Marvelous Model Risk Management

Model Risk Management continues to be an evolving area for insurers to be considering. This has grown from both internal and external forces and may require a different format to previous model risk frameworks held by insurers. Furthermore, there are a number of trends emerging that we believe will drive an increased focus on insurer’s model risk management frameworks such as technology automation, ever increasing data sources, and the use of predictive models. Risk management and the development of models is an area where insurance companies have performed well in the past. It is expected that frameworks currently exist within companies; the governance, documentation, validation and control of model risk are likely to be well established practices. The challenge that insurers must consider is how well these have been adopted throughout the company for all models used to make business decisions and if the same level of rigor has consistently been applied. Regulation in a high-velocity actuarial environment will to be a challenge that actuaries must spearhead and must be proactive in guiding rulemaking to ensure continued innovation while putting data security and risk management first.

Emily Marie Cassidy FSA,MAAA (Moderator)

Director; KPMG LLP

Emily is a director in KPMG's actuarial practice with over 14 years of experience in the financial services industry. I specialize in GAAP and Statutory financial reporting, accounting change, model validation, and actuarial transformation projects. I am also involved with developing our solutions around LDTI, actuarial data, and assumptions management.

William Cole Abram ASA,MAAA

Director, Quantitative Risk Management; USAA

Will is a Director, Quantitative Risk Management in Enterprise Model Risk Management at USAA. In this role, he leads a team responsible for validating all models used in the Life Company and Investment Services Company. Previously, he served as a modeling actuary in the Life Company, and was responsible for developing and maintaining AXIS models for Assets, Deferred Annuities, and Immediate Annuities, as well as a Catastrophic Mortality model. Prior to joining USAA, will worked in variable annuity valuation at Great-West Financial, and was a mathematics professor at Hillsdale College for several years. Will is an ASA and MAAA. He has a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Mathematics from the University of Michigan and a B.Sc./B.A. in Mathematics and Economics from the University of Chicago.

Mandy Hoi Man Lee FSA,MAAA

KPMG LLP

Sebastian Peter Polczynski ASA,MAAA

Director, Actuary; Prudential Financial

Sebastian is a Director, Actuary within the Model Risk Management Group (MRMG) in Enterprise Risk Management at Prudential. In his current role he leads model review teams to execute review activities for model validation/certification. Within the group Sebastian also plays a key role in attracting, managing and developing talent. Prior to joining Prudential, Sebastian worked at Sun Life Financial in Ontario Canada for 7 years where he mainly worked in CALM valuation and variable annuity pricing. Sebastian is an ASA and MAAA. He has a B.A. in Actuarial Sciences from the University of Western Ontario.

Songchen Zhang FSA,MAAA

Associate Actuary; Prudential Financial

Darren Zhang has 5+ years experience in Model Risk Management, with model validation experience across Actuarial, Finance, Investment and Risk Management.

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09/02/2020 at 11:45 AM (EDT)  |  Recorded On: 09/10/2020
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