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28 TH NOVEMBER 2014 NAIROBI SAFARI CLUB EZEKIEL MACHARIA
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AGENDA 1. Specialization Areas 2. Role of an Actuary 3. Focus on Kenya and East Africa 4. Role of TASK 5. Using New Technology 2
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SPECIALIZATION AREAS Health Life Pension Property & Casualty Risk Management Investment 3
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ROLE OF AN ACTUARY Technical Provisions Pricing, Rating & Product Development Sensitivity & Stress Testing Data Quality Advise on Investment & Reinsurance Report on Solvency Risk Management ……..more 4
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FOCUS ON KENYA AND EAST AFRICA Insurance Penetration of 3.5% (huge opportunity) Technology – Mobile Money & Cloud Computing (easy access) Consolidation of East Africa Federation – 120m lives need actuaries Frontier Markets have the highest growth – Kenya recorded 2 nd highest growth in Insurance in 2014 Untapped Areas – Banking & Risk Management 5
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ROLE OF TASK Professional body for actuarial professions in Kenya Increased activity in 2015 and beyond New look and feel Supporting the student body Focus on technical support 6
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USING NEW TECHNOLOGY Access to the latest technology at your fingertips Cognitive Computers – IBM Watson Microsoft Office vs Google/Oracle/Apps Rise of Freelance Opportunities – connected world Free Statistical/Actuarial tools – R, STATA, etc 7
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QUESTIONS ? 8
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