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Life as an Actuary
Matthew Mikola
14/3/2012
Life as an Actuary 14.03.12
Agenda
• What is an Actuary?
• Areas Actuaries work in
• The Exams!
• My Roles at Aviva
– Protection Pricing
– With Profits Reporting
– Solvency II Project
• Opportunities at Aviva
• Q & A
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Life as an Actuary 14.03.12
What is an Actuary?
• Future uncertainty or risk
• Business and Statistical knowledge
• Models to value the financial impact
Problems they help solve:
• Risk management
• Investment Strategy
• Business Problems
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Areas Actuaries work in
• Insurance - Life
- General
• Pensions
• Consultancy
• Investment
• Government
• Contractor
• Any area with uncertainty and risk
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The Exams!
9 Core Technical:
• Cashflows
• Accountancy
• 2 * Statistics
• Mortality
• Life Assurance
• Economics
• Options and Derivative pricing (Black Scholes)
• Business Awareness
3 Core Application - general, modelling, communication
3 Specialist
My Roles at Aviva
Protection Pricing
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My Roles at AvivaProtection Pricing
• Protection = financial security to dependents upon death or illness
• Pricing = calculate the premium to charge the policyholder
• Balance:
o Profit
o Competitiveness
• Products:
o Term Assurance => loan/mortgage cover
o Whole of life => inheritance/funeral expenses
o Critical Illness => pay medical expenses/loans
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Protection Pricing - Day to Day
Factors:
• Age
• Sex
• Smoker status Each combination known
• Marriage status as a "Cell"
• Term
• Benefit amount
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Protection Pricing - Day to Day
1. Profit Testing
• Sample subset tested
• Reflect actual number of policies sold by scaling
• Set premiums for each "Cell"
• Choose model assumptions
• Analyse expected profit
• Sensitivity test
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Protection Pricing - Day to Day
2. Competitor Matching
• Find out premiums charged by other companies
• See where we rank
• How much premiums differ by
• If we beat their premium, how it affects profitability
My Roles at Aviva
With Profits Reporting
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Life as an Actuary 14.03.12
My Roles at AvivaWith Profits Reporting
With Profits =
• Savings product where the benefits equal:
o guaranteed minimum amount
o increased by discretionary bonuses
Reporting =
• Actual profit to shareholders and market
• Reserves to regulator
Reserves = money held to meet benefits
indication of financial security
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With Profits Reporting - Day to Day
Reporting Period
• Update the assumptions
• Obtain results
• Analysis
• Prepare reports
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With Profits Reporting - Day to Day
Other Times
• Improve the model
• Add new products
• Improve processes
My Roles at Aviva
Solvency II Project
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Life as an Actuary 14.03.12
My Roles at AvivaSolvency II Project
New regulatory framework for:
• Measuring risk taken on
• Measuring financial security
• Enough capital to support the business
Benefits of Solvency II:
• Boost consumer protection and confidence
• Reward good risk management
• Improve transparency of information
Impacts many areas of the business
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Solvency II Project - Day to Day
Initially
• Analyse impact to existing models/processes
• Writing development papers
Development & Testing of New Asset Model
• More accurately calculate the value of our assets
• Asses impact due to market stress tests
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Opportunities at Aviva
Summer Internship
• Penultimate year students
• 2 months – paid
• Send CV to: richard.kingston@aviva.co.uk
Graduate Roles• www.aviva.co.uk/graduates
Summary
• What is an Actuary?
• Areas Actuaries work in
• The Exams!
• My Roles at Aviva
– Protection Pricing
– With Profits Reporting
– Solvency II Project
• Opportunities at Aviva
• Q & A
Life as an Actuary 14.03.12
© Aviva plc 2012
Any Questions?
matthew.p.mikola@aviva.co.uk
Life as an Actuary 14.03.12