:00pm | Jet boat ride | |||
| 6:00pm | Taste of Queenstown Kindly sponsored by Gen Re Dress code: Smart casual |
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| 8:00am - 2:00pm | Registration desk open | |||
| Jarrod Kerr Chief Economist, Kiwibank |
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| Concurrent session four | ||||
| Global developments in IFRS 17 and the role of the actuary NZSA IFRS 17 working group POWERPOINT |
Actuaries in Banking Peter Withey |
The rise and fall of the appointed actuary Chris Logan POWERPOINT |
Artificial Intelligence - Your New Appointed Actuary? Jonnie Cain |
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| Morning tea Kindly sponsored by Hannover Re |
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| 11:00am | Concurrent session five | |||
| Raising awareness of the economics of climate change, how are we tracking? June Kuan & Phyllis Fung POWERPOINT |
Alternative Capital Kevin Gomes |
Life Insurance - a possible future Catherine Edgar & Charles Hett POWERPOINT |
An actuarial approach to modelling vehicle injuries and fatalities Jeremy Holmes & Aaron Park FULL PAPER |
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| 12:00pm | Lance Burdett |
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| 1:00pm | Tours |
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| 7:00pm | Gala Dinner Skyline Dress code: Cocktail |
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| Registration desk open | ||||
| New Zealand Society of Actuaries AGM (members only) |
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| Climate change and changing risk Prof James Renwick |
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| 10:00am | Morning tea Kindly sponsored by Hannover Re |
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| Concurrent session six | ||||
| NZSA Catastrophe Charge Working Group - How do you quantify a 1 in 1000 catastrophe event? Mat Jensen, Christian Barrington, Craig Lough & Margaret Cantrell POWERPOINT |
Using the ADI tables in New Zealand James Louw & Aloysius Lim |
Recent developments in social sector actuarial practice Jeffrey Azzato & Dan Stoner POWERPOINT |
The Frog in the Water - the future of the actuarial profession? Lesley Traverso & Jules Gribble POWERPOINT |
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| Malcolm Law Session kindly sponsored by Finity Consulting |
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| Close of the NZSA Conference 2018 | ||||
Anna Mills
Event Manager