Are you interested in getting up to speed quickly in Machine Learning? Have you thought about taking a training course in this exciting area? I have recently co-founded Machine Learning Solutions, a practice focusing on machine learning training and consultancy. 2017 Machine Learning Training CoursesThe following courses are now available: Introduction to R for Machine…
Will a Robot take my Job?
About 35% of current jobs in the UK are at high risk of computerisation over the following 20 years, according to a study by researchers at Oxford University and Deloitte. Actuaries and Statisticians are not completely safe, but the likelihood of automation is quite unlikely at 15%.That makes sense. The role of an actuary requires…
Upcoming Speaking Engagments
General Insurance Pricing Seminar 2016 (7th June 2016)I will be speaking at the General Insurance Pricing Seminar about Penalised Regression. To download the slides sign up here.Penalised Regression refers to the family of methods for building Generalised Linear Models using Regularisation. Methods include Lasso Regression, Ridge Regression and Elastic Net. These techniques are commonly used…
Getting the most out of modelling
The Actuary magazine recently put on a free webinar called “Getting the most out of modelling”. The panel of experts discussed the challenges and changes needed to utilise the latest innovations—in both software and data— in order to extract the most out of your modelling investments. I was delighted to be informed by my good friend…
Judgement Day for Pricing
3 billion human lives ended on August 29th, 1997. The survivors of the nuclear fire called the war Judgement Day. They lived only to face a new nightmare, the war against the Machines…Skynet, the computer which controlled the machines, sent two terminators back through time. Their mission: to destroy the leader of the human Resistance……
Machine Learning in Insurance Pricing
Have you ever wondered whether you should be applying Machine Learning in Insurance Pricing? According to Gartner, Machine Learning is one of the hottest technology trends of 2016 and is revolutionising the way many companies do business. In this blog post I take a look at machine learning from an insurance pricing stand point, highlighting the…