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Training for development and deployment
Francis Analytics and Actuarial Data Mining
The following presentation outlines a introductory training course for actuaries, and quantitative analysts to learn basic approaches and tools to create predictive model solutions in Property & Casualty Insurance www.data-mines.com

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Predictive Modeling is an important new development for modifying traditional actuarial approaches to risk in P&C insurance
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Actuaries and Quantitative Analysts can help advance their company’s competitive position with a greater understanding of analytical methods and tools
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Learning opportunities in advanced actuarial modeling area not widely available.
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A two day hands-on workshop
Delivered by experienced practitioners
Includes case study learning approach
Includes instructions in using software and the latest statistical methods being deployed by industry leaders.
Custom course can be designed to fit specific needs
Participants will be able to conduct a Predictive Modeling project in their organizations and present the business case to non-technical management
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Session
Introduction to P&C Actuarial Data
Introduction to Predictive Modeling Methods
Walk-through model development phases
Focus: Data Preparation Techniques
Focus: Mathematical Methods
Focus: Statistical Software
Hands-on Case Study workshop
Validation Methods
Industry Leading Innovation
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Description
Introduction and review of actuarial data for property & casualty insurance including basic operational view
Survey of Predictive Modeling approaches and current state of the art in P&C insurance
Walk-through of the project process for delivering successful predictive modeling capabilities
Focus teaching on data discovery and preparation steps used in the model development process
Focused teaching of the key statistical algorithms used in Predictive Modeling
Focused teaching and hands on tutoring of an statistical modeling package software
Live end-to-end walk through of a predictive modeling project
Teaching and illustration of model validation approaches to present to management
Discussion of industry leading innovation in development and deployment of Predictive Models
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Actual P&C example
Sample Actuarial Dataset provided
Explore challenges throughout the exploration/model/deployment life-cycle
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Practitioners can design a custom case study with a specific modeling need or data-set provided by the company sponsor or organization.
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Generalized Linear Modeling including Logistic
Regression
Neural Network
Classification and Regression Trees
Benchmarking with Naive Bayes
Tree ensemble method
Random Forest
Support Vector Machines
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Excel
Access
Free Software
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R
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Web based software
S-Plus (similar to commercial version of R)
SPSS
CART/MARS
Data Mining suites
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Participants will download, install, tour and model in R, a freeware modeling tool
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Working knowledge of the major statistical methods used for Predictive Modeling
Practical knowledge of advanced data mining techniques ready to be applied
General knowledge of Property & Casualty insurance data and related operations
General knowledge of Predictive Modeling project life-cycle management
Working knowledge of modeling software packages and review of leading software solutions and proprietary methods
The ability to manage the validation of models and present the validation results to laymen
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Session Schedule
Course materials and Data Set
Software
Class Size
Customized Content
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2 days
Overnight Homework as assigned
Berry, M. and Linoff, G. Data Mining Techniques
2nd Edition , Wiley, supplied to all students
California Department of Insurance public
(CAARP) data on private passenger auto will be supplied to all participants as a download
‘R’ statistical programming language, including download and install instructions
Limit of 25 participants
Arranged by agreement
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Course Fee
Course Materials
Follow-up Consultation
On-site/Group/Company Sponsored
TBD
Included
Included
Priced by custom proposal *
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* Pricing for customized workshop content and delivery by agreement
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Workshop Presenters Francis Analytics
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Louise Francis, FCAS, MAAA
Louise Francis is the Consulting Principal and founder of Francis Analytics and Actuarial Data Mining, Inc. where she leads data mining and related actuarial projects and engagements. Ms. Francis has introduced insurance professionals to data mining methods both as a speaker at conferences and as an author of papers and articles on data mining topics. Three of her papers were awarded the Data Quality/Data Technology prize by the CAS
(Casualty Actuarial Society) and IDMA (Insurance Data Management Association).
As an insurance professional, Ms. Francis has expertise in a variety of techniques for pricing and reserving insurance products, both on a traditional and leading edge basis. She also has experience planning and evaluating programs for claims loss cost reduction. Ms. Francis pioneered the application of data mining technologies such as neural networks and decision trees to insurance data to identify patterns useful for mitigating claims costs and making underwriting decisions. Ms. Francis introduced procedures for benchmarking individual customer's data to industry targets to assess the performance of third party claims administrators and to assist clients with cost reduction efforts.
Ms. Francis has over 20 years of experience in the actuarial profession. Prior to starting her own firm, she was
Director and Associate Actuary for CIGNA Property and Casualty where she provided actuarial expertise to the
Claims Division and ESIS, CIGNA's third party claims administrator. She was responsible for evaluating the overall performance of the Claims Division and measuring the effectiveness of specific Claims Division initiatives to reduce claims costs. Ms. Francis has also worked as a consultant with Towers Perrin and Sedgwick James.
Ms Francis is chair of the Casualty Actuarial Society's (CAS) Committee on the Theory of Risk, a committee charged with the sponsorship and dissemination of research efforts on risk measurement and analysis. She participates on an American Academy of Actuaries committee which develops standards of actuarial practice for the actuarial profession.
Ms. Francis received her Bachelor of Arts degree from William Smith College and a Master of Science degree in
Health Sciences from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial
Society and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries.
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RICHARD A. DERRIG, PH.D.
Dr. Derrig is President of OPAL Consulting LLC, established in February, 2004 to provide research and regulatory support to the property-casualty insurance industry.
Prior to forming OPAL, Dr. Derrig held various positions at the Automobile Insurers Bureau of Massachusetts and at the
Insurance Fraud Bureau of Massachusetts over a twenty seven year period, retiring in January, 2004 as Senior Vice
President at AIB and Vice President of Research at IFB. During the spring semesters of 1994 and 2002, he was a
Visiting Lecturer and Research Fellow in the Department of Risk Management and Insurance at the Wharton School,
University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Derrig has been appointed a visiting scholar at Wharton for 2004 and 2005.
Prior to joining the Bureaus, he taught graduate and undergraduate mathematics at Villanova University, Wheaton
College (MA) and Brown for a total of thirteen years. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from St.
Peter's College as well as Master's and Doctoral degrees from Brown University.
Dr. Derrig is the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions for his contribution to mathematics and actuarial sciences. He the author or co-author of numerous articles, review and contributions in the field.
He has lectured extensively on insurance topics to professional actuarial groups; the Casualty Actuarial Society, ASTIN, trade associations, and law enforcement personnel; and to seminars at the Universities of Barcelona, Hamburg,
Montreal, Tel Aviv, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Texas, Minnesota, Wisconsin and others in the U.S. He was a director of the
American Risk and Insurance Association (19921995) and a recipient of the President’s Award (1997). He is an academic correspondent of the CAS and a member of the Mathematical Association of America, American Statistical
Association, and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. He serves on the Insurance Fraud and Auto Injury Study
Committees of the Insurance Research Council and the CPCU Advisory Committee of the American Institutes. Since
1991, he has compiled an annotated bibliography of worldwide insurance fraud research that is made available at www.derrig.com/ifrr/ifrr.asp.
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Ms. Louise Francis, FCAS, MAAA
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215-923-1567 louise.francis@data-mines.com
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