Actuaries Institute Podcast

Actuaries Institute Podcast

This podcast series examines current and emerging issues facing the actuarial profession and challenges to businesses. You can earn two CPD points for each podcast you listen to. DISCLAIMER The views and opinions expressed in Actuaries Institute Australia podcasts are those of the speakers or authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of their employers or the Actuaries Institute Australia, it’s members, directors, officers, employees or agents.

Episodes

March 20, 2025 21 mins
Could superannuation help solve our healthcare funding crisis?

In our latest instalment of Investment Ideas, hosts Douglas Isles and Jan Swinhoe speak with Dr Raymond Yeow, a unique voice in healthcare who combines perspectives as both a GP and an actuary.
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"We're witnessing a historic democratisation of data and AI capability," says Zilinka Jiang, Executive, Data Science at Quantium.

In Digitisation, Zilinka sits down with hosts Jan Swinhoe and Douglas Isles to discuss the transformative potential of AI, practical applications, and how AI can enhance investmentmanagement.
 
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March 6, 2025 21 mins
How can retirees confidently spend their super without fear of running out?

In our latest instalment of Investment Ideas, hosts Jan Swinhoe and Douglas Isles explore the challenges of the decumulation phase with Giacomo Tarantolo from Unisuper and Estelle Liu from AMP, specialists in retirement solutions.
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February 27, 2025 28 mins
Are we ready for a world with fewer babies and longer lives?

In the latest instalment of Investment Ideas, Jan Swinhoe and Douglas Isles sit down with Dr David Knox AM and Associate Professor Katja Hanewald to explore the economic and investment implications of global demographic shifts.
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February 20, 2025 19 mins
How do complex views on decarbonisation create investment opportunities?

In the third episode of Investment Ideas, Nicolette Rubenstein AM, incoming Chair of Greenpeace and financial services non-executive director, speaks with Jan Swinhoe about Australia’s energy transition and how diverse views on decarbonisation create opportunities for investors.
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February 13, 2025 20 mins
As nations continue to respond to crises by taking on more debt, are we kicking the can down the road on global debt sustainability?

In the second episode of Investment Ideas, Debt, Douglas Isles sits down with Simon Warner, Head of Portfolio Management at Aware Super, to explore how investors should think about debt sustainability and the factors that influence debt markets.
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February 6, 2025 19 mins
The debut episode of “Investment Ideas” dives straight into one of the most significant forces reshaping global markets: deglobalisation.

Co-hosts Jan Swinhoe and Douglas Isles speak with Belinda Cheung, Director in the Economics and Capital Markets team at Future Fund, and Annette King, non-executive director, former CEO, and former President of the Actuaries Institute, to explore how geopolitical shifts are transforming investment...
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In the latest episode of ConverseAI, host Tong Zhang speaks with Estelle Liu about how data science can help address key challenges in superannuation, including large-scale projections, understanding customer lifetime value and predicting member behaviour.   
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In our latest episode of ConverseAI, host Aidan Sussman chats with actuaries Ean Chan and Minh Phan, and data scientist William Zheng on the large language model (LLM) applications they use to assist, from text summarisation to assisting classification for pricing and cost models.  

They also discuss the recent developments within the LLM industry and the benefits of using retrieval augmented generation (RAGs) versus fine-tuning to ...
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December 7, 2023 26 mins

In our latest episode of ConverseAI, host Meg Yang chats with industry experts Jacky Poon, Jon Shen, and Andres Villegas Ramirez on the integration of generative AI within the actuarial profession.

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Actuaries Institute Fellow Meg Yang brings together Victor Bajanov, Jacky Poon and Sam Zheng to discuss the potent capabilities of AI in driving businesses' efficiency and growth.

In this podcast, they discuss:
  • the efficiency and growth ChatGPT and LLMs can offer;
  • how industry leaders can leverage AI for better customer service and decision support;
  • the challenges of data security and workforce adaptation;
  • how to balance AI tools wi...
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November 27, 2023 12 mins
In our latest podcast, Superannuation and Investment Practices Committee (SIPC) members Christine Li and Hendrie Koster delve into the pressing issue of greenwashing within the superannuation and investment industry and what it means for superannuation and investment firms and consumers.

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November 23, 2023 31 mins
Explore the intersection of generative AI and education with Kriti Khullar in a new Actuaries Institute podcast. Joined by Amanda Aitken, Andres Villegas, and Jon Shen, this episode explores how AI tools like ChatGPT are impacting learning and the actuarial profession.

Listen now to find out how AI is affecting the world of actuarial education now.

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November 21, 2023 31 mins
In the rapidly advancing world of artificial intelligence, the conversation around ethics has never been more critical. In this podcast, Kriti Khullar, an Associate of the Actuaries Institute and lead at IAG, discusses this digital conundrum with Victor Bajanov of Quantium and Tiberio Caetano from the Gradient Institute.

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One year on from our publication, Home Insurance Affordability and Socioeconomic Equity in a Changing Climate, home insurance affordability remains a significant concern.

To highlight and address this issue, the Institute has published new research, Home Insurance Affordability Update and Funding for Flood Costs: Affordability, Availability and Public Policy Options.

The second report, Funding for Flood Costs: Affordability, Availa...
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August 13, 2023 11 mins
One year on from our publication, Home Insurance Affordability and Socioeconomic Equity in a Changing Climate, home insurance affordability remains a significant concern.

To highlight and address this issue, the Institute has published new research, Home Insurance Affordability Update and Funding for Flood Costs: Affordability, Availability and Public Policy Options. Home Insurance Affordability Update examines home insurance affor...
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April 30, 2023 24 mins
The deep economic divide between Australia’s rich and poor is in danger of worsening unless wide-ranging government policy reform is undertaken, a new Green Paper released by the Actuaries Institute warns. In the latest episode of the Actuaries Institute podcast, Vanessa Beender discusses some of the Paper’s findings with one of the authors, actuary Dr Hugh Miller, including:
  • the meaning of inequality;
  • the relationship between in...
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In our latest podcast, Risk Management Practice Committee (RMPC) members Jason Yu and Srikar Velivela come together to review RMPC’s achievements and accomplishments during 2022.

RMPC consists of experienced actuaries with expertise in various areas of risk management including insurance, banking and finance. The committee works together to develop guidance and resources that help actuaries effectively manage risks in their respecti...
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As data science and artificial intelligence continue to break new grounds, the need for data scientists continues to grow stronger and stronger by the minute. But what does a career in data science look? And more important, how do you get there?

In this episode, Tong Zhang speaks with Kelly Chu President of the UNSW Actuarial Society and Rohan Dixit, Data Science Executive, Quantium to discuss their careers in data science across th...
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November 3, 2022 42 mins
With its roots in a ride hailing up, Grab Insure Business is not an insurance company. It’s not a bank a consultancy firm but rather something completely different.

Grab Insure Business is part of a NASDAC listed, unified conglomerate multinational company based in Singapore. Being the first decacorn in Southeast Asia, it has a simple mission of providing financial empowerment and creating economic opportunities by bringing users in...
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