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Society of Actuaries
Artificial Intelligence
Society Of Actuaries
Actuarial Science
Underwriting
Climate Risk
Global Actuarial Profession
Fairness In AI
Privacy
Actuarial Modeling
Behavioral Science
Medical Claims Data
Actuarial Profession
Large Language Models
Generative AI
Machine Learning
Nice Technologies
Digitalowl
Life Insurance
Electronic Health Records
Insurance

AI Insights - delving into the fascinating world of artificial intelligence and its impact on the actuarial profession. InsurTech Insights - sharing knowledge on evolving technology and InsurTech.

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AI Efficiency to AI Trust

Artificial intelligence offers organizations tremendous opportunities for speed and scale—but how can they ensure trust, judgment and accountability keep pace?

In this episode of the Get Plugged In Podcast, Dale Hall, Ma... more

In this episode of Get Plugged In, Dale Hall, Managing Director of Research at the Society of Actuaries Research Institute, welcomes Shea Parkes, Actuary and FSA, and one of the authors of the Society of Actuaries Research Institute report, AI-Based ... more

In this episode of the Get Plugged In podcast, Dale Hall, Managing Director of Research at the Society of Actuaries Research Institute, explores the intersection of behavioral science and artificial intelligence in insurance. Dale is joined by Peter ... more

In this episode of Get Plugged In, Dale Hall, Managing Director of Research at the Society of Actuaries Research Institute, speaks with Professor Runhuan Feng, PhD, FSA, CERA, about actuarial education, global risk management, and the fast-evolving r... more

In this episode of the Get Plugged In Podcast, Dale Hall, Managing Director of Research at the Society of Actuaries Research Institute, speaks with Carlos Arocha, FSA, Managing Partner at Arocha & Associates GmbH in Zurich, Switzerland, about the gro... more

In this episode of the Get Plugged In Podcast, Dale Hall, Managing Director of Research at the Society of Actuaries Research Institute, speaks with Whitney Barnes, Director of Sales, Insurance at DigitalOwl, about how artificial intelligence is being... more

In this episode of the Society of Actuaries Research Institute's Get Plugged In podcast series, AI Insights, host Dale Hall sits down with Igor Nikitin, CEO and Co-Founder of Nice Technologies, for a practical conversation on what AI can (and can't) ... more

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Shea Parkes
Fellow of the Society of Actuaries at Milliman
Milliman
Episode: AI-Based Synthetic Medical Claims Data Generation
Peter Hovard
Vice President, Chief Behavioral Scientist
Reinsurance Group of America (RGA)
Episode: Rethinking Insurance with Behavioral Science and Artificial Intelligence
Rosmery Cruz
Executive Director, Behavioral Data Science
Reinsurance Group of America (RGA)
Episode: Rethinking Insurance with Behavioral Science and Artificial Intelligence
Runhuan Feng
Professor, actuary, FSA, CERA
Tsinghua University
Episode: An Interview with Professor Feng
Carlos Arocha
Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and managing partner at Arocha & Associates
Arocha & Associates; Society of Actuaries
Episode: AI and Climate Risk
Whitney Barnes
Director of Sales for Insurance at DigitalOwl
DigitalOwl
Episode: AI Solutions for Life Underwriting
Igor Nikitin
CEO and co-founder of Nice Technologies
Nice Technologies
Episode: Practical AI for Actuarial Modeling
Ronald Poon Affat
Independent board director affiliated with the SOA Research Institute project on AI governance
SOA Research Institute
Episode: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and AI
Joe Alaimo
Member of the SOA Research Institute, author of the survey summary
SOA Research Institute
Episode: SOA Member AI Survey - Summer 2025

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Dale Hall
Host of Get Plugged In; Managing Director of Research, SOA Research Institute

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AI-Based Synthetic Medical Claims Data Generation
Q: So what makes synthetic medical claims data such a promising solution for us actuaries in the profession and even health care researchers?
It enables more realistic training and research scenarios while preserving privacy, allowing population health insights and education without exposing real patient data.
Bridging the Gap Between Traditional Models and Machine Learning in Actuarial Science
Q: What are the most significant advantages of machine learning over traditional methods, and where might there be limitations for actuarial work?
ML provides rigorous quantification of predictive accuracy and can handle many variables to build highly predictive models quickly; however, it can be opaque and harder to explain, which requires new governance and risk management approaches to balance performance with trust and regulatory considerations.
Bridging the Gap Between Traditional Models and Machine Learning in Actuarial Science
Q: How would you characterize the core differences between traditional actuarial modeling and machine learning modeling?
Both seek to predict outcomes, but ML emphasizes leveraging large datasets and predictive performance, often at the expense of explainability, while traditional actuarial methods emphasize interpretability and understanding how each coefficient or factor influences the result.
Practical AI for Actuarial Modeling
Q: What governance or risk considerations should organizations prioritize when adopting AI?
Prioritize data privacy, establish clear guidelines and ownership, ensure you can cite sources, avoid overreliance on AI outputs, and run limited pilots before full-scale deployment while accounting for higher costs at scale.
Practical AI for Actuarial Modeling
Q: What are the most valuable concrete use cases right now?
AI acting as a second reviewer during data intake and review, and AI assisting model developers with explanations, formulas, and testing; it also helps generate engaging visuals for documentation.

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