Many professions seem to revel in the introduction of new technology to their professions. They realise that every time a tool is enhanced, it enables them to be better at their jobs – whether it be in the operating theatre, on a construction site or in a tech sandbox.
Actuarial Transformation
Actuary training fails to prepare students for practical life office work in a crucial way: there is a glaring neglect of IT training.
The necessity of strong actuarial leadership to the success of transformation projects is well established. Once the leaders are on board, what can they do to get buy-in from their teams?
History has shown us that the key objectives of corporate transformation projects are very often not met (a fact to which many studies attest), but are there factors present in actuarial teams specifically that can make or break actuarial transformation projects?
Andries Beukes explores the reasons why transformation projects often fail in actuarial teams – and what we can do to give them the best chance of succeeding.
The insurance industry has developed organically over centuries, its growth fuelled by meeting societal needs, but accelerated by historically unscrupulous sales practices.
Regulators recognise the risk posed by unmanaged end user computing (EUC) applications, such as spreadsheets. We discuss the challenges raised by complying with regulations such as VAIT, and how these can be resolved in collaboration with our EUC software partner, Apparity.








