Buying and Selling for Actuaries
Insurtech is booming, yet actuaries haven’t participated as actively as other disciplines. However, your specialized skills uniquely position you to venture into entrepreneurial paths beyond traditional routes like consulting. This session is designed to quell your crippling risk aversion and ignite your entrepreneurial spirit, drawing on invaluable lessons from Akur8’s journey. We’ll explore strategic insights and practical advice on product design, marketing, and especially sales—tailored specifically for the P&C actuarial community. Join us to learn how you can leverage your expertise to advance the field, deliver essential value to your customers, and achieve breakthrough success through calculated risk-taking.
➡️ Identify and apply actionable entrepreneurial strategies for developing innovative insurtech products.
➡️ Design integrated product, marketing, and sales plans tailored to the unique needs of the P&C actuarial community.
➡️ Implement risk-managed approaches that leverage actuarial expertise to drive successful market penetration.
Learn more about the speakers
Thomas Holmes
Tom Holmes es Chief Actuarial Officer de Akur8 y coautor de la **Monografía 13 de la CAS: Penalized Regression and Lasso Credibility**. Cuenta con experiencia en la modelización de seguros personales y comerciales y colabora como voluntario con la CAS en temas relacionados con la modelización predictiva. Participa habitualmente como ponente en eventos de la CAS y webinars de Akur8, y trabaja con profesionales del sector para compartir metodologías y buenas prácticas en modelización actuarial. Tom es Fellow de la CAS y tiene títulos en música por la University of Michigan y Ohio University.
Max Martinelli
Max Martinelli is a Managing Director in the Insurance and Actuarial Advisory Services practice of EY, where he focuses on P&C pricing, actuarial data science, applied AI and external rating. He has over a decade of experience in actuarial and data science roles, primarily in predictive modeling for personal and commercial lines, and a background in machine learning and computational mathematics. A dedicated collaborator with the Casualty Actuarial Society, he co-designed and led the CAS AI Fast Track bootcamp and co-hosts Almost Nowhere, the CAS Institute podcast exploring AI and data science in insurance.
Jeffrey Durham
Jeffrey Durham is a seasoned leader in the property and casualty (P&C) insurance industry, recognized for his expertise in pricing strategy, advanced analytics, and insurance technology. As a Senior Manager in EY's P&C Advisory Practice, he works to bridge actuarial excellence, operational efficiency, and technology solutions, to enable insurers to achieve their strategic goals while adapting to evolving market dynamics. His thought leadership and practical experience make him a trusted advisor and a compelling voice in discussions on the future of insurance.
